# News 5 Cleveland WEWS — user reviews > 65 indexed App Store user reviews of News 5 Cleveland WEWS by E.W. Scripps Company, rated 4.48/5 from 298 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/news-5-cleveland-wews/id487296004/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/news-5-cleveland-wews/id487296004.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 234 · 4★ 21 · 3★ 12 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 17 ## What do users think of News 5 Cleveland WEWS? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Clean, intuitive layout and easy navigation - 📰 Relevant and interesting local news coverage - 🌦️ Comprehensive weather radar and forecasts - 📍 Great for staying updated on Northeast Ohio news - ⚡ Fast performance compared to competitors - 🎥 Live streaming of newscasts - ✍️ Well-written, cogent news articles - 📱 Convenient mobile access to local news - 🔔 Helpful alerts and notifications for important updates **Cons** - 🔔 Excessive push notifications throughout the day - 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes - 📺 Intrusive and excessive advertisements - 🔐 Account registration and login issues - 📄 Stale content and infrequent updates - 🎯 Misleading/deceptive ad placements - 🎬 Video streaming failures - ⚙️ Navigation and UI changes that reduced usability - 🔄 Share/tweet functionality broken after updates **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when opening articles - Screen freezing and requiring restart - App won't open or flashes and closes immediately - Top stories not updating (stuck on old content) - Push notifications ignore disable settings - Music pauses when app is opened - Tweet/share button not functioning - Pop-up ads redirect users away from articles - Broken NORAD Santa Tracker link - Text size and layout issues on smaller devices **Most requested features** - Granular notification settings (breaking news only option) - More world news coverage - Easier access to live feed - Dark mode option - Ability to swipe between articles - Category-based navigation for quick filtering - Ad-free premium subscription option - Improved article bookmarking functionality ## Newest reviews (12 of 65) ### 3/5 — Please fix the weather radar *2026-06-25, version 7.15* Weather radar hasn’t worked in weeks! please fix ### 3/5 — Good but too spammy with notifications *2023-06-20, version 6.44* It’s good to know what’s going on but should be able to change notifications for breaking news only. ### 2/5 — Screen freeze *2021-12-08, version 6.41* This has been going on for several months. Only way to continue is to close the app snd start over. Very annoying! I have delete the app and reinstalled it several times. Didn’t help at all. Using an iPhone 12 Pro. ### 4/5 — Best one for clevelanders that want a list to scroll *2021-05-17, version 6.36* Only one with a decent layout to list stories than click on them if they interest you, however- it isn’t updated that often and all the stories don’t get listed ### 4/5 — Easy to Access *2020-09-30, version 6.32* I like the fact that we get alerts and are kept current with news. My husband uses his phone and this app to get most of his news information. ### 5/5 — Broken Santa Tracker link *2019-12-24, version 6.24* The link you provide to the NORAD Santa Tracker is broken. Please fix it fast! ### 5/5 — LOVEEEE *2019-08-15, version 6.22* I love news 5 sooooo much so so accurate, everything on this app is perfect and helpful ### 4/5 — Rating for 5 *2019-07-18, version 6.22* Live away from Cleveland but family is there so News 5 (which I have followed for 40 years) keeps us up on what is going on around our family, plus updates on all our Cleveland teams. Thank you. Mario and Kathy Voskion ### 5/5 — Wonderful way to keep up with Cle news *2019-07-14, version 6.22* As a native clevelander living out of town, this is my preferred app to keep up with news effecting my home town. ### 4/5 — Good news and weather coverage *2019-05-29, version 6.21* Helped me with the storm and tornado warnings, also good with closing information. ### 5/5 — App works well for me *2019-03-04, version 6.18* I was looking for an alternative for local news to cleveland.com because have found that to be slow & bogs down a lot. So far channel 5 app works much better, faster. ### 5/5 — 😡APP CRASHES🤬😫😫😫😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩 *2018-09-12, version 