# KLTV First Alert Weather — user reviews > 69 indexed App Store user reviews of KLTV First Alert Weather by Gray Television Group, Inc., rated 3.10/5 from 206 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kltv-first-alert-weather/id470890226/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kltv-first-alert-weather/id470890226.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 73 · 4★ 22 · 3★ 27 · 2★ 26 · 1★ 58 ## What do users think of KLTV First Alert Weather? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 User-friendly interface (historical) - 💡 Comprehensive weather information - 👍 Good for East Texas (historical) - 💡 Ability to see live broadcasts - 💡 Can check radar and forecasts **Cons** - 🐌 Slow loading times - 📺 Excessive ads - 📉 Radar inaccuracy - 💨 Radar playback too fast - ⚠️ Poor warning/watch color contrast - 🔄 Frequent app crashes - ❌ Audio not loading - 🔕 Irrelevant notifications - 🚫 Ads during severe weather - 🧊 App freezes in bad weather - 🔄 Updates break functionality - 🤔 Inconsistent data across devices - 🤷 Default radar location is far away - 🎨 Unreadable map color scheme - 🔴 Live stream shows irrelevant content - 📉 Outdated forecasts - ⚠️ Mandatory commercials during emergencies **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when switching tabs - Radar is inaccurate - Radar playback is too fast - Tornado warning boxes are hard to distinguish from watch boxes (color issue) - App freezes during bad weather - Audio doesn't load on videos - App crashes on startup - Radar not working properly - Update broke the radar - App won't load - Notifications are irrelevant and too frequent - App shows different data on different devices - Live stream shows morning news at irrelevant times - App is unresponsive and crashes since last update - App requires WiFi connection - App is slow to load - App won't open with latest version of iOS - App shows incorrect forecasts - App doesn't load map - App doesn't use current location - New version doesn't load on iOS - App won't open after update **Most requested features** - Allow slowing down radar speed - Fix color contrast for watches and warnings - Improve layering of radar over watches/warnings - Option to delete old weather alerts - Allow users to set default radar location - Fix audio for video playback - Improve accuracy of radar - Fix app crashes on startup - Make ads optional or less intrusive, especially during emergencies - Allow users to disable specific notification types - Fix the issue where the app defaults to a far-away location - Revert to older color scheme for radar map - Fix audio not loading on videos - Allow users to see past and future radar movements without interruption - Fix the issue where the app freezes during bad weather - Allow users to choose what information is displayed on the home screen - Fix the issue where the app doesn't use current location - Allow users to see full daily forecast information - Fix the issue where the app doesn't load the map ## Newest reviews (15 of 69) ### 2/5 — Poor recent update *2026-01-21* The most recent update is awful. Radar defaults to somewhere in the NE US before quickly moving to local area. Why? The playback of past radar is too fast. It is much faster than it used to be and that makes it hard to follow the progress history. Hopefully someone at KLTV will recognize the latest update has issues and will get them fixed in a timely manner. ### 2/5 — Radar map still inaccurate *2025-06-10* Seriously? In the app today, a video suggesting inaccurate radar map could be user looking at future map & not making sure button in bottom corner says Past? For most users having it in “past’ map & still radar is inaccurate what would be the explanation? Please fix ### 2/5 — Not accurate radar *2025-06-09* Currently in a bad storm and this ridiculous app radar shows it hasn’t even hit us yet even though it started over an hour ago. Not helpful at all when you really need it. ### 2/5 — Radar not accurate at all *2023-07-09, version 5.10.500* We’ve followed KLTVWEATHER for years but the last 2 weeks the radar is nothing like the actual weather happening 🤔 ### 2/5 — Trash lately *2023-06-04, version 5.8.500* I’ve used this app for years, but lately, it’s trash. The radar doesn’t work at all anymore. Probably gonna delete as soon as I find something better. ### 2/5 — Update broken *2023-05-14, version 5.8.500* The update broke the radar it does not function at all at times now. Prior it worked just fine. iOS 16.4.1 ### 1/5 — Horrible! *2022-03-22, version 5.4.940* What happened to the great app we had for years? On the crazy night of tornados, rain etc. My radar shows Nothing!!!!! ### 1/5 — Ads *2022-03-15, version 5.4.940* I hope there never is an emergency because that means I have to wait after every single ad to get a update 👍🏽 ### 3/5 — Update *2022-02-22* Update made app go from 5 star to 3 star. Now every time I open the app . I have to go to overlays and turn of lightning strikes. Then go to another screen and turn off 6 warning types. Just to be able to see the radar and where the tornados are . Went from life saver to life threatening ! ### 2/5 — Bwahahahahaha *2022-01-15, version 5.4.910* Is Mark Scirto says it will, it won’t. He’s too far left ( democrat) to get the weather right. ### 1/5 — App won’t work in bad weather😡 *2022-01-08, version 5.4.910* This app freezes and won’t load in bad weather when I need it most ### 2/5 — Notification galore! *2021-07-09* It’s a basic weather app that loves sending notifications of every rain shower in the country. I finally had to turn notifications off after waking up to 10 notifications over a 6 hour times span. Not one had anything to do weather within 500 miles of me! ### 2/5 — Wearther app *2021-03-31, version 5.2.302* All the above is true !! 