# Local Now: News, TV & Movies — user reviews > 87 indexed App Store user reviews of Local Now by Weather Group, LLC, rated 4.30/5 from 1,346 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/local-now-news-tv-and-movies/id1117556939/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/local-now-news-tv-and-movies/id1117556939.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 914 · 4★ 203 · 3★ 85 · 2★ 45 · 1★ 99 ## What do users think of Local Now? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Great free streaming app - 🚀 Efficient and fast - 📺 Variety of local and national channels - 🌐 Comprehensive local news coverage **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes - 🔁 Constant channel switching and looping - 🔇 Audio issues and lack of sound - 🤖 Poor navigation and UI, especially on tablets - 📺 Unreliable live stream playback **Commonly reported bugs** - Login screen issues - Disappearing channel favorites - Incompatibility with certain devices - Inconsistent geolocation and channel availability **Most requested features** - Picture-in-picture mode - Pinch-to-zoom functionality - More drama and entertainment channels - Customizable 'My Stream' feature - Chromecast/AirPlay support - Accessibility improvements for visually impaired users ## Newest reviews (14 of 87) ### 2/5 — Not perfect. *2026-06-09, version 6.5.16* I like using this app but there’s an audio bleed from the main page video when you’re trying to watch another channel. The only way to stop it is by opening up a show and then choosing a channel to stop the bleed from the main page? ### 3/5 — No local news *2026-06-08, version 6.5.16* The app imply local stations. It even has the correct station identification. But the app does not show local news. The app replaces your local news with NATIONAL news. ### 3/5 — Trouble with hearing two stations at once *2026-04-20, version 6.5.16* I truly enjoy the app but when watching the local news on one station, I’m hearing the audio on another station at the same time on my iPad 10 Generation. Please help! ### 2/5 — Sound on movies not working on IPad *2024-11-20, version 6.5.7* Well, when I bring up the app there is a news channel playing. But I want to watch a movie. So I get the movie playing but the sound is the news channel. So I cut off the channel’s sound. Then I go to the movie and have no sound so I turn up the volume. So up some the channel’s sound! Support said delete and reinstall. Well, THAT didn’t work! So I’m in contact with them to report it didn’t work. I only need to shut off the channel and watch a movie on my I pad. But it works fine on my Apple TV. That gives them a 2 instead of a 1 rating. ### 3/5 — Wishing for better *2024-11-11, version 6.5.7* Having problems the stations vocals play on top each other when you change stations.A glitch I hope they fix ### 2/5 — Potential but really bad overall *2024-10-11, version 6.5.7* When are you going to fix this app? Probably the worst streaming app I’ve used to date. Multiple streams kick in, app freezes, you try to sign in and it kicks you off the registration screen when you get to your email (iOS). Change the screen orientation and another local channel kicks in. No channel number input that I could find… I know it’s a free app but still. 2 starts because it’s free and has potential once it’s reliable and user friendly… ### 3/5 — Auto-play *2023-10-14, version 6.3.1* Auto-plays when opened. How about an option to auto-mute. ### 1/5 — Very annoying! *2023-05-27, version 6.2.0* Every other streaming app allows you to turn off the auto play feature. Very frustrating having the weather Blair to at you nonstop while you are trying to read the description of a movie. ### 1/5 — ADVERTISER STRANGULATION *2023-03-01, version 6.0.1* Perhaps good intent, and certainly advert breaks are to be expected, BUT this app seems predicated for ONLY to play interminable ads. Descending into unmitigated garbage. Nearly impossible to watch any title through conclusion. ### 1/5 — Horrible app *2023-02-17, version 6.0.1* This app is horrible can’t look at the guide when it loops jumping to other channels. Please fix. ### 3/5 — Always freezing and buffering *2023-02-16, version 6.0.1* I love this app cause I drive for lyft, and I have a tv in my car. this news tells everything that’s going on in my city, plus weather. so when I pick up passengers that are visiting from other states. it shows them restaurants etc in the area ,and what they are rated as well . But my only problem is I have to keep restarting it over, because it would freeze on me, and buffer as well. It would pop up with a white screen, and stay on that screen while the audio sound of it, moves on to the next segment. If this problem could be fixed,it would definitely be a 5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️s for me … ### 1/5 — Broken *2023-02-13, version 6.0.1* Don’t use this app. You have to restart the app every single time you want to use it because it will just crash and freeze upon opening. Find one that’s not broken. ### 2/5 — Could be better *2023-02-06, version 6.0.1* Has some good shows and channels, but it randomly jumps around and takes you away from what you’re looking at. I usually give up and close the app ### 2/5 — Good concept, buggy app *2023-01-24, version 6.0.1* Local Now has a great assortment of local and national news networks along with some general entertainment and specialty content. But good luck watching any of the live streams: it takes multiple taps of a channel icon or program name to actually launch the stream you want, and the guide is a buggy mess that has a mind of its own. Things that should be relatively easy to fix, and let’s hope they do. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Overlapping Audio! *2026-03-30, version 6.5.16* With the recent update on iPad, it seems to be having an audio overlapping issues, no matter if I change the channels, mute, & I’ve also uninstalled the app to reinstall it & it STILL has the issue. Please fix & I will change my review, thank you! 🙏🏻💝 ### 1/5 — Live TV *2025-12-20, version 6.5.12* “Local Now” is it possible to update the app to “Picture in Picture” Thanks ### 1/5 — Live TV *2025-11-05, version 6.5.12* Pinch To Zoom ?? ### 1/5 — What a Shame *2025-04-04, version 6.5.9* This app plays all the ads just fine BUT it will NOT play the movies… ### 1/5 — What happened *2025-01-19, version 6.5.8* Don’t know why you screwed up the app, i enjoyed it, but now it keeps going to the start screen. Now it’s very useless. I deleted it and reinstalled but no change. Why can’t tech leave their DB’s off things that work. Updates are not always required. Going to permanently delete it is now useless for me. ### 1/5 — Constantly buffering *2024-11-26, version 6.5.7* The programs start buffering after a bout 2 - 3 minutes of play. I have to select another channel, then go back to original channel, watch for 2 - 3 minutes, select another channel, and so on. I’ve reported this issue many times, to no avail. ### 1/5 — Buggy *2024-09-05, version 6.5.7* Please fix your iOS app for some reason when requesting for a code to sign in, not sure why not password enable is beyond me. When entering the email address the code window box to enter disappears before you even enter to check your email. Meanwhile certain Samsung OS the app doesn’t work correct and won’t load at all. The UI needs to change on the TV app where the favorite should be moved and replaced with the channel icon as pushing the wrong button makes your un-add your favorite channel. The cursor green line is confusing. Please fix it. I think the content is powerful but the app and its UI and button placements are so annoying and confusing. Also certain channels appear and disappears. Geolocation doesn’t seem to solve the problem one has to change the zip and it’ll be there which isn’t part of the market. Also enable search area to find tv stations by default searching city, zip, call stations. ### 1/5 — Live Tv *2024-06-23, version 6.4.0* Video available for background? ### 1/5 — Horrible app *2024-05-31, version 6.4.0* This app is virtually unusable. If you try to watch the news, it will cut out right In the middle of a story and go to something completely different. ### 1/5 — Who designed this App? *2023-09-24, version 6.3.1* This App is horrible to use on an iPad. I am deleting the App after a ful hour of frustration. If you have an iPad don’t download! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — More shows in the drama category *2025-05-23, version 6.5.10* I love this app! Though I would like to see more shows added to the drama category in the live tv section for us drama tv lovers but overall I love the app! ### 5/5 — LocalNow *2025-04-18, version 6.4.0* Great ### 5/5 — Best Free Streaming App Yet *2025-02-27, version 6.5.9* Kudos, and thank you! ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2024-08-09, version 6.5.5* Has a little bit of everything for free. Works really well on Apple TV. ### 5/5 — Recommend it *2024-05-23, version 6.4.0* The app is working so far, so good, and I also launched it on my Roku, but the one thing that I would love to see a here on the app, and that is AirPlay, I can airplay it to either my TV or my Roku, and, but one bug though that I’m having, and that is trying to watch a movie or a show on the app on my iPad, I go to the movies tab whenever I go to watch a movie, and when I click on the title of the movie, for some reason, it keeps saying, something went wrong, hopefully you guys can get that bug resolved, and also another problem, is that when I go to, add channels to my favorites, for some reason it won’t do it on my iPad, but it does it on my iPod touch, and also one thing that’s missing, is notifications, I would love to be notified, about breaking news in my area, or international news, and weather alerts, and would also love to be notified about new channels coming on the app, I love all the channels here on the app, keep it going, and keep updating the app, love, LocalNow, ### 5/5 — Recommend it *2024-05-09* The app is working so far, so good, and I also launched it on my Roku, but the one thing that I would love to see a here on the app, and that is AirPlay, I can airplay it to either my TV or my Roku, and, but one bug though that I’m having, and that is trying to watch a movie or a show on the app on my iPad, I go to the movies tab whenever I go to watch a movie, and when I click on the title of the movie, for some reason, it keeps saying, something went wrong, hopefully you guys can get that bug resolved, and also another problem, is that when I go to, add channels to my favorites, for some reason it won’t do it on my iPad, but it does it on my iPod touch, and also one thing that’s missing, is notifications, I would love to be notified, about breaking news in my area, or international news, and weather alerts, and would also love to be notified about new channels coming on the app, I love all the channels here on the app, keep it going, and keep updating the app, love, LocalNow, ### 5/5 — This is a good app *2022-11-16, version 5.9.3* I made a statement that I couldn't find the volume well long be hold I found it lol so this is a cool app to get and keep ### 5/5 — Help Fresno California *2022-08-04, version 5.9.3* A daylight radar scare us ### 5/5 — I miss this app *2022-03-27, version 5.6* It was the best app ### 5/5 — Daily go to for us *2022-03-14, version 5.6* It’s so different than other apps. We get our local updates like weather and traffic from local now and we love it. Highly recommend the app. --- *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.*