# WCBD News 2 - Charleston, SC — user reviews > 66 indexed App Store user reviews of WCBD News 2 by Media General, rated 4.70/5 from 2,547 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wcbd-news-2-charleston-sc/id398494424/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wcbd-news-2-charleston-sc/id398494424.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,094 · 4★ 283 · 3★ 93 · 2★ 35 · 1★ 42 ## What do users think of WCBD News 2? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Easy to navigate app - 🚀 Timely news and weather updates - 💡 Useful push notifications - 👍 Enjoyable news team and coverage **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes - 📢 Intrusive and disruptive ads - 🕰️ Slow to update news stories - 📰 Too much focus on negative/sensational news **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when clicking on news articles - No sound alerts despite notifications being enabled - News articles not loading or available **Most requested features** - Improve app stability and performance - Reduce ad frequency and intrusiveness - Provide more balanced and positive news coverage - Enhance weather forecasting and radar features ## Newest reviews (10 of 66) ### 2/5 — Poor app management *2022-05-20, version 41.9.0* Pop up ads freeze up the app constantly ### 2/5 — Please update. News is 10-12 hours behind. *2022-04-09, version 41.9.0* Please update this app. Your Channel 2 needs to greatly improve this app. ### 2/5 — Vicki Danik *2019-12-16, version 40.34.260050009* Update on the investigation of Vicki Danik’s death??? ### 2/5 — Rating *2019-07-02, version 40.33.400044646* This would be a good app except for TOOOO MANNNY COMMERCIALS.......and hate the ones that flash different items. They are very distracting. When trying to read n article, you read a couple of sentences........the print disappears while another ad is downloading and you have to wait until the article your interested in reappears. It’s more of a commercial site than a news site. ### 2/5 — Not a good app *2018-03-22, version 14.24.00035508* Posts headline but no story. Opens straight to advertisement that you have to close just to see that there is nothing other than the headline. Not good for breaking news. ### 4/5 — Candor *2017-11-16, version 14.24.21* Rob you do a great job! 🏆🌞🌈☔️⛄️🌦💨🌝 enjoy watching! Like the guys and gals. ### 5/5 — Love the live stream *2017-09-10, version 14.24.21* A bit challenging to search on stories but overall like the app. My most favorite reporter is by far Stetson Miller! ### 2/5 — Difficult *2017-09-03, version 14.24.21* I truly do not like the new app. You open to only a couple of local news and then have to search for anything else. It's far more cumbersome to find anything. ### 2/5 — Slow. Should be called a HISTORY CLASS *2017-01-16, version 5.20.1* Slow to update news. Can be a day or more for news of major interest to be posted. Most items are available on the Internet long before this sight post... Yesterday's news tomorrow or maybe the next.. The top headline has not been changed for five days now.. A very poor source for news.. ### 1/5 — Nothing but ads *2016-11-16, version 5.17.3* I get a notice that something serious is going on via a banner at the top of my phone. It disappears immediately and when you go to follow up on the app all you see are ads. Wth??? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Does not work *2026-08-05, version 509.0.0* I’ve downloaded it and opened it. It loads but is a dead screen. Uninstalled it. Redownload and open it. It opens to the main screen but won’t move as I try to scroll. Nothing reacts to touch. Just a dead screen. ### 1/5 — Add for Compass Financial is disruptive *2024-12-16, version 500.6.0* Every time I try to read the news, an add for compass financial constantly opens and interrupts what I was reading. Most of the time I’m not even clicking on the add and it just pops up out of nowhere and directs me away from the news and to the website of compass financial. I don’t need Compass Financial services shoved down my throat and interrupting my news feed. If I wanted your services I would seek you out. Now I won’t use you at all because you have ruined my news feed. Stop with the absolute intrusive adds. ### 1/5 — Lazy reporting *2021-01-09, version 40.35.570057534* Why are all your articles so negative. How about reporting some positive things? Also, how about being balanced. Your C19 coverage is like