# Gulf Coast News - Fort Myers — user reviews > 56 indexed App Store user reviews of Gulf Coast News by Hearst Television, rated 3.10/5 from 109 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gulf-coast-news-fort-myers/id1326271190/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gulf-coast-news-fort-myers/id1326271190.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 43 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 13 · 2★ 17 · 1★ 31 ## What do users think of Gulf Coast News? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Best local news coverage - 👍 Good meteorologists - 👍 Live stream option - 👍 Breaking news alerts - 👍 Faster than old version - 👍 Prettier interface - 👍 Customizable notifications **Cons** - 😠 Too many ads - 😠 Misleading headlines - 😠 Left-leaning bias - 😠 Connection problems - 😠 Inundated with ads - 😠 Inappropriate clothing stories - 😠 Poorly done new app - 😠 Lacks quality on ABC station - 😠 Cheesy anchors - 😠 Unsteady camera work - 😠 Privacy concerns - 😠 Indecipherable menu structure - 😠 App is junk - 😠 Too many preroll ads - 😠 Worthless weather option - 😠 Less features than old app - 😠 Outdated stories - 😠 Biased news - 😠 Videos won't play - 😠 New UI version is awful - 😠 Picture blocks too big - 😠 Terrible update - 😠 Not user friendly - 😠 Lazy newscasting - 😠 Minimal new stories - 😠 Old content - 😠 New layout is terrible - 😠 Widgets showing offline - 😠 Annoying doorbell sound - 😠 Doesn't work on Apple TV - 😠 Constant ads - 😠 Constantly crashing - 😠 Too many alerts - 😠 Grammatical errors - 😠 Misspellings - 😠 Inaccurate information - 😠 Incomplete information - 😠 No location on weather articles - 😠 Day old weather - 😠 Wrong forecast days - 😠 Notifications about winning money - 😠 Annoying win money notifications - 😠 Forced to install new app - 😠 Old version better - 😠 Local news all over the place - 😠 Scrolling to find local news **Commonly reported bugs** - Connection problem for 2 months - Radar showing wrong location (Chicago instead of SW Florida) - Privacy link not opening - No live weather radar display - Widgets showing offline - App not working on Apple TV - Redirected to website for live stream - Non-working links for contact and news tips - Videos won't play on iPad (end freezes) - Videos won't play on iPad (format not supported) - App doesn't work on iPhone XR - App takes forever to load - Article title present, but not the article content - App constantly crashing - App won't open - Notification click doesn't go to link - Notification links to stories broken - App requires installing 'new app' repeatedly **Most requested features** - Dedicated local weather app - Just news, no bias - Timelines on weather forecast - Show my actual location on weather map - Separate weather from news - Improve the app, not too much information - Hourly forecast - 7 day forecast - Put weather under WEATHER tab - Fix location marker on weather app - Provide more features than before - Fix app for live stream redirection - Fix non-working contact and news tips links - Allow reading articles instead of watching videos - Fix widgets showing offline - Turn off morning doorbell sound - Fix app for Apple TV - More new stories daily - Purge old stories after a week - Fix videos not playing on iPad - Fix videos not playing on iPad (format not supported) - List headlines only - Local news section - Fix traffic navigation - Easier access to traffic tab - Notifications tab - Fix notifications not linking - Dedicated local news section - Add play option to radar - Revert to prior version (simple text links) - Fix news links - Add Mr Food recipes - Fix app not opening on iPhone XR - Fix app loading and article display - Stop constant ads - Fix app crashing - Stop too many alerts - Fix grammatical errors and misspellings - Include location on news articles - Update weather section daily - Fix forecast days - Fix notification links to stories - Stop win money notifications - Stop asking to install new app - Revert to old version for local news at a glance - Create a local tab for local news ## Newest reviews (18 of 56) ### 2/5 — Weather is too many clicks *2026-07-05* Too many clicks to view local weather, prefer less ads and dedicated local weather app ### 2/5 — Not working *2025-09-15* This app is not working-it’s says there is a connection problem. Ever since I got my new phone 2 months now!! Straighten it out please ### 3/5 — Inappropriate clothing *2025-07-16, version 7.15.1781* Stories to share ### 2/5 — Radar issue *2025-06-14* Yesterday I noticed when I witch over to the radar it’s showing me Chicago. I’m in south west Florida. U til yesterday it always used and showed my location but now it’s showing Chicago. I will change it back to my location and if I exit out of the app it will return to Chicago. Please fix this. ### 3/5 — Missing timeline. *2025-06-10* I think the forecast is