# WISH-TV Storm Track 8 Weather — user reviews > 63 indexed App Store user reviews of WISH by CHANNEL 8 WISH TV, rated 2.43/5 from 149 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wish-tv-storm-track-8-weather/id1491521515/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wish-tv-storm-track-8-weather/id1491521515.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 37 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 17 · 1★ 76 ## What do users think of WISH? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use (older versions) - 👍 Accurate weather (older versions) - 👍 Great visuals (older versions) - 👍 Good navigation (older versions) - 👍 Useful alerts (older versions) - 👍 Live radar (older versions) - 👍 Storm tracking (older versions) - 👍 School closings (older versions) - 👍 Send pictures (older versions) **Cons** - 😠 Full-screen ads - 😠 Ads during severe weather alerts - 😠 Ads before checking weather - 😠 Too many ads - 😠 Ads block content - 😠 Ads are disruptive - 😠 Ads risk safety - 😠 Hard to customize locations - 😠 Difficult to remove locations - 😠 App is slow - 😠 Counter-intuitive layout - 😠 Difficult to navigate - 😠 Radar is laggy - 😠 Radar stalls/crashes - 😠 Radar is useless (new version) - 😠 Radar future cast too fast - 😠 Radar not working (iPhone 11) - 😠 App is not user friendly (new version) - 😠 Missing major features (notifications, alerts) - 😠 Missing storm tracks overlay - 😠 Missing traffic map - 😠 Missing 8-day forecast at a glance - 😠 Hourly forecast requires tapping individually - 😠 Background photo difficult for vision issues - 😠 New app is a duplicate of another station's app - 😠 Video weather does not work - 😠 Ads block user agreement - 😠 App is difficult to use (iPad) - 😠 Ads take up most of home screen - 😠 Ads pop up when zooming - 😠 App freezes when setting up notifications - 😠 Home screen is mostly an ad - 😠 Tiny graphic for current temperature - 😠 Radar looks faded and difficult to discern - 😠 Time stamp difficult to read - 😠 No easy way to see future radar - 😠 New app is not as good as old app - 😠 Major step backwards - 😠 No easy search function - 😠 New app is awful - 😠 Ads are annoying - 😠 Not user friendly at all - 😠 New app is terrible - 😠 Missing many great features - 😠 Fully customizable radar is less customizable - 😠 Overlays are clunky - 😠 Visuals are not as good - 😠 Quick data not visually accessible - 😠 New app is too different - 😠 Lacking in key functionality - 😠 New app feels like a step backwards - 😠 Missing features from old app - 😠 Conglomerate mess - 😠 Hard to get one day of weather - 😠 Useless for favorite sites - 😠 New app is horrible - 😠 Not as user friendly - 😠 Removed future cast radar - 😠 New app is not user friendly - 😠 Old app worked better - 😠 New app is the worst - 😠 App is OK (neutral) - 😠 New app is nice (neutral) - 😠 Nice update (neutral) - 😠 Still trying to get used to new version (neutral) **Commonly reported bugs** - Full-screen ads cannot be closed - App freezes when setting up notifications - Radar stalls or crashes the app - Radar not working on iPhone 11 - Video weather does not work - App does not orient correctly on iPad horizontally - Ads block user agreement - App freezes when trying to close ads **Most requested features** - Bring back the old app - Make all features from the old app available - Revert to the old app's style and version - Bring back the old app's radar - Bring back the old app's 8-day forecast - Bring back the traffic map - Improve radar functionality - Make radar more customizable - Add storm tracks overlay - Improve overlay functionality - Make data easily accessible at a glance - Improve user interface for weather data - Add dark mode option - Improve location customization and removal - Fix orientation issues on iPad ## Newest reviews (14 of 63) ### 2/5 — Page does not orient with device *2022-04-16, version 6.7.3* If iPad is open horizontally page remains vertical. Very annoying. App needs more work before it’s useful. Old one gave me info I needed in format that worked. I May have to find a new “go to” weather app. ### 1/5 — Hate the new app! *2020-05-31, version 6.4.31* The radar future cast goes so fast can’t see details. ### 1/5 — Not working *2020-05-15, version 6.4.31* The radar portion is not working for iPhone 11 for some reason ### 1/5 — Ditched after update *2020-04-12, version 6.3.1* App slow and counter-intuitive. The new layout is difficult to navigate. Takes several second to load anything. The radar play function stalls or crashes the app completely. Sorry guys- I switched to Fox59 Weather Authority. ### 1/5 — Storm Track 8 *2020-04-08, version 6.3.1* New app is horrible. Former one was user friendly. This one is not! ### 1/5 — Not user friendly *2020-03-28, version 6.3.1* Hate all of the random adds that come with this app. Everything is unorganized. Extremely disappointed... ### 1/5 — New app *2020-03-19, version 6.3.1* Not nearly as good as the old app. ### 1/5 — Unsatisfied *2020-03-02, version 6.3.1* I do not enjoy the new version of the app. I do not believe that it is as "user friendly" as the last one was. It is also quite "laggy" whenever I attempt to use that radar. I believe that the app should go back to its original style and version. Therefore, this new version only deserves one star. ### 2/5 — Disappointed *2020-02-28, version 6.3.1* Can’t have clouds and rain on map at same time. Grrrrr. Most unreliable app for my needs