# 21Alive News — user reviews > 36 indexed App Store user reviews of 21Alive News by Gray Television Group, Inc., rated 4.60/5 from 2,387 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/21alive-news/id1173099026/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/21alive-news/id1173099026.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,845 · 4★ 314 · 3★ 114 · 2★ 34 · 1★ 80 ## What do users think of 21Alive News? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 💎 Amazing team I can always trust to count on!!!!! - 👍 Good news station - 👍 Great app for news, weather, traffic, and etc. **Cons** - 🐢 Very slow updates - 🐛 Locks up my phone - 🔒 Must accept app request to allow tracking - 🔍 Notifications for everyday weather occurrences - 🐛 Won't load since last update - 🔊 Video auto-plays with sound - 🕰️ Same news left on the site for days - 🔍 Behind in posting news stories - 🔍 Can't get live news casts with voiceover on iPhone - 🕰️ Out of date - 🔊 Live feed ad excessive **Commonly reported bugs** - Can't read the delays/closings - Closings not readable **Most requested features** - Show colors on weather map - Add option to log out - Bring back weather channel ## Newest reviews (11 of 36) ### 2/5 — Lisa *2026-03-17, version 7.0.2* Can’t stand the Blackburn and Romey adds. I will be deleting this app because of it. If you can be on the air 10 times a day then you can support this app. Thanks but no thanks. ### 3/5 — Colors on the weather map *2024-10-15, version 6.0.15* Please show a graph to shoe the colors on your weather map. My area is colored in purple but I don’t know what that means. There is a scale for precipitation, but not for that . It would be very helpful. Thank you. ### 3/5 — Notifications *2023-10-30, version 6.0.14* I just disabled my news notifications. I am so tired of getting weather reports on everyday weather occurrences like cold or hot ! Save your alerts for tornadoes, freezing rain and such. ### 1/5 — Won’t load *2021-11-18, version 5.0.1* Since the last update the app will not load. I even deleted it and reinstalled it but still won’t load. ### 2/5 — Video *2020-12-10, version 4.35.570057567* Please update so the video doesn’t auto play with sound. ### 3/5 — News *2020-03-01, version 4.35.210051445* The same news is left on the sight for days, wether it local, national, or international, come on more news happens than what you guys report!! If I want sports forget it. Get with it and realize that more people get their news online than on tv or print. It’s time to catch up. ### 1/5 — 🤔 *2019-09-14, version 4.33.530045993* So behind channel 15 at posting news stories ### 3/5 — Review *2019-06-10, version 4.33.400044694* Want the weather channel back. ### 1/5 — Can’t get live news casts with voiceover on iPhone *2019-01-30, version 4.30.450041637* I am totally blind so I use VoiceOver to interact with my iPhone. Unfortunately, like mini television station apps, The live video will not play using voice over. If it is tapped on, a Stream schedule as shown but, nothing else. This makes it impossible for anyone who is blind and owns an iPhone to keep up with the news using this app. ### 2/5 — Out of date *2018-11-06, version 4.30.450041637* Don’t often have the most up to date reports on this site. Limited in the stories that are being covered ### 2/5 — 21 WPTA *2018-11-04, version 4.30.450041637* I liked the old version ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ad bugs *2026-05-19, version 7.0.4* Unable to use the app because when you close the ad that pops up before using the app it pops up again and again and again until I just give up and close it. ### 1/5 — 21 Alive News *2026-03-28, version 7.0.2* You have sort through a maze of adds to finally get to the story and many of the national stories are so leftist that you can’t trust it. ### 1/5 — Not very good *2026-03-25, version 7.0.2* The app shows you have a notification but you don’t ads pop up all the time ever since update. ### 1/5 — Forced Ads *2026-03-11, version 7.0.2* Making users force close an ad to open the app is just bad business. ### 1/5 — Had to screw with it. *2026-03-11, version 7.0.2* Leave well enough alone. ### 1/5 — Blackburn ad *2026-03-09, version 7.0.1* Aweful would like it removed ### 1/5 — Print to Small *2026-01-11, version 6.0.17* Very difficult to read ### 1/5 — Very slow updates *2025-09-25, version 6.0.17* Very slow updates, and virtually nonexistent on weekends, except for a couple of sports updates. ### 1/5 — Does not work *2025-01-13, version 6.0.17* Locks up my phone with a screen wanting me to allow tracking and not go further ### 1/5 — Tracking *2024-06-19, version 6.0.15* You must accept app request to allow tracking before access to the app is granted. There is no option to bypass. Deleted app because of this. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Question *2025-04-15, version 6.0.17* The ratio at which you report and send push notifications of black men being charged with crimes versus literally any other race gives me questions about who’s running the show ### 5/5 — Amazing team I can always trust to count on!!!!! *2024-11-04, version 6.0.16* Amazing team I can always trust to count on!!!!! ### 5/5 — Screen time *2023-03-16, version 6.0.8* When I want to log out, I can’t find a place to log out ### 5/5 — Love *2021-03-12, version 4.35.570058078* The only station we watch for news! ### 5/5 — Good news station *2019-09-25, version 4.33.530045993* Good news station I watch it every morning and at 6 ### 5/5 — ABC 21 WPTA *2019-04-02, version 4.33.340043823* Great app for news, weather, traffic, and etc. for Fort Wayne, Indiana for serving for Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio. ### 5/5 — Faithful watcher of 21 *2019-03-12, version 4.33.340043823* 21 is my only go to station for news and weather. I also watch many TV shows. I like all of the weather and news staff people. ### 5/5 — Great app *2019-01-24, version 4.30.450041637* Love this app ### 5/5 — Better before *2018-09-12, version 4.30.450041637* I liked the app better before the latest update. The weather portion of the previous app was so much more informative than this update. It might be streamlined but a lot of the information is lost. Not real happy. ### 4/5 — Good so far. Wrong video forecast feed in the app *2017-02-10, version 1.1.0* Pretty good so far. Improvements from the last update are nice to see. One thing to point out - I'm not sure if your team is aware, but the app currently has the wrong Wx video forecast feed. It currently shows videos from WKOW in Madison, WI instead of WPTA in Fort Wayne. It would be nice to see that fixed soon. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-31.*