# NewsWest 9 — user reviews > 73 indexed App Store user reviews of NewsWest 9 by Tegna Inc., rated 4.80/5 from 6,872 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/newswest-9/id1453204125/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/newswest-9/id1453204125.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5,881 · 4★ 745 · 3★ 186 · 2★ 29 · 1★ 31 ## What do users think of NewsWest 9? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Informative local news coverage - 📢 Reliable emergency notifications - 🌐 Covers news across West Texas - 🤝 Responsive to user feedback - 🌟 Generally good reporting quality **Cons** - ⏱️ Needs to be quicker in reporting current news - 📺 Weather maps and forecasts could be larger/more prominent - 🔊 Sound issues with volume changes during ads - 🧠 Concerns about potential political bias in reporting **Commonly reported bugs** - Weather radar crashing or not working properly - Frequent app crashes or performance issues **Most requested features** - Landscape mode for weather maps - Option to pay for ad-free version - Improved radar and future weather forecasting ## Newest reviews (18 of 73) ### 4/5 — Good job in covering news *2025-01-30* Needs to be a little more quick in yes reporting current news ### 4/5 — Better than others *2023-12-07* At least this app covers more news. Only thing I don’t like about it is the repeat of stories 2-3 times. ### 5/5 — Serves its purpose. *2023-09-11, version 45.20.1* Serves its purpose… ### 5/5 — Keeping up *2023-06-29* Look forward to being kept on news and news alerts! ### 5/5 — Great Team! *2023-06-16* Great team who always report the latest updates & breaking news! ### 5/5 — NewsWest 9 *2023-03-17, version 45.0* Great interview. Good luck!! ### 5/5 — ❤️ *2022-12-20, version 44.3* ❤️❤️❤️ ### 5/5 — Earthquake *2022-12-16, version 44.3* 5.3 near Midland ### 5/5 — News West 9 *2022-07-21, version 44.2.3* I gave 4 stars only because the weather maps and the daily forecast are so small. If I could get them, especially the weather map, to go to landscape or enlarge them in some way it would be much better. ### 5/5 — Emergency notifications *2022-06-14, version 44.0.52* Depend on Channel 9 to keep us informed and entertained. ### 5/5 — Keeping up *2022-05-16, version 44.0.52* Look forward to being kept on news and news alerts! ### 5/5 — News *2022-05-04* I love y’all posting stuff to keep me informed about what goes on around us !! News west 9 is the best!! Especially the weather here on channel 9 storm tracker!! When I’m out and about your always there to keep us informed about the weather or anything else! Yep yep that’s all. ### 5/5 — News *2022-01-30, version 43.9.3* Watch it all the time when I need weather report, or local news.Thanks ### 5/5 — Great Show 27Dec2021 *2021-12-27, version 43.9.3* Great early morning show 27 Dec 2021. Very informative and relevant. Happy Holidays! ### 5/5 — News west nine news *2021-09-28* Appreciate local local news and pictures thank you ### 5/5 — The Best! *2021-07-31, version 43.5.21* Thanks for staying on top of the breaking stories. Y’all are the best! ### 5/5 — Generally good reporting *2021-05-27, version 43.3.17* I appreciate the news that is reported without political bias. Facts and information and I think and form my own opinions. ### 4/5 — Adds *2020-12-17, version 42.13.38* Good app but I wouldn’t mined the option to pay for a add fee version, other wise great! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Used to be good *2026-08-11, version 50.20.2* This app looks like a fake app now. There's absolutely no styling or features. There's no dark mode. There is no search. I click a notification for it and it rarely opens the story, usually just opens the home page. It used to be a nice app. ### 1/5 — To many adds *2024-05-19, version 46.2.1* This app is informative if you feel like watching watching adds anytime you click on something. ### 1/5 — Had to move on *2020-10-05, version 42.10.17* I think they should remove the news stories and just finish the app off with ads. ### 1/5 — Too busy *2020-02-12* Thought I would get this app on my iPad and now am rethinking. Might just delete it. For the local weather (which