# ABC News: Live Breaking News — user reviews > 421 indexed App Store user reviews of ABC News by Disney, rated 4.00/5 from 5,981 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/abc-news-live-breaking-news/id300255638/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/abc-news-live-breaking-news/id300255638.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,579 · 4★ 938 · 3★ 309 · 2★ 280 · 1★ 875 ## What do users think of ABC News? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent news coverage - 🔍 Comprehensive and up-to-date information - 👍 User-friendly interface - 💡 Live streaming and video content **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches - 🔋 Drains battery quickly - 💤 Outdated content - 📢 Excessive ads and auto-playing videos **Commonly reported bugs** - App randomly plays audio in the background - Notifications don't link to the correct articles - Video playback issues and freezes - Crashes when switching between screens **Most requested features** - Dark mode option - Customizable news feed and notifications - Improved video playback and stability - Ability to save articles for offline reading ## Newest reviews (15 of 421) ### 4/5 — Great for US news *2026-07-27, version 8.92.2* I watch ABC for US news but for international news I need to go elsewhere. I understand the focus needs to be on the US, but couldn’t you have a news show dedicated to international news? When I watch BBC, France 24, DW, etc. I see important stories about world events that are not reported in ABC’s news. ### 4/5 — ABC - Great News Coverage; deceptive ads *2026-05-29* Why do you allow Franklin Graham advertising time on World News Tonight? He’s basically spewing religious propaganda designed to appease Trump and enrich himself. It does discredit to ABC News, known for its fair and accurate coverage. ### 2/5 — Testing … *2026-04-15, version 8.85.0* Testing… ### 4/5 — Display *2026-03-15, version 8.81.0* The three colors used on each news display makes reading the title difficult. Maybe you would consider making the information in red in a smaller font. ### 3/5 — Review of ABC app *2026-03-07, version 8.59.0* The default to videos with sound makes it impossible to check news in certain situations.?? Constsnt updates leaves me looking elsewhere. Sick of your updates. What can be done to end the endless updates? So sick of updates!! Your updates are going to end this for me. You are wearing me out! Updates and updates! Take a break Sick if your updates. I predict your constant updates will come at a price. You have it all wrong. You snd your updates are the worst app out there. ### 2/5 — It’s been rough *2026-03-02, version 8.82.0* I’m writing this as I delete the app. I’ve grown tired of the auto-playing videos. More frequently they have started autoplaying in the background after the app has been closed. Miss me with that. See you never. ### 2/5 — ABC. News live *2026-02-22, version 8.81.0* I absolutely hate the new format. I watch on Roku TV and I can’t stand the fact that it’s so busy and it’s hard to watch. The old format was much better. ### 3/5 — Slow *2026-01-28, version 8.80.0* It loads very slowly. It’s easy to lose patience waiting for it to load, even with WiFi. SMH. ### 1/5 — So Biased *2026-01-26, version 8.78.1* It seems that every time I look at the news on your application, it is so slanted towards “the left” that I find it utterly useless. Thus I am deleting the application, I’m tired of reading stories written by childish leftist leaning writers. ### 1/5 — New update freezes *2025-12-29, version 8.78.1* Every time I open up the app, the video doesn’t play. I always have to shut it down and reopen it after this new update. ### 1/5 — Routinely freezes *2025-12-05, version 8.78.1* About half the time the app won’t stream on startup so you have to kill it and restart it. It’s been like this for years. Very irritating ### 2/5 — Too Many Pages *2025-11-25, version 8.78.0* I loved the ABC app until it was made cumbersome. After a page of news I click “Continue” to read on. Doing this multiple times, then closing an article, rather than being taken back to where is was scanning articles I’m returned to the beginning of the home page. It takes minutes to get back to where I left off. If a reminder pops up on my Phone, back to the Home Page, if my phone goes to sleep, back to the home page. When I finish an article I’d like to return to the page I last read ### 1/5 — No notifications *2025-10-25, version 8.76.0* Notifications are toggled on