# FOX12 Weather — user reviews > 77 indexed App Store user reviews of FOX12 Weather by Gray Television Group, Inc., rated 4.70/5 from 3,789 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fox12-weather/id373826160/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fox12-weather/id373826160.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,056 · 4★ 507 · 3★ 122 · 2★ 32 · 1★ 72 ## What do users think of FOX12 Weather? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Friendly and concise weather reports - 🚀 Contextual and accurate forecasts - 👍 Helpful alerts with voice notifications - 👍 Vast improvement over previous app - 👍 Useful radar and weather information - 👍 Organized and easy to navigate **Cons** - 🐛 Inconvenient layout changes with new update - 🤖 Excessive and intrusive advertisements - 🐛 Bugs and crashes with recent updates - 🐛 Inaccurate location detection - 🐛 Cluttered and confusing interface - 🐛 Removal of useful features like 10-day forecast **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashing on launch - Radar not displaying correctly - Forecast information not updating - Inability to access certain features **Most requested features** - Paid version without ads - Customizable font size - Ability to save multiple locations - Longer radar playback duration - More detailed snow and ocean forecasts ## Newest reviews (13 of 77) ### 4/5 — The last update of app *2024-05-07* I’m not really liking the way the app now looks with the pictures that they post as what the weather will be for the day. They used to line up with the app as soon as it loaded and you could see it but now you have to play around with the screen to view whatever it is that you want to see . just seems a little inconvenient to me, I would rather that it be at a glance so I don’t have to waste my time finding what it is that I want to see. ### 2/5 — You can do better ! love Mark, hate all the ads *2023-10-10* I’ve been recording Mark and watching his tv weather for many years and now listen to their podcast (the other three meteorologists are great in too) and I don’t even live in Portland but in Central Oregon. I rarely get apps but thought this might be a good way to supplement my NOAA pages for wx info without using my TV. It does have some good features like radar and detailed hourly fx, graphics & the news clips. But forcing us to watch a 30 second ad (without any way to stop it ) every single time you try to watch a handy video clip is really irritating. I can see one -maybe - but not when you’re going through the last few hours of video clips. it becomes untenable. Many other sites play an ad for three or four seconds once, and then allow you to skip it if you want. You can do better! With winter approaching, even an El Niño one, I’d like to be able to watch the little video clips without going to the TV, but not sure I can suffer SO many ads. And yes, as someone else said, it’s busy with ads in the middle of the forecasts too. Cluttered. Hope you can improve this app, tks. ❄️ ### 3/5 — Cluttered, messy, BUT v. helpful *2023-02-26* This app is almost -bizarre- in how it functions. The video I click on plays in a different place than where I clicked on it. Very confusing overall. Could be a Textbook example of ‘how to make a user think they’re crazy’. Many, MANY ads. — Having said all that, there’s cool content like ocean wave height information, ocean temperatures, snow levels graphs, rain measurements, and forecasts for the day, three days, and seven days, as well as radar images for clouds, precipitation, sun breaks. — I have not used any other weather app so can’t compare and contrast this one with an alternative. I really like Mark Nelson so that’s why I’ll continue to use this app in spite of all its downsides. ### 4/5 — Premium option *2023-02-03* I’d willingly pay a few dollars for a version that doesn’t have 15 ads on each of page. I know why it’s like that but if there were an option for a paid version, I’d buy it. Great app ### 4/5 — Station Alert *2022-07-15* When my cell phone tells me “station alert” that does not say enough to make it useful. Please add meaningful phrase like for example: “thunderstorms, Umatilla and Union Counties “. Thanks ### 2/5 — Storm *2020-05-30, version 4.34.260049856* This app is very helpful of finding out where the storm is heading. ### 5/5 — Outstanding *2020-01-16, version 4.34.260049856* Tie ### 5/5 — Very good! *2019-12-28, version 4.34.260049856* Very Good! ### 5/5 — KPTV Weather app *2019-12-05* We’re fortunate in Oregon to have several excellent meteorologists. The Dean of this exclusive weather forecasting community is Mark Nelsen, an Oregon original. ### 5/5 — What happened to weather where you are *2019-12-01* The update is terrible No more weather where you are or hourly weather UPDATE They fixed the hourly and the app is working great again. Thanks Channel 12! ### 4/5 — Miss the 10 day forecast. *2019-11-23* I’ve been using this app as my primary weather source for years and will continue to do so. The addition of the radar feature is really cool, but I do miss the 10 extended forecast. I would bump this back up to a 5 star review if that feature was brought back. P.S. Thank you Mark Nelson for never blowing the forecast out of proportion. ### 5/5 — Great app. I deleted the weather channel app. Your app is better. 