is what I mainly use) is too busy. For any video, there was always a commercial first. I wouldn’t call that user friendly. I would have to scroll thru ads and many other items to get to My Weather. I’m not always on the recliner with my feet up with lots of time. Sometimes knowing what the weather is doing is urgent in West Texas. Not really happy with this for the weather. Maybe you could fix the software to be able to choose what the app opens in so I can view weather instantly and then move on to other things. ### 1/5 — commercials👎🏾😡❗️ *2020-01-04, version 41.6.6* FORCED TO WATCH COMMERCIALS THAT HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT PEEKS MY INTEREST 😡👎🏾❗️❗️❗️ PLUS WASTE MY TIME👎🏾😡❗️❗️❗️ SUCKS👎🏾😡❗️❗️❗️ ### 1/5 — New app is no good! *2019-07-24, version 6.1.37* I really like the old app where the weather was kept separate! It was much easier to use and navigate. Please bring back the old Stormtracker app! ### 1/5 — U don’t no news!! *2019-07-08, version 6.1.34* They report on things that are not even news!! Like reporting about someone who was buying drugs dying during a drug deal, who cares!!! Give us something that impacts our community and the world!!!! ### 1/5 — Viewer *2019-06-03, version 6.1.14* The weather on the new app is unimpressive and is a downgrade from the old weather app. This new one is not updated and will not warn for any severe weather like the old app did. Disappointed. ### 1/5 — Weather *2019-06-01, version 6.1.14* Can we get the future radar back? All I can find is past radar and that’s useless. ### 1/5 — So confusing! *2019-05-26, version 6.0.0* This is a jumbled up mess! Who thought this was a good format?? I think I found local news once. I’m not using anymore! And I have had the app since you first got an app. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Always the FIRST *2026-06-12* News center 7 claims to the first with the most and they have proven time and time again they are the LAST with the least - thanks NEWS WEST 9 keeping the Permian Basin informed when it matters most !!!!! ### 5/5 — NewsWest 9 *2025-04-22, version 46.5.3* The best channel for News It’s my favorite channel ### 5/5 — Review *2025-01-13* Newswest time always does it’s best to stay on top of everything that goes on in West Texas, especially in Midland/Odessa. It’s easy to send a text directly to the newsroom to report something that you may not know about. You all always text back, “thanks for letting us know “. ### 5/5 — Great reporting *2024-09-19* Keep up the good work, giving us the news as fast as possible. ### 5/5 — News West 9 *2024-06-22* I gave 4 stars only because the weather maps and the daily forecast are so small. If I could get them, especially the weather map, to go to landscape or enlarge them in some way it would be much better. ### 5/5 — NBC News *2024-06-14* Very informative. Exceptional employees doing deligent news for our information that’s truthful! So long as they don’t wonder off to much to the FAR right! ### 5/5 — Safety *2024-03-13* I love this. I’m elderly and live alone. The bad things happen so often. I like being advised when something is happening near me. I can be ready if need be. I’m not scared. I have a son ready to protect me and also a very good family that the man of the house was a Marine and an excellent gun person. He would be here instantly. I also have a gun ready. But I’m glad to know what’s going on. That’s again and y’all be safe. ### 5/5 — Review *2024-02-13* Newswest time always does it’s best to stay on top of everything that goes on in West Texas, especially in Midland/Odessa. It’s easy to send a text directly to the newsroom to report something that you may not know about. You all always text back, “thanks for letting us know “. ### 5/5 — Mr *2024-01-24, version 45.30.3* Thanks to great preventative policing and well trained police in Odessa and midland, followed by stiff swift trails and sentencing, a great area to live in. ### 5/5 — Generally good reporting *2023-10-03* I appreciate the news that is reported without political bias. Facts and information and I think and form my own opinions. --- *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 2026-08-26.*