# CNY Central — user reviews > 58 indexed App Store user reviews of CNY Central by Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc, rated 4.80/5 from 262 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cny-central/id524184909/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cny-central/id524184909.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 217 · 4★ 35 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of CNY Central? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Good quick info and weather - 👍 Good mix of local and national news - 👍 Brief, often all that's needed - 👍 Love the local news articles - 👍 Love the push notifications - 👍 Informative app - 👍 Easy to navigate - 👍 Great app for Syracuse - 👍 User friendly **Cons** - 🐛 Auth0 error preventing login - 🐛 Excessive notifications - 🐛 App not opening/crashing - 🐛 Live stream requires turning off captions - 🐛 App only works in one orientation - 🐛 Crashes after update - 🐛 No dark mode option - 🐛 Cannot see content due to overlay - 🐛 Notifications not opening stories - 🐛 App update shows old data - 🐛 Shallow news content - 🐛 Poor scrolling experience - 🐛 Stories not updated frequently - 🐛 Live weather is outdated - 🐛 No sound in weather forecast - 🐛 Viewing locked to vertical - 🐛 App freezes when opening articles - 🐛 App redirects to website - 🐛 Full of spam advertising - 🐛 App unusable due to ads redirecting to App Store - 🐛 Videos not available - 🐛 Swiping through directions on launch - 🐛 Breaking news notifications without content - 🐛 Fact checking issues - 🐛 Links hardly ever work - 🐛 No comment section - 🐛 Cover pics not centered - 🐛 Weather notifications for everything - 🐛 Weather section not helpful - 🐛 App erased/old setup preferred - 🐛 Bad update, deleted app - 🐛 App freezes phone - 🐛 Glorified web app - 🐛 App closes on opening - 🐛 Useless info, no weather/school closings - 🐛 Constant redirecting to site - 🐛 Mostly ads - 🐛 Doesn't install, dead icon - 🐛 Too much content and ads (compared to competitor) - 🐛 Video ads before content **Commonly reported bugs** - Auth0 error preventing login - App crashes on launch - App freezes when opening articles - Notifications lead to main feed instead of story - Live stream requires disabling captions - App only works in portrait mode - App crashes after updates - No dark mode available - Content obscured by an overlay message - App shows outdated information - Poor scrolling performance - Live weather data is not current - No sound for weather forecast videos - App restricts viewing to vertical orientation - Videos are unavailable - Mandatory tutorial panels on every launch - Breaking news notifications without content - Links are frequently broken - App redirects to external websites or App Store - Video playback is interrupted by long ads - App closes immediately upon opening - App does not install or update properly **Most requested features** - Fix Auth0 login error - Reduce notification frequency - Allow orientation change - Add dark mode option - Fix overlay issue preventing content view - Ensure notifications link to correct stories - Update app with current data - Improve news content depth - Enhance scrolling experience - Update stories more frequently - Fix live weather data - Add sound to weather forecast - Allow landscape viewing - Fix app freezing on article open - Improve video playback - Remove mandatory tutorial panels on launch - Ensure breaking news content is available - Improve fact-checking - Fix broken links - Reintroduce comment section - Center cover pictures - Allow specific weather notifications - Make weather section more helpful (verbal forecast) - Revert to old setup - Fix app redirecting to website - Remove spam advertising - Stop redirecting to App Store - Fix video ads - Add school closing info - Improve app stability ## Newest reviews (19 of 58) ### 2/5 — Cannot log in *2026-06-01* There is some sort of Auth0 error and I can’t log into the app at all. I’ve contacted the station multiple times but no one will even reply to emails. Incredibly frustrating. ### 3/5 — Excessive Notifications *2026-01-27* App was working great. However, late last week it started spamming me with excessive notifications and no easily discernible way to reduce the frequency of the messages. ### 2/5 — Bad update *2023-12-19, version 9.4.0* The last update was not good. every time I open the live stream.I have to turn off the close caption. Pretty stupid. ### 2/5 — Orientation is annoying *2023-08-13, version 8.8.0* This app only works in one orientation. So annoying. ### 3/5 — App not working properly after update *2021-06-04* I updated the app a few days ago, and now, when I click on a headline in my notifications, the story doesn’t open in the app. It just goes to the main newsfeed page. Then, when I try to open a story on the newsfeed page, it doesn’t always open, just kind of buffers, and I have to close and open again. This is very inconvenient and frustrating. This is my go-to news app and I never