# BakersfieldNow News — user reviews

> 18 indexed App Store user reviews of BakersfieldNow News by Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc, rated 4.80/5 from 59 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bakersfieldnow-news/id433704911/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bakersfieldnow-news/id433704911.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 48 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Worthless after last update.

*2020-02-28*

Shows headlines but no text in stories only black boxes and ads.

### 1/5 — Poor quality app

*2019-06-27*

I’ve had this app for a few years now. I don’t know why. It’s very glitchy and crashes all the time. News feeds are always behind other news apps and there’s never any updates to fix the issues. Horrible app. I’m deleting it now.

### 1/5 — Will not open

*2017-06-14*

New version of app crashes on startup.

### 1/5 — Will not open

*2017-06-13*

Useless. Crashes on startup.

### 1/5 — App doesn't work

*2017-02-08*

Just a heads up your app hasn't been working lately. You can see the bylines, but when you click on the article nothing loads and you can't play the video associated with it.

### 1/5 — No news- news app

*2015-10-07*

App never loads the news! Just keeps saying no articles were found.

### 1/5 — Shut Down

*2015-10-06*

It is no longer supported by the station. All news feeds stopped.

### 1/5 — Dumb review

*2015-07-26*

Wonder if this one will disappear. Like old, not new. Getting tired of doing this review over and over

### 1/5 — New App is COMPLETELY Stupid!!!

*2011-05-03*

The old app was indispensable, the new app is a joke, you don't even get to read the full headline of the stories because it is truncated. 

Whoever programmed this app or bought the software for this app is completely out to lunch. 

Will no longer be using this once indispensable app. 

Very VERY disappointed!

### 1/5 — Bakersfield now

*2011-04-29*

Old app was 10 fold better. This new one is no good.

## Most praised reviews (8 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Great News!

*2020-04-11*

Love the programming and this app!

### 5/5 — Must-have for Bakersfield residents

*2015-08-26*

I was drawn to the app because it's been my experience that Eyewitness News provides the best coverage of Kern County. The app itself isn't bad -  pretty good interface and it works well on my dinosaur iPhone 4. I'd highly recommend it.

### 5/5 — Love this app!!!

*2011-07-26*

It's funny how some ppl take there time to be so negative if you don't like this app simply delate it it's as 1,2,3. :)

### 3/5 — B

*2013-01-13*

This app has a lot of potential. I am wanting an app for Bakersfield Local News since I cancelled the paper.  So far it seems like a good app, but if a news story is more than 5 days old, purge it. It looks like a neglected app when finding articles a month old.

### 3/5 — Works fine

*2012-03-31*

I have no issues with the way the app works. It would be nice though if more stories were updated and added more frequently.  Also, just because an article originates in California doesn't necessarily mean it should be considered a local story.

### 2/5 — Please fix this app.

*2020-02-07*

I love the station and the program. However the apps very glitchy and crashes a lot. It won’t load videos and has me watch many ads before failing to load videos.

### 2/5 — Annoying and not even news

*2016-03-16*

Way way waaaaaay too many push notifications!!! And they're not even news updates, they're teasers for tonight's broadcast!!!

### 2/5 — Old app

*2011-05-06*

Old app was better than this one !!!!! It's just like kget 17 app ! Bring the old one back

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