# Atlanta News First — user reviews > 79 indexed App Store user reviews of Atlanta News First by Gray Television Group, Inc., rated 4.60/5 from 2,512 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/atlanta-news-first/id547765276/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/atlanta-news-first/id547765276.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,952 · 4★ 323 · 3★ 91 · 2★ 50 · 1★ 96 ## What do users think of Atlanta News First? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 💎 Best news station in Atlanta - 🔥 Excellent news coverage - 🤗 Reliable and informative - 🤩 Favorite news app **Cons** - 🤬 Too many ads and pop-ups - 😡 Forced advertising with no controls - 🙄 Annoying sound ads - 😞 App performance issues **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes or freezes - Videos and content failing to load - Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions **Most requested features** - Dark mode option - Ability to mute/disable ads - Improved navigation and story browsing - Landscape mode support ## Newest reviews (19 of 79) ### 2/5 — Okay *2026-03-31, version 132.0.5* I can’t share the stories! ### 2/5 — Forced advertising with no controls *2025-11-27, version 132.0.0* The ANF site has been very good until just a few weeks ago. They have made changes and you are forced to watch the start of and advertisement but allowed to skip it at a point. However you proceed to the actual news story and it pops up a window playing clips from one of their Monica Kaufman interviews - and you cannot mute it or stop it. Very soon I will abandon this news source if they don’t revert back some of their forced ad content. ### 2/5 — I'm culpable *2025-08-31, version 131.0.14* When you first appeared on the Atlanta scene and gave like at least seven updates of the weather each day I paid a lot of attention because the weather here is so iffy but now I'm infuriated this weekend forecast as being rainy most of the weekend this 3 to 4 day holiday weekend Labor Day weekend 2025 and it hasn't rained at all in fact the weather has been quite nice except for some humidity which is normal for this time of year maybe you should just send that one alert/day and leave it at that unless there's a threat of something tangibly terrible! Hmm? ### 2/5 — New Changes BAD! *2025-08-20, version 131.0.14* On Aug 16 the new format rolled out and app performance is disappointing. I get only a black screen or the spinning wheel when opening app. Must restart my Apple TV or delete/reinstall app to get it working. ### 3/5 — Locked screen *2025-02-13, version 131.0.14* Many other news apps works during a Lock Screen. Please fix its annoying that I have to open up my phone every single time. ### 2/5 — Dark mode needed *2024-11-06, version 131.0.13* While it’s good, but needs to be in dark mode ### 1/5 — Open app and get an ad? *2024-08-06, version 131.0.12* One star and removed. ### 2/5 — Waste of Time *2024-05-17, version 131.0.12* This app is a complete waste of time. I can’t count the number of times I’ve received ‘alerts’ that are completely ridiculous and never come to pass. Gotta be a better app! ### 1/5 — Early voting information *2024-02-19, version 131.0.12* Your anchor said I could find where I could vote early but all that was listed was the Atlanta locations. What about Cobb locations? If you don’t want to list Cobb, which is in your viewing area, then I will change channels and watch another news station that does. Goodbye, From a long time viewer. Phillip Holmes ### 1/5 — Peachtree TV *2024-02-09, version 131.0.12* Tried to watch Hawks on site that says you can. Guess what you can’t. ### 1/5 — Opening Ads *2023-11-19, version 131.0.12* The advertisements that you have to sit through when you open the app have to go. No other news app nor sports app makes anyone go through this. This is not only annoying, it makes ANF look cheap. ### 1/5 — Version 131.0.7 is enough to make me drop this app *2023-05-18, version 131.0.7* The app opens with an ad about senior discounts that you can’t get around without clicking through it. I tried waiting for the ad to go away but it didn’t. My ad preferences are off. Btw, I’m not a senior- far from it. Please get this fixed quick so we can get the news. Please. ### 2/5 — ANF wastes time *2023-02-03, version 131.0.1* Far too many adds that are hard to navigate to the desired story! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work for me… *2023-01-30, version 130.4.12* Downloaded app to iPhone 11 Pro Max with latest Apple software installed. Upon launch the red ANF opening screen is displayed with the timer for long minutes, but the app never displays the news. ### 2/5 — SO LONG TO LOAD *2023-01-27, version 130.4.12* it literally took 20 min to load bro ### 1/5 — First alert *2023-01-16, version 130.4.12* Give it a break…. First alert overload I say…. I’m very tired of hearing “first alert “ 😩🤷🏻‍♂️ ### 1/5 — Doesn’t open. *2022-12-27, version 130.4.12* Installed it twice. It just spins. ### 1/5 — won’t open *2022-11-08, version 130.4.12* Running iOS 15.6.1 and the app won’t open. What a dud. ### 1/5 — No news, just ads, some days *2022-11-04, version 130.4.12* Some days it works great, except for the political commercials. But other days there is no news just commercials and a loop of the airport. