# 7 News – Lawton, OK — user reviews > 60 indexed App Store user reviews of 7 News by Gray Television Group, Inc., rated 4.18/5 from 694 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/7-news-lawton-ok/id406330164/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/7-news-lawton-ok/id406330164.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 465 · 4★ 85 · 3★ 33 · 2★ 23 · 1★ 85 ## What do users think of 7 News? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Informative news content - 🚀 Functional app - 💡 Ability to favorite and share stories **Cons** - 🐛 Notification issues - 🐛 Radar/weather issues - 🔍 Lack of local news coverage - 📺 Excessive advertisements - 🔧 Frequent app crashes and bugs after updates **Commonly reported bugs** - Notification issues that won't go away - App crashes and freezes after updates - Incompatibility with certain devices **Most requested features** - Ability to contact the station and leave feedback - Improved local news coverage and updates - Better radar/weather integration ## Newest reviews (18 of 60) ### 2/5 — App has issues *2026-03-12* So once again I have a red one notification that will not go away and every time I move inside the app an advertisement pops up stopping me from reading the news so I just close the app. ### 2/5 — Alex Rosa-Figueroa *2025-11-24, version 7.0.15* Try being truthful in a headline. 76 arrested is not “a few”. ### 2/5 — Radar on the app is subpar! *2024-05-31* No longer does the radar on the app mirror what is shown in real time on TV. You can’t tell how bad storms are. Also when there are watches or warnings, they overlay the radar which also hinders the radar. What good is radar if it doesn’t reflect an accurate picture? Needs work. For the time being, I’ve switch to a competitor’s app to get more accurate radar information. ### 1/5 — App broken *2021-11-22, version 6.7.4* After update this app will not open!!! ### 1/5 — App crashes *2021-11-20, version 6.7.4* App crashes upon opening in newest version. ### 1/5 — Can’t open *2021-06-09* Haven’t been able to open the app in the last 2 months. Uninstalled & reinstalled and still won’t work. ### 1/5 — Will not work *2021-05-27* I deleted the app because it quit working after the update. I tried reinstalling it, but it still doesn’t work!!! ### 1/5 — Don’t Upgrade *2021-04-30* Upgrade is poor. Full of adds. You have to close several adds to get the news. The news is becoming a business.... ### 1/5 — 6.6.6. Is a piece of junk *2021-04-26* Takes forever to open even on high speed Internet. Don't recommend! ### 1/5 — Does not open *2021-04-20, version 6.6.5* Latest 6.5.5 does not open on my device... ### 1/5 — Experiencing earthquake west of Apache two nights now, no reporting seen here or channel 7 . *2020-08-21, version 6.6.4* Haven’t seen anything on Facebook either. ### 3/5 — Plus & Minus *2020-06-08, version 6.6.4* The KSWO news app is very functional and informative on the iPhone platform. However, the app designed for playback thru the Amazon Firestick is in dire need of an update. The Live-streaming functionality on that platform makes me not want to watch the news. ### 1/5 — Could improve *2020-04-01* Too many ads make this very frustrating. ### 1/5 — Can’t open *2019-06-23, version 6.2.10* Kswo news won’t open now after updating! ### 3/5 — Latest update mishap *2019-06-23* 6.2.10 update does not allow for you to open the app ### 1/5 — Tim *2019-06-21, version 6.2.9* Downloaded this app and it crashed. Won’t start up. Old on worked fine. Fix it and let me know 😐 ### 1/5 — Update keeps crashing *2019-06-20, version 6.2.9* Updated to 6.2.9 and it keeps crashing prior to opening. Needs a fix. ### 3/5 — Fix latest update *2019-06-20* Latest update causes app not to open!!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Notification *2026-03-13* Keeps showing that I have an unread notification and I don’t ### 1/5 — News reportors *2024-01-16* Would you please tell them to slow down!!!!! Most of your listeners are older like my wife and I. We can not possibly keep up with this race they have going on of how many words per minute they can spout out!! I have already started listening too others to understand the news in Lawton area not your channels!! I find the news to be quite good. I have lived here since 1972. You have not, and shown this in every broadcast, can’t pronounce town names or local streets etc. please work on this. Thank you Britt Hubbard ### 1/5 — Can’t stream LOCAL news *2023-12-12* Only reason I wanted the app was so I could watch KSWO in real time since I can’t get it on my TV. There’s no actual option to watch KSWO. It only plays LNL which is in fact NOT LOCAL TO LAWTON OR THE SURROUNDING AREAS. If you want to be a big time station then be it, but don’t try to pass yourself off as local. You’re not. ### 1/5 — No way to contact and leave an opinion. *2023-11-12* I would like to leave a comment. No way to do so. ### 1/5 — Outdated news and sports *2023-02-01* You page isn’t updated often enough. Not your news and sports! And why can’t you have scores for area schools? It seems like no one in your organization has the time for updating your app. ### 1/5 — Update is terrible *2023-01-30* Who in their right mind thought people would want a separate app for weather?! I don't know why I'm surprised at this since it falls in line with the rest of your business practices. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t Work *2023-01-25, version 6.7.12* This app doesn’t load, it just spins. ### 1/5 — Comanche County Election *2022-08-24* Why can’t you tell us who have set up waiting to see who won tonight? I was waiting to hear the bum Turner lost and you couldn’t even come on to give us the good news. He’s a bum sitting in his chair doing nothing for his district but now he’s GONE!! Thank for nothing!!! ### 1/5 — Why commercials when your announcing “tornado warning”. Cmon! *2022-05-05, version 6.7.9* 😡 ### 1/5 — Terrible app for news, *2021-12-29* This app has so many ads that the news is not even relevant when it actually comes on. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — New Update *2016-02-18, version 3.3.3100* I love the new update. It makes it easier to view stories easier and more selection of stories. And you can favorite or share anything! ### 5/5 — Great *2014-04-26, version 1.30* I think this is a great app. I use it mainly for weather because I no longer have cable. It's also good for getting some news. I'm very happy with it. ### 5/5 — Good app *2013-10-11, version 1.30* Works well ### 5/5 — Race *2013-02-16, version 1.1* I love this app it has everything right there for you I like how they talk about weather if anybody did not download this app I would do it (: ### 5/5 — Great app!!! *2012-05-03, version 1.1* Wonderful!! ### 5/5 — Great app *2012-01-22, version 1.1* I really like this app. My only complaint is a small one and its that when your scrolling through news stories the images associated with them dont always update. Other than this issue, its a really great app. ### 5/5 — Screen shot *2011-12-27, version 1.1* It's really funny that one of the screen shots of this app talks about a gun scare at the Christmas lights in Elmer Thomas Park. Lawton just can't escape the crime no matter where you turn. ### 5/5 — Love *2011-05-25, version 1.0* I use this app if there is ever bad weather. Makes me feel safe where ever I am! ### 4/5 — App doesn’t work for me since update 6.7.4 *2021-11-23* App doesn’t work for me since update 6.7.4 ### 3/5 — Has issues *2026-03-24* The news itself is on point and I really appreciate it. There are tech issues that have me scratching my head in bewilderment. 1. We can no longer share articles, you took that function away. 2. The alerts always signal I have one item to view, and I cannot get rid of that little one on my Home Screen no matter how many articles I look at. It is very aggravating. --- *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 2026-08-08.*