# San Antonio News from KENS 5 — user reviews > 143 indexed App Store user reviews of San Antonio News from KENS 5 by Tegna Inc., rated 4.80/5 from 21,246 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/san-antonio-news-from-kens-5/id1453203808/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/san-antonio-news-from-kens-5/id1453203808.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 18,582 · 4★ 2,089 · 3★ 365 · 2★ 78 · 1★ 132 ## What do users think of San Antonio News from KENS 5? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🌟 Best news and weather coverage - 👍 Reliable and up-to-date information - 💯 Excellent news anchors and meteorologists - 🤗 Friendly and community-oriented - 📱 Convenient mobile app **Cons** - 🤬 Excessive commercials and ads - 🐛 App crashes and freezes frequently - 🔍 Difficult to navigate and find content - 🤔 Biased or agenda-driven reporting - 🚫 Unavailable on certain TV providers **Commonly reported bugs** - Notifications not working properly - Videos failing to load or play - Outdated or missing local news stories - Weather maps and radar not functioning - Login/account issues **Most requested features** - Ad-free premium version - Improved app performance and stability - Easier navigation and content organization - More balanced and objective news coverage - Seamless integration across TV and mobile ## Newest reviews (16 of 143) ### 4/5 — Weather radar does not work sometimes *2026-06-09, version 50.12.0* The weather reader sometimes doesn’t work and kicks me off the news app and I tried again and it doesn’t work and kicks me out again. ### 5/5 — San Antonio, Texas. News *2026-03-08, version 46.5.3* Awesome amazing news app for keeping up with all of your positive local news stories and weather updates in our great military city usa. Really keeps you informed about everything that is puro San Antonio. ### 5/5 — Best News KENS 5 App *2026-03-08, version 46.5.3* Dependable reporting news app for important news reporting and for weather reporting app! ### 5/5 — Great news *2026-03-07, version 46.5.3* I enjoy all of the staff that present the local, U. S., and world news, weather, and local events. ### 5/5 — Best News & Weather *2026-02-25, version 46.5.3* KENS 5 is the best news and weather in San Antonio ### 5/5 — New *2026-02-14, version 46.5.3* Just learning ### 5/5 — Reliable TV *2026-02-11, version 46.5.3* I appreciate receiving exceptional and reliable information that is happening NOW, not 2 days ago! Keep up the great work you all do for the people of San Antonio!! ### 5/5 — Good News Everyone *2026-01-30, version 46.5.3* Good information ### 5/5 — Glad to be able to keep up *2026-01-29, version 46.5.3* There’s a lot going on and it’s great to be able to keep up conveniently. ### 5/5 — Current Police Actions *2026-01-29, version 46.5.3* Up to the minute live feedback on events ### 5/5 — KENS 5 *2026-01-29, version 46.5.3* Great news anchors and journalists ### 5/5 — I love my KENS 5 *2026-01-15, version 46.5.3* Thank you my KENS 5 family. I love you all. Appreciate you in these tough times!!! ### 5/5 — Kens 5 Follows Spurs *2025-12-28, version 46.5.3* San Antonio Spurs fans need only follow Kens 5 sports reporters to keep up up with the Spurs current progress. ### 4/5 — High School Football *2025-12-13, version 46.5.3* Great on updating football scores! ### 5/5 — Ken’s 5 *2025-11-20, version 46.5.3* I love this app because if I miss it I can watch it later. And don’t miss anything. ### 5/5 — Interview for my son Leonard Alex Casias *2025-10-21, version 46.5.3* Thank you for sharing my story n helping my do a fundraiser ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Still horrible *2026-05-04, version 50.9.1* I’m a loyal kens5 tv watcher but this new app version y’all put out is horrible. Hard to navigate. Hard to find the story you’re looking for. Then if you receive a notifications from Kens5 and click on that notification…that story in the notification doesn’t come up. What’s the use. Then to find that story the notification was about, forget about it. Ksat12 has too many adds but at least you can get to the story you want. ### 1/5 — New App format no bueno *2026-04-02, version 50.8.2* This new look the Kens5 app is horrible. Just the look of it