# 8 News Now — user reviews > 78 indexed App Store user reviews of 8 News Now by Nexstar Broadcasting, rated 4.60/5 from 3,646 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/8-news-now/id994676562/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/8-news-now/id994676562.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,933 · 4★ 408 · 3★ 134 · 2★ 50 · 1★ 121 ## What do users think of 8 News Now? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🌟 Best news app for Las Vegas - 🗞️ Accurate and unbiased news reporting - 🔍 Excellent I-Team investigations **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and freezes frequently - 🤖 Buggy and unstable after updates - 💤 Slow loading times and unresponsive - 📺 Disruptive ads that interrupt user experience - 🤯 Confusing and difficult to navigate **Commonly reported bugs** - Perpetual update loop with no new version available - Constant crashes when trying to access news content - Notifications not working as expected - Distorted layout and UI issues on tablets **Most requested features** - Smooth scrolling and ad integration - Customizable news alerts and notifications - Ability to zoom in on photos and images - Improved performance on newer devices ## Newest reviews (18 of 78) ### 4/5 — Best News App For Las Vegas *2023-07-30, version 50.10.0* This is by far and away the best news app for Las Vegas and Southern Nevada. The news alerts come fast, and the stories are real news, not slanted one way or another. The I-Team investigations are some of the best news in the region. The only thing keeping it from getting a fifth star from me is the fact that the ads within each story do not flow “smoothly” with the rest of the page as you scroll, and they create a stutter effect on newer iPhones with the higher refresh rate screens. Fox this issue and it’s easily a dove star app. ### 1/5 — Update Not Available *2023-07-21, version 50.03.080061074* After downloading the app, when you open it wants you to update app, yet there is no update. Is it a Apple/IOS issue or NexStar/KLAS why app not performing well? ### 1/5 — App update broke the app *2023-07-21, version 50.03.080061074* The app just says to update the app. Uninstalled and redownloaded. Same thing. Moving to another news app. Been three days of this. Figure it out. ### 1/5 — Update the app *2023-07-21, version 50.03.080061074* What a joke. Get with the IT. The upgrade is not working. ### 1/5 — Just awful *2023-07-21, version 50.03.080061074* My app is updated yet the last 2 days when I open it, it tells me to update app with an ad the download the KLAS app. Ya can’t update something that’s already updated! Annoying & can’t read the news, etc. Useless app with useless content…only shows the same stories repeatedly. Deleting & going elsewhere. ### 1/5 — Broken *2023-07-21, version 50.03.080061074* The app keeps telling me I need to update the app. I deleted it reinstalled it and I get the same notification. ### 1/5 — To update or not to update *2023-07-20, version 50.03.080061074* It tells you to update to has the app. The link beings us here, where it says the app is in fact, updated. Bottomline: the app is bricked at the moment, avoid it! ### 1/5 — New update doesn’t work. *2023-07-20, version 50.03.080061074* When I open the app I get a message saying to update my app. I go to the App Store where it says I’ve updated to the new app, so I open it and get the message to update my app. A perpetual loop with no news. ### 1/5 — Updated app 07/20/23 *2023-07-20, version 50.03.080061074* The new update is so bad. Was it even tested before rolling it out? The landing page has no news, I have to click through 3 options to get to the news. I’m no app expert but this thing is not user friendly. ### 3/5 — New update made app not work *2023-07-20, version 50.03.080061074* The most recent update has caused the app to not work anymore… ### 1/5 — 8 news now *2023-07-20, version 50.03.080061074* Won’t download it shows open to get but it’s not allowing me to see the news!!! ### 4/5 — Stop the increased volume *2023-07-20, version 50.03.080061074* Love Chanel 8 News and have been watching for years. However, the increased volume when advertising the station during break is a true disappointment!!! Tribute to Nathan, I’ve put down my phone - now PLEASE put down that volume when you break to advertising the station. I’d be more than happy to give 5 stars after the change. Thank you in advance. ### 1/5 — 7.18 update on iOS and … *2023-07-19, version 50.03.080061074* I just keep getting directed to update the app. Deleted, reinstalled… same thing. So much for performance enhancement. ### 2/5 — Commercial App *2023-07-08* Every story starts with a 30 second commercial which usually is the same commercial for other stories. Would be nice since they are collecting money for they stories, they could keep current. ### 3/5 — Jumpy Scrolling *2022-12-27, version 41.16.0* The content