all the other hyper media. This has nothing to do with how contagious it is. It is about keeping the high risk people safe, not how many people get it. 80% of deaths are in nursing homes. That is where the emphasis should be. 99% of people who get it have no symptoms or mild symptoms. It is the flu, unless you are 70+ or comorbid. Why do you not talk about how many people in the country have the antibodies? The CDC and many others have shown that the real number are about 10x higher than the number testing positive. So, that makes the ratios just like a very bad flu season. Look at the deaths in 17/18, and no one said a word that flu season. ### 1/5 — Commercial *2020-09-12, version 40.35.480056299* Tired of seeing Geico commercial ### 1/5 — Screen constantly freezes *2020-08-12, version 40.35.470055388* Screen constantly freezes. It’s not my iPhone, because this is the only app that constantly freezes. I’ve restarted my iPhone several times. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled the Channel 2 app. No joy. ### 1/5 — Buggy *2020-03-19, version 40.35.260052582* App crashes and no sound alerts when all notifications are on. Please fix! ### 1/5 — Crashing since last update *2020-03-19, version 40.35.260052582* Ever since the last update the app crashes when you click to view the news. I deleted the app and re-downloaded it and it didn’t help. Please fix this. Need the news especially right now. ### 1/5 — Confusing alerts *2018-04-18, version 14.24.00035508* Since your alerts cover GA NC SC, et al why don’t you specify the state that the alert is about. Example: driver killed in Greenville. Go one step further and say Greenville , SC. ### 1/5 — Ad cluter *2018-03-14, version 14.24.00035508* Ad for diamonds gets in the way plus stories very hard to retrieve. Must ditch. ### 1/5 — Article not available *2016-12-13, version 5.18.3* Every time I get a notification of "breaking" news the article is not available! WTH! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best in Charleston *2023-08-16, version 41.20.0* I love the Count on 2 team. They are always quick with the top stories of the day and sending news alerts. Their app has the most local news of the main stations. ### 5/5 — Easy peasy lemon squeezey app to navigate. *2020-09-23, version 40.35.480056299* Current events...weather...national news...at my fingertips....WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE ! ### 5/5 — Outstanding coverage *2020-04-11, version 40.35.290053041* Channel 2 WCBD delivers timely, accurate news that I can use. The newscasters genuinely appear to like each other so the broad casts flow well from scene to scene. My favorite overall news is the early morning with Temple, Brad, Octavia, and Josh. They are simply the best around! Temple Ricke’s midday is awesome and Brendan, Carolyn, Rob, and the great sports team all knock themselves out to get it right and get it out there. The cub reporters are doing great work, as well. Whenever I travel I can’t wait to get back to my WCBD guys! ### 5/5 — Awesome *2020-03-08, version 40.35.220051942* Great ### 5/5 — Great news team *2019-10-18, version 40.33.530045699* Love Channel 2 news! Thanks! ### 5/5 — News weather on coast *2019-08-15, version 40.33.530045699* When is THING going to completed. I’ve been watching Josh long before he went Charleston. Miss his honesty. From Greenville fan ### 5/5 — Missing you every day *2019-07-20, version 40.33.530045699* Wishing for whatever reasons of your absence that something gets solved quickly. This is just a very terrible horrible no good very bad day without Charleston’s NBC crew. 😫 Laney Lane ### 5/5 — Settlement of present contract blackout *2019-07-11, version 40.33.400044646* WCBD— please know that we are desperate in returning to coverage. Have never experienced such a void in local news and weather. There are so many people here that want your station available to the audience presently blacked out. We will change carriers next week if not remedied. You all make a difference in this entire viewing area... ### 5/5 — You can Count on 2 Lowcountry!!! *2018-05-30, version 14.24.00035508* Always the first with breaking news and weather notifications! ### 5/5 — Count on 2 is tops *2017-11-02, version 14.24.21* Great weather men and Christine, super news reporters I can always count on getting the truth not glorified. Keep up the good work Thank u --- *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.*