throws me off. Previous versions was easier to navigate. ### 1/5 — Updated app is a major step back *2026-03-28, version 50.7.5* The recent app update has been such a huge step back from the previous version that I’m on the verge of deleting it completely. It looks like it was designed to make people wonder if this is a legit news app or some bogus fake news app. Did AI design this? It truly looks like it. The bright white background is terrible and there’s no option for a dark mode for users that need that. Navigation is a joke. Are you interested in sports? Try finding it on this terrible app. I have to scroll and scroll and scroll..and scroll.. two days later I’m still scrolling past days old stories with no sports section in sight. There isn’t a menu or anything to jump to specific sections aside from video and weather. According to this app, everything and the kitchen sink is in the “top stories” aka main news section. Good luck finding relevant and up to date news. I’m sad to see my favorite news station represented like this. I recommend viewing KENS from your phone’s browser, so you can at least navigate better to sections… like sports…and everything isn’t bright white. ### 1/5 — Locks up / Slow response, too many ads *2025-10-29, version 46.5.3* KENS freezes daily and the adds are further pestering. ### 1/5 — Slow response, too many ads *2025-09-07, version 46.5.3* KENS freezes daily and the adds are further pestering. ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2024-11-09, version 46.4.1* Trying to open a start might set off a chain of three or more app cycles, poor design, annoying user experience ### 1/5 — Another agenda based media outlet… *2024-10-13, version 46.4.1* Nothing fair… all one sided… 17k + 5s? That’s BS… was like that long along… ### 1/5 — Too many commercials *2024-10-12, version 46.4.1* Have to watch long mind numbing commercials that make you want to gouge your eyes out before you get any news ### 1/5 — Why do I believe your notifications!?!? *2024-05-20, version 46.2.1* I touched them and whatever is in the notification doesn’t come up and then I can’t remember half of it so I don’t know what happened. Maybe I should just take your awful app off my phone. ### 1/5 — 1 star! *2021-08-07, version 43.5.21* I give you one because less would be zero, or better yet a negative number is what you deserve! Talk about crooked media! I get a notice on my phone and touch it to read and it’s nothing about what you sent! This happens constantly all day! Deletion of your app is imminent! My kids live there and they don’t like you, either! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — News at a moment’s notice. *2026-08-05, version 50.19.0* I get KENS 5 News updates on my phone, all day! Keeping me informed about vital information that affects me personally; like Weather, Traffic Issues or City Happenings! Thanks Kens5 for being there, when I need it most! ### 5/5 — God Is Good *2026-07-26, version 50.17.3* KENS was the best, is the best; will always be the best. ### 5/5 — Excellent storm & weather coverage *2026-07-16, version 50.16.0* Highly recommend ### 5/5 — Kens news *2026-07-15, version 50.16.0* Great to keep in touch, I live in a different state. So it's great to be informed of San Antonio ### 5/5 — My Favorite TV Station *2026-07-12, version 50.15.4* Love KENS5 ### 5/5 — excellent news coverage *2026-06-14, version 50.13.0* a great news crew ### 5/5 — Radar *2026-04-09, version 50.8.3* I’ve been using your site for awhile now. And I follow the weather regularly. But a couple of the sites are not working. They really need to be fixed. Thank you for being there. This new app doesn’t let me see the local radar like the other one did. It’s a little harder to use. ### 5/5 — New App *2026-04-04, version 50.8.3* I after with the last post. Worst app I’ve seen for navigating to what you want to read about. Please go back!!! ### 5/5 — Whether forcase *2026-03-16, version 46.5.3* Great information ### 5/5 — Kens 5 *2026-03-11, version 46.5.3* I have been watching Kens 5 all of my life and I believe that there’s no other channel besides this one!!! They cover everything that I need to know and they do it the right way!!! --- *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.*