# KESQ Palm Springs News — user reviews > 83 indexed App Store user reviews of KESQ Palm Springs News by News-Press & Gazette Company, rated 4.72/5 from 1,148 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kesq-palm-springs-news/id386651027/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kesq-palm-springs-news/id386651027.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 862 · 4★ 85 · 3★ 40 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 27 ## What do users think of KESQ Palm Springs News? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Local news coverage - 🚀 Breaking news alerts - 💡 Variety of news sources - 🔍 Comprehensive coverage **Cons** - 🔎 Difficult to navigate - 🗞️ Old news stories - 💬 Biased reporting - 🌐 Too much national/world news - 🔍 Lack of in-depth reporting - 🔊 Sound issues with videos **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on update - Videos fail to load - Ads interfere with content **Most requested features** - Improved search functionality - Chronological ordering of news stories - More local news focus - Better proofreading of articles - Customizable news feed ## Newest reviews (17 of 83) ### 4/5 — Liberal slant for sure *2026-01-29, version 7.1* As a 30 year PS resident I like local news, it’s just too bad the liberal political bias is obvious VERY frequently. ### 2/5 — Lousy *2025-12-30, version 7.1* The website is hard to navigate. Hhh ### 3/5 — Occasionally biased . *2025-08-01, version 7.0* Station occasionally news stories and propagates fake news. ### 3/5 — Oscars *2025-02-15, version 6.6* Saw a blurb to click on Kelly and Marks picture to win. I searched Oscar’s 2025 one all that comes up is 2022 2023 and no pic of Kelly and Mark. Your app doesn’t work. ### 3/5 — A little news. A lot of ads. *2025-01-29, version 6.6* Too many suspicious commercials on the app. How much vetting do you do? ### 2/5 — Mostly useless *2024-12-14, version 6.6* Mostly useless ### 3/5 — Blatantly Biased Articles *2024-10-08, version 6.6* Recent ### 1/5 — Lesson in not how to run a news app *2018-07-14, version 5.1* First of all, living in the valley you only get news from one side no matter who you get it from. This news app defiantly does not stray far from that. If it’s not their opinionated take on events then it’s a CNN article. Which does a disservice to be fair and impartial. Next, the news stories are jumbled messes of English and Spanish versions. Why they wouldn’t have a specific section for any language they decide to write a story in is beyond me. ### 1/5 — Hate it *2018-07-11, version 5.1* Not up to date. Seems like most of what I want to read is in Spanish. ### 1/5 — Horrible. Why is it in Spanish ? I don’t read Spanish. *2018-05-12, version 5.1* Who put this app together ? A bunch of 3rd graders could do better than this. With all the craziness going on in the valley and the world you would think that the valley news leader (lol) Could put together a news apps that actually works. What a joke. ### 1/5 — Gone so wrong *2018-05-12, version 5.1* As a committed KESQ/CBS 2 viewer, love always liked the app. But in the last couple months or so it’s gotten horrible. The ad for there own app is local news first, ya right! You open the open and it’s national and world news. Also you have English and Spanish mixed on the app, which makes it a pain. After opening app you can select my news I guess for local, wrong again. But I guess we’ll have deal with due to newscast are going the same way. Disappointing, I’ve had to down load the other stations app just so I can see what’s going on in the valley. ### 3/5 — Decent *2018-03-06, version 5.1* Love my local news ### 3/5 — Stories not in chronological order *2018-01-19, version 5.0* Good app, the news alerts on my phone finally bring this market’s news media into the 21st century. My one complaint is that the stories on the app are not listed in chronological order. A story from two days ago may be listed ahead of a “Breaking News” story from an hour ago. To find the most current stories, you have to scroll through all of them to make sure you find them. Otherwise, the app is the best one for this local market. ### 1/5 — Advertisement *2017-06-30, version 3.74.0* Seriously STOP the ads in the app ### 1/5 — Stopped loading *2017-05-17, version 3.74.0* Recently the app stopped loading on the iPad. It just boots out of the app. What is going on? Tried removing and reinstalling to no avail. No problem on iPhone. ### 3/5 — Yikes!! *2017-03-28, version 3.72.2* Tried using your app late this afternoon at our power outage but there was no sound. We were using our portable wifi and other apps were working just fine. Can you look into this???? Please???? ### 2/5 — Better *2016-11-16, version 3.5.0* Big improvement. Please enable picture enlargement and when you post a picture of a wanted person make it big enough to view. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Reporter Training needed *2025-07-20, version 7.0* I wanted to offer some positive feedback. When reporting accidents throughout the valley, there should be a title, a description of the accident and a conclusion. The reporters are not even attempting a conclusion. When it appears law enforcement is cleaning up the scene, approach an officer and ask a few more detailed questions. Questions could be, in your opinion, how do you think this collision occurred? Were you able to determine who was at fault? Law enforcement is approachable. The way the reporting is presently done, it leaves the readers hanging, wanting more information. As a retired law enforcement officer, I spoke to the media many times. Give it a try. It will improve your stories. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2025-02-15, version 6.6* Horrible. I can never find what I want to read or vote on. ### 1/5 — Old news *2024-03-03, version 6.6* Tired of reading news that I end up realizing it’s days, or even weeks past. All you have to do is read how old some of the reviews. 7 years complaining about the same issues that you never fix. Also, why do you lean on CNN so much. How about a more balanced approach politically? ### 1/5 — Not updated daily *2023-01-12, version 6.4* News is 2 days old and is not helpful when you need to know if a road is closed due to the weather ### 1/5 — Confused *2021-02-27, version 6.0* The last 2 days there’s no sound during the actual newscast only during the commercials. It was fine up till Friday morning. ### 1/5 — Hire an editor *2020-08-01, version 5.5* Inaccurate and incredible. ### 1/5 — Unreliable *2020-07-31, version 5.5* Can't click on a news story without an add from Roto Rooter coming up. It's a waste of app. Can't scroll down far enough on the story and boom! There's another ad. I get it, they rely on apps to sponsor them... But this is a joke. Whoever posts the stories, needs to proof them, a 9 yr old has better grammar than some of these writers. Get an app that'll help you readproof it. It re-writes what others do. Be original get some interesting news an updated. ### 1/5 — All video *2018-10-07, version 5.1* No stories to read, deleted after they got rid of Chris Long. Shown itself to be partisan trash. ### 1/5 — Dial up servers! *2018-09-05, version 5.1* Awful streaming. Popular app. Popular stalling videos! ### 1/5 — Use to be great *2018-07-19, version 5.1* I use to read this paper online daily and loved it. Now it’s become a “watch our news” videos with ads. Also, half of the news is now in spanish. If I wanted to read a spanish paper, wouldn’t I subscribe to one? “Hey, there’s an article I want to read, oh wait, I can’t read it, they only posted the spanish version.” It’s maddening! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — New Weather woman!! *2024-11-12, version 6.6* It’s really nice to see new faces sad to see old ones go. The new weather woman Katie is really awesome. Great personality! ### 5/5 — News Coverage *2024-08-14, version 6.6* Always updates & brings News breaks, local, & great weather & sports coverages! ### 5/5 — goodness *2024-07-27, version 6.6* Thank you so much ### 5/5 — Love to keep up on my "home away from home" news *2016-10-01, version 3.5.0* Have iphone 6+. Live in Iowa, winter in Palm Springs. Love to check in 7-8 times a day to keep up with news in your area even when winter is over and back in Iowa. My heart belongs to Southern CA!! HOWEVER, new update is national news which I can get elsewhere. Could you please have a "SETTING" that would allow us to read that precious PSP area news happenings. I was so happy with your app before the update. 🌴😎😍 ### 5/5 — Good job! *2016-08-30, version 4.4.3* As a part time desert resident....4 winter months, I really appreciate this app. KESQ is the channel I watch when there, the app does a great job of keeping me informed on desert news. Joan T. ### 5/5 — Best app for news. *2016-07-04, version 4.4.3* I get alerts from home on vacation hundreds of miles away! ### 5/5 — The best *2016-07-03, version 4.4.3* You guys are the best 👍🏻 numero 1 ### 5/5 — Marvelous! *2016-06-24, version 4.4.3* Love the app! ### 5/5 — The Best *2016-06-12, version 4.4.3* I rely on this app to keep me informed. Never lets me down. I know the world news as well as the local , to keep my day going smoothly. Thank you KESQ ### 5/5 — The best and most reliable news source. *2016-04-12, version 4.4.1* The first place I go to for up to date information. --- *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.*