# ABC 3340 News — user reviews > 67 indexed App Store user reviews of ABC 3340 News by Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc, rated 4.80/5 from 756 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/abc-3340-news/id404886622/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/abc-3340-news/id404886622.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 652 · 4★ 79 · 3★ 14 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 8 ## What do users think of ABC 3340 News? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Trusted news source - 🚀 Reliable live updates - 💡 Useful for those without TV **Cons** - 🐛 Notifications not working as expected - 🐛 Frequent app crashes - 🔍 Difficulty finding specific articles - 🔍 Cluttered and confusing interface - 🔍 Lack of customization options **Commonly reported bugs** - Weather tab crashes the app - Notifications not taking users to the correct article - Inability to share articles or add them to notes - Partial article titles hidden by images **Most requested features** - Picture-in-picture mode for weather broadcasts - Ability to cast live streams to Chromecast - Improved notification management and control - Landscape mode support on tablets ## Newest reviews (12 of 67) ### 2/5 — Notifications issue *2021-08-20, version 7.35.0* I get notifications on my phone but when I click on them the app opens and the report is nowhere to be found-even when doing a search. Needs an update. ### 3/5 — Where’s the story? *2021-05-04, version 7.35.0* When you get news flashes and click on them to read, you get something else totally different. ### 3/5 — It’s alright *2021-03-26* I got this app mostly for the live weather broadcast when we have bad storms. I wish I could customize the notifications I receive. It seems like I am getting a notification every 30 minutes and it’s excessive. Probably 90% of the notifications I couldn’t care less about. The interface is also clunky and sometimes difficult to navigate ### 2/5 — Add chromecast support already *2020-07-10, version 7.30.0* Add the ability to cast the news livestream to Chromecast ### 2/5 — Not Dependable *2020-04-13* Apparently the “live broadcast” is not dependable. After the storms of last night, and me only having antenna for local channels, I went looking to see if there was a live broadcast of the local 33/40 TV. I really could care less about watching live TV on my iPad, but sure would be nice to be able to carry James Spann into my basement with iPad and watch his weather coverage downstairs if needed. Found on their website that this app streams live coverage. Downloaded and crap, its CRAP. First, click on the “watch button” and its new clips from two days ago and only like 2 mins long. ONCE the playlist actually had “live coverage” as the first listing on the play list. I tried watching it, but after commercials, I got a splash screen that said “be back soon”......they lied. After 10 mins of this, I closed out the app, and opened it back up. NOW, THE “LIVE COVERAGE DOES NOT EVEN SHOW UP AT ALL UNDER THE WATCH TAB. ITS JUST DAYS OLD CLIPS. They either stream live or they DON’T. So far, its not worth my time OR effort. ### 2/5 — James Spann *2019-07-30, version 7.17.0* Please remove the picture of James Spann when the app is opened. I like James but I don’t need to see him every time I open the app. Thanks... ### 1/5 — 11/6/18 *2018-11-06, version 7.6.2* Very disappointed at your station this morning . Y’all are being very bias and one sided. You are favoring and supporting the Democratic Party. Not happy at all and been a watcher of your news for 30+ years. If you have any questions watch the morning show again and you will see. Arielle Clay reports were wrong!! ### 2/5 — Non-stop Notifications *2018-03-23, version 7.2.0* There doesn't seem to be a way to moderate which notifications you receive. Ironically, in the app settings, it actually says, "Don't worry, we won't send to many." Ha! ### 2/5 — Too many push notifications *2017-09-07, version 7.0.6* I like the ABC 3340 app but numerous push notifications throughout the day is not necessary. Please reduce the number of notifications issued. ### 1/5 — Hmmm *2017-09-06, version 7.0.6* It'd be good, but no widget??? 🤔 That's kind of a basic app feature these days. ### 1/5 — Disappointing *2017-07-21, version 7.0.4* Was interested in following local events but the notifications are increasingly annoying from not affecting me with traffic alerts to announcing headlines that do not have a story anywhere within the app. Unfortunately it has led me to just uninstall. Hopefully will improve in the future. ### 1/5 — Traffic needs fixed *2017-07-18, version 7.0.4* In this new version, the traffic part of the app does not track your location on the map or show you where you are on on the map. I found that feature helpful and the lack of it frustrating. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Won’t load *2026-05-06* The update will not load. Guess it’s not working better right now. ### 1/5 — Sinclair censor *2025-10-02* Just another day with Sinclair censoring for the almighty buck. Maybe sponsors need to know how bad it is. ### 1/5 — Was working well, but… *2024-06-02* With the latest app update, things aren’t working as well as one would like. Intermittently, if I click a notification from ABC3340 without first opening the app manually, not only does the notification not come up, but the app doesn’t fully open. Now, within the last day or so, and without benefit of another update, a new problem has emerged. If I open the app to the news feed, the article titles are partially hidden by images; and the only way I can read the titles is by using a rarely-needed VoiceOver feature called Screen Recognition. But, with this feature turned on, there are times when the article will not come up when activated. This was briefly a problem several years ago, before we even had Screen Recognition, so the news feed was essentially unusable. Now, not only is the news feed unusable, but so are the various categories of articles that can be accessed via the menu. In short, the only times that the app is usable is when a notification just happens to come up, and I am taken directly to the article in question. Please get rid of those images, which VoiceOver reads as _teasers”. Also, please fix the bug which sometimes causes the app not to open when a notification is clicked. Update: As of this evening, the app wouldn’t even open; so, I copied all of its notifications, pasted them into a note, then deleted and reinstalled the app; but, it still will not open. Please fix! ### 1/5 — New Updated App *2022-12-09, version 8.5.0* I do not like it. It is much harder to use. The previous one was much easier. I do not have tv in my house so I relied on