# WCVB NewsCenter 5 - Boston — user reviews > 137 indexed App Store user reviews of WCVB NewsCenter 5 by Hearst Television, rated 4.60/5 from 15,404 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wcvb-newscenter-5-boston/id501410335/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wcvb-newscenter-5-boston/id501410335.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 11,898 · 4★ 1,989 · 3★ 677 · 2★ 358 · 1★ 482 ## What do users think of WCVB NewsCenter 5? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Great app - 🚀 Awesome news and weather app - 👍 Trusted news source - 👍 Informative and interesting - 👍 Excellent weather team **Cons** - 🐛 Constant crashes - 🐛 Buggy and unstable - 🐛 Keeps going back to home page - 🔍 Biased and political - 🔍 Agenda-driven stories - 💸 Too many ads - 🔍 Lacks objectivity - 🐛 Freezes and glitches - 🔍 Misleading and sensationalized news - 🔍 Unresearched information **Commonly reported bugs** - Constant crashes - Returning to home page unexpectedly - Ads blocking parts of articles - Incompatibility with newer iOS versions - Freezing and glitching issues **Most requested features** - Ability to swipe back to main page - Option to filter out Trump-related notifications - More frequent news updates - Ability to rotate to landscape mode - Improved navigation and user experience - Ability to skip ads after 15 seconds - Option to pay to remove ads ## Newest reviews (12 of 137) ### 3/5 — Like It *2026-04-29, version 5.15.2125* But the ads before the video clips are annoying. ### 5/5 — Please fix *2025-12-24, version 5.15.1942* The video of the news coverage is not working ### 2/5 — Too many Ads!! *2025-12-14, version 5.15.1942* Every news article starts with an Ad. It’s so annoying. Today, I was trying to watch a live broadcast of a news conference on an active shooter at a college. There should never be Ads to access this type of news. Shame on you WCVB. Do better! ### 4/5 — Great job, folks! *2025-12-03, version 5.15.1913* Great coverage: Local & national news is the headlines plus supplemented by CHRONICLE diving into local history & current events Activism 1:1 BEN SIMONEAU I've got your back for 1:1 'rescues' Community ACTIVISM Karen Anderson's investigative reporting (always both well researched &!well presented ! CURRENT POLITICAL stuff- "On the record" etc etc It's unbiased & broad & deep. & sports: love the 1 or 2 minute drill & for carrying the PATRIOTs!!!! Great job, folks. Keep it up! ### 5/5 — Best News Channel Ever! *2025-11-25, version 5.15.1913* I have watched WCVB News Center 5 for years including while working overseas. I was able to stay informed about goings on at home in MA as well as around the country. Thank you for all you do to stay on top of breaking news and informative stories of interest! You are the best! ### 5/5 — “ I love this app” *2025-10-24, version 5.15.1881* I am a native of Massachusetts , and channel 5 has always been my favorite news channel and still is , it give you accurate news reporting. All though I left Massachusetts and moved to sunny Arizona 8 years ago and later relocated to North Carolina in 2021. I continue to tune into channel 5 news with this mobile app. The app is easy to navigate and useful friendly. It gives me alerts. “ I truly appreciate this wonderful app “. Thank you Channel 5 for your continued Reporting of accurate news and weather. From A fame of Channel 5 ### 5/5 — Keeping us up-to-date *2025-09-25, version 5.15.1840* Thank you for always sending out the notifications to keep us up-to-date on breaking news ### 5/5 — WCVB NEWS IS GREAT *2025-09-11, version 5.15.1826* WCVB NEWS CENTER 5 is great on TV or on my logons. Very up to date with breaking stories. Easy to use on iPhone when not at home to view on TV. Thank you WCVB. ### 5/5 — Wakeup Easy *2025-08-05, version 5.15.1800* The morning team is my family..I get Everything I need to know; news, weather & traffic to get my day going in the right direction and my crew always puts me in a good mood to start my day..Love you guys.. ### 5/5 — All *2025-07-28, version 5.15.1800* Great all … like to hear it all 😄 thank you all ! ### 5/5 — News Headlines *2025-04-30, version 5.15.1664* Any news online I can only open 1. Even though there are 2 headlines. Why? Thank You! ### 5/5 — News *2025-03-15, version 5.15.1642* Best Stationing love WCVBin ma. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — ADS!! *2026-08-19, version 5.15.2202* Ads are way too loud and obnoxious. ### 1/5 — Audio always on *2026-08-02, version 5.15.2202* I would love to give this a five star rating however when you click on a news story it almost always has audio- and it starts to play right away. It should give you the option to hit play instead of starting right away ### 1/5 — Terrible *2026-06-30, version 5.15.2202* None of the videos play for me ### 1/5 — Alerts *2025-10-19, version 5.15.1881* They send breaking news alerts multiple times a day and very rarely are they actually breaking stories and My settings are for only breaking news stories. ### 1/5 — APP not opening. *2025-05-27, version 5.15.1689* I’ve had this app for many years. I haven’t left the area. It says it’s not available in my location. I’ve tried deleting it and downloading it again and that didn’t help. This was my go to app please help. ### 1/5 — Bias lies, bias, lies repeat. Mass one of the worse moonbat blue states. Gov’r ruined it with WuWu *2025-04-14, version 5.15.1664* This app or whoever is the person that post news….splits posting and they are cut off or hard to read. Like MSM it’s just as bad. ### 1/5 — Communist news *2025-03-06, version 5.15.1642* They one way ### 1/5 — Consistent bias reporting *2025-03-05, version 5.15.1642* Horrible representation of factual news completely biased only watch it for the weather ### 1/5 — Same stories in for weeks *2025-02-09, version 5.15.1601* Hardly updated, have the same articles on for weeks. Has become very biased & political. So many other good apps available. Bye ### 1/5 — Bias Bias Bias *2024-11-07, version 5.15.1526* This app or whoever is the person that post news….splits posting and they are cut off or hard to read. Like MSM it’s just as bad. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — The Best in Boston! *2026-07-18, version 5.15.2202* As a long-time resident of Massachusetts, I have watched all three major TV news channels. Hands down, WCVB is the absolute best. When I need to find out what is happening I automatically turn to Channel 5. I have the app on my phone, as well. I love WCVB! ### 5/5 — A great app for Massachusetts news *2026-04-25, version 5.15.2125* It’s a very engaging app with great coverage of all of Massachusetts. All of the anchors are lovely and affable on air. ### 5/5 — Watching the news *2026-03-17, version 5.15.2086* I live in South Carolina and grew up in Massachusetts and until now I continuously watch WCVB NEWS CENTER ### 5/5 — My favorite *2026-03-14, version 5.15.2086* I grew up watching this news and I this app it really changed my life and WCVB News Center 5 was on the scene at my mother‘s job at QCC that year I was watching there coverage from my job that is closer to QCC there was an active shooter that’s what WCVB told me when I was watching it I want to say thank you so much for being there. I was going to come down to get my mother, but she went home. I decided to stay at my job and not to. be the one. to get shot I sent my gratitude and thanks to you. Thank you for this news app ### 5/5 — The Best of the Best…!!! *2026-02-06, version 5.15.1997* Best news team ever…!!! I have been a WCVB fan since the 70’s. Always my first choice of news…. Totally reliable and spot on…. My go to choice even though I live in Western Massachusetts. ### 5/5 — Please fix *2026-01-27, version 5.15.1997* The video of the news coverage is not working ### 5/5 — Great app except!! *2026-01-27, version 5.15.1997* We enjoy the app. It keeps us informed but why does it go back to the top story every time you click on a post ### 5/5 — Weather *2026-01-25, version 5.15.1997* Best weather forecast ### 5/5 — Videos Not Playing in News Stories *2026-01-18, version 5.15.1997* I’m experiencing an issue where videos embedded in news stories no longer play. This appears to be a recent problem, as playback was working previously. ### 5/5 — My trusted source *2025-12-29, version 5.15.1942* Ever since the station was begun I have enjoyed and trusted your local programming most especially your news and weather. In this age of misinformation and pandering to petty bullies and government officials yours is a voice of integrity and reason. --- *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.*