had this problem before. Please fix ASAP! ### 3/5 — Love the local new but the app needs work. *2020-05-24, version 7.30.0* I enjoy reading the local news articles that app displays, but the poor scrolling makes my want to close the app instantly. ### 3/5 — No sound *2019-01-29, version 7.9.0* I try to play the weather forecast and there isn’t any sound. ### 2/5 — Viewing locked *2018-08-10, version 7.4.0* Would get a better review if the app rotated to wide screen instead of vertical only. Doesn’t work with the iPad Pro 12 with a keyboard and screen protector stand. Annoying that it locks in tall mode only. ### 1/5 — Sinclair Group front *2018-04-02, version 7.3.0* Just deleted the app- if they’re going to read canned political remarks dictated by a conservative conglomerate, I’ll get original news from other sources. ### 1/5 — Terrible!! *2018-03-14, version 7.2.0* They recently changed the app. When I press a news story from my notifications, it doesn’t go to that news story. It just takes me to all the headlines. I scrolled and scrolled and never found the stories I received notifications on. ### 3/5 — Live broadcast *2017-07-12* The latest update of this app must have a glitch because at least the live broadcast at noon doesn't work. I've tried it on LTE and wifi. I loved the previous version and I love the looks of the new version ### 1/5 — Doesn't do anything *2017-02-20, version 6.12.0* I've installed and opened it twice now. It does not do anything. It is stuck on first info page saying tap icon listing. Can not move it from there or 'go back' to app store via iOS link on iPad 2 on the top of the screen ### 2/5 — School closing *2017-02-02, version 6.12.0* The page for school closing is never able to load it always says error, and it's not my phone because it used to work and all other options work on the page.Ads always pop up so you never have time to see the actual weather before an add will come up. Love cny central but I would stick with finding it on the internet not the app. ### 1/5 — Useless after update. *2017-01-15, version 6.11.8* Somebody call Wayne Mahar, this app is freezing! (get it?) But honestly, you click on any story and the app freezes. ### 1/5 — Frozen *2017-01-14, version 6.11.8* Newest update makes screen freeze every time you click on anything? ### 1/5 — Full of spam advertising *2016-10-27* This app used to be great, but since the new update you can't even use the app. Every time you click into an article it automatically opens into the App Store, trying to get you to download some game, then when you click the button on top to go back to CNY Central, it goes right back to the app store. Very disappointing & frustrating, I expect better from a news channels app. Please fix ASAP! ### 2/5 — App is practically unusable now due to ads *2016-10-18* I'm currently using version 6.11.6, build number 145 on an iPhone 6s running iOS 10.0.2. This most recent version of the app has become practically unusable to me due to the fact that it continually takes me to the App Store for who knows what, and most recently even opened some gaming page that brought up a notification that it wanted me to click "OK" to while I was trying to read one of the articles. Instead I quit the app and closed the browser window. You MUST do something to address this behavior. I can't read a single article or even scroll through the list of articles without being transferred to the App Store against my wishes. This is a MAJOR usability issue which needs to be fixed pronto. I will not be able to use the app again until this gets addressed. ### 1/5 — Many Annoying Errors and Bad Features *2016-09-30* Many stories will contain video and then the video will not be available. Every time you launch the app you have to swipe through 5 panels of directions explaining how to operate the app. Ridiculous. The best is when they "push" breaking news with notifications and when you go to read the story, the breaking news article or story isn't even into the app yet!!! Even if you refresh and close out and reopen it. And this is true wether I'm on my 4g lte or my 60mbps wireless internet. And I have a 6S Plus. ### 1/5 — Used to be better *2016-07-02* Used to be a great app, now it's kinda pathetic. the fact checking leaves something to be desired (ex: Berlin is in Germany, NOT Greece). Also, the links hardly ever work, no more comment section and the cover pics need to be centered better. Ugh. Seriously thinking of dropping this app. Also turned on WEATHER ONLY notifications and am getting notifications for everything. Come on guys, get it together! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Cannot log in *2026-06-12* There is some sort of Auth0 error and I can’t log into the app at all. I’ve contacted you several times but no one will even reply to emails. Incredibly frustrating. FIX IT. ### 1/5 — CNY central app not working can’t open the app *2024-06-03, version 9.16.0* CNY central app not working can’t open the app up.. have iPhone 12.. ### 1/5 — My favorite app no longer works *2022-12-29* This channel 3 news app is fantastic if it works. But after the update it just crashes. It won’t turn on at all. I’m on iOS version 12.1, which is older I know. But there was no way to get around updating. It wouldn’t let me turn the app on unless I updated. Very disappointing. I’m heartbroken. ### 1/5 — New update, no more dark mode *2022-12-20, version 8.5.1* The newest update changed the interface to all white. No dark mode option. Painful to look at. ### 1/5 — Can’t see it *2022-08-31, version 7.38.0* Ever since the last part of August 2022 I can’t see it Because of a message that is down the middle and I cannot even see the end of that there is no way of viewing this any longer and it used to be my favorite. I was able to get to the end of the message on the Weather app but not this one. ### 1/5 — Recent update of app *2020-10-01, version 7.32.0* My app was updated today and when I it opened it shows rte 81 closed due to snowstorm dated 1/31/2019! App update has issues ### 1/5 — No news, just noise *2020-05-31* I’ve had this app for a while attempting to stay current with local news. But the app consistently fails at accomplishing that. Periodically, the app will generate an alert about something happening in the region. But if you click the alert to open the app and read more, there isn’t more to read. The article will claim it is a “developing story” (or similar) and provide no more info than was contained in the alert. I think they are just trying to get their advertisements in front of more eyes. When I have used the app to read local news, articles are very shallow in content and “reporters” rarely ask questions that should be answered. Rather, they talk a little bit about what is happening, but never seek or provide substance. Apparently this “news” group is all about selling ads and fitting coverage into their on-air schedule with far less attention being spent on actually getting information to the region they cover. I’ll keep the app on my device so that I get alerts about what is happening locally, but for details about those alerts, you’ll need a different source (and app). ### 1/5 — Can’t mobile app *2019-10-18* This is the worst news app on my phone! You run the same stories for days at a time. I check in with other news apps such as News Channel 9 and they are far more superior to your site. They update their stories on a daily if not hourly schedule leaving your news in their dust. I am deleting your app for lack of interest!!!!!! Too bad you don’t take more interest in your mobile news app programming! ### 1/5 — Not an improvement *2019-10-15, version 7.22.0* The app Updated yesterday, but now the “live” weather is yesterday’s too. Please get your act together soon. ### 1/5 — Cny central app *2018-05-31, version 7.4.0* The app freezes up all the time I open a news article. I can’t scroll up or down. I have to close out the entire app and wait a few min and try again. This usually works. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good quick info and weather. Good mix of local and national news *2024-06-25* Brief. Often, All I need ### 5/5 — good *2014-01-07, version 2.1* this really good ### 5/5 — Love it!! *2013-12-30, version 2.1* Love the breaking push notifications!! Especially the weather 1's!! I'm new to the area! "Former Buffalonian" Keep up the Good Work!! ### 5/5 — Awesome app *2013-12-09* Love this app. Can check weather easily and it's accurate. Breaking news notification are genius. ### 5/5 — Informative app *2013-11-18* Love the push notifications and morning forecast updates. ### 5/5 — Great app for Syracuse! *2013-09-16* I love how easy to use this app is compared with other Syracuse news apps. You can quickly swipe through top stories and watch the live weather radar. Also, notifications let you know when there's big news around town or when a storm is about to hit. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2013-02-14* Love u guys for the live Doppler as my man has to drive to Watertown everyday! We look to you for the most accurate info and major breaking news! Keep it up! Maria Garuccio ### 5/5 — CNY Central > News Channel 9 *2012-06-12* Superior app, programming, and staff. They don't have to troll local car dealerships for their anchors. More content and less ads compared to the crappy channel 9 app. Channel 9 fails at yet another technological advance. ### 5/5 — Love this app!!! *2012-06-11* Not only are the staff @ WSTM are great. So is the app!! Yes the browser opens so you can get the entire story. But that is a great way to keep the content simple & decrease the chance for the app to crash. Thanks WSTM. I am so glad to see this app. Tried WSYR. Too much content & way too many ads. Can't wait to see what comes next. :)))))) ### 5/5 — Great local news app! *2012-06-11* Put together nicely. News opening in Safari is not a huge deal. Just one more click. --- *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 2026-08-21.*