# Indianapolis News from 13 WTHR — user reviews > 179 indexed App Store user reviews of Indianapolis News from 13 WTHR by Tegna Inc., rated 4.80/5 from 28,051 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/indianapolis-news-from-13-wthr/id1502629615/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/indianapolis-news-from-13-wthr/id1502629615.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 23,304 · 4★ 3,582 · 3★ 682 · 2★ 133 · 1★ 350 ## What do users think of Indianapolis News from 13 WTHR? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Easy to navigate - 🚀 Crisp images - 👍 Improved from previous version **Cons** - 🔋 Drains battery - 🔍 Difficult to find content - 💸 Too many ads - 🔀 Repeated articles - 🤔 Confusing layout changes **Commonly reported bugs** - App constantly locks up - Inability to detect internet connection - Notifications not working as expected **Most requested features** - Real-time traffic information - Separate sections for local and national news - Customizable news categories ## Newest reviews (11 of 179) ### 3/5 — Videos are creeping in again *2026-09-01, version 50.24.1* The app improved since my last review several months ago. There’s actually articles instead of videos. However! I see the videos are creeping in again and often there’s no article version. I get that many young people consume news via video, but I can’t watch videos in public but I can read articles. At least provide an option for both. ### 2/5 — Functional but poorly designed news app. *2026-08-15, version 50.21.3* I use this app often. There aren’t many options out there for a local news app. In general it does all the things correctly. My biggest issue are video and the inability to zoom in on things like images. The video always has description text you can’t get rid of. That clutters up the screen. When you turn it horizontal, the site navigation controls cover up the scroll bar so you can’t use it. The weather blog forecasts are full of images you see on their broadcast but you can’t zoom in on them so some information on them is unreadable especially if you don’t have great vision. I find both of those frustrating UI design decisions but they are fixable. ### 3/5 — App *2026-06-25, version 50.14.0* Everytime I open the radar is closes the app like I didn’t click on anything you guys need to fix this thing ### 3/5 — Crime *2026-06-25, version 50.14.0* Still highlighting too much crime to get eyeballs. Try some more positive news coverage. ### 2/5 — Bad app *2026-06-15, version 50.13.0* Too complicated and never can find anything. ### 4/5 — Yahweh is God *2026-06-10, version 50.12.0* I like the app however, I liked the previous one better I found it easier to follow. But I am a huge fan of WTHR and especially Scott Swan. He is a total professional. ### 2/5 — Prefer the stand alone weather app *2026-05-19, version 50.10.6* The prior wthr stand alone weather app was far superior to the embedded weather in the wthr news app. Interactive radar is not as good. ### 2/5 — App does not adapt *2026-05-03, version 50.9.1* This app uses a tiny sized font and does NOT allow a person to zoom in, or use pinch/pull to make it bigger, nor does it use the accessibility features the phone offers. This needs to be improved. The content is fine. ### 3/5 — The weather radar is clearly inferior to the former version *2026-04-16, version 50.8.8* WTHR Indianapolis had a separate wether app for several years, including a good interactive weather radar that could present “predictive” animation for any location in the station’s Indiana footprint. In recent months that interactive radar became buggy and repeatedly blacked out, requiring reinstallation of the entire app. Now, WTHR has pushed its updated news and weather app. The weather app’s features are mediocre and the supposedly new and improved interactive radar is terrible. The radar map never shows conditions at the current time and the images of rain and storms will inexplicably black out during the predictive animation. I don’t live within 75 miles of Indianapolis and I don’t use the “news” part of this app often enough to comment on it. ### 4/5 — Great App. Terrible AI generated headlines. *2026-03-25, version 50.7.5* The recent overhaul to the app was a 5 star upgrade. Unfortunately the AI generated headlines are not. ### 2/5 — Kills music *2026-03-24, version 50.7.3* The app shuts off any music playing when it's opened. There's no good reason for this. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Awful compared to old weather app *2026-06-22, version 50.14.0* Quite possibly the worst downgrade ever when compared to the former WTHR weather app. The radar on this app is abysmal compared to the old app. Terrible decision to get rid of the former app. ### 1/5 — Weather link does not work *2026-06-18, version 50.13.0* When I click on weather, I get booted out of the app. We have severe storms tonight so very poor timing for app to malfunction. Please bring back the old weather app. This one is awful!! ### 1/5 — Clunky, Unreliable App *2026-06-17, version 50.13.0* I only have to believe the rating of this app has been manipulated. Absolutely no way it has a 4.8 naturally. This app is clunky. Constantly doesn’t load all content on pages. The weather portion in general is horrid. Sometimes the radar just doesn’t work. Sometimes trying to open radar will auto close the app. It’s clear they tried to make this with the least amount of money and resources possible. Uninstalled after two years. Cannot deal with it any longer. ### 1/5 — Bring back the separate weather app *2026-05-22, version 50.10.7* The old (and separate) weather app was so much better. This combined app's weather isn't as detailed and just over all is terrible compared to the old separate app. Changes need to be made! ### 1/5 — Not a fan of New app - doesn't work well *2026-05-18, version 50.10.6* When I first loaded the new app it worked well for a few days. Then it wouldn't load weather or top stories. I had to turn off my iPhone and turn it back on. I tried clearing my cache and everything suggested when I looked up solutions. In a weather emergency it's useless ### 1/5 — Notifications broke *2026-04-02, version 50.8.2* Good app but cannot customize notifications or profile. Seems to be a global app issue as it is also not working on my wife’s phone. ### 1/5 — What happened *2026-03-29, version 50.7.5* This used to be a decent news app, then they updated it and now it’s the worst ### 1/5 — Update Ruined This App *2026-03-19, version 50.7.3* The previous version had an issue with alerts. I could click on the alert and go straight to the story, but if I didn’t click on the alert right away I could never find the story. The new update is even worse. I get an alert and when I click on it I’m redirected to the app that never loads. Never. I don’t even bother looking at the rest of the app as I use this primarily for breaking news updates. Without access to those, this app is useless. ### 1/5 — You’ve ruined the app *2026-03-17, version 50.6.7* Used to be reliable and load quick. Now it crashes, can’t load videos and radars, and it’s harder to navigate ### 1/5 — Need another update *2026-03-09, version 50.6.7* I’ve in/re-installed and new app still doesn’t load, hangs, horrible search options, on and on… ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 13 *2026-07-25, version 50.17.3* The best channel in Indy ### 5/5 — Fever on fire! *2026-07-23, version 50.17.3* What an amazing game!!! ### 5/5 — Great 👍 *2026-06-24, version 50.14.0* This news app is the best local and otherwise news app that I’ve ever used! I love the weather alert updates that are sent straight to my phone so matter were I am I’ll always know what bad weather is coming and exactly what to do in the event of a bad storm! Most of the times I heard it from the app before I do the tv or other outlets! Amazing in all ways. Hands down #1 news/weather app!!!!! ### 5/5 — Excellent *2026-06-18, version 50.13.0* I don’t live near Indianapolis. I live between Bloomington and Spencer near a spec on the map called Whitehall. It’s difficult to get good weather coverage here. WTHI out of Terre Haute used to be decent, but I think they are under new owners. They have basically jumped on the crazy train and absolutely abandoned everything good that they used to have. I was struggling this evening trying to find anything that could show me live, up to the minute coverage of the impending storm. I happened upon a WTHR advertisement and thought, well, it’s Indianapolis, but I’ll try it. I was amazed. Angela Buchman and the rest of the gang were incredible. Detailed , live coverage of my part of the state. They were all professional, yet remained very relatable. Like someone you would invite to a cookout in your backyard. From now on, they will be the storm team I look too for information during severe weather. Thank you all for helping me get through a very difficult storm. ### 5/5 — Trusted coverage *2026-06-14, version 50.13.0* WTHR in Indianapolis is the station I believe, has unbiased coverage good reporting as well as also including uplifting stories. Love when the reporters help solving problems that viewers may encounter and ask for help. ### 5/5 — Timely and accurate *2026-06-14, version 50.13.0* Why watch any other news channel. This news team delivers! ### 5/5 — Good information *2026-06-12, version 50.13.0* I’ve watched this channel for years always updated and interesting ### 5/5 — Great Local Info *2026-06-12, version 50.12.0* I really appreciate the weather portion of this app. I check it throughout the day. Keep up the great work, WTHR. ### 5/5 — News *2026-06-12, version 50.12.0* Love the news part. So much better than WLFI ### 5/5 — Weather warnings *2026-06-12, version 50.12.0* I appreciate the severe warnings when I need to gather my dogs and hunker down in my safe place. Even if the power goes out, I can still see the radar and hear when danger is near on my phone. Our weather people are really on top of the forecast. Thank you so much. --- *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 2026-09-04.*