watching news cast on my phone and I have not been able to watch a newscast since it was updated ### 1/5 — 33/40 news *2021-05-12, version 7.35.0* I really liked this app until you up dated it. Now all I get is a white screen that tells me it will ask me about something and that was 2 weeks ago.... I’m still waiting for it to ask and for the app to give me news again. ### 1/5 — It’s happening again *2020-08-13, version 7.30.0* This app is doing what it did in previous versions. When you get a notification & click on it expecting to read or see THAT topic....you get the home screen. And what the notification told you is NOWHERE to be found!!!! ### 1/5 — UPDATED: Take me to the articles *2020-05-15* This is an updated review based on the fact that nothing seems to have improved from a notifications standpoint. And because they haven’t fixed the issue, even though their release notes indicate they fixed it, I’m downgrading my rating to 1 star. The issue: When certain notifications pop up, I click on them and it just takes me to the “Explore” menu. The article from the notification is no where to be found. Either the app is dysfunctional or ABC is releasing articles and retracting them. If the issue is fixed, I will happily upgrade my review. ****** ABC, when you send me a push notification for a news article, I expect to click on the notification and be taken to that article. This doesn’t happen. ### 1/5 — Annoyes by this app *2020-02-19, version 7.26.0* I will receive a news stoey alwrt on my home sxreen that interests me, and I’ll click t to take me to the story.... yet t never does. It will only bring me to the home page within the app. I’ll browse the stories there but NEVER see the story that interested me! What gives? There isn’t even a search tool to try and find the story either. Gets on my nerves! ### 1/5 — I Can’t Hear Anything *2019-08-09, version 7.18.0* I was so excited for local news. I downloaded this app and I CANNOT HEAR ANYTHING! ### 1/5 — Need to update basics *2019-03-05, version 7.12.0* I cannot view this app in landscape mode on my IPad! Should be basic coding to allow user to flip the device (IPad, IPhone or Android) to view the app without standing on my head to view! Duh! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — News *2024-07-29* Thanks for keeping us updated. ### 5/5 — Michael Dossie Crawford *2024-06-17* I have always trusted 33/40 and will continue! ### 5/5 — Very useful App *2024-06-11* My schedule doesn’t always allow me to watch the local news, but I can always depend on the App to keep me up to date with both local and national news !! Excellent resource !!!! ### 5/5 — Too many commercials *2020-08-10* Something needs to be done too crack down on commercials That is all we watch if you’re gonna do something about it do it ### 4/5 — Picture in picture *2021-04-07* This app is pretty good, but I noticed 2 things that could help. During severe weather, I need to be able to use my phone, but also keep watching/listening to the weather broadcast. Could a feature be built in like other apps have be built into the app where you can navigate away and still have a screen for viewing or at least listen to the broadcast? And also maybe somehow could you eliminate the ads that have to be played during an emergency weather situation. Thanks in advance! Glad I have this app option. ### 4/5 — Love the app in general but needs some minor work *2019-09-26* I like the ease of use and fair unbiased reporting that I have come to trust over many years. The only thing I would like to see change is how you view pictures that show on the main article. For example when you click on a story the picture at the top is cropped and many times you can’t see the details of the picture. There’s no way to click on the picture to enlarge or open separately. If that was fixed this app would be perfect. ### 4/5 — App doesn't refresh *2017-09-11, version 7.0.6* I have to delete and re-download the app to refresh the stories. My push notifications stopped, the entire app just freezes. ### 4/5 — Really like the app *2011-09-15* I really like that the app provides a live feed, breaking news alerts, and news articles. It would be great if you added the dates and times the articles were published! ### 4/5 — Almost perfect *2011-05-08* I've been waiting for ABC3340 to provide an app. I had all the other major local news. But when I find a great story I can't share on Facebook or twitter ! So I end up finding the story I want on another news app & share their store instead. Could have 5 stars...,, ### 3/5 — Gave it 5 stars until latest update. *2022-12-06, version 8.4.2* I loved this app until a few days ago, when it was updated. Now, the Share feature seems to have utterly disappeared. Some of us use Share to add an article to Notes, so we can return to it; other times, we just want to share something with friends. Now, we can’t seem to do either. Also, when I tried to access App Support, the app opened to the article I had just read, instead of taking me to App Support. That’s why I’m writing a review. I haven’t tried reinstalling the app yet, as I’m still catching up on two days’ worth of notifications. Once that is done, I’ll try reinstalling. If that works, I’ll update this review. Update: I reinstalled the app, and “Share” still doesn’t appear in the articles. Bummer! Also, App Support still sends me to whatever I just read. Another bummer! App updated again; now Newsfeed nearly inaccessible, as images seem to hide titles of articles. Share is supposedly back; but, if you bring an article up, Share disappears again. App wasn’t broken two weeks ago, but the “fixes” since then _have broken it. If you don’t need to Share something or access Newsfeed, it’s still great! Fast forward several years. For the record, I am running the latest iOS on my iPhone. The “Share” function worked, as did “Watch”, and all of the other features for most of this time. The app was much better until a few days ago, and now we have the same situation that faced another reviewer about six years ago: namely, when I open a notification from ABC3340, I am now taken to the website rather than to the app; and, if I hit “Return to ABC3340” on the status bar, I have to scroll through a long list of articles until I hopefully find the one that was the subject of the notification. In other words, while I thankfully receive notifications for the app, I am no longer taken to the article when I open the notification. Please fix! The app wasn’t broken until after the most recent update. As for trying to get app support:that situation is unchanged. If on the info page for the app in App Store, you click App Support, and are taken to anything but app support. --- *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 2026-08-24.*