# Channel 3000 \| News 3 Now — user reviews > 82 indexed App Store user reviews of Channel 3000 | News 3 Now by Evening Telegram Company, rated 4.50/5 from 6,582 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/channel-3000-news-3-now/id394767361/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/channel-3000-news-3-now/id394767361.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4,729 · 4★ 1,100 · 3★ 353 · 2★ 149 · 1★ 251 ## What do users think of Channel 3000 | News 3 Now? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Personable and authentic news team - 🚀 Quick access to news and weather - 💡 Useful addition of obituaries **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes - 🔍 Incomplete or outdated content - 📢 Excessive ads and pop-ups - 📲 Poor navigation and scrolling issues - 📝 Poorly written and edited articles - 🗳️ Perceived political bias in reporting **Commonly reported bugs** - Notifications leading to blank or outdated content - Weather radar and live streaming functionality issues - Repeated stories appearing in news feed **Most requested features** - Dark mode option - Customizable alert preferences - Improved search and archiving for past articles - Better integration with social media and sharing ## Newest reviews (13 of 82) ### 2/5 — Too many notifications *2026-06-11, version 60002.4* No option for only weather alerts. Too many other notifications are disruptive and annoying ### 2/5 — New version is too slow *2023-08-14, version 60000* The new version as of 8/14 is super slow, has way too many pop-ups and ads. Just turned off alerts and will rarely be using. ### 4/5 — Glitchy app only works when it wants to *2023-04-06, version 50000.01.110060505* I scrol ### 1/5 — Jumpy *2022-12-13, version 40000.35.750059596* It is nearly impossible to scroll, as the app continually jumps back to the top or near top of the page you’re viewing when looking through news stories or obits. It’s very frustrating and I now mostly use another local news app. ### 1/5 — Pop ups *2022-10-25, version 40000.35.750059596* I have always enjoyed your news and the app. However the screen continues to bounce back and forth to review the ads. The obits are impossible to even read. My wife and friends say the same thing. I know it’s about revenue but I am close to deleting your app. Thanks Curt Regali ### 1/5 — Too left wing *2022-09-24, version 40000.35.750059596* It would be nice for a news gathering organization to be objective and in Their reporting! They are far from that! It is so disheartening to see them so obviously one sided! Therefore I don’t believe a word of what they report! I only continue to read it for local weather and sports ### 3/5 — Print size *2022-08-14, version 40000.35.750059596* I wish the print could be larger. ### 4/5 — Unimportant news *2022-07-28, version 40000.35.750059596* A lot of news that’s not interesting. Stories that maybe news people want to report but aren’t important. ### 2/5 — Fix Scrolling *2022-06-06, version 40000.35.750059596* Can’t stand the constant jumping up and down when scrolling. You would think they would fix it after more than a year of problems. Still awful and barely even useable. ### 1/5 — Screen constantly reloading *2022-02-10, version 40000.35.750059596* The screen is constantly reloading on me while I’m scrolling through the headlines. I’ll scroll down maybe 10 stories and it will reload and jump back to the fourth story. Not sure if this is a common problem with the iPhone app but I never had this issue when I had android. ### 2/5 — needs work *2022-02-01, version 40000.35.750059596* keeps refreshing i cant scroll down to the end, this has been a thing in iOS for months now ### 1/5 — worst *2021-12-23, version 40000.35.740059580* sorry if my ipad can not get your stuff anymore, nothing changed here ### 2/5 — Covid *2021-11-04, version 40000.35.730059452* Don’t you think it’s about time you cut back in the covid vaccine rhetoric. It takes up so much of every newscast that you hardly have time for important local news stories. It just becomes repeat, repeat, repeat day after day after day. 😵‍💫 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Seldom updated *2026-08-10, version 60002.4* This app is as bad as their TV reception! You can find faster, more up-to-date news, just by looking on the Internet. ### 1/5 — Disable your irritating header *2026-04-08, version 60002.3* Every time I use this app I am forced to close the header asking me to watch live. If I wanted to watch live I would turn on the TV. This is a horrible user experience. ### 1/5 — Slow to be updated *2026-01-09, version 60002.0* App is as bad as they’re over the air broadcast station channel 3 signal in Madison. They need to invest in some serious upgrades on both!! ### 1/5 — Slow to be updated *2025-12-05, version 60002.0* The news isn’t updated enough. But then the other local news apps never seem to be updated either. The reason for me to have news apps is to get current news updates. ### 1/5 — Facebook *2024-07-22, version 60001.2* I can’t see your Facebook page anymore. Did you close your page or did you block me for some reason? ### 1/5 — Pop up video impossible to close *2024-02-21, version 60001.1* With a new update a video news clip always pops up. The only way to get it to leave my screen - even after closing the app- is to force the app closed. I just want to scroll the headlines and now it is a huge pain. Going to delete for now until they remove that feature. This had been my go-to app for Madison news ### 1/5 — New app is unusable - radar won’t load. *2023-10-13, version 60001* The new and ‘improved’ app has been out a couple months. Still will not load any weather radar. I upgraded to a new phone - for other reasons - and it continues. It’s a huge step backwards in app functionality. I just deleted it and will be trying other Madison news apps. ### 1/5 — Latest update terrible *2023-08-12, version 60000* This latest app update/change is a huge step backwards in usability ### 1/5 — Terrible app *2023-01-17, version 40000.35.750059596* If you are going to send notifications about certain articles. DONT TAKE ME TO THE WATCH LIVE SECTION. If I want to read about a particular article I was notified about, that’s what I want to read. If I see the notification an hour later it makes it completely pointless to even click on it. Then I have to try and dig to find that article. OPEN THE ARTICLE THAT MATCHES THE NOTIFICATION LIKE EVER OTHER NEWS APP ### 1/5 — The worst news report *2022-12-27, version 40000.35.750059596* YyyjammerThe worst you re ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Wealth is filthy *2026-06-16, version 60002.4* Inequality is obvious ### 5/5 — Repeats *2023-02-02, version 40000.37.090060008* Why are some articles repeated in the news list? They should only be listed once. ### 5/5 — News *2022-10-23, version 40000.35.750059596* I watch Channel 3 news every day😊 ### 5/5 — Keely Arthur *2022-04-03, version 40000.35.750059596* Bring back ### 5/5 — You should fix your Obits section *2022-04-01, version 40000.35.750059596* You should fix your obits section T ### 5/5 — Nope *2022-03-22, version 40000.35.750059596* Seems like every time you start scrolling it jumps back uptop! Plus whoever is editing or writing has a fourth grade education! Ghetto speak, etc…. Pretty pathetic for a well established news organization! Very disappointed!!! ### 5/5 — App *2022-01-20, version 40000.35.750059596* App always moves back up involuntarily when viewing obituaries. Becomes rather annoying. Otherwise good information. Thanks ### 5/5 — Channel 3000 *2021-10-20, version 40000.35.720059202* In living on the Eastside of Janesville and your tower is closer to the west side of Madison we end up with channel 58 out of Marshall/ Milwaukee! We really like the 3000 a lot and Milwaukee news doesn’t interest us much! I’ll keep going on line to get your coverage as you cover Rock County very well! Thanks for asking! ### 5/5 — Channel 3000 *2021-04-08, version 40000.35.470055277* Loved the app. Now I can’t get it to open! Deleted it and tried to start over. It still won’t work! Help!!! ### 5/5 — Sue *2021-02-28, version 40000.35.470055277* I really like the Anchors, Meteorologists, and reporters so to have this app is nice. --- *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 2026-08-27.*