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Can’t turn off auto play *2026-05-17, version 132.0.7* Can’t turn off the auto play function, very disruptive and disrespectful ### 1/5 — Obsessed *2026-05-02, version 132.0.6* Too many constant obnoxious alerts like that’s all I have to do is grab my phone to see what you’re saying this minute. All I want is weather alerts that pertain to me and my location about imminent or dangerous weather conditions. I don’t need all this other junk. ### 1/5 — Spam-like interface *2026-01-27, version 132.0.0* I was not a fan ### 1/5 — Unusable... *2026-01-24, version 132.0.0* Why? Because all this app does is put up a full screen advertisement that doesn't allow the user to actually access news articles. All this app is intended for is advertising, and data collecting on users. It's really sad to think that this is supposed to be a community helping those who live in the community but instead it's just another app intended to collect data on a users, with no care for those users. This app doesn't deserve to be on any devices. DELETE. ### 1/5 — What happened?? *2025-11-11, version 132.0.0* This was my go to app for local news and now I have to sit and wait for the advertisement to finish before I can even open the app and all the pop up ads are just plain aggravating. ### 1/5 — Was great. Now annoying. *2025-11-09, version 132.0.0* This was a very good news app until they added ads with sound, often quite loud! Ads are understandable but the sound? No. ### 1/5 — Unsubscribe *2025-10-13, version 131.0.14* Unsubscribe me from your site ### 1/5 — Nothing but an Ad *2025-10-05, version 131.0.14* Now when you open the app it will only display an ad. No option to close it so you can see the actual news. ### 1/5 — I love anf in the morning but… *2025-06-16, version 131.0.14* This app can see its way off my phone with a quick. I mean, Gurvina, Ella, Courtney, Rodney, Brooks, Rick, Don, and Patrick are still gonna talk to me. I had some weather at my house and. I. Could. Not. Get. A. Single. Video. To. Load. I tried watch live, I tried first alert weather, and I tried news, and none of them worked. By the time I futzed with that, the weather had slacked off. So… ANF F this app. WSB wins until Ella tells me the app is fixed and reliable. ### 1/5 — Full screen not working *2025-01-31, version 131.0.14* The button that allows you to view the video in full screen is not working. I am trying to view the weather forecast videos in full screen. When I click the full screen button nothing happens. However, when I view the same video using the web browser on my iPad, it works fine. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — ANF really is 1st!! *2025-02-20, version 131.0.14* My husband and son are both Police officers at a city just outside of ATL and I pick on them sometimes bc I get notifications from ANF before they get notified by dispatch. ANF really is 1st most of the time to get the latest news and weather reports!! ### 5/5 — The best station in the ATL *2020-06-03, version 50.0* CBS 46 is the only station in Atlanta with a team of reporters on the ground with protesters since the very start and if it weren't for their heroic coverage the incident with Pilgrim & Young would have never seen the light of day. When Atlanta was burning eleven alive was airing wheel of fortune and the other stations were relying on traffic cameras and pixelated cell phone videos. I'm so glad we can stream on the app so the world can see what's going in Atlanta ### 5/5 — Love it *2020-02-21, version 4.34.260049863* I love the breaking new ### 5/5 — Veterans *2019-12-13, version 4.34.260049863* I love how you don’t forget our Veterans! ### 5/5 — Good work & a great team *2019-10-28, version 4.33.530046576* Please keep up the good work to help the public,& also keeping the public informed at all times ### 5/5 — Nice app *2019-10-12, version 4.33.530046576* Nice app ### 5/5 — Excellent new anchor *2019-10-02, version 4.33.530046576* Rick folbaum Is a polished professional and a wonderful addition to your team ### 5/5 — Very informative app *2019-09-22, version 4.33.530046576* This is one my most reliable apps ### 5/5 — Best News Channel *2019-05-29* I enjoy this news channel. It’s my favorite station. Thank you for keeping me updated with what’s going on in the world and appreciate all that y’all do. Have a wonderful & blessed day & stay safe. 🤗👍🏽👌🏽🙏🏽🥰 ### 5/5 — CBS News *2019-05-01, version 4.33.360044151* Is Number One for me. Love the staff, I think they do a great job. --- *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 2026-08-28.*