in the app and in phone settings but I’ve never received an ABC News notification. Maybe ABC doesn’t use notifications? iOS 26.0.1 iPhoneSE 3rd gen ### 1/5 — Sometimes ABC News stands up to the Trumpists…. *2025-10-24, version 8.76.0* BUT I CANT FIND IT ON THIS APP. ### 1/5 — First Amendment Issues NO CHATS? I AM LEAVING ABC *2025-10-02, version 8.74.0* I thought ABC was tough but I see that you are afraid of what (people) say about a subject. I am very disappointed in ABC ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Liars *2026-07-22, version 8.92.1* We have known abc makes up lies about Trump. Now we see because there is the actual video of the blue angels fly over and those people very much enjoyed that. You people took that video and edited it to make it seem like it was bad thing. When you see the actual unedited video pal those people were smiling and clapping. Stop reporting lies!!!!! ### 1/5 — Great *2026-06-23, version 8.90.0* ABC is my hero, thank you for standing up for freedom.,. ### 1/5 — Keeps shutting down *2026-05-05, version 8.87.0* As I’m scrolling through headlines - over at least 2 updates, the app shuts down Had been a vet reliable app until recently ### 1/5 — ABC News Review … *2026-05-01, version 8.86.0* Closes all of the time before you ever get to the end … Never use to do this … Went from a great app to a terrible app … ### 1/5 — Average app *2026-04-29, version 8.86.0* After the last update, app shuts down before getting all the news stories. Very biased reporting. You should report all the news without slanting it to fit your opinions. And cover ALL the stories even if it’s about your parent company and programming. ### 1/5 — Propaganda *2026-03-24, version 8.83.0* Do any of your reporters actually look for the truth when reporting on Trump Your story claims he is against mail in voting but voted that way himself Very misleading and you know it He is against states sending out mail in ballets without them being requested and verified In Florida and most states you can request a mail in ballet but you can not also vote on Election Day. If you send everyone a mail in ballot without requesting it you are inviting fraud. That is a big difference from someone goingYou are supposed to be the press and keep both sides in check you only keep one side in check your story is a false narrative ### 1/5 — ABC Livestream Update *2026-03-01, version 8.59.0* I loved ABC Streaming. I stayed in the know which is terribly important nowadays. Now it sucks! Update is non-functional. Frustrating. I’m shocked this was the result of the update. ### 1/5 — IF I SEE ONE MORE AD FOR THE ROOKIE *2026-02-26, version 8.82.0* I’ve never hated an app so much yet loved it at the same time. There is a Disney ad EVERY time a news segment finishes. 1 minute news segment, 30 second ad, and it’s ALWAYS Ethos or The Rookie. I won’t even watch that show out of pure annoyance. ### 1/5 — missing my weather section *2026-02-09, version 8.80.0* After the latest update I lost the weather option in the bottom. It was easier to see the daily and weekly weather but not anymore. Boooo ### 1/5 — Corrupt *2026-02-01, version 8.80.0* I refuse to watch any broadcast that bows to Donald Trump in his regime ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — School in life! (Beyonce ♥️ *2026-07-31, version 8.92.2* Preamble to my day (Awesome) A to my I (David Banner) B ounce 2 my oz. that I need for energy. Calmness to trust the world I have to face daily. TYB ### 5/5 — Testing *2026-02-10, version 8.81.0* Testing ### 5/5 — 👋 Love ABC News *2025-12-27, version 8.78.1* Thanks for the great app📲 can’t wait to see what we can do in the future 🫆🛜😇®️ ### 5/5 — ABC news app *2025-10-05, version 8.17.0* Please update seeing too many stories from October 24 and last year ### 5/5 — My faith in ABC News has been restored *2025-09-24, version 8.74.0* Thank you, Disney thank you ABC for standing up for the first amendment! The first thing a tyrant will do is try to stop the press and you wouldn’t accept that. That’s excellent. That’s what I expect in a news organization. ### 5/5 — Testing *2025-07-04, version 8.68.0* Testing ### 5/5 — June News *2025-06-10, version 8.66.0* Up to date excellence ### 5/5 — ABC News *2025-05-01, version 8.63.0* Breaking News ### 5/5 — ABC *2025-04-24, version 8.63.0* ABC News is the best! ### 5/5 — ABC news app *2025-04-17, version 8.17.0* Please update seeing too many stories from October 24 --- *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 2026-09-05.*