29News User Reviews

29News
29News
Gray Television Group, Inc.

Customer Experience

Positive experience15.4% of reviews
Neutral15.4% of reviews
Negative experience69.2% of reviews

~ Based on 26 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is 29News Safe?

29News has mixed safety signals based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for 29News is 57/100.

This assessment is based on 66 user ratings, with an App Store average of 2.7/5.

Safety Analysis

39.7% of ratings point to a safe experience
11.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
49.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 63 App Store ratings for 29News.

Is 29News Legit?

29News appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for 29News is 80/100.

Based on 80 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Closed captions

Turning off closed captioning should be optional because it interferes with the picture.

Streaming near impossible

Whether using app via a traditional streaming service or via cellular data this is horrible!
Today is severe high risk weather day (16Mar26) and can’t get app to stream via any freaking means!
Got zero news 6-7am; Got 5 mins of news (1215-1220) which didn’t include any weather…
Now know why the app is rated so low! 🤬
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To many ads

Trying to see news but ads are #1

Just really?

This app is horrible

Confusing?

With the WHSV app you go to the settings gear on the top right and notifications are there - where on earth are they here???

What happened?

Near as I can figure, I got a pop-up ad as soon as I selected news. when I cleared off the ad, the site went to a white screen which I could not leave. This makes the app unusable of course so I deleted it. Hopefully, I’m the only one having this problem. Why do news organizations have such a hard time getting this right?
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Delete

Every item needs a way to delete or at least close so I don’t have to see items I’m not interested in.

App a sha min

Cannot respond to stories. So much promise with channel. App very far behind.

Most inaccurate weather app I have seen

I am in the middle of a down pour With a 1 percent chance of rain according to this piece crap of an app

Notifications

Labeling “everything” as breaking news and pushing notifications out for everything makes the feature useless.

App no longer works on iPhone 11

Opening page just sits with the wheel spinning

Not working

This app seems to have stopped working right. Notifications don't come up right at all and it crashes a lot.

Does not open

Ever since the big new update the app does not open. Maybe once in a blue moon but it’s the same logo page every time and it does not allow me into the actual app.

Update: Now the app does not open at all. I am deleting. Maybe you should ask advice from your friends at CBS19. They were able to redesign their app and SURPRISE it opens with no problem.
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Does not open since update

App doesn’t open since the big format change. I’ve uninstalled, then re-installed. I’m done.

change for the worse

The recent format update is terrible. News stories aren’t updated as frequently and there seems to be less news; just multiple links for the same few articles. Also, I have to search through a menu to find local news, instead of just one click. Please bring back the old format!

Less video, more written content.

Most places I am I can’t listen to your video but would read your articles. Seem 90% of your content is video.

Weather

Sure wish NBC29 would consider having a separate weather app with a future cast radar. You might consider looking at other stations to replicate their weather. Two suggestions would be WLEX out of Lexington, KY and WKYT out of that same area. I still use those apps, but can’t get weather alerts from them in this area. Such a shame to combine news and weather in one app.
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Working again

The app is now working again. Thank you.

NBC29

New update crashes immediately upon clicking to open. Repeated attempts. iOS 10 for iPhone 6.

Won't Open

After last update , app will not open on any devices.