good but needs to have timelines on the app. One reason we look at apps is to see the timing of rain, etc. This needs improving. ### 2/5 — New app poorly done *2025-03-19* Combining two stations, where you can only stream one is ridiculous. It may sound petty, but I get attached to my morning personalities. Now I cannot stream NBC. The ABC station lacks quality. From the cheesy anchors to the unsteady camera work on ABC, I prefer NBC. Also, the weather tab does not give the hourly forecast or the 7 day forecast. There is nothing up to date in the tab except live radar. If you fish for it eventually you get weather, but why not put it under the WEATHER tab? ### 2/5 — Too many ads *2024-10-08* I downloaded during hurricane Milton, and there are so many preroll ads, I never get to the actual live feed ### 1/5 — What Happened to the Weather app? *2024-08-17, version 7.15.1476* You’ve lost me as an app user. I just need weather!!! I can get the rest on TV. Wink now has my eyeballs for weather on my phone. ### 3/5 — What happened to the weather app? *2024-05-17* I always used the weather app and now it does not exist any longer? Why? A large new station like this should certainly behave a weather app. Especially if you want to be the leading weather and hurricane authority in SWFL. ### 1/5 — Going downhill *2024-02-12* The app needs to be fixed, I get redirected to some kind of website when I try to watch the live stream? Plus the links to contact you and news tips don’t work ### 2/5 — New layout is terrible *2024-01-17, version 7.15.1323* Now if you prefer to read an article rather than watch the video you only have a small window under the video to read about 2 lines at a time. I prefer to read the articles and not disturb the people around me. I’ll look for another news app. ### 3/5 — Widgets problem *2024-01-04, version 7.15.1323* All the widgets are showing : WBBH is offline. Why ? ### 1/5 — How do I turn of the ding, ding doorbell in the morning? *2023-05-07, version 7.6* I’m tired of getting woken up in the morning! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work on my Apple TV *2023-02-01, version 7.5* I have 4K Apple TV devices and the app just acts like it’s loading but never does. Tried uninstalling but doesn’t work still. No trouble with any other apps. ### 2/5 — Lazy news app *2022-05-30* I’m a fan of televised NBC-2. I thought I’d be a fan of their app. Unfortunately, the contents within the app appear to be the product of an employee the station holds onto just because they’ve been together forever. It’s lazy newscasting at its finest. Minimal amount of new stories daily, backed by articles up to two weeks old that try to make the app look relevant. NBC-2, you’re better than that, fix it. Between local, state, national and world events, there should be no reason to hold two week old content on your news app. For that matter, I believe it should be more than a couple days old before it’s removed. ### 3/5 — Outdated stories *2021-10-25* Why are there stories over a month old still in the feed??? Purge old stories after a specific time period (like a week, not > 30 days). While the news cycle may be slower in SWFL as opposed to larger markets I’m sure you can find more recent and relevant filler pieces. ### 2/5 — Too many ads *2021-05-14* The news part is just fine, but the amount of ads is ridiculous. ### 1/5 — Biased news...stop giving your “opinion”..just the news, please *2020-12-07, version 7.2* Biased news ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Still no way to minimize the video and read the article. *2026-07-31* I was hoping they might get around to fixing the app for iPad. The video takes up most of the screen and the article is in a tiny space at the bottom. You can only read a line or 2 without having to scroll in landscape view. ### 1/5 — Wish it was just News. *2026-01-13, version 7.15.1942* This app has misleading headlines and is left leaning in their national news reporting. Be nice if it was just news. Not left or right. ### 1/5 — If you like a lot of ads, this is the app for you *2025-08-10* I don’t get it, I understand the need for revenue, but for every story you have to watch an ad before you can read it. I downloaded the app for its weather since we’re now into hurricane season, but then when I tried to read the news articles, I was inundated with ads. So much so I quit using the app. ### 1/5 — Why? *2025-03-28* I like your local news, but you need to separate the weather from the news, folks. Your app is no different from the mobile site. Live streaming doesn’t work on the phone. You need to really improve the app, you dumped way too much information in it, and It hasn’t changed in years. It’s time to figure this out. I always end up going back to wink weather app, it’s great app and I wish I can say that about your app. ### 1/5 — Do not use-privacy pirates *2025-03-07, version 7.15.1642* Forced to upgrade to the newest version. After doing so, was required approve the updated user agreement. Got to the privacy part, which requires a separate click through, and it would not open the link. Any company unwilling to allow me to see their privacy usage, scares me. What are they trying to hide? What are they trying to steal from me? NO THANK YOU, I’m out. App deleted. Nice touch ### 1/5 — No live weather radar display *2024-10-09* They have either removed live weather radar or, because of the indecipherable menu structure, hidden it so well that I can’t find it. Mr Developer: the app souldn’t be written for your own use, but for normal usefs out there ### 1/5 — App is junk *2024-10-08, version 7.15.1498* Use mostly for weather previously. Now going to the wink app. This one is junk ### 1/5 — AWFUL Weather update. Switched to WinkWeather app *2024-09-30* I used to rely ONLY on this app for weather radar and had all my family and friends loving it, too. Since the original NBC2 app was dumped for this new version, we are all dumping the new version and found Wink Weather app to replace it, We can set it to see our current location and, as an added bonus, we can see traffic notifications with a quick tap! We can’t understand why NBC would take something that was THE best local weather out there and switch it for something so worthless. We used to be able to set up the app to see full screen real-time radar with one tap, see our exact location as we travel AND set up other exact locations like exact home address. We could even see weather in locations we were heading to. I would not download this app hoping for a good weather option. It’s worthless. Until NBC goes back to their original version, try Wink Weather and check out the bonus traffic view. ### 1/5 — Still no location marker on “new” weather app *2024-09-26* Still cannot see my precise location on the radar within the app and this during Helene blowing through. Going back to MyRadar until you fix this elementary yet extremely important feature. I had recommended your weather app for years now I’m reaching out to family during this storm and telling them to go elsewhere for their weather app. You are giving us less feature's than before, why? ### 1/5 — New App has less features than old *2024-08-29* Loved the old weather app, this new one does not provide your location marker while viewing the radar. (Location permissions are enabled) This is a deal breaker. I want to know my particular location I am at on the map when viewing a summer storm band blowing through. Fix this and I will try it again, for now I am going elsewhere for my weather app. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best local news *2025-04-26* Gulf Coast News has the best local news coverage in Southwest Florida and best meteorologists. I can live stream both NBC and ABC to watch when I’m not at home or out of town. I also like the alerts for breaking news. I wish the weather map showed my actual location though. ### 5/5 — 5 stars *2020-07-10, version 7.0* Best news app!!! ### 5/5 — Faster, prettier *2020-07-08* It’s a LOT faster than the old version. I like the ease of swiping between stories. Weather would be better if the weather app stuff was in here too. ### 5/5 — Closing essential business *2020-03-26, version 5.8.5* Shame on you. I will never watch your news cast again. You used to be my go to news. I hope you’re ready for the repercussions of all the businesses that you have shut down shame on you again. Our county does not warrant a complete shutdown you are affecting peoples livelihood ### 5/5 — ThatgirlsMom *2018-02-11, version 1.0.2* GREAT APP!! ### 5/5 — Better than the old app *2018-02-10, version 1.0.2* You can customize notifications which is a HUGE plus. Takes some getting used to because it’s different than the old app, but give it time and you’ll depend on this app for everything you need to know in SWFL! ### 5/5 — Great app *2018-02-09, version 1.0.2* This is to goto app for news app for SW Florida It is a must have ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2018-02-09, version 1.0.2* As a news junkie, this app keeps me informed and up to date on all the news in SW Florida. Love it! ### 4/5 — Best local news *2025-02-17* The local news is always the best. With the change of ownership, we are getting more news from out of our area. The reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is that the weather lacks the local forecast. Please bring back the daily and 7 day forecasts! ### 4/5 — Great new app *2017-12-22, version 1.0* App works very well. But I see the local news is all over the place. Suggestion from readers: Can you create a local tab for local news? Between Lehigh, Ft. Myers, and Cape Coral, there is plenty of news to post. --- *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 2026-09-13.*