now. Have to find one that is user friendly. I am definitely deleting app. Will check in next month to see if you go back to old app. GOOD BYE! ### 1/5 — WORTHLESS!!! *2020-02-11, version 6.3.1* Don’t waste your time. ### 1/5 — Weather maps *2020-02-09, version 6.3.1* I don’t like your new/updated app. Not user friendly! I’m deleting this app! ### 1/5 — Old app back, please *2020-02-08, version 6.3.1* I’d like the old app back, pretty please! New app is horrible, not as user friendly and you removed the future cast radar feature! ### 1/5 — So sad *2020-02-07, version 6.3.1* I love the channel 8 news and weather teams. I loved the old app. Everything was very accessible and user friendly. The new app is a duplicate of the channel 13 app. Not sure why I should use this new app. Makes me wonder if I should move all my loyalties to another station. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2020-02-03, version 6.3.1* This app is horrible!!! I used the other one daily. It had way more options for radar and was just better to use. Bring that one back and get rid of this one! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — REALLY?! ADS?! *2025-08-04, version 6.9.1* This app was fine before, but now they’ve started adding FULL SCREEN ads. I’ve never deleted an app so fast. I can’t even get WEATHER without ads shoved down my throat. Instantly done with this. ### 1/5 — Ads ads ads ads ads ads weather ads ads ads ads *2025-04-06, version 6.9.1* "Tornado has touched down in your area!" But you gotta watch this 30 second ad to find out more. That literally happened to me April 2nd in Indiana. When the alert came though, opened the app and clicked on the live video feed to see where... only to have to wait through an ad. Used to be a great storm tracker app. Now just absolute garbage with the amount of ads. ### 1/5 — More ads than content *2025-02-03, version 6.9.1* This is terrible. Ads pop up in the worst places. Really bad when you’re needing to check during severe weather. Also, pretty hard to customize your locations. Added a couple for vacations and cans find how to remove them or at least move them down the list so my home or current location is what I see first. ### 1/5 — Ads while checking weather? *2023-08-09, version 6.8.0* I deleted this app because of the ads you had to watch before checking severe weather warnings and live radar. ### 1/5 — Bad weather station *2023-08-05* You watch this live and when there is tornado warnings it still has to have adds when it opens and then 4-5 commercials every 10 min. Why is that a thing? A weather station shouldn’t have any adds what so ever for the public’s safety. ### 1/5 — App No longer works. *2023-07-19, version 6.8.0* App is contaminated with ads. I try to open radar and pop up ads come up and I can't turn them off. App is useless. ### 1/5 — Loaded with ads! *2023-07-02, version 6.8.0* It used to be a good app ### 1/5 — Weather app *2022-04-24, version 6.7.33* It runs 2 to 4 minutes behind real time radar screen don’t care for the the way the daily forecast. The old app was much better. The new app location faroite are way off the correct locations on iPad. Works ok on iPhone. ### 1/5 — Missing Major Features *2021-07-30, version 6.5.0* Loved the old app and the features it gave us. The old app sent notifications for weather alerts and even when lightening was detected within a 5-mile radius. This one never send alerts or notifications. Not sure why not, that seems like the most useful reason to even download a weather app. Guess I’ll be finding a different app. ### 1/5 — Radar is terrible! *2020-07-11, version 6.4.31* I used the old app all the time, but the radar on this app is useless. Bring back the old one! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great App. Accurate. *2021-08-14, version 6.5.0* It’s very good of an app, It easy to use and it’s amazing. It’s very accurate most of the time and It meets my needs. ### 5/5 — Wish weather app *2020-11-24, version 6.5.0* Works great, like checking the radar ### 5/5 — Great local weather app *2020-11-23, version 6.5.0* This is my go to app for when I need to know the forecast in central Indiana. I enjoy the radar, weather tracking features and being alerted about warnings in the area. I like being able to access school closings and being able to send in pictures to the storm track 8 team. ### 5/5 — Wonderful weather app *2020-11-15, version 6.5.0* Nice app, great visuals, easy navigation and up to date information ### 5/5 — New app is nice *2020-01-11, version 6.3.1* Took me a couple days to get used to it, but the new app has way more info than the old. It’s just organized different. Nice upgrade! ### 5/5 — Nice update *2020-01-11, version 6.3.1* Enjoying the new weather app and the additional information it offers. Thanks WISH-TV! ### 5/5 — A great app *2019-12-19, version 6.3.1* Easy to navigate and looks good on the phone. ### 4/5 — Still Trying to Get Used to the New Version of the App *2020-02-25, version 6.3.1* I just heard from the TV station & while the app is a bit rough around the edges, I am starting to get an understanding of it. ### 3/5 — WISH-TV Weather *2020-01-23, version 6.3.1* The app is OK. ### 2/5 — Terrible *2023-07-02, version 6.8.0* The ads are getting ridiculous every time the app is opened. Used to be a good app, but no longer. Find another --- *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 2026-07-05.*