# WHDH 7 Weather - Boston — user reviews > 67 indexed App Store user reviews of WHDH 7 Weather by Sunbeam Television Corp., rated 2.52/5 from 65 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whdh-7-weather-boston/id404797432/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whdh-7-weather-boston/id404797432.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 15 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 25 ## Newest reviews (16 of 67) ### 2/5 — Good when it works! *2023-09-18, version 5.11.502* I have a lot of problems with this app simply not loading. I have had to redownload the app many times. ### 3/5 — Video always way behind now *2022-06-23, version 5.4.949* The app itself is great but video content old. They have a 6:00am new broadcast and they used to post that by 7 or 8 am. Now it’s the video from the previous day, usually 10pm but sometimes 4pm. Almost useless. Weekends forget it. ### 2/5 — Miss the maps *2020-10-28, version 5.0.1002* I really miss the maps tab which used to be on the app. I loved seeing the snowfall totals predicted (Special Map) and other info. This was the reason I choose this app over others. Please bring the map section back. ### 2/5 — Bring back the local forecast maps *2020-09-25, version 5.0.902* I relied on the local, not generic, 7 day forecast map often. The special maps were important as well. Without this the app is almost useless. I don’t need weather.com 7 day on your app. ### 2/5 — Where did the maps go?? *2020-08-17, version 5.0.804* The important local angle (maps) was removed so there is no reason to choose this app over any other generic weather app. I'm really disappointed. Now I have to go back to the website for the actual forecast. I want more than a listing of temps with sun and cloud icons! Please bring back the special maps and 7 day forecast that used to be right up front. And don’t remove the blog, please! ### 2/5 — Feedback *2020-04-30, version 5.0.301* You say you guys value our feedback... Well here it goes!! I think this app is really great. But the set up is really off!! I think that the view of Boston should extend all the way down the screen instead of it being divided into sections. You have a VERY beautiful picture of the city and then you mess it up by cutting it off with another picture of clouds and then another picture of the complete weather forecast!! It’s a new year why don’t you guys go back to the drawing board and reinvent this app!! From the looks of your reviews... I think you should!!! ASAP!! ### 3/5 — Upgraded today: unable to open *2019-05-24, version 4.8.601* UPDATE: Still unable to open app since update:::::: Just see the 7 weather splash screen and it disappears. The app stays open, but closes out each time you tap on it: ### 2/5 — Oops *2019-05-24, version 4.8.601* After the latest update, will not launch on my IPhone 7 Plus. ### 2/5 — Closings *2018-01-04, version 4.5.1801* The old version had a drop down menu for a link to school closings. It was very convenient. Nothing on this one?!?! Why ### 1/5 — No video! *2018-01-03, version 4.5.1801* The video on this app is just a black screen. So, if you like watching the weather forecast on the radio, by all means download this. Otherwise, the other Boston channels have better apps. ### 1/5 — Unusable with ads *2017-12-24, version 4.5.1801* I used to love this app! The main things we look at are the 7 day forecast, the blog, and the specials map to see how much snow we are expecting. Now- there are not only way too many clicks and barriers to get to those things, but the ads pop up so incessantly that you *cannot read* the blog! I have tried even taking screenshots of it because it disappears so fast into a full page ad over and over. I’ll be deleting this app. Very sad to lose this. Please fix!! ### 1/5 — Used to be AMAZING now it’s the worst! *2017-12-10, version 4.5.1801* This used to be the most epic weather app - my go to even after moving out of Boston. Then I made the mistake of updating it last week!!! I used to be able to see my current location weather along with the seven day forecast for the city I was in. Now, it will show me only current city conditions with Boston’s seven day...and I’m no longer there. I could add locations and view the conditions for the week so I could plan accordingly. What happened???! Bummed. ### 2/5 — Ads ruin the app *2017-10-30, version 4.5.1801* I tried very hard this morning to read the weather blog but couldn’t because of the huge Discover ad that kept popping up. I don’t have a problem with ads - you have to pay for stuff - but you could set a cookie so ads aren’t seen the rest of the session. ### 2/5 — It used to be great, now it's almost useless *2017-09-15, version 4.5.1601* We LOVED this app in its previous version. We used it all the time when riding bikes to see when we had to stop, where we had to go to avoid localized showers, and of course for the forecast. Now it is UNREADABLE on the iPad!!! The giant 7 logo background and the forecast white scrolling lettering makes it IMPOSSIBLE to read! You can't see the words anymore! Ahhh, but you can see the ads just fine. Look, we know ads are the point for you and we don't mind, but when you make the app unreadable for its main purpose, you have lost your audience and then the ads aren't seen by anybody, something your paying clients should be concerned about. I'm deleting the app when I am done writing this review. It's too bad. Your very visible ads won't be seen when you lose your audience due to purposeful unreadability in the rest of the app. Sorry to lose this once very useful app. ### 1/5 — But where's the blog *2017-09-06, version 4.5.1600* It's nice that the radar is more accessible but doing a way with the blog makes this like any generic weather app ### 1/5 — Terrible update *2017-09-05, version 4.5.1600* The prior version was easy to use. This one is a disaster. Lots of ads. Background makes it difficult to read the text. Go back to the old version. (And where is the weather blog?!) ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Impossible to gather weather info when you’re battling constant screen-blocking ads! *2026-05-30, version 5.17.710* This used to be the only weather app I trusted and enjoyed. Best part? The weather blog. Then, somebody decided that they had to assault us with ads and I couldn’t get through two sentences of the blog without being visually slapped with an annoying pop up video. It’s beyond frustrating! It broke my heart to delete this app. I understand having to make money - no app is truly free - but for crying out loud, there’s no need for popups that cover the entire phone screen. ### 1/5 — Used to be good now all pop-ups *2026-02-28, version 5.17.710* It used to be a decent app. The weather blog was very helpful to read. Now you can’t scroll by it without some stupid goddamn video popping up. It’s absolutely worthless now. Whoever is the web developer ought to be shot ### 1/5 — New look *2024-02-29, version 5.13.806* You have to fix the new look on the main page that shows the temperature. Underneath the temperature is the dew point and humidity. The dew point and humidity are only top of each other so I can’t read either of them Please fix asap Thanks ### 1/5 — Not working currently on IPAD *2023-09-22, version 5.11.502* May be due to upgrade to iOS 17, but not functional ### 1/5 — Weather video not updated *2022-08-17, version 5.4.949* The embedded weather video has not been updated in six days, I count on this app for my Weather and this is unacceptable ### 1/5 — Piece of junk *2022-08-02, version 5.4.949* It’s totally unreliable app, more or less 100 % of the time their predictions are incorrect. The radar map is incorrect 100% of the time. Just got rid of this junk app ### 1/5 — Fix the Daily vs. hourly forecast *2022-07-05, version 5.4.949* Your daily forecast and your hourly forecasts are very different. The daily shouldn’t state that the high is 89° with a 20% chance of rain and the hourly states that the high will be 81° with a 65% chance of rain in the evening. ### 1/5 — What happened to this great app? *2018-08-08, version 4.6.1900* I used to depend on this app to give me up to date weather - especially the radar - now it never loads - or it freezes midstream. I have just deleted it from my phone - looking for something better now. ### 1/5 — Worst app ever *2018-03-11, version 4.6.300* Take a lesson from channel 5 app no problems with theirs. I deleted 7 weather app no one seems to fix it ### 1/5 — Unusable *2018-01-23, version 4.5.1801* Channel 7 logo is in the way, font unreadable and an ad in the middle of it. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love this app *2017-12-28, version 4.5.1801* This has become the only news app I watch. They have live broadcasts far longer than the other stations. The closed captioning is excellent. I also appreciate that they scroll closings while broadcasting. Thank you ### 5/5 — 5 stars *2017-12-27, version 4.5.1801* Thanks for fixing the bug! Update is great ### 5/5 — The Weather Blog is back! *2017-09-10, version 4.5.1601* Thank you for listening to the reviews and feedback. The weather blog is back! This is my favorite part of the app and really the only reason I use it. Glad they returned it to this version of the app. ### 5/5 — Works great *2015-02-07, version 2.7.2* This app runs very smoothly. Can always watch the latest forecast video. Plus the live streaming of the news runs flawless with perfect picture. ### 5/5 — Bigger maps!!! *2015-01-20, version 2.7.2* Bigger maps please ### 5/5 — GREAT!! *2014-07-28, version 2.7.2* I really rely on this app to provide me with the daily weather. ### 5/5 — Very Awesome *2011-08-28, version 1.2.0* I like it more and more each time I use it, really really great App! Very loveable. Does much much more than the built-in weather application given by apple. It covers all weather systems with radar, gives a superb hourly forecast just as well as daily. App is very easy to use, and the weather is very up-to-minute. It gives all the watches and warnings in every location you put into it. You can add your location and numerous others that you wish by choosing the small "i" info button on the homepage weather screen. Does very well for all weather needs.  ### 5/5 — Useful *2011-06-20, version 1.2.0* Pros: Nice, clean interface. Data is well layed out. Ablilty to navigate a live radar loop is very useful. (Big plus because not every weather app can do this.) Has listing of school / business closings. Ability to access WHDH's canned graphics for live TV forecasts is a nice plus. I found it more useful than the "mobile" edition of WHDH's weather website. In fact, I think the "standalone" WHDH weather app is better than what is included in the "weather" portion of the WHDH news app. So get both. Cons: No device rotation support. (Minor.) This would be helpful for tracking storms moving west to east in landscape mode vs portrait mode. ### 5/5 — Love it. *2011-04-15, version 1.2.0* Great app, love the blogs, I have no idea why people talk about the crashes, mine has been flawless since it was introduced. ### 4/5 — Love the blog *2021-02-06, version 5.1.601* Being able to read the blog to get some nuance on the forecast is useful. While the video forecast is nice, sometimes video isn’t a good medium cause you don’t want to make noise or put on headphones. As a plow driver, I stick with 7 weather since the forecasts are solid and the blog is great. I wish the maps feature was still there so you could quickly pull up the “special” map for snowfall predictions or info about other weather events. --- *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 2026-07-30.*