# FOX40 News - Sacramento — user reviews > 57 indexed App Store user reviews of FOX40 News by Tribune Broadcasting Company, rated 4.60/5 from 499 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fox40-news-sacramento/id587592629/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fox40-news-sacramento/id587592629.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 377 · 4★ 81 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 21 ## What do users think of FOX40 News? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 📰 Well-balanced and factual news reporting - 👍 Easy to navigate interface - 🎥 Both video and article formats available - 📍 Good local news coverage for Sacramento area - 💬 Responsive to user feedback and fixes issues - 📺 Live streaming capability - 🎯 Fairly unbiased news presentation - 📊 Interesting selection of articles **Cons** - 🐛 App crashes frequently - 📺 Autoplaying videos with loud commercials - 🔍 No search function - 📢 Excessive and repetitive ads covering content - 📝 Inconsistent font sizes across articles - 🔄 Repetitive story listings on same page - 📱 Poor landscape mode support - ⚠️ Videos unrelated to articles - 🔊 Bluetooth audio issues on iPad - 🎬 Videos fail to play or loop endlessly - 📍 Location tracking without proper disclosure - ⏱️ Slow loading times - 🔄 Outdated news content - 🎨 Inconsistent and poor app design - 📰 Misleading article links to unrelated content **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on iPhone and iPad - Videos stuck in 1-second playback loop - Videos fail to load or play - App freezes requiring restart - Landscape mode not functioning - Bluetooth audio stops working - Live stream loses sound and crashes - App overheats device (iPhone XS Max) - Ads hang and freeze the app - Pop-up ads unresponsive to close button - Slow performance and loading times - Location tracking not listed in app permissions **Most requested features** - Add search functionality - Implement adjustable font sizes across all articles - Mute videos by default with user option to enable sound - Reduce ad frequency and improve ad placement - Fix landscape mode orientation support - Improve content organization and reduce duplication - Better video player with reliable playback - More frequent content updates - Streamline article navigation without constant backtracking - Implement proper location service permissions disclosure ## Newest reviews (13 of 57) ### 3/5 — Cant use *2024-11-07* Why is the text so large? ### 2/5 — Not a fan of the app *2022-09-30* Nothing against Fox 40 News, but I’m not a fan of the app at all. Each news story has a video playing at the top that starts with an obnoxiously loud commercial. And there have been numerous times I’ve waited out the commercial only to have the video completely unrelated to the article. I wish the videos started off muted and gave me the option of listening or not rather than the immediate assault. As a result I hardly open the news alerts. ### 2/5 — Please fix the last update. *2021-09-04* Ads cover more than a quarter of the viewable page now. And with the new “video” feature you have to scroll through the article then backtrack just to read the article. Very tedious. ### 2/5 — Inconsistent look and feel *2021-06-02* Overall font size is too small with only the ne place that allows for font size adjustments for a few articles. I just cannot deal with the navigation to see what nconsistent looking pages. ### 2/5 — Update ruined it *2021-04-06* I used to love this app because I could scroll from story to story but now it’s like KCRA app where you have to close one story to read the next. It’s so time consuming. Does that look good, yes. It’s just not as user friendly. ### 3/5 — Repetitive *2019-09-16* They show the same stories over and over and over. Ugh. I’ll see the same story on my page 5-6 times in one day and NO ONE has commented. They also re-post old news. I’ve commented about this but it does no good. Whoever is managing their tweets needs more training. If they don’t improve I’m unfollowing ### 2/5 — Update makes phone overheat and crashes *2019-07-09* I loved this app until the July 2 update ... now it makes my XS Max overheat and the app crashes multiple times when refreshing to load new stories. Hopefully it will be fixed soon, because a lot of local news is offered in the app and I like Fox 40. ### 4/5 — Happy I ditched the KCRA app for FOX40 *2019-01-03* I left KCRA’s insulting ad-fest of an app for this one. I enjoy the app for reading the news and am grateful that it is in both video and article form. The proofreading is mostly accurate and, perhaps most importantly, readers are not inundated and overwhelmed by ads like KCRA. I would give 5 stars but the live stream often loses sound and crashes. NOTE: I voiced one concern one time and have seen the problem resolved. FOX40 listens! Thank you ### 2/5 — Hate it *2017-07-10, version 5.10.1* Keeps crashing ### 1/5 — Complete garbage *2017-06-11, version 5.10.1* This is the worst news app I've ever used. The videos never play, the app is extremely slow, and it constantly crashes. Utter trash. ### 1/5 — Boo *2017-05-03, version 5.9.1* This app is garbage. Videos won't play and half the news stories are adds. ### 3/5 — Like the news-- videos don't always play *2017-02-17, version 5.9.1* I appreciate fox 40 news. My favorite local news source. I've recently been frustrated that the news videos often won't play for me. So that's a bummer. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2017-02-14, version 5.9.1* This app& its stories are filled with nothing but advertising.👎🏻 Useless app for news. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No search function and doesn’t have content their reporters say it does on TV *2025-01-01* The TV reporters will say viewers can go to the app to read more about a story, but when you do, it’s just a repeat of a video clip and not an actual article. And no search function?!!! That’s crazy! App crashes often on iPhone 15 Pro Max running iOS 18.2. ### 1/5 — Locked up ads, Bluetooth earbuds don’t work *2024-03-15* U need to check why ads hang up and earbuds stopped working on the iPad. I have the most recent updates on it. ### 1/5 — Fake *2022-06-27, version 41.10.0* This is the worst news reporting. They are lazy and don’t report the actual news instead they cloud you with nonsense. FAKE NEWS!!!! ### 1/5 — Duplication *2020-06-20* The only thing I do not understand are your duplications. You can see on one topic a certain item and after scrolling a very short way, the same topic is listed?? ### 1/5 — Fix app please *2019-07-24, version 6.5.0* This app use to work great now it freezes and you have to continuously re open the app ### 1/5 — Location Service *2019-05-25* FOX 40 does Apple know that your app is not listed under location service? Yet you all are using my location without my permission. I’m going to report you all to Apple. I’m sure you are breaking Apple’s terms of service. It’s rare that I go to your app, but I noticed my location was being monitored from your app earlier. I see FOX 40 Weather under the Location tab, but not FOX 40 news. I’m thinking it’s against the law to monitor someone’s location without their permission. ### 1/5 — Good news - Horrible App *2018-02-02* The reason I’ve used this app for so long is because it’s got good local news. The reason I’m deleting it now is because it’s a horrible app design. First, They post the very same ad into every single article. That’s to say, there’s only one advertiser that is getting their product displayed! In giving hundreds of ad feedbacks that I keep seeing the same ad and that I’m not interested in their product, I get a Google acknowledgement and then it pops it back on again. Next, the app is full of fake news stories that lead you to articles that FOX never wrote. Last, The real FOX news stories are so few that this app repeats them as you scroll down through the list. They typically have around six new stories, a couple old stories, and then all that repeated. Well, here’s my feedback to the black hole of app administration. I’m done with this horrible app and deleting it. ### 1/5 — Video issues *2018-01-27* All the videos I’m trying to watch are in a constant 1 second playback loop. I see with it could be looking into and resolved. ### 1/5 — Bad *2017-10-22, version 5.11.6* Since their untested update, it crashes all the time. They do nothing to fix it. Almost useless now ### 1/5 — Constantly Crashes *2017-07-10, version 5.10.1* This app constantly crashes. Sometimes you can go minutes before crashing, sometimes mere seconds. VERY annoying. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fox 40 News App *2020-10-12* Well-balanced news reports, easy to navigate, and an interesting selection of articles. Their on-air reports are also very informative. ### 5/5 — FOX40 *2018-11-22* I am enjoying this app very much. It is clear concise and easy to use ### 5/5 — Fairly unbiased *2018-09-26* For a news app, this is pretty neutral and factual. One of the few I read. ### 5/5 — FOX NEWS *2018-05-11* Fox News is my ONLY go-to scene for information everyday. I have no desire to view any other news source as I don’t trust them !! ### 5/5 — Factual News *2017-12-04* I appreciate unbiased actual and factual news without personal opinions. ### 5/5 — Fox 40 *2017-11-16* Great local news for our Sacramento Valley. They also have our backs on World News that can effect us. ### 5/5 — Mozzy hgm *2017-11-15, version 5.12* Jay p ahkione ### 5/5 — BEST NEWS APP IN SACRAMENTO *2016-04-08, version 5.4.0* IT'S WORTH WATCHING THE LIVE NEWS USING THE APP ON YOUR PHONE IN CASE AT ONE POINT YOUR CABLE IN YOUR HOME GETS CUT OFF. ### 5/5 — Happy *2012-12-26, version 1.0* Glad to have you back ### 5/5 — Great app *2012-12-25, version 1.0* Great local news --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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