# WILX First Alert Weather — user reviews > 21 indexed App Store user reviews of WILX First Alert Weather by Gray Television Group, Inc., rated 4.70/5 from 3,544 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wilx-first-alert-weather/id1356714697/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wilx-first-alert-weather/id1356714697.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,819 · 4★ 460 · 3★ 138 · 2★ 48 · 1★ 79 ## What do users think of WILX First Alert Weather? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Great weather alerts - 🚀 Up-to-date and accurate forecasts - 👍 Helpful for planning daily activities **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and freezes frequently - 👎 Difficult to navigate on mobile - 👎 Ads interfere with weather content - 👎 Inaccurate weather information - 👎 Severe weather alerts not location-specific **Commonly reported bugs** - No audio on weather videos - 10-day forecast button crashes the app - Slow app startup due to ads **Most requested features** - Bring back past radar option - Add barometric pressure and air quality data - Improve map and visualization for severe weather alerts ## Newest reviews (1 of 21) ### 3/5 — Crazy weather alerts *2021-06-20, version 5.3.502* Good app for the most part, but why it warns me of severe weather 60-100 miles away from my follow me location is a mystery. Severe thunderstorm warning seek shelter on the Michigan-Ohio line when I am in Lansing area and storms are moving west to east! Fix it please. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Audio? *2026-02-28, version 6.1.401* Where’s the audio? Why not alert your viewers that the audio isn’t working? I don’t read lips. Put a message on bottom of the screen. ### 1/5 — Not friendly. *2025-10-08, version 5.17.706* Very hard to navigate on iPhone. Not able to see everything I want to see. Needs larger print. Like the daily is so congested. There’s more but I’m unable to think of it all right now. ### 1/5 — Never works *2024-09-23, version 5.15.412* The only thing I can hear are advertisements. I can never hear the weather reports ### 1/5 — Crashing *2024-09-15, version 5.15.412* Keeps crashing when pushing the 10 day button ### 1/5 — Fix it *2023-02-24, version 5.7.301* Don’t like that can hear adds just fine but not the weather parts. ### 1/5 — Too many commercials. *2021-07-13, version 5.3.502* When I finally when I finally got through the commercials there was the video that didn’t tell me anything ### 1/5 — Terrible app. *2021-03-04, version 5.1.601* Crashes all the time.won’t load many times.freezes to much. Needs a lot of work to make it stable.great app if it were dependable ### 2/5 — Ads are their top priority *2026-07-16, version 6.2.512* It’s frustrating that they don’t even allow their own weather update videos to finish before the meteorologist is cut off mid sentence and another ad starts to play. Even during critical weather situations, you have to sit through an ad before the app opens, and before any critical weather video will play. This app is all about the ads. ### 2/5 — No audio on weather videos - but is fine during ads *2025-01-27, version 5.17.511* I have the issue of no audio when the weather videos are playing? The audio is fine when the ads play but shuts off when the weather video starts. This has happened since they came out with this separate weather app. I keep this app up-to-date and keep hoping it will get fixed. Suggestions? ### 2/5 — Useless Tornado Warning *2023-07-26, version 5.10.500* The warning was issued for the entire county. The entire county. It led to a map which was limited to a fraction of the phone’s screen and was unintelligible. No hint of where or when the tornado was first detected or the direction of travel. The city’s siren was more informative than this app. Looking elsewhere, we discovered that the tornado was spotted about 10 miles due south of us and traveled east, and that the warning had since expired. All in just a few minutes. Absolutely useless in severe weather. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Very helpful *2026-07-06, version 6.2.512* I don’t understand all the haters. This is a great app that provides accurate weather information in a timely manner. Easy to use. ### 5/5 — great wearing alerts *2023-04-05, version 5.7.301* great weather alerts ### 5/5 — Up to the minute forecast is true *2022-10-27, version 5.6.505* Wild weather alert helps to plan my day and be able to get things done. Very pleased with these quick updates! ### 5/5 — Arizona *2021-08-24, version 5.3.907* I enjoy keeping up with my weather information from my residence of Michigan 👍 ### 5/5 — Best Weather App *2021-08-10, version 5.3.502* The WILX weather app is incredible! Always accurate and up to date with the latest information. The professionalism and personality of the meteorologists is top notch. There isn’t any other app I trust when I need to check the forecast! ### 5/5 — Love it *2021-03-26, version 5.2.302* Great app ### 5/5 — Call this V. a Fail: *2018-06-26, version 4.6.1400* Downloads SLOW, Loads SLOWLY @ every use. Decent layout & ease of use 👍🏼. ### 4/5 — Great but… *2024-04-17, version 5.13.800* I live this app so much more than other weather apps. However, the last update took away the past radar option. That is the best way to see where a storm is coming from and takes away the fun of watching the weather and preparing for severe weather! Bring back the past radar! ### 4/5 — Slow startup *2021-06-18, version 5.3.502* I don’t like to ad that slows the startup of the app. Get rid of that, please. Everything else is great. ### 3/5 — Weather app review *2024-01-20, version 5.13.800* Your app isn’t accurate and it doesn’t show barometric pressure and air quality. --- *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 2026-08-28.*