# Channel 3000 Weather — user reviews > 45 indexed App Store user reviews of Channel 3000 Weather by Evening Telegram Company, rated 3.10/5 from 43 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/channel-3000-weather/id937308042/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/channel-3000-weather/id937308042.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 10 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 11 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 7 ## Newest reviews (15 of 45) ### 2/5 — C’mon… the ads make this unusable *2026-03-12* The “Important Weather Alert” video I waited for through an awful ad to watch was literally fewer than five seconds long and had no audio description. It jumped right into another ad, so I had no opportunity to rewind or pause it. ### 2/5 — Update still needs work, you lose a star because months later it hasn’t been fixed *2025-04-28* The Hourly Section is too sensitive. Sometimes I just want to swipe to see a few hours ahead, but every time I even touch this area, it always switches me to the full screen Hourly forecast. If I wanted the full Hourly screen, I’d have chosen it at the bottom of the screen. Also, I’d like to be able to customize the radar to always show my preference of showing both clouds and precipitation, instead of having to customize this every time I visit the app. Lastly, when you click to the video to see the day’s forecast, you can’t get back to the Home Screen afterwards. You have to exit the app altogether. Very annoying. ALSO, radar now takes way too long to load. Radar also won’t load. As severe weather gets to be more of a risk, this becomes more important to fix, please. Having the radar load is a safety issue. Thanks. ### 2/5 — Update still needs work, you lose a star because months later it hasn’t been fixed *2025-04-19* The Hourly Section is too sensitive. Sometimes I just want to swipe to see a few hours ahead, but every time I even touch this area, it always switches me to the full screen Hourly forecast. If I wanted the full Hourly screen, I’d have chosen it at the bottom of the screen. Also, I’d like to be able to customize the radar to always show my preference of showing both clouds and precipitation, instead of having to customize this every time I visit the app. Lastly, when you click to the video to see the day’s forecast, you can’t get back to the Home Screen afterwards. You have to exit the app altogether. Very annoying. ALSO, radar now takes way too long to load. ### 2/5 — Update still needs work, you lose a star because months later it hasn’t been fixed *2025-04-11* The Hourly Section is too sensitive. Sometimes I just want to swipe to see a few hours ahead, but every time I even touch this area, it always switches me to the full screen Hourly forecast. If I wanted the full Hourly screen, I’d have chosen it at the bottom of the screen. Also, I’d like to be able to customize the radar to always show my preference of showing both clouds and precipitation, instead of having to customize this every time I visit the app. Lastly, when you click to the video to see the day’s forecast, you can’t get back to the Home Screen afterwards. You have to exit the app altogether. Very annoying. ### 2/5 — Radar *2024-06-01* Why is the past radar not available anymore? Was very nice feature. ### 2/5 — Dropped the ball on a tornado warning *2023-07-29* I got an emergency alert on my phone from NWS Milwaukee Sullivan of a tornado warning in my area and they told me to check local media. I opened your app and found NOTHING during the entire 45 minute period of the warning. I tried to access the video that normally broadcasts local coverage of the storm and I saw a 404 error message. I was getting repeated alerts from other parts of the state through your app, but when it came to my local area? Zero. Yeah, you guys really dropped the ball on this one. I used the 45 minute window of this warning to test other apps and found that another local network affiliate did much better. So I’m uninstalling y’all. ### 3/5 — Works fir the most part *2021-07-07* As mentioned before, the biggest issue is when I’m using the current radar loop, it looses it and gives you a ‘???’ For the end time. Annoying. I use this feature the most. But not for long. Gonna find another app that works. ### 2/5 — Confounding *2021-01-25* This app just frustrates me these days. After watching thirty seconds of ads, you’re treated to a teeny tiny snippet of weather coverage—like “It’s going to snow today”. Then, you have to watch another thirty seconds of ads to get an equally unhelpful snippet that would only be informative if strung together with about six of the reports. Now they have these worthless, soundless computer animations that are too small and pass by too quickly for me to read and consume. Please, just please—advertisement, semi-thorough report, synopsis. I’d super appreciate it ### 3/5 — Doesn’t switch cities or refresh well *2020-06-20, version 5.0.502* Bad weather app for those who travel. If you switch cities, it says the new city at the top of the page, but still only shows the current conditions, and 10 day forecast, for