# Local News & Weather: Haystack — user reviews > 264 indexed App Store user reviews of Local News & Weather by Haystack TV, rated 4.70/5 from 19,985 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/local-news-and-weather-haystack/id829825445/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/local-news-and-weather-haystack/id829825445.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 16,504 · 4★ 2,300 · 3★ 653 · 2★ 213 · 1★ 315 ## What do users think of Local News & Weather? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Customizable news feed - 🚀 Efficient news aggregation - 🌍 Variety of news sources - ⏱️ Quick access to news updates - 🌐 Ability to follow local and global news **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes and freezes - 🔍 Difficulty filtering out unwanted content - 📺 Lack of portrait mode on iPad - 🕰️ Outdated or delayed news content - 🔈 Repetitive ads **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on opening with iOS 15 - Playback issues when casting to Chromecast - Inconsistent behavior when muting topics **Most requested features** - Add portrait mode for iPad - Improve content filtering options - Increase frequency of news updates - Provide more international news sources - Introduce a desktop app version ## Newest reviews (10 of 264) ### 3/5 — Slim international options, mute doesn’t work *2026-08-13, version 4.64* Decent news app. However it’s lacking with international options and the mute button doesn’t work. It also takes about 4 hours from the time you tell the ai Chatbot you want to speak to an agent to get a hold of anyone. ### 3/5 — Latest update *2026-07-17, version 4.64* Your most recent update for the Apple TV app has completely ruined the audio extremely bad audio echo. ### 2/5 — Audio bleed thru onApple TV *2026-07-16, version 4.64* Audio bleed thru on Apple Tv 4k model A1842. Tvos 18.6 Wired connection to the router I have a video of the problem Please fix ### 3/5 — Have watched and enjoyed for several years now *2026-07-13, version 4.63* A very good news outlet but news clips are getting too long and not to the point at times. ### 3/5 — Needs a better filter. *2026-06-23, version 4.62* I love the multiple sources but I would love it more if I could filter out certain sources. There is an option in the setup to select sources you want to see but it doesn’t include a full list. I wouldn’t expect the local broadcast stations to be listed individually but being able to filter out slanted content providers is critical for me. ### 3/5 — 3 Stars for having Local *2026-05-09, version 4.59* If it wasn’t for the Local News & Weather you get a 1 star (only because zero stars is not an option). Completely WOKE propaganda! UPDATE: Your response talks about diverse 3rd party contributors. Can you point out any conservative 3rd parties? You say you aren’t promoting any one particular view, but by not offering the options is indeed promoting one point of view. When you offer conservative 3rd parties, I’ll change my review. I didn’t say not to offer anything other than conservative, I’m asking (in addition) to have conservative options. ### 3/5 — 3 Stars for having Local *2026-05-05, version 4.59* If it wasn’t for the Local News & Weather you get a 1 star (only because zero stars is not an option). Completely WOKE propaganda! ### 5/5 — Good variety of news sources *2026-04-30, version 4.59* Very easy to get a snap shot of news from different parts of the country in a short period of time. ### 5/5 — Amazing App!! *2026-04-09, version 4.55* With this app, I don't miss a single headline! Everything is perfectly curated especially for me. It is the perfect balance between local and international news. I'm so happy that I discovered this app! You will love it too! Give it a try today, you won't be disappointed!! ### 1/5 — Controlled by Trump & Billionaires *2026-04-09, version 4.55* It’s almost Fox News for all mainstream media on Haystack. I would be so embarrassed to be a reporter right now…scared of getting in trouble for not lying & kissing Trump’s a** History will ruin you ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Worth it ? Nope *2026-07-31, version 4.64* So I bought into this App after using it for Free. What A Huge Mistake! Other than no Commercials it’s the SAME DELAYED NEWS! DO NOT WASTE UOUR MONEY .. USE THE FREE APP AND WAIT THRU THE COMMERCIALS! ### 1/5 — New bug: delayed audio and a pop/clicking sound *2026-07-30, version 4.64* When playing the news from an Apple TV the news will start to play but the audio is delayed by about 3+ seconds accompanied by a click and pop noise every half second. It was working fine until a recent app update. ### 1/5 — New bug double playing the video on Apple TV *2026-07-17, version 4.64* When playing the news from an Apple TV the news will start to play and then it will play the same audio again in the background causing double audio to be played at the same time ### 1/5 — Sound issues on Apple TV *2026-07-17, version 4.64* I am getting echos or multiple sound tracks. Sounds like the same track phase shifted. I use this almost every morning for headlines but now unusable for the last few days ### 1/5 — Echo and two videos playing at once *2026-07-17, version 4.64* I have the Apple TV A2169 (64MB). I play haystack on here and I get an echo for the initial video. If I pause it, the audio keep playing. When I play the video after this pause, the video overlaps with the audio that kept playing. When the next video plays, then I have two different audios playing, one being the audio of the screen on the TV. Anyone getting this bug on the Apple TV? ### 1/5 — Bad app behaviour *2026-07-06, version 4.63* Impossible to block a specific biased news station i24. I don’t like this news channel as it has questionable views. I blocked many channels that is biased but this i24 cannot be blocked and it always shows their stories first, I feel like it’s purposely done. ### 1/5 — The Hand Off Please *2026-06-16, version 4.61* The Hand Off Please ### 1/5 — “CC” *2026-05-30, version 4.60* Need Closed Captioned Ít by ADA Law and Human Right ### 1/5 — Decent news app but …. *2026-04-30, version 4.59* Decent news app but same annoying ad every couple of minutes, I don’t care about ads as long there is a little bit variety. And what is it with ads that try to scam old people out of money don’t care as long as the money is good? ### 1/5 — Democrats *2026-04-19, version 4.57* Left wing with no real solutions, just tears. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — To the point *2026-08-18, version 4.65* No spin or preferences. Just the facts, arranged briefly and to the point. ### 5/5 — Spanish commercials *2026-08-02, version 4.64* I love the news but I definitely don’t want to see Spanish commercials between. Im not in Spain or South America I don’t want and need to hear Spanish commercials. This is very offensive to me ### 5/5 — Good,great, new ever ! *2026-08-01, version 4.59* Better than any new company. It has it all the news you want. Don’t watch any thing else. They got all the news period. ### 5/5 — Great - they fixed the audio bug! *2026-07-22, version 4.64* Earlier I had problems with the sound - reverb on some channels, multiple soundtracks on others - and posted in my original review. Haystack got in touch with me, acknowledged the problem and recommended that I update to v22. I did and it works like a charm! The best thing about Haystack is that you can see news from elsewhere in the world, as well as news from your local channels. ### 5/5 — Great News outlet customable *2026-07-15, version 4.64* The app allows you to pick what news agency you want and filter news ### 5/5 — I’m o *2026-07-12, version 4.63* look ### 5/5 — Papucho *2026-07-11, version 4.63* Me encanta, creo que es lo mejor… ### 5/5 — Great set up *2026-06-20, version 4.62* Love the diversity and choices available in topics. ### 5/5 — The Hand Off Please *2026-06-19, version 4.62* The Hand Off Please ### 5/5 — Video *2026-05-09* The video doesn't play. **Developer response:** We’re sorry about the trouble. That definitely shouldn’t happen. Please write to us at feedback@haystack.tv with more details so we can investigate and help resolve the issue. --- *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 2026-08-28.*