# WMTV 15 News — user reviews > 54 indexed App Store user reviews of WMTV 15 News by Gray Television Group, Inc., rated 2.30/5 from 137 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wmtv-15-news/id420927024/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wmtv-15-news/id420927024.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 33 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 17 · 1★ 76 ## Newest reviews (16 of 54) ### 1/5 — Ugh *2025-03-04* I just want local news not a 15 second loading screen and the same lame ad for a month at a time. ### 1/5 — Just wanted to watch the news live *2024-09-14, version 4.0.14* All I get are the same ads repeating, no content, this is worthless if you want to watch the news ### 1/5 — Disinformation *2024-07-03, version 4.0.14* When it comes to politics this station is very misleading and is incompetent about the real facts. Typical liberal Madison 🙄 ### 1/5 — Worst *2023-10-20* I want to use the app to catch the previous newscasts for local news but a lot of times it’s just the “LNL” which has the most annoying anchor around or a special news report that is sure not the local news for that time. Can’t even get it over the weekend most times. It seems they only have the previous newscast when they feel like putting it out. And when you do