Madison. Also doesn’t refresh the radar well if you use the radar, then want a refresh an hour later. ### 2/5 — Won’t open half the time *2020-01-09* Every other time I try to open it since the “performance improvement” upgrade a week ago, it is frozen on the opening screen and has to be uninstalled and reinstalled. Very annoying. We like it, but only if it works. ### 2/5 — Opens with loud video, hard to read *2019-12-09* Periodically, this app opens with a loud video making it inappropriate in many settings. The urgent weather updates are in video format with no option to read text, which is annoying and time consuming. And the main screens have a busy grey background that makes it difficult to read the print. Though I want to like this app with local weather, it honestly is not very good. I’m going back to my previous weather app. ### 2/5 — Too many ads *2019-03-10* Nice app but I would be willing to spend a little money to get rid of the ads. this is why I gave it two stars. ### 2/5 — Download for the notifications *2019-01-21* Love the notifications. It’s great seeing local weather in plain speak. However, the app is full of ads. You have to watch a 15 second ad for news 3 in order to see the forecast. So, download for the notifications but don’t bother opening the app. ### 3/5 — Come on... *2018-04-28* Talk about lack of interest. They still haven’t make this so it works in landscape mode on my iPad. And I don’t mind some ads, but this thing is loaded. The only reason I use it is because it’s pretty accurate for local weather. ### 3/5 — Display Mode *2017-07-05, version 4.4.1303* App only works in portrait mode. I prefer to use landscape mode. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Update still needs work, you lose a star because over a year later it hasn’t been fixed *2025-10-13* The Hourly Section is too sensitive. You lose another star because you STILL haven’t fixed this. But hey, maybe I’m being unfair. Maybe you just haven’t had enough time, it’s only been OVER a year now. Sometimes I just want to swipe to see a few hours ahead, but every time I even barely graze this area, it always switches me to the full screen Hourly forecast. If I wanted the full Hourly screen, I’d have chosen it at the bottom of the screen. Also, when you click to the video to see the day’s forecast, you can’t get back to the Home Screen afterwards. You have to exit the app altogether. Very annoying. Lastly, radar now takes way too long to load. Radar sometimes won’t load at all. As severe weather gets to be more of a risk, this becomes more important to fix, please. Having the radar load is a safety issue. Thanks. ### 1/5 — Just ads and past weather *2024-06-03* No realtime radar information as to tornado directions. That is only on tv 3 channel. When one is in a basement without tv accessibility, use My Radar App. Get a weather radio it much safer. Not helpful AT ALL in severe weather conditions. ### 1/5 — Worthless. *2020-06-02* Used to be okay...I don’t know what changed, but now after I sit through the endless loading ad, I get a black screen that says “this app isn’t available in your location” even though I’m in the viewing area. ### 1/5 — Not good *2020-01-10* I can’t get it to open when needed. And when I can open it, the video doesn’t always work. Irritating. iPhone 11. ### 1/5 — Nope *2019-12-15* Put it on; took it off. Won’t open. ### 1/5 — Locks up on iPhone. Inaccurate on many occasions. *2019-06-28* Awful. I’m deleting it after this review and trying Weather Underground. This Tuesday it showed sun all day. So I leave my car windows down and at 9am it rains. I look at my app and it says currently sunny and still sunny at 9 am. Fire the person in charge of this worthless app. I’m rarely so disappointed. ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2018-03-06* Too many ads, some are right in the middle of the screen. Obnoxious. This turned me off after 30 seconds, and I didn't bother to look deeper for features. I would not mind ads for the TV station to get me to watch their broadcast. But the ads are for cars and stuff I'm not interested in. ### 1/5 — A huge step backwards *2017-05-29, version 4.4.1101* 1 star because we canning leave 0 or negative stars. Rule #1 of any UX be it mobile or otherwise is the NEVER play sound or video without the user's permission! Now while your app does ask if it can send user notifications that is done under auspices of alerts when there is severe weather in the area. At no point would I EVER agree to receive verbal alerts reminding me to use your POS app to check on my Memorial Day weather! Especially when I am trying to put a baby down for a nap you in considerate a-holes!!! You have ruined and destroyed the trust I had for Channel3000. The fact that you went for a cookie cutter, wannabe weather channel looking app made by the lowest bidder is beyond evident by how "craptacular" this weather app is. For example: Why does it take so long to load the animated weather on the map? Why are you not auto generating a gif that is auto uploaded to S3 and servers out via cloud front (or cdn of choice ) like everyone else? Why, when I get an alert about severe