6.18* 🤬APP CRASHES😡 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 😡THE SAVE BUTTON DOES NOT WORK🤬 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Can’t Register an Account with you! *2023-03-09, version 6.44* I’m trying to Register an Account with you. You ask me for my email and password. I enter a password but you say it’s wrong. How can it be wrong when I’m trying to my just now Register with you. How and Why is it wrong? You need to explain yourself. Bookmarking an article shouldn’t be this difficult! ### 1/5 — Not well-updated *2022-03-20, version 6.44* -Same stories from day to say -Not much content -Most stories taken from mainstream propaganda ### 1/5 — Update your app!!!!!!! *2020-05-27, version 6.30* My top stories screen has not changed since February 6, 2020. Pretty sure that stuff is old news. If I could give this app zero stars, I would. ### 1/5 — Wanted breaking news notifications only, yet I still get all the notifications *2019-08-11, version 6.22* Beware ### 1/5 — Revised review *2019-05-15, version 6.21* Does pay live newscasts as they're being broadcast. ### 1/5 — Glitch - app won’t open *2019-05-14, version 6.21* Within the last few days the channel 5 app won’t open. It flashes and closes with a blink of the eye. Any suggestions? ### 1/5 — Too Many Push Notifications *2019-05-09, version 6.21* I downloaded the app to get more local news updates. They send out push notifications at a rate of nearly every hour throughout the weekdays, mostly for national headlines that have nothing to do with Northeast Ohio or local reporting. Absolute garbage and caused me to delete the app after only having it for two weeks. ### 1/5 — Removing the app from my phone *2018-07-25, version 6.18* When reading news it freezes and pop up ads take over the screen. ### 1/5 — News? *2018-04-27, version 6.15* Like every other news app, these people have no idea what “Breaking News” is. Notifications going off all day about nothing anyone cares about. The clincher for me was some duke named their child. Really? That’s breaking news? Goodbye. ### 1/5 — Where’s the News *2018-04-09, version 6.15* As I compare this app to some of the other local news, it’s terrible. It covers very little news, most top stories in the country! Definitely needs polished!! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great for news *2023-06-22, version 6.44* This app is great for news. The layout is decent and news items are interesting and relevant. ### 5/5 — Only the Best Coverage ! *2022-08-02, version 6.44* We have recently stated streaming and found that we can not get Channel 5! Thank goodness that we can get the news and weather on our I-pad no matter where we go. We are now in CA and are keeping up on all the NE Ohio news. ### 5/5 — To the point *2022-03-12, version 6.44* Love this app. They get straight to the story, no excess nonsense. Beats the others hands down. ### 5/5 — Best news station in NE OH! *2022-02-09, version 6.43* Best news comes from #5!! I’ve watched it all my life!! Love all the people, and rely on the truth! Great investigative reporting! Weather, sports.. I’ve been there as people come and go, and I love they feel like friends and family!! Thank you for being “Live on your side” for me! ### 5/5 — Pretty decent *2022-01-19, version 6.43* This is the best news app by far, great weather radar and well rounded local news decent national news, although I wish there was more world news ### 5/5 — GREAT APP TO HELP YOU STAY UP WITH THE CLE!! *2021-08-09, version 6.39* I love the News 5 weekday, evening, and weekend teams!! What better way to get your info and your day started or winding down with this mobile app!!! ### 5/5 — Great way to stay informed! *2020-05-31, version 6.30* Great way to be informed all day long by my go to local station. Thank you to all the people in front of and behind the cameras. ### 5/5 — Use it for the articles *2020-05-01, version 6.30* I use the app for the written articles. It seems Cleveland dot com is not much more than a collection of regurgitated police blotters. It’s nice to have a source for cogently written news stories. ### 5/5 — Lynn *2020-04-30, version 6.30* My go to for local news🤗 ### 5/5 — Top of the Line *2020-03-29, version 6.30* I love this app- easy to use, lots of information. It’s all I need. --- *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 2026-09-01.*