# KOLO8 NEWS — user reviews > 72 indexed App Store user reviews of KOLO8 NEWS by Gray Television Group, Inc., rated 2.42/5 from 177 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kolo8-news/id420505650/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kolo8-news/id420505650.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 37 · 4★ 18 · 3★ 17 · 2★ 18 · 1★ 79 ## What do users think of KOLO8 NEWS? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Good news content - 👍 Earthquake feature - 👍 Timely notifications **Cons** - 😠 Overwhelming ads - 😠 Unskippable ads - 😠 Ads before news - 😠 Autoplaying videos - 😠 Poor navigation - 😠 Difficult for low vision - 😠 Scam-like ads - 😠 Clickbait content - 😠 Biased reporting - 😠 App crashes frequently - 😠 App not opening - 😠 Unusable app - 😠 Poorly designed - 😠 Limited functionality - 😠 Outdated app **Commonly reported bugs** - App stopped working - App not opening after update - App keeps crashing - Latest version sits on opening page - App doesn't load - App doesn't open with iOS 14.6 - App stopped working on iPad - App doesn't work correctly - September 2019 update will not install - App shuts off every now and then - App shuts down phone - Crashes iPhone xs - Weather forecast closes application - App won't open on phone 7+ - Stopped working on iPhone 6 - Cannot negotiate through advertising - Cannot get past ads - News app went to total ad spam - No longer have a voice on the site - Cannot see anything in pictures - Live stream often doesn't work - Cannot find newsflash stories - Pop up ads never take to story - Swipe left/right takes to next story instead of back - Comments open in Safari - App refreshes unexpectedly **Most requested features** - Add section for traffic information - Revamp app for better navigation - Add explanation for icons - Consider dark mode - Add ability to comment on stories - Improve accessibility options - Allow adjustment of timezone for earthquake feature - Add Vancouver BC to weather - Add a back button - Allow watching the last live cast - Add notifications for upcoming events - Allow zooming in pictures - Improve weather forecast accuracy ## Newest reviews (19 of 72) ### 2/5 — App Ads *2026-02-02, version 4.0.15* Your app is basically worthless other than for the notification headlines. You click on the link and there is an ad for an app that you cannot X out. It’s bad enough that someone gets arrested for sexual assault, you click on the link, and the ad is brought to you by the Harris law firm. Just gives me the creeps. I wish there was a better way for me to get local news. I guess I’ll try and figure that out. ### 1/5 — Has only gotten worse *2025-12-18* Just keeps going downhill. Now when you open a story to read it, a video auto starts. I don’t want a video, I want to read the news. Granted, most of KOLO’s news is opinion anyway. Time to find a new app for local news. ### 1/5 — Used to be okay *2025-12-12* Just keeps going downhill. Now when you open a story to read it, a video auto starts. I don’t want a video, I want to read the news. Granted, most of KOLO’s news is opinion anyway. Time to find a new app for local news. ### 1/5 — More opinionated articles than facts. *2025-09-16, version 4.0.15* Nick Doyle writes a terrible column, and he should be fired immediately with all of his rhetoric that he writes. ### 2/5 — Vision impaired adjustable *2025-07-05, version 4.0.15* KRNV has accessibility adjusting. It reads my settings on my phone and matches them. ### 2/5 — Not good fir low vision *2025-07-04, version 4.0.15* Thus app is difficult to use if you have low vision. There are 0 accessibility options ### 1/5 — scam ads block usage *2024-06-23, version 4.0.13* recently the ads you out up at the opening of the app are more irritating than ever: ads that autoplay loud audio and ads that don’t have close buttons. now the only ad that comes up when the app opens is one that appears to be a scam. nothing in the ad indicates who is advertising; instead the ad looks like a system update for android (on an apple device) and the only buttons are “open” and “close”. i will not use either button as it seems both would install software of unknown origin! i am deleting the app as it is now unusable! ### 1/5 — Text size *2024-01-24, version 4.0.12* Need larger text. ### 1/5 — Bad app *2023-12-14, version 4.0.12* The app stopped work a year ago still no fix ### 2/5 — Ads before you can view any news *2023-03-02* This app started out ok, But now you are required to view ads and watch ads before you can do anything else. Horrible! ### 1/5 — Not opening after update *2023-02-04, version 4.0.1* Not working ### 2/5 — App needs help *2022-11-02, version 3.4.16* OK, you guys asked for feedback. So I’ll give you some. Our family finds your app to be somewhat pleasing to the eye, but very difficult to navigate, and not very user-friendly. Would you consider revamping your app so that each section has a small explanation of what each icon stands for? For example, what is Colo cares, what is live stream? I also don’t see any section for traffic information. Perhaps this would help ### 1/5 — Used to be okay *2022-10-27, version 3.4.16* Deleted the app today since they’ve added video adds that can’t be skipped. ### 1/5 — Would be Great if it Worked Even a Little Bit *2022-05-12, version 3.4.14* Pretty much useless ### 2/5 — Ads before you can view any news *2022-03-01, version 3.4.10* This app started out ok, But now you are required to view ads and watch ads before you can do anything else. Horrible! ### 1/5 — Mark Dawson Sr *2022-01-12, version 3.4.9* This is a poorly designed app. It’s not what I expected so I’ll delete it. ### 2/5 — Good content, bad app *2021-11-24, version 3.4.9* Good news stories and updates but it keeps crashing and I have to reinstall. ### 1/5 — Latest very bad *2021-11-22, version 3.4.8* The latest version just sits on the opening page and the little gear just spins. Tried deleting it and re downloading nothing worked. Has now gone from the ads making it really annoying to being completely unsuitable for purpose. ### 1/5 — Ad Fail! *2021-11-12, version 3.4.7* I open the app to see the news and all I see as a full page ad for Saint Mary’s that I can’t get past. The only actions that result are taking me to a web page for saint mary’s. What good is an app for news if you can’t see the news, but only an ad? Not any good at al to me. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — App crashes *2026-05-26, version 5.0.4* The app crashes way too much. Needs a lot of work before I’ll be back. I’m going to Fox. ### 1/5 — Not happy *2026-04-04, version 5.0.2* Too many ads ### 1/5 — Deleting after years *2026-03-24, version 5.0.2* The colors are awful. I don't want a video to play on top. Tons of ads ### 1/5 — New app is aweful *2026-03-16, version 5.0.2* Graphics Graphics Graphics Ads. Ads Ads Ads Ads Ads Ads To, I guess distract you from no content.. or content that takes you yo lots more graphics and lots more ads to even hope of a story … actual News 8 has lost their core purpose - to bring us news - in flash and superfluous nonsense. Pretty… maybe, but I always counted on you for NEWS!!!! Delete the 8 app now ### 1/5 — App options *2026-03-15, version 5.0.2* I wish you had an option to view the app the way it was ### 1/5 — Upgrade Sucks *2026-03-10, version 5.0.1* I’m not a fan of the video autoplay when trying to READ the news articles. Thinking this is a glitch that you’re working on, I’m going to give it a month before deleting the app and going to a competitor news feed ### 1/5 — Forced Ads *2026-03-09, version 5.0.1* More garbage, less privacy ### 1/5 — New look alerts can’t be turned off way to many *2026-03-07, version 5.0.1* I like the way it was before I might delete the app Channel 2 & 4 works much better now I use to like channel 8 the best but definitely not now!. ### 1/5 — Ads before you can view any news *2026-03-06, version 5.0.1* This app started out ok, But now you are required to view ads and watch ads before you can do anything else. Horrible! ### 1/5 — Has only gotten worse *2026-01-10, version 4.0.15* Just keeps going downhill. Ads are now mixed with news stories. Also, I don’t want a video, I want to read the news. Granted, most of KOLO’s news is opinion anyway. Time to find a new app for local news. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — It is good *2020-07-21, version 3.2.9* It is a app ### 5/5 — Outstanding *2016-07-31, version 3.0.3* I'm planning to move to Tahoe in a couple of years. I downloaded this app to get a feel of what is happening locally. I have been incredibly pleased with all of the information I've been given. Thank you! ### 4/5 — Great for Reno locals *2015-08-21, version 2.0.2* The news bulletins (posted as notifications to my home screen) are timely and informative for Reno locals. Unfortunately, I can never find the stories associated with those news bulletins within the app itself. Still, this app is a keeper. ### 3/5 — Exit? *2024-07-20, version 4.0.13* How does one exit the app? ### 3/5 — KCRA has a better working app *2021-09-19, version 3.4.7* Get it together, your app is still in the Stone Age ### 3/5 — Ok *2019-09-20, version 3.2.5* Great news station but the app shuts off every now and then. ### 3/5 — Good application *2019-01-07, version 3.1.9* It’s a good application however whenever I try to look up the weather it always closes the application. ### 3/5 — What the heck *2018-09-08, version 3.1.9* App won’t open on my phone 7+ , it use to 2 years ago now I’ve tried it and tried it just sits there loading for ever FIX IT!!! ### 3/5 — Good but basic *2017-05-13* Great app for reading local news. It is limited in its ease and use. There should be notifications or a daily/weekly story of upcoming events in the news section. I read the app every day, sometimes multiple times, and always see events as they are happening or after they have happened. I would love to participate more but 30 minutes prior to an event is usually too late, and after the event is impossible, for now... ### 3/5 — Eh *2017-01-22, version 3.1.3* So the weather forecast always says something different than what the broadcast.... it's not like they are slow to update the app.... it's just they never seem too.... it's really frustrating.... I've commented on dace book and emailed them and it seems like it all gets swept under the rug... it makes it really hard to plan for the day when the broadcast is saying up to a foot of snow but the app is saying warmer temps and just rain.... --- *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 2026-08-23.*