# Action News 5 — user reviews > 107 indexed App Store user reviews of Action News 5 by Gray Television Group, Inc., rated 4.50/5 from 4,590 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/action-news-5/id449704439/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/action-news-5/id449704439.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,505 · 4★ 525 · 3★ 168 · 2★ 110 · 1★ 282 ## What do users think of Action News 5? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🌟 Great local news coverage - 📢 Reliable breaking news alerts - 🌐 Helpful for displaced Memphians **Cons** - 🤖 Excessive ads and pop-ups - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🔍 Difficult to navigate and find content - 🕰️ Outdated and slow to update news - 🔊 Annoying auto-play videos and notifications **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on launch after recent updates - Push notifications not working as expected - Weather radar feature not functioning properly - Videos and stories fail to load or play correctly **Most requested features** - Improve app stability and performance - Reduce intrusive ads and improve user experience - Enhance search and content organization - Provide more timely and comprehensive local news coverage ## Newest reviews (20 of 107) ### 3/5 — App Bug *2026-06-10, version 8.0.6* Please fix the jerkiness when scrolling through the app. Hard on the eyes. ### 3/5 — Is It Just Me?? *2026-04-07, version 8.0.3* Your forward button on each story doesn’t work anymore. Is it just my phone? It used to work?? ### 3/5 — Too many ads to watch before getting livestream *2026-04-01, version 8.0.3* I love action news 5 in Memphis. I love be able to view live news broadcasts since moving out of the metropolitan area. Within the last few months, the livestream drops. Also when going to the livestream there are more ads required to view before getting to view the livestream. ### 1/5 — Update makes the app worthless *2026-03-06, version 8.0.2* I would give zero stars. When you click on a news story it only pulls up a page of advertisements, no news story. Revert to your older app! ### 1/5 — Waste of time *2026-03-06, version 8.0.2* This is so heavy with ads it’s almost impossible to use ### 1/5 — Why? *2026-03-06, version 8.0.2* You should really look into finding real advertising. These lil games and clickbait stories is BS. CANT EVEN READ THE NEWS!!! After this latest stupid update. ### 1/5 — Update *2026-03-06, version 8.0.2* New update is terrible doesn’t even let you read the story ### 1/5 — App forced me to download *2026-03-06, version 8.0.2* I hate this new update. If I could give it negative stars I would. Why change something that works fine? At least offer a back date so user can go back to the old style because the new update sticks. ### 1/5 — Awful changes *2026-03-06, version 8.0.1* What have you done to this app? If it stays like this I’ll delete it. ### 1/5 — Not what WMC used to be *2026-03-06, version 8.0.1* WMC used to be my go to channel but it’s become sensationalized with the only local news being negative. I’d love to see what’s going right in our great city and know in advance what’s happening so we can support our community. Unless it’s a shooting, Grizzlies or Tiger basketball, it doesn’t make headlines. ### 1/5 — Does not go to selected news story *2026-03-05, version 8.0.1* When the app updated it does not go to the news story it bring up more ads. Very annoying ### 1/5 — Crashing *2026-01-22, version 7.0.16* I love the app but here lately it has been crashing a lot ### 1/5 — Popup adds *2025-12-23, version 7.0.16* Way too many popup adds that randomly come up while I'm trying to read a story. I love Action News 5, but issues never get fixed on this app. Maybe time to overhaul the app or overhaul the IT department in charge of it. I don't think they care about these reviews. ### 1/5 — In need of improvement! *2025-12-07, version 7.0.16* To whom it may concern, this app is in need of a UI overhaul. News is sparsely updated, especially with the chaos occurring in the Memphis metro area! Headlines are so slowly updated that it is literally old news advertised all day long! Get it together Noaction News 5! ### 1/5 — Virus scan ad *2025-09-11, version 7.0.16* Every time I open the app I get that fake virus scan ad that takes up the whole screen. I have to kill the app and re open it again and then the article that I wanted to read is nowhere to be found. ### 1/5 — Virus *2025-09-06, version 7.0.16* Virus keeping popping up ### 1/5 — Review *2025-06-18, version 7.0.16* Easier to read news from other channels that use bigger type fonts. ### 1/5 — Bad function *2025-06-13, version 7.0.16* Continually losing a story by ads being triggered, app closes when a story is selected. Unable to re find story after you inadvertantly get get diverted. ### 1/5 — Video *2025-01-25, version 7.0.16* No way to stop auto play of videos ### 1/5 — No need for further division *2025-01-21, version 7.0.16* I was very disappointed in Channel 5 for posting fake news one day after the inauguration. I thought they were better than this but obviously not. They are attempting to contribute to further division by choosing to be a part of the media who is now so corrupt and 100% bought out. They should know that they will lose viewers by doing this. Did they fail to see that our President won the electoral vote, as well as the popular vote? SHAME on them. Try covering something positive for a change. Or, cover the truth. (If they are capable of that). ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Doc Holliday *2026-05-12, version 8.0.4* Terrible sportscaster. Please take off the air or handcuff him. Who does he think he is impressing. He is a 0. ### 1/5 — Worse-to-Worser. Sooo Many Ads *2026-04-29, version 8.0.4* This has become useless. Live TV doesn’t want to work during last storms. It’s unreliable. FOX APP IS BETTER Amount of ads & how obtrusive they are make it feel like malware ### 1/5 — Terrible redesign *2026-04-28, version 8.0.4* Did you focus on not meeting iPhone legibility and accessibility options? Like scaling text with my phone’s settings? Whiever did the redesing made good money for a worse result. Also app needs an “autoplay videos” toggle. Should be off by default. ### 1/5 — Terrible App *2026-04-14, version 8.0.4* Before the app revamp, I used it a lot. Now it’s just too frustrating to use. If you get a notification of a story and click on it - the app holds you hostage for a bit to force you to stay on the initial ad and then click o. The small arrow to “continue to appear”. Then, even if it’s a text article - say a traffic update, it overrides whatever audio you are listening to and plays audio- usually to a video unrelated to the story you clicked on. Links sometimes don’t work correctly. Haven’t deleted the app only because I hope they will eventually update it again to something better (or just go back to previous version). ### 1/5 — Terrible redesign *2026-03-22, version 8.0.3* Did you focus on not meeting iPhone legibility and accessibility options? Like scaling text with my phone’s settings? Whiever did the redesing made good money for a worse result. ### 1/5 — The new update is horrible *2026-03-22, version 8.0.3* I loved the action news 5 app before the update and this new format is awful and hard to use most likely going to delete it! ### 1/5 — Bad app *2026-03-08, version 8.0.2* This is not a good app. The responsiveness on the app is slightly delayed. I’m removing this app. ### 1/5 — Unusable *2026-03-08, version 8.0.2* Too many ads. Lots of clickbait. There are much better ways to get local news without all the annoyance. ### 1/5 — New Is NOT Improved *2026-03-07, version 8.0.2* WAY TOO MANY ADS! When I click on a news story, I get multiple “sponsored” ads that are bogus. I continue to get the ads and never the news story. I also resent that the app tracks & follows my trends. Why can’t I have the option to disable those cookies? I JUST want the NEWS! ### 1/5 — Glitchy *2026-03-07, version 8.0.2* Every story I try to view takes me to a page full of ads and everything but the story. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great news response *2023-02-03, version 7.0.1* This local channel provides great local response to news, weather, and events. Thank you, channel 5. ### 5/5 — Will not open app *2021-11-21, version 6.7.6* Latest update 6.7.6 will not open on iPhone. Other than that. App is always reliable ### 5/5 — TV News 5 *2020-06-07* I am a displaced lifetime Memphian but 3 years ago we moved to TX for family reasons I love getting news from Channel 5 because it helps my missing Memphis to know what makes the news there. Keep it up. When people ask me where I am from I have to tell them that I am from Memphis but I live on TX. Memphis is my home. ### 5/5 — Senators running *2020-03-05* Why does Joe Burch on Thursday afternoon news have to refer that the two men running were the two white men left in the run for president. They are two men weather they be white, black, brown or any color. I find it offense for him to say two white men. Is that really important. ### 5/5 — Honest reporting *2019-08-27, version 6.2.12* Reports fairly. Weather always correct. I trust my 5 group. Good people. ### 5/5 — Update for app *2019-06-20, version 6.2.9* Just updated app. Now can’t get the app to open. Until then had no complaints, the only news app I use. ### 5/5 — WMC TV *2019-03-21* Channel 5 has been a staple in my family since the beginning of time and my favorite go to when I need to find anything out in the news ! Keep up the good work !!!! ### 5/5 — Breaking News *2018-10-17* I love getting the breaking news on my cell phone. Many times it has saved me time by avoiding traffic shut downs. It also keeps me up to date on what’s happening in the city. Great app to have. ### 5/5 — News 5 *2018-09-25, version 5.0.3* I love Action News 5. The news anchor personnel is great. Also sports and weather. ### 5/5 — When it’s not broken, don’t fix it. *2018-09-24, version 5.0.3* I truly prefer the previous lay-out than this one. Change is good, but not this one. --- *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 2026-08-31.*