7 weather app. Ant worth downloading. Money and money! National weather no better. ### 1/5 — The app that cries wolf. *2020-11-23, version 5.0.1004* I have your app to warn me of tornadoes in the middle of the night. I do not need notifications for when the international space station will be overhead, nor what the forecast is for the local high school football game, nor for a look at my a weekly planner, especially at 6:41 am. These contrived notifications make your app worthless. ### 3/5 — App shows different data on different devices *2020-09-04* I like the app. I prefer using it. But I just noticed today that most of the data showing on my phone is different from the data showing on my friends phone. Both using the same app, but updated. It makes me lose any trust that the forecasts are accurate when the same app is showing different data for the same location... what’s up with that? Otherwise a 5 star app ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — From Hero to Zero *2026-03-06* It USED to be accurate, it USED user friendly, it USED to help people stay safe. It provides late updates from the NWS tornado warnings, that is precious time that someone in the path of a tornado might not have. Of course, you’d have to even be able to see the warning! Guess what?! A tornado warning “box” is red, a tornado watch “box” is yellow, what color should take priority? If you guessed red, then you are officially smarter than whoever downgraded this app. Orange. The app decided that if there is both a warning and watch they’ll combine the colors and make orange. Because, nothing screams pay attention to this area like light orange in a sea of dark yellow. I am incredibly disappointed in what this app has become. Roll back the upgrades, nobody wanted this. ### 1/5 — What has happened? *2025-08-21, version 5.17.706* Used to be to go to app for weather. Nothing about the radar is good now. Not even accurate. ### 1/5 — BAD NEWS WEATHER!! *2025-08-12, version 5.17.706* They are so bad! They go outside,and look at the sky to change their forecast!! Don’t waste your app space on these people!! LOL ### 1/5 — Sick gross ads *2025-05-24, version 5.17.511* This weather app would be a 4 star but it has gross horrific sick ads on it. What a shame! ### 1/5 — Radiar Does Not Work *2025-04-05, version 5.17.511* When the power goes out in a storm, the radar does not show the storm system passing through the area, which is inconvenient because it is a little hard to tell if a tornado is headed straight for me or pass me. This app does not work for me. ### 1/5 — To long to load *2024-12-16, version 5.16.1703* Slow at everything. To many adds I don’t trust the temu adds maybe Chinese. Kltv 7 can’t get it rt. To long to load still. To much ads. Getting paid to be so wrong! 80%. ### 1/5 — Weather *2024-06-03, version 5.14.502* To much time taken to do the alert. ### 1/5 — No sound on video playback. Only on ads. Figures. *2023-06-26, version 5.10.400* From the same app that makes you watch an ad before a tornado warning live broadcast, it makes sense that the only videos that have sound are the advertisements. ### 1/5 — Why *2023-01-27, version 5.7.301* I already have the app, why do I need notifications enabled to see the 7 day forecast ### 1/5 — Audio doesn’t load half the time, too many notifications *2022-09-28, version 5.6.506* Audio doesn’t load half the time, too many notifications ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Weather *2021-04-23* Last week I could read the Yantis weather with mark snd the others but now it’s all changed . I hate it like this. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2019-05-22* Great having daily, 10 day, hourly and radar all in one place! FYI...if you recently upgraded and the app is crashing...delete and re-install. Fixed it for me. 😊 ### 5/5 — App wouldn’t open *2019-05-18, version 4.8.600* I use this app daily. After the latest update the app would not work. I contacted KLTV developer. They emailed and then phoned me to resolve my issue. If anyone else is faced with this problem just uninstall and reinstall. Worked for me! Thank you Ashley @KLTV for a prompt response! ### 5/5 — Love it! *2017-12-04* I can’t believe how much this works for east Texas! It is always accurate and user friendly. Keep up with the awesome new updates! ### 4/5 — Radar Speed *2022-06-25* I wish there were some way to slow the radar speed. It’s way too fast to be of use to me. If there’s a setting to for this I haven’t found it. I’d very much appreciate this option in the next update. ### 4/5 — Weather app review *2020-02-12* I love the app & like how I can watch it live and hear and keep up with the latest, but I’m never able to listen to videos you have to replay. I’ve had several phones since I first downloaded the app & it’s not worked with any of them. ### 4/5 — Awesome app! Updated 3/2/16 *2016-03-02, version 4.2.400* Still love this app. Only one small problem that i'm finding is that it will not use my current location. It's like that part doesn't work most of the time. Hope this can be fixed. Please! Wow just found out about this app today from Face Book. Thanks for making or having it made. And the app is awesome information! Oh and even direction of storms and touch them to find out what it is ie hail, ect. Y'all did a great job on this app! Keep up the great work! Update 3/2/16, well updated the app this morning and when expand view of the week to see what a day maybe I can not see all of the information for that day. I see only part of it. ### 3/5 — Radar is too fast *2026-03-07* Most of the time it starts with a big overview of the country. I often have to move it to where I’m at. The biggest pain is the radar is way too fast. I like the old map better. ### 3/5 — Crashes *2025-09-23, version 5.17.706* Rapidly switching between tabs, particularly as the app is first loading, causes app crashes. ### 3/5 — Having problems *2023-06-06, version 5.8.500* Radar is not working properly. --- *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 2026-08-11.*