# KVIA ABC7 El Paso News — user reviews > 69 indexed App Store user reviews of KVIA ABC7 El Paso News by News-Press & Gazette Company, rated 4.80/5 from 1,471 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kvia-abc7-el-paso-news/id386653828/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kvia-abc7-el-paso-news/id386653828.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,276 · 4★ 105 · 3★ 45 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 32 ## What do users think of KVIA ABC7 El Paso News? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Thorough news coverage - 💡 Helpful for small businesses - 🚀 Up-to-date alerts and notifications **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing - 🔋 High battery consumption - 📺 Too many ads interrupting content - 🕰️ Outdated news and slow updates **Commonly reported bugs** - Notifications disappearing after clicking - Incompatibility with older devices - Incorrect word usage in articles **Most requested features** - Search functionality - Night/dark mode option - Improved video playback stability ## Newest reviews (14 of 69) ### 2/5 — Lot Ads *2025-10-14, version 7.1* When I tried to watch a note, during the video the advertisement does not allow to watch. I recommend to limit them. ### 3/5 — Often frustrating! *2025-10-13, version 7.1* I will often get an alert about some news or hear it on TV but it is nowhere to be found d on your website. ### 2/5 — Terrible App *2025-08-02, version 7.0* Viewing the app is very difficult. It appears to be slow due to the constant downloading of ads. Features frequently do not respond to touch actions. ### 2/5 — Poor App site *2024-04-04* Notifications show up but when clicked on, disappear. Yesterday’s news today. ### 3/5 — Could do better *2024-01-22* They leave old news on for a week and the up date stays frozen for a long time ### 2/5 — More ads than news *2023-03-19* Poor App! News is often very general information and lacking detail. I don’t want to know just that something happened; I want details. The same articles seem to go on for days with little to no updates. The constant download of ads seem to slow down the performance of the app to deliver new content. Frustrating to use. ### 2/5 — Terrible app. Ok reporting. *2022-04-14, version 6.2* This app is terrible. So many ads that it slows down the downloads. Video adds are not clearly defined so you click on one thinking it is part of a newscast. Several newscasts are just a topic with little information of details. At least that is my experience. ### 2/5 — Videos don’t work on this app. *2021-02-12, version 6.0* For some reason on ios 14.4 videos won’t load on this recently updated app. Have to go to the website to see any videos. ### 2/5 — Several Years and Still Buggy *2020-06-29, version 5.3* Have had issues in the past where app would totally crash so decided not to download it. Finally when I decide to reload it after a few years I’m thinking maybe something has been fixed. Nope same issue. When a news update pops up and I click it the news story sometimes pulls up with an advertisement which I click x to exit. Once I do that story pulls up and shortly after completely crashes. Have to reload app and try to get back in to click story to load. Need to fix this bug very annoying. ### 3/5 — Videos stall and stop constantly through play *2019-09-07, version 5.1* Great station and reporting. Videos constantly stop and require tapping the play/stop to continue. Frustrating! This is ongoing. ### 2/5 — Live stream not working! *2019-08-23, version 5.1* I catch most of my news from your great app but I also livestream and for the past month it has been kicking me off after just a few seconds of beginning the stream. I’ve looked for updates, deleted and added the app and it still does the same. I have an iPhone 8. Please fix! ### 2/5 — Duplicate Push Notifications! *2016-06-04, version 4.4.1* Duplicate push notifications aren't as bad on an iPhone/iPad, but on an Apple Watch...it's pretty useless. It'll display 'you have two KVIA messages' instead of breaking news, making it an inconvenience on the Apple Watch. Other than that, this is always the first of my various news apps to push breaking news. ### 2/5 — Crash Alert *2016-05-31, version 4.4.1* App constantly crashing, useless. ### 2/5 — Duplicate Push Notifications *2016-05-25, version 4.4.1* It's so annoying to receive 2 & 3 notifications of the same thing, for every single notification sent. I have to close multiple notifications instead of just one. Why is it doing this? I'll try deleting & reinstalling. It's been like this for a year & I'm tired of it... 😡 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — What’s lacking? *2025-08-28, version 7.0* There needs to be a search tool. ### 1/5 — Disappointing *2025-08-20, version 7.0* Always freezing ### 1/5 — Still no night or dark setting *2025-05-26, version 6.6* App is VERY bright. Puts out LOTS of bright white light ### 1/5 — Could do better *2024-08-31* This app freeze up all the time ### 1/5 — What happened to editors, or spell check? *2024-07-11, version 6.6* On a regular basis, stories post on the site that present improper word usage. The stories seem to post without review, providing the reader with doubt concerning the veracity of the story. As a subscriber, I demand that news stories be factual and correct, much like they most often appeared in print, when editors did their job. ### 1/5 — Bad app *2023-07-04, version 6.4* This app is bad ### 1/5 — Trash app *2021-08-15, version 6.2* The app only loads commercials not the actual videos. First time using app and it’s not working. Tried to load on wifi and mobile networks and all commercials no video. ABC trash anyways trump haters are losers ### 1/5 — KVIA app has too many bugs *2017-05-03, version 3.74.0* App is freezing and crashing too much. I look into my crash log on phone (settings >privacy >analytics data) and the KVIA app is a long list of entries. Way more than any other app.... why? Please fix this! ### 1/5 — Gone *2017-01-11, version 3.72.0* No longer active. Says it's in negotiation with DIRECTV. Was 5 star before that happened. ### 1/5 — WORST NEWS APP EVER *2016-10-22, version 3.5.0* crashes and constant bugs made this app worse ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — KVIA *2026-07-29, version 7.1* I enjoy KVIA, the anchors are fun to watch and a sincere smile…I look forward to the news, which they make sure is interesting… 🌺🌺I can keep up with the news if I miss a certain hour I can catch the next news and not miss a thing…Thank you….. ### 5/5 — Best People All Around *2025-11-28, version 7.1* Thank you KVIA El Paso for being so instrumental in helping us as a small local business! Your genuine heartfelt and sincere concerns for small businesses all over El Paso is so much appreciated and needed. You all go above and beyond the news! Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart! ### 5/5 — Good *2025-08-22, version 7.0* Love the thorough news ### 5/5 — Awesome news *2024-07-15, version 6.6* That’s the only news I watch … cause all the anchored are awesome. It’s such a credible news congratulations. Keep doing the great job you’ll all doing KVIA 7 is number 1 👏👏👏👏 ### 5/5 — Joel *2016-08-02, version 4.4.1* Excellent! ### 5/5 — Amazing!! *2016-04-13, version 4.4.1* I like checking out and seeing what is going on in El Paso. Viva El Paso!! ### 5/5 — KVIA News app *2016-04-06, version 4.4.1* A must have ### 5/5 — Reliable *2016-03-30, version 4.4.1* Getting news on time as it happens around the world as well as here ### 5/5 — Up to date *2015-09-12, version 4.3.3* I love keeping abreast with news electronically. I enjoy being kept up to date with information. ### 5/5 — Great app! *2015-09-06, version 4.3.3* A great "go-to" for keeping up-to-date with the news! I use this app daily! 😉 --- *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 2026-08-25.*