# Spectrum News: Local Stories — user reviews > 184 indexed App Store user reviews of Spectrum News by Charter Communications, rated 4.70/5 from 51,067 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spectrum-news-local-stories/id740948885/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spectrum-news-local-stories/id740948885.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 41,792 · 4★ 5,744 · 3★ 1,698 · 2★ 525 · 1★ 1,308 ## What do users think of Spectrum News? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Helpful local news coverage - 🌪️ Excellent weather reporting - 🗺️ Useful live radar and storm tracking - 💯 Reliable and informative during emergencies - 🙌 Positive community reporting **Cons** - 🗳️ Perceived political bias in news coverage - 🤖 Buggy and unstable app performance - 🔍 Difficult to navigate and find specific news - 🚫 Exclusion of Spectrum Business customers - ⏱️ Outdated news content and slow updates **Commonly reported bugs** - Login issues and frequent sign-outs - Incompatibility with certain devices/OSes - Crashing and freezing during use - Weather maps and radar not functioning properly - Push notifications not working as expected **Most requested features** - Dark mode option - Improved weather radar and forecasting - Ability to cast/mirror content to TVs - Customizable news alerts and preferences - Integration of local news from multiple regions ## Newest reviews (15 of 184) ### 4/5 — Newshound *2026-08-18, version 2.53.1* I like to see the new story of the things that happened in Michigan and the country. ### 2/5 — Meh! *2026-08-12, version 2.53.1* Not much new daily news but they hang on to the old stuff for too long ### 2/5 — Spectrum News App Severely Lacking *2026-07-24, version 2.53.1* I’ve informed Spectrum in the past that their App is lacking a feature that just about every other app (news) has—The ability to zoom in on a photo in a news story as well as the article itself. The descriptions under pics are fainter than the regular print and extra hard to read. Why does their app lack this Basic feature of being able to zoom in, the way most apps allow you to ?? ### 2/5 — Your website is a low quality embarrassing for a big corporation *2026-06-15, version 2.53* You should be embarrassed at the low quality of this website so many old stories that never updated headlines written from a day or two before the in accessibility to the visually impaired just so many factors that make this an embarrassment to accompany with so much money and such a low level website ### 4/5 — Weather glitch *2026-06-10, version 2.52* It says it’s going to snow where I live, but I’m in Florida and it’s summer ### 5/5 — Review *2026-06-06, version 2.52* I really like this app a lot. And I also in joy watching spectrum too .michael p ### 5/5 — We will miss Spectrum *2026-05-29, version 2.52* We’ve been with Spectrum for about nine years, excellent reception and customer service. Unfortunately Spectrum did not offer our community a new contract so within a few months, we will be forced to go back to FIOS. Not as good as Spectrum. ### 5/5 — Weather Radar is Excellent *2026-05-26, version 2.51* I really like your interactive radar especially the history/present time view and the projected one time forecast which in my location have proven to be remarkedly reliable. Great job! ### 5/5 — Daily news *2026-05-20, version 2.51* I always check the incredible accomplishments of Mayor Mamdani. ### 3/5 — OK News *2026-05-13, version 2.51* Slightly Better than fake news and no irritating ads. And you get local weather. The app has a simple clean layout and is a breeze to use. The best I have found. Thanks Spectrum. ### 5/5 — Great App ! *2026-05-07, version 2.51* Really enjoying this app…excellent articles and news stories. ### 5/5 — Fave *2026-05-01, version 2.51* One of my all-time favorite television channels is Mornings on One. Simple, local news, clear, and easy to take in - a great way to start the day ### 5/5 — Tampa Bay Lightning *2026-04-28, version 2.51* Tampa Bay Rays ### 5/5 — Keep me up-to-date with the local latest news and Citrus County *2026-04-17, version 2.50* I Check for reviews often ### 5/5 — I love you *2026-03-22, version 2.49* Love you man ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Holy wow this app doesn’t work *2026-08-23, version 2.53.1* Constantly asking me to sign in, videos constantly crash. Completely unusable on mobile. A shame because there is a lot of content I actually want to watch ### 1/5 — Where’s the weather information *2026-06-19, version 2.53* This app is horrible like your news channel is we are having a bad storm and you guys are reporting news that isn’t necessary at this time not good ### 1/5 — Creepy news host *2026-06-04, version 2.52* What’s with that guy who hosts your news? Keeps talking about gop lead shrinking. Is he part of the voter scam too. ### 1/5 — Information *2026-06-01, version 2.52* I’m never really told if when I don’t have Internet, whether it’s me or the company. ### 1/5 — Too costly *2026-03-26, version 2.49* Spectrum costs too much. Spectrum did a software update in the middle of snowstorm leaving people without tv, phone, basically stranded for hours. Little respect for senior citizens ### 1/5 — R *2026-03-12, version 2.49* Can’t connect says disable HTTP ### 1/5 — Waste of time. Always a problem, either you’re logged out, don’t have the absolute latest version *2026-01-18, version 2.47* One STUPID app. Every time I use it makes me log in again. This app does not retain my login status, waste of my time. Very poor design. ### 1/5 — Poor Performance *2026-01-16, version 2.47* A lot of times you click on a story on the app and the story is not available to watch or read. There are a lot of times you open the app and there aren’t even stories to look at and read. ### 1/5 — Won’t open *2025-09-29, version 2.44* It tells me: HTTP Proxy not supported. ### 1/5 — Not actually “news”. *2025-09-21, version 2.44* The local stories have not updated in weeks. That’s not technically what one thinks of as news. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — You are excellent *2026-08-18, version 2.53.1* Your news coverage of politics is excellent. Your weather coverage is life-saving thank you ### 5/5 — Good coverage *2026-08-13, version 2.53.1* Up to date news ### 5/5 — Home *2026-08-05, version 2.53.1* Fells like home . Enjoy the through coverages. Thanks to everyone 🤩 ### 5/5 — Fast *2026-07-21, version 2.53.1* Great app ### 5/5 — News and weather go to App *2026-07-20, version 2.53.1* Spectrum News App is my go to App for my local weather forecast and accurate weather radar. ### 5/5 — Spectrum News *2026-07-18, version 2.53.1* Great very informative and a great tool! ### 5/5 — Great job *2026-07-17, version 2.53.1* Great alternative to local tv stations online mumbo jumbo! ### 5/5 — Great coverage *2026-07-13, version 2.53.1* All the information I need quickly ### 5/5 — Love this! *2026-07-09, version 2.53* I like being able to see detailed weather information like the dew point and I like watching the live video feed as well. ### 5/5 — Great *2026-06-12, version 2.52* I really like Spectrum News. Updates throughout the day --- *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 2026-08-29.*