# StormTracker 6 - Weather First — user reviews > 41 indexed App Store user reviews of StormTracker 6 by LIN Television Corporation, rated 4.54/5 from 1,810 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stormtracker-6-weather-first/id636823511/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stormtracker-6-weather-first/id636823511.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,346 · 4★ 206 · 3★ 71 · 2★ 43 · 1★ 83 ## What do users think of StormTracker 6? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Accurate forecasts - 📊 Variety of weather data - 🔍 Helpful map features **Cons** - 🐛 Glitches and freezes - 📺 Unreliable video playback - 🔊 Excessive ads - 🗺️ Incorrect location data **Commonly reported bugs** - Duplicate audio playback - Radar map not updating correctly - Notifications for wrong locations **Most requested features** - Restore 10-day forecast - Customizable alert settings - Improved mobile optimization ## Newest reviews (14 of 41) ### 2/5 — Radar screaming fast- can’t tell what will happen! *2026-03-22, version 6.1.601* Latest upgrade has no positive additions that I can find, and the radar trace is so fast it is unusable. ### 3/5 — Was Better *2026-01-29, version 6.1.401* The app was better before you changed the radar map. ### 2/5 — Needs an IOS update Badly! *2022-11-11, version 5.5.500* Glitches ALL the time! Doesn’t get my current location correct. Plz update for iOS! ### 2/5 — Stop the Adde *2022-10-11, version 5.5.500* This was my go to app for weather. However, after the last app update, the adds play over the top of the weather video. You watch the add before the weather video starts. Then a minute in, the add started up again without pausing the video that’s playing so all you hear is noise. Way to go messing up a great app. ### 1/5 — Too many videos *2022-07-28, version 5.5.500* Old videos play instead of new. Messy site. ### 2/5 — Awful amount of ADs *2022-07-04, version 5.5.500* This ad had potential and does a decent enough job keeping you posted on weather events. But my goodness this app and the station are absolutely shameless in the amount of ads they make you watch whether it’s a simple weather report or a severe weather watch or warning, for every gosh darn thing you have to watch a THIRTY second ad each time. And even when you just watched an ad and a video and then need to watch another video on this app then again it mAkes you suffer through another AD. This ad is downright atrocious and is unusable most of the times due to its constant ad pushing. I hate it. ### 1/5 — Hate the changes *2022-06-04, version 5.5.500* Why is the video with sound the default - and with no way to change it? The ONLY reason I will keep this app is for the local weather warnings. It is sad when app developers put more importance on showing off their “fancy” skills than on basic usability. The reliability of your information is the best available, just not delivered well on this app. The built-in Apple weather is perfect for quickly checking the temperature at a glance without bells and whistles- and SOUND. Jan Walsworth Lansing ### 1/5 — Not the same *2022-05-26, version 5.5.500* Not really happy with the new format compared to the original. ### 3/5 — 10 day forecast *2022-05-23, version 5.5.500* I miss the ten day outlook. ### 3/5 — Michigan on Pennsylvania alerts *2022-05-17, version 5.5.500* Frequently we get weather alerts for Michigan when in fact we live in Pennsylvania, not good ### 1/5 — App is horrible *2022-04-25, version 5.5.500* They changed the app and it’s horrible now. I’m getting warnings that don’t pertain to our region. It’s not as user friendly. ### 2/5 — Uninformative *2022-04-24, version 5.5.500* I liked the previous version MUCH more. No videos, just weather radar. ### 3/5 — Not as good as the old one *2022-04-06, version 5.5.500* Whatever you updated, you’re pulling in too many graphics at the same time & now you have a lag, or it freezes. Wasn’t much of an update. ### 3/5 — New version big disappointment *2022-03-31, version 5.5.500* I upgraded to the latest version a few days ago. Big mistake! Layout changed greatly, mostly to put ads front and center. Yes, now several sub-screens have a blinking/ flashing 1/2” bar in the middle. Large button bar at the bottom, instead of smaller hamburger menu. Just wastes space on my already small Mini. A re-design for no good reason. Also, whenever I update the app it turns verbal warnings back on, also iOS pop-ups about trivial weather or “rainy weekend ahead”. Of course the verbal alerts only go off at 4AM. Really I was surprised how good the previous versions were! I would have gladly paid $5 to turn off ads. I would say they have paid paradise and up a parking lot here. The Apple weather app has been getting better, maybe one more version and it will be all I need. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Skip this App *2025-02-26, version 5.17.507* As usual, I come home from work-truck driver- it’s been a 16 hour day and I need to know tomorrows forecast. Silly me ! Not on this App! I can get the NOON forecast but not a recent - say 6:00 pm- forecast. This happens ALL the time on channel 6. Skip this! Anything is better! Remember the “Magic Eight Ball”? It’s better then this! ### 1/5 — Worst weather app ever! *2024-10-23* If you are like me you are affected on a daily basis by the elements. I am a truck driver and also own a small farm. I HAVE to have an accurate forecast to plan my days. NOT HERE! Since I am rarely near a TV I rely heavily on video forecasts of local weather. You can get that here-MAYBE. The video portion rarely works and when it does the forecast is days or WEEKS old NEVER WORKS ON WEEKENDS NO MATTER HOW MANY TORNADOES THERE ARE. Save your life choose a different app! ### 1/5 — You took away the dew point *2024-06-26, version 5.15.406* This was a much wanted statistic. Now I have to go to the weather channel to get this valuable information. That age old saying of if it ain’t broke don’t fix it was clearly ignored with you new app ### 1/5 — Not as good as the old one *2024-06-14, version 5.13.800* Whatever you updated, you’re pulling in too many graphics at the same time & now you have a lag, or it freezes. Wasn’t much of an update. ### 1/5 — Won’t even show critical warnings without an AD *2023-07-29, version 5.8.501* One of the worst of the worst apps. Even for severe and dangerous weather events this app doesn’t show you a SINGLE meaningful alert without first shoving an unskippable 20 second AD down your throat. I haven’t ever come across such an offensive app. Shame on the app developers. ### 1/5 — Map not working *2023-06-25, version 5.8.501* What happened. The map is not working. Which is what I count on during storms. Fix it please. ### 1/5 — Dueling forecasts *2023-05-14, version 5.7.302* When I turn on the sound, I get the sound from 2 different videos. And when I click on the forecast for the night, I get the forecast for the previous morning. ### 1/5 — Video play *2023-02-09, version 5.7.302* When tapping on weather notification I get two videos pkayningvat the same time ### 1/5 — Where are the cones for the hurricane and storms *2022-09-25, version 5.5.500* I do not see any! I thought this was a hurricane tracking app?!??! ### 1/5 — Location *2022-08-29, version 5.5.500* Keep getting forecast from an area nowhere near where I live. I continually change the location to my area, but keep getting alerts about an entirely different area. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — From Lansing Michigan to Sarasota Florida *2024-09-04, version 5.15.406* I use this weather app on my phone because it provides me the most accurate forecast and weather tracking of all the weather apps that they use for hurricanes down here in Florida. I ran hurricane response teams for 19 years. This app was by far, the best. Other teams that used different apps have now changed to the Weather 6 app. THANK YOU. ### 5/5 — Love options of daily-hourly-map *2024-08-16, version 5.15.406* It’s nice to be able to check the daily forecast, see the hourly developments, and also check the map to guess at how long weather events will last and where storms are headed. Nice app! ### 5/5 — My favorite app *2022-06-26, version 5.5.500* I check it multiple times a day. It’s very accurate and keeps informed. ### 5/5 — The ads are distracting *2022-04-04, version 5.5.500* I like the app, apart from the ads that they stuck in the middle of the daily forecast tab. ### 5/5 — Great *2015-03-30, version 3.6.500* This app is useful and easy to use 😊 ### 5/5 — Great app! *2013-11-22, version 1.0.20130415* I love this app!! I love the fact that the radar map is actually pretty accurate. Only, for some reason, the map function seems to not be working now that I updated my phone to iOS 7. Is there a way to fix this? I really want to continue using this app as I really like it! It worked fine before I updated my phone, but now it glitches and the radar doesn't show up correctly. ### 5/5 — The best I've seen *2013-06-13, version 1.0.20130415* I've dl'ed and deleted dozens of weather apps because most of them are basic, the rest are useless. This one, aside from the ubiquitous ads, is absolutely the best. Our local station nailed it! ### 5/5 — A W E S O M E *2013-05-31, version 1.0.20130415* This app is INCREDIBLE !!! Accurate, informative, a big variety of alerts.. Good bye Weather Channel app I LOVE THIS !! ### 4/5 — Update went backwards in usability. *2026-03-06, version 6.1.601* This update seems to cause emergency alerts to be very slow to post to the top of the page, and also removed the extended info about them from the bottom of the screen (at least I haven’t found them). The ability to create a map with overlays is clumsy, and you have to specifically select it each time you open it (my experience). Interesting that two supposedly competing weather stations have the exact same app, just rebranded. Not liking the update. ### 4/5 — This helps plan things. *2024-05-27, version 5.13.800* I love getting notifications of bad weather. I love being to check what’s coming when planning something. --- *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.*