# WAFB 9News — user reviews > 141 indexed App Store user reviews of WAFB 9News by Gray Television Group, Inc., rated 4.64/5 from 16,694 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wafb-9news/id449649021/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wafb-9news/id449649021.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 13,790 · 4★ 1,499 · 3★ 477 · 2★ 257 · 1★ 613 ## What do users think of WAFB 9News? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 📺 Excellent news coverage - 🌧️ Reliable weather information - 🏆 Trusted local news source - 📱 Convenient mobile app **Cons** - 🛑 Too many ads - 🐢 Slow app performance - 🤔 Unclear navigation - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🔍 Lack of relevant local details **Commonly reported bugs** - Notifications not clearing properly - App crashing on launch - Incorrect or outdated content in articles - Issues with audio/video playback **Most requested features** - Separate notification settings for different content types - Ability to delete notifications permanently - Improved article search and discovery - Live streaming of news broadcasts ## Newest reviews (16 of 141) ### 2/5 — Unreliable *2026-07-08, version 8.0.6* Too many times a day/week/month the link from headline to article itself does not work. No problem getting the advertisement but not the actual story. ### 2/5 — Not as good *2026-07-05, version 8.0.6* App used to be much better. Now it’s hard to find things, and there is no rhyme or reason as to the order of stories. ### 2/5 — Changes made me delete the app *2026-06-12, version 8.0.5* I am and forever will be a WAFB news girlie. But the recent changes to the app has left me frustrated. It seems that some of the weather information is no longer available and a new app is required for specific details on weather. Clicking on the push notifications doesn’t take you to the new story. I’ll have to tune in now because I’m taking a break from this app. ### 4/5 — My opinion *2026-05-22, version 8.0.4* It is a great app to have. I receive to many notifications ### 2/5 — Share button doesn’t work *2026-04-03, version 8.0.2* This app takes a long time to load and the share button doesn’t work. ### 4/5 — Notification *2026-03-25, version 8.0.2* Love the app… but I can’t stand that it constantly shows that I have a notification…. I can’t stand any unread notification on my apps ### 4/5 — Notification *2026-03-24, version 8.0.2* Ever since the update, I can’t get rid of the notification alert. I have no notifications at all. It’s annoying seeing the red dot all day. ### 3/5 — Alerts are too frequent / & Are not truly RELEVANT “Breaking News” *2026-03-18, version 8.0.2* Please create more subcategories for “Breaking News” > ALERTS/Notifications. We all have very different concerns & interests, and what is relevant to our daily lives. *For example, general Court case results are not relevant to me, nor the majority of your viewers/subscribers, unless it personally affects us. - Ask yourselves: Who is my audience, & what “news” is of most importance, most relevance, while considering how it affects their lives daily, or in a grander matter, such as public figures. Though interesting, or even salacious, all “Stories” are not necessarily “News” for a local TV provider to share. “Breaking News” used to be used only for highly important and/or urgent notices to the public. For years now it’s become the equivalent to “crying wolf”. This has created a hazard to society where we no longer recognize or pay attention to legitimate and serious “Breaking News-Alerts”. To help correct this trend, consider creating various subcategories for individual “Alerts” so that your website and App become a more dependable and beneficial tool to the community. -Thanks ### 1/5 — Took away too many features *2026-03-17, version 8.0.2* Basically took away any weather updates, Prompting you to download the weather app which I refuse to do. Any article you press to read automatically starts playing a video. I should have the option to do this if I want. ### 2/5 — App & traffic *2026-03-16, version 8.0.2* I don’t like the new format. My app icon says I have a notification but I can’t find the notification. I do not like the new traffic map. It is so hard to tell if traffic is good or bad ### 1/5 — Hate the inability to mute *2026-03-14, version 8.0.2* It’s irritating to have automatic audio when opening a news story. Not every user of the app is a visual junkie. I prefer reading news not watching or hearing it. ### 1/5 — Sucks *2026-03-13, version 8.0.2* Horrible update ### 1/5 — Poor Design *2026-03-12, version 8.0.2* When I got notification that my WAFB app was in need of an update I was excited to see the improvements made. I believe, to date, this is the worst update and refresh that WAFB has put out. The amount of ads make me feel like at some point they’re going to ask us to pay for an ad free version. The notifys don’t go away, and the entire layout of the app is confusing, cluttered, and confusing to navigate. ### 3/5 — Disable auto play for videos or give an option in setting to turn off *2026-03-12, version 8.0.2* Disable auto play for videos or give an option in setting to turn off ### 1/5 — Annoying ads and video *2026-03-10, version 8.0.1* The new app is terrible. Videos play automatically, there are way too many ads, and stories are not easy to find. Visually unappealing overall. After having and using the WAFB app for many years, I will be deleting it. ### 1/5 — TERRIBLE *2026-03-09, version 8.0.1* Awful update. You can’t enlarge the pictures for one. The notification alert won’t go away. It’s so annoying. And every time you open the app, there is a ad! Horrible. Please go back to the old format. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Advertisements *2026-07-21, version 8.0.7* I get businesses have to make money. But when your ads are fraudulent that’s a story in itself. Yall got more ads than news. ### 1/5 — Terrible update *2026-06-22, version 8.0.6* The new format is horrible. It’s not user friendly and hard to find the latest news. Even when you get an alert, if you click on it, go through 3 ads, you still don’t get the article you were trying to get. Terrible. After years of using WAFB exclusively, I’m deleting and moving over to WBRZ 😡 ### 1/5 — Doreen *2026-06-03, version 8.0.4* AWESOME APP!! ### 1/5 — Ugghh! *2026-05-19, version 8.0.4* I would give it a negative 50 (-50) but that wasn’t an option. I unequivocally dislike the entire set up of the app. It is sooooooooo hard to navigate. It wouldn’t be polite to say I hate it, so I’ll stop right there. ### 1/5 — Inconvenient *2026-05-01, version 8.0.3* The Font size is too small and you cannot enlarge it ### 1/5 — Can’t share stories *2026-04-02, version 8.0.2* Can’t share stories with the new app ### 1/5 — This new app is difficult *2026-03-31, version 8.0.2* This app don’t allow you to navigate through it like the last app did. It’s certain things that you can’t find and my app has an alert stuck on it that I can’t clear although I have went into every story to try and clear it. I also have deleted the app and reinstalled it and it still shows up. I don’t know what to do to fix it ### 1/5 — Terrible *2026-03-24, version 8.0.2* Nothing but pop-up ads from businesses and an untalented plaintiff attorney (yes, you Gordon). Delete it as I have. ### 1/5 — App deleted for tracking and ads *2026-03-18, version 8.0.2* I don’t normally look at the WAFB app, so when I opened the app today, it forced me to go through several pages with their privacy policy. The App did not allow me to limit cookies or opt out of their privacy policy, which included access to my name, account and tracking personal information. I stayed on the app long enough to write this review, and when I’m done, I’ll be deleting the app. Harley ### 1/5 — Annoying app *2026-03-18, version 8.0.2* This app has obnoxious ads and videos just start playing as soon as you open a story. Sometimes you can’t even see where the video is on the page. This is one of the worst news apps I have. It’s about time to delete it. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Gotta get it! *2026-05-22, version 8.0.4* It’s Awesome ### 5/5 — Terrible update *2026-04-27, version 8.0.3* While I LOVE WAFB, and they are my go to news channel, the new application, is awful! It is terribly glitchy, and when I go to read an article, the media player automatically plays, and the majority of the time, it’s not playing on the actual story I’m trying to read. For example, I was trying to read about the shooting at the mall, and there wasn’t a video on the article, but audio from an advertisement started playing, but there wasn’t anything for me to mute, or pause so I could actually read the article. I end up having to completely exit, and go back in to it. ### 5/5 — Notification *2026-03-15, version 8.0.2* Why does new app always show there is one notification. The previous app would erase notification after app was opened. Driving me crazy ### 5/5 — Notifications *2026-03-14, version 8.0.2* I love WAFB, I watched all the time, but why I cannot clear the notifications on the app?? Keeps showing an unread message, I’ve gone through out everything and still shows an unread notification. Any ideas?? ### 5/5 — Slow to Load *2026-03-07, version 8.0.1* The updated app is slow to load, this is not due to my streaming. Also, when I turn off all alerts I still get “Ads” with loud volume, don’t see mute. Bummer. ### 5/5 — Weather App *2024-06-14, version 7.0.15* Great review of the weather forecast. ### 5/5 — The Best in Baton Rouge *2023-02-09* Channel 9 is the best in Baton Rouge and always has been for as long as they have been on the air since the 1950’s. Always up to date with the news and the weather and the sports. The personnel are top notch as are the reporters in keeping us up to date with all of the news in the viewing area. ### 5/5 — News *2022-12-13, version 6.7.14* Always be first to know what’s going on in the area ### 5/5 — Update *2021-11-25, version 6.7.7* The update has fixed the issue so I will give it 5 stars now ### 5/5 — Crashing after latest update *2021-11-22, version 6.7.5* I updated the app today Nov 21, 2021 and now it won’t work at all. This is on both my iPhone and iPad. It crashes every time I try to open it! --- *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 2026-08-22.*