👍👍 *2019-10-27* Thankyou Mark Nelson for this great weather app I deleted the weather channel app because this is super. ### 5/5 — The weather and the news *2018-10-07* I feel deep inside you know only the weather is the best and the news is the very best I went to Albuquerque New Mexico for three weeks and the news and the weather was nothing like Fox news 12 news and weather which is the very best in the whole nation and around the world ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — It talked to me!! *2023-03-12, version 5.7.402* I have never had a weather app talk to me. And it shouldn’t talk. It started talking while I was home alone and it gave me the biggest fright ever. I don’t know how to turn it off so I deleted the app. ### 1/5 — Completely ruined a useful app *2022-09-27, version 5.6.500* No traffic, no 7 day forecast. Just a regurgitation of the Weather Channel app. Deleting. ### 1/5 — Unable to look at forecast *2019-11-28, version 4.34.260049856* Been using this app for years and now it won’t open up local weather forecast. When I click on the link to access the weather it takes me to radar. When I click on radar it also takes me to the radar page.Emailed the developer but they have ignored. Done all I can. Time to find another weather app. ### 1/5 — Font size *2019-05-16* Your station has the best weather reports and articles but the font size for the app is way too small. Please add the ability to adjust it in app settings or increase the size across the board. On an iPhone 7 it is too small to read. ### 1/5 — Last weather updat *2019-02-10* I really liked the older weather app. It did what I wanted. I have family in other states and also different city's in Oregon. It was so easy to check what theirs rather was doing. Click what you saved and their weather popped up. This new app does not meet my needs. I have tried your new app, I don't like it! Wish I could get the old app! I would give no stars for this app if I could. Unhappy ### 1/5 — Last update *2018-09-25* Ya know the saying don’t mess with things that are working great? Well the old version from last year was much better than this one. And now the latest update makes it impossible to check the weather in other areas that you have saved as favs... It was so good last year! ### 1/5 — Not accurate ‘current location’ *2018-02-20* I’m trying to see what the forecast will be like where I’m at right now, and I go to look at the incoming weather system, and I zoom in and it has my current location in a whole different city... Totally inaccurate! Not cool ### 1/5 — Fox 12 Weather App *2017-08-13, version 4.22.300027856* This app does not stand up to the other one you had. This one makes it to hard to read. I want the old one back please. ### 1/5 — Awful! Unstable, annoying pop up ads! *2017-04-20, version 4.22.260027031* The interface for this app is one of the worst I've ever seen...being a weather app you have to click through several screens to actually get weather info. There are annoying pop up ads that feel like phishing schemes. Very disappointed. ### 1/5 — Terrible! *2017-02-08, version 4.21.290025429* Can't give it no stars.... Worst paying slot out of 20 or more. Recommend delete forever.... ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great app. *2026-05-07* I recently switched from ch 8 weather app that was just updated. It is way worse that the previous app. The weather section of the app is so poor quality that I have to open and close the app just to see the weather. I did notice that there is not outdoor gps section of the news app any more. Any thought. Thank you Native Oregonian ### 5/5 — The weather team *2025-05-28* The weather people are friendly and to the point just what I need I. This busy life! ### 5/5 — Most contextual forecast app! *2025-02-04, version 5.17.509* Best weather app for the region. Provides actual contextual forecasts (from actual forecasters) rather than just a mishmash of weather models ### 5/5 — Love it *2024-12-29* When I’m away from my TV I still can keep up with the changing weather & reports; also, I love the alert with that guy’s voice ### 5/5 — Weather *2023-09-02* Helpful 2 know area for the storm will appear ### 5/5 — My opinion. *2023-02-03, version 5.7.301* I love this app. ### 5/5 — Weather Radar *2022-11-30* Would like more than an hour of radar playback for us weather fanatics. Overall this what I'm looking for in a weather app, thanks. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2022-11-06, version 5.6.500* Vast improvement from the previous app! ### 5/5 — New Weather App *2022-08-23* I love the new weather app. It has so much useful information that is organized very well making everything easy to find. Plus you have the weather cams too. Thanks for the new weather app. ### 5/5 — Wheather App *2022-05-08, version 5.5.804* This is my go to Weather App. !!!! --- *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 2026-08-26.*