# WCPO 9 Cincinnati — user reviews > 65 indexed App Store user reviews of WCPO 9 Cincinnati by E.W. Scripps Company, rated 4.38/5 from 304 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wcpo-9-cincinnati/id487285628/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wcpo-9-cincinnati/id487285628.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 224 · 4★ 34 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 31 ## What do users think of WCPO 9 Cincinnati? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 📰 Comprehensive local news coverage - ⛅ Reliable weather alerts and updates - 😄 Entertaining morning weather notifications - 🚀 Quick news updates and bulletins - 👍 User-friendly interface and organization - 📱 Good design and visual appeal - 🔔 Effective push notifications for major events - 🎯 Unbiased news presentation with multiple perspectives **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezing - 📉 Broken weather module on multiple devices - 💰 Excessive paywall requirements for articles - 🔊 Intrusive ad placement triggering on article scrolling - ⚠️ Weather alerts blocked by mandatory commercials - 🔄 Content constantly reloading while reading - 📍 Removed content sections in recent updates - 🔔 Excessive and irrelevant push notifications - ⏱️ Increased steps needed to access weather information - 🐢 Slow video and image loading performance - 🎨 Poor navigation after recent redesigns - 🔧 Weather accuracy issues with feels-like temperature **Commonly reported bugs** - Weather module unusable on multiple devices - App crashes frequently while scrolling - Stories jump around during navigation - Weather sections display gray/no content on refresh - App freezes when loading commercial before weather alerts - Weather notifications sent despite being disabled in settings - Home page not updating with latest headlines - Login functionality broken or inaccessible - App forces Safari to open instead of functioning independently - Ads trigger unintentionally when scrolling articles - Content fails to load properly **Most requested features** - Widget support for viewing top news without opening app - Restore removed content sections like 'Don't Waste Your Money' - Customizable push notification categories - More detailed weather information (highs, lows, pollen) - Improved weather module functionality - Better content organization and category selection - Expanded Northern Kentucky news coverage - Simplified weather access without extra steps ## Newest reviews (10 of 65) ### 2/5 — No more sections *2025-05-22, version 7.10* The latest update got rid of all the sections. I’d like to read stories from “Don’t Waste Your Money”, but that section is gone now. That was one of the main reason I got the app. ### 2/5 — New update messes up weather *2023-11-17, version 7.2* This was my go-to Cincinnati weather and news app, but with the remake, the weather section is awful. It’s rarely correct with the “feels like” or current temperature. When I try to refresh it, the sections go gray—nothing shows up for the forecast, hourly, daily, etc. Very disappointing! ### 2/5 — News updates *2021-06-21, version 6.39* It seems like there are stories on the app that are outdated and lingering for days. ### 1/5 — Juvenile *2020-02-18, version 6.24* The “humor” attempted in the daily morning weather notifications is juvenile and annoying. ### 1/5 — Home Page Does Not Update *2020-02-13, version 6.24* Using iPhone 11Pro, iOS 13.3.1. The Home Page of the mobile app has not been updated on my phone in a while, unless of course, that’s on purpose. Current headline is “How did Scott Noel die!” From Jan 30. ### 5/5 — Morning Alerts *2020-01-28, version 6.24* Give the person doing the morning alerts a raise. That person is a genius! ### 1/5 — Be a news app *2019-12-01, version 6.24* There are many news apps to choose from. I’ve downloaded a news app because I want NEWS. Quit trying to be all cutesy, clever & socially relevant and just provide news in your notifications. No one wants or needs to hear the cute little one liners your intern comes up with. Just report the news or I’ll find another station/app. ### 1/5 — Horrible slow app *2019-11-29, version 6.24* This app is horrible. It takes forever to load videos and pictures. I can go directly to the website and the speed is as expected. ### 5/5 — LOVE the morning alerts *2019-11-20, version 6.24* Don’t ever change the person that’s writing the daily alerts because they are hilarious!!!! I actually look forward to them!! ### 5/5 — Loving it! *2019-11-19, version 6.24* Relocating from California nine years ago I appreciated having your alerts/app for the past couple years, but now!!! I’m loving it!!!! My twelve year old daughter and I look forward to the morning weather announcement. We both laugh together and and bond, let me tell you it’s amazing to start off your day with laughter and joy. Thank you!!!! God is so good. I have even taken a screen shot and forward it to my sister and friends in California. They wish they could live here... hahahahaha. Not really ;) I just wanted to let you know how much we appreciate and enjoy it. Thank you! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Broken *2025-04-19, version 7.9.1* Is anyone working on this? The weather module is unusable on multiple devices ### 1/5 — Cams cam *2024-07-25, version 7.5* Cam should be told that “get” sounds like pet and let not hit or pit. He was very annoying when he kept saying git on the Thursday night new s. I changed to ch 12 b/c he hurt my ears. ### 1/5 — Steve Raleigh *2024-07-15, version 7.5* I’m cutting all ties with channel nine news after the incident with Steve Raleigh. It seems to be getting swept under the rug. ### 1/5 — New ads make app unusable *2024-05-22, version 7.5* The app has changed so now any time I touch a News article to scroll up or down and ad opens. It used to only do that if I touched the actual advertisement section. Now it happens every time I touch the article to scroll and read. Terrible user experience, downloading a different news app today. ### 1/5 — WEATHER ALERT!!! But 1st watch this commercial *2024-04-02, version 7.4* WEATHER ALERT!!! But 1st watch this commercial... which probably won't play, freezes the app, therefore you can't watch the video about the tornado warning. Suffering through a commercial before being able to view a severe weather alert video? Money before lives. Well done, WCPO. ### 1/5 — The most recent update added more steps for weather. *2023-10-24, version 7.2* I use this app to check the Weather daily. Since the update, I now have to do two extra steps in order to see the full hourly weather and the full weekly weather. Before I could see it all in the first page. I understand that the rest of the app may have gotten better, but I know I’m going to have to download a Weather app that doesn’t make me go through three steps just to see what used to take one step. Unfortunately, I will have to delete this one. ### 1/5 — STOP sending weather alerts *2022-06-01, version 6.43* STOP sending me daily weather notifications. I specifically have weather notifications turned off in the settings of your own app. Yet every single morning I get daily weather notifications and sometimes also multiple times a day. STOP IT. I want news. The app is good for that. Not weather. 1 star until you stop ### 1/5 — Bias *2020-11-23, version 6.33* Articles written from a biased slant. Report the news and facts instead of pushing your left winged agenda down our throats. ### 1/5 — Why your app opens safari? *2020-09-07, version 6.32* The app should work by itself, not forcing safari to open. ### 1/5 — Stories jumping around, constant crashes *2020-06-05, version 6.30* Stories are constantly jumping around in the app as you scroll through and app crashes multiple times a day. Never had these problems until the past six months. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great app! *2025-06-11, version 7.10.1* Great app with all local news!! Personally, I would love to see the widgets :) Would be helpful to see top news/stories in the widget without going into the app. Like Reddit or Apple News do. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Great app! *2025-01-02, version 7.7* This is my main weather app, i really rely on it! Thanks! ### 5/5 — Great app! *2023-07-01, version 6.43* Best weather and up to date news in Cincinnati… ### 5/5 — You are Excellent *2023-06-11, version 6.43* You do a very. Good job you are excellent Richard Harp. ### 5/5 — Carol *2022-01-05, version 6.43* I left Fox19 as reports on weather on app showing several days ago. I want instant results weather so I can go. Not sure why prev weather necessary. Have WCPO Love this app can get weather updates and top stories and traffic. Love it and think it is on target for what I have been searching for. WCPO is great. ### 5/5 — Equal treatment of all stories *2020-12-06, version 6.33* When I open the website I immediately see many different stories. I can see your brief overview of each story and decide what I want to read. I don’t see any bias and I am always searching for that. Good job. Keep up the good work ### 5/5 — My favorite Cincinnati news app *2020-12-02, version 6.33* I’ve tried the other Cincinnati news station apps and kept going back to this one. It’s the easiest to use and I like how it’s organized showing a simple list of stories. Every once in a while I look at the others but none have topped my fondness for WCPO’s. Keep up the good work! ### 5/5 — News *2020-04-28, version 6.30* I would like more news about northern Kentucky. ### 5/5 — The morning weather notifications are THE BEST *2020-04-23, version 6.30* To whoever writes the morning weather notifications...you’re hysterical! I start every weekday laughing. I don’t live in Cincinnati anymore, but I keep the app just so I can read them! ### 5/5 — Best source for local weather *2020-03-11, version 6.24* I depend on this app for local news and weather. It’s very quick with news updates and bulletins, and I rely on the morning weather (plus it’s always good for a laugh). This is the best source for Cincinnati news and weather. --- *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 2026-08-12.*