weather when I tap it I am brought to a loud obnoxious video clip?! A video clip that desperately needs the wadsworth constant applied to it. A video that takes it dear sweet time getting to the vital information one would need during a severe weather event. The same information that would be better served as written word vs. yet another advertisement avenue such as the ad you force users to see when they first launch the app (again putting more time between impending death and the vital information one needs to avoid it). It's bad decisions like the above and a myriad of other little things that show you don't care about your users and I highly recommend not to install this app, or if you already have to delete it. ### 1/5 — Screen orientation *2017-05-19, version 4.4.1101* Does not change screen orientation. No landscape mode. Why did you implement the same bad UI design and issues as Channel 27's weather app? I switched to using your app instead of theirs when they changed the format of their app. Now you've copied the same poor design. I guess I need to abandon the use of this app now as well. ### 1/5 — Radar *2015-12-13, version 3.9.1200* Radar does not show precip. Been raining all day and radar shows nothing ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great upgrade *2015-02-18, version 3.5.100* This ap is much more reliable than its predecessor . The forecasts are updated more quickly, and seem to be more accurate. It loads more quickly and has fewer annoying network errors. When I check the temp and hourly later it remembers to update its data instead of being stuck at the same hour I last checked like the last ap. channel 3000 is the most accurate weather ap for mad area in my experience. ### 4/5 — Much Better. Good work! *2025-12-30* The Hourly and Daily Sections seem to have been fixed so that they are no longer too sensitive to the touch. Thank you for that! Also fixed is the glitch that made viewing the video/forecast difficult to switch back to the app’s home page. It’s much better. I like the improvements to the radar, too. Keep up the good work! If further updates work as well as this one does, and on a consistent basis, you’ll get that 5th star! ### 4/5 — Near my location notifications *2023-10-15* Recently I have been getting notices of “a weather alert near my location”. They are no where near my location! The weather alert I get 5 out of 10 times, is on the complete opposite of the state from me! ### 4/5 — Accurate weather forecast *2015-03-31, version 3.6.500* Seems good so far. Hope there will be a Notification widget soon. ### 3/5 — Better but still needs work *2026-06-11* The Daily Sections seem to have been fixed so that they are no longer too sensitive to the touch. Thank you for that! The hourly still has the same problem as before. It’s still too sensitive. So you lose a star. Also fixed is the glitch that made viewing the video/forecast difficult to switch back to the app’s home page. It’s much better. I like the improvements to the radar, too. But when you really need it, like to see severe weather coming, it’s too inconsistent. I had severe weather coming today and could not use the radar. It was showing from 6 hours earlier, and would not update. That doesn’t help any. And not the only time this has happened. ### 3/5 — Better but still needs work *2026-01-09, version 6.1.302* The Hourly and Daily Sections seem to have been fixed so that they are no longer too sensitive to the touch. Thank you for that! Update: Actually only the daily forecast section has been fixed. The hourly still has the same problem as before. It’s still too sensitive. So you lose a star. Also fixed is the glitch that made viewing the video/forecast difficult to switch back to the app’s home page. It’s much better. I like the improvements to the radar, too. Keep working on it. ### 3/5 — Glitch in the app over a year *2025-04-17* There’s an issue when trying to slide through the day forecast and with the 10 day forecast. I cannot slide through without it opening up the whole section on weather. We used to be able to just slide through the spots without opening the whole new tab. I’ll give the last two stars when this gets fixed. ### 3/5 — Good update but still needs work *2024-11-07* The Hourly Section is too sensitive. Sometimes I just want to swipe to see a few hours ahead, but every time I even touch this area, it always switches me to the full screen Hourly forecast. If I wanted the full Hourly screen, I’d have chosen it at the bottom of the screen. Also, I’d like to be able to customize the radar to always show my preference of showing both clouds and precipitation, instead of having to customize this every time I visit the app. ### 3/5 — Annoying ads *2023-10-21* I like the app, but I find the advertisements really annoying and offensive with scantily clad women in provocative poses. ### 3/5 — It flashes *2023-07-14* The radar seems touchy and flashes in past and future mode! Also not very accurate as to where the rain actually is, I have heard heavy rain near your location and it’s not even near my location --- *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 2026-08-15.*