on this app is awesome, but using it on a pro series iphone is awful. Scrolling through stories, the screen is jumpy and completely takes away from the experience. Please update to be used on the newer iPhones. ### 2/5 — Doesn’t work *2022-12-20, version 41.15.0* The app sends news alerts but when you try to open it, nothing happens. Been going on for at least 2 months. ### 1/5 — What happened? *2022-09-30* As long as you don’t actually click on any of the news articles to read them and you’re satisfied to read the headlines, the app works pretty well. I’ve tried deleting it and reinstalling, I’ve tried it on several different phones, and this is a brand new iPhone, and I still can’t open any articles. Then the app just locks up. I’d say it’s my phone, but it’s several phones and an iPad as well. ### 1/5 — iPad Ver horrible *2022-09-21, version 41.13.0* The iPad version is horrible,,, does no one at news 8 use this on a iPad.,,,, the main app view is distorted in landscape mode and cant see the stories to click on,,, and the stories you do click on take you to a endless loop of video that you cant stop unless you close the app and restart. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Horrible video and live stream player *2026-08-25, version 510.0.1* Constant crashes, half the time it wont do picture-in-picture, unresponsive video controls. It crashes every few minutes and forces you to rewatch the same advertisements every time. Total garbage app. ### 1/5 — What happened? *2025-10-29, version 502.0.1* This worked last week. But now, as soon as you get rid of the ad, it’s just a blank screen. No matter what I do. Nothing to update. ### 1/5 — App broken *2025-10-29, version 502.0.0* Stopped working on update. Ads pop up and screen freezes. ### 1/5 — Update *2025-10-28, version 502.0.0* Open the app to see a window to “Update”. No update available. Delete the app and download again…only to see a window to “Update”…don’t need this. Useless, has no news to relay only a black screen ### 1/5 — Crashes and closes when you click on weather *2025-02-03, version 500.7.0* The whole reason I want this app if for weather and all of a sudden you click on weather and it crashes and closes the app completely. ### 1/5 — Horrible app. *2024-08-07, version 500.4.0* This is one of the worst apps I’ve ever used. The content is fine. But when I get an alert about breaking news and click on the drop down it literally takes 5 minutes before I can read it. I don’t know if it’s your server, or the software itself. But I get a dim picture of the article that you can’t click on for 5 minutes. Nothing works while it’s just sitting there. I doesn’t matter whether it’s wifi or cellular. Same every time. Please tell me that I’m not the only one with this problem. ### 1/5 — The new update is terrible *2023-07-25, version 50.10.0* Used to be my go to for local news. Since the new update, the interface is horrible and hard to navigate. There are now more ads then stories. ### 1/5 — Go back to the old design. It was so much easier to use. *2023-07-25, version 50.03.080061074* This update makes your app unusable. ### 1/5 — No longer works *2023-07-21, version 50.03.080061074* No longer opens correctly. Opens only to make you download the app which is already downloaded. ### 1/5 — New update *2023-07-21, version 50.03.080061074* App was updated. Continues to tell me to update. Have to hunt for the news. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Feeling Like You Are Getting To Experience Everything *2026-07-08, version 509.0.0* You are experiencing everything as it happens. You can watch live news. This is even accessible for the blind. ### 5/5 — Not happy about losing my cbs channel with Direct TV *2023-07-03, version 41.20.0* Please resolve the problem fast I’ve been watching Channel 8 since 1985 ### 5/5 — 8 news NOW *2021-02-27, version 4.35.570057102* The best old timers ### 5/5 — Chan 8 News, Facts, Accurate Weather and Classy *2020-12-01, version 4.35.570057102* Keep up the good work! Your coverage of South Nevada issues and concerns is vital. So many local and national issues are deserving smart reporting! Timely news about things impacting our lives. Your weather reports are accurate. ### 5/5 — Easy to navigate *2020-10-17, version 4.35.570057102* Great source of local info.. ### 5/5 — 8 News Now *2020-05-20, version 4.35.340053632* Excellent, thorough local coverage ### 5/5 — To Ch. 8 *2020-04-27* My husband and I have been watching ch 8 for 27 years, and still do!! I remember so many great events and some sad ones(Polly)!! Keep up all that you do!! Gayla & Albert DeSoto!!!😻💕💕 ### 5/5 — Awesome *2020-01-18, version 4.34.260049926* Awesome ### 5/5 — 8 *2019-11-25, version 4.34.260049926* Best on tv. ### 5/5 — Review *2019-10-25, version 4.33.550046960* Site is simple. Not cluttered. Relevant and up to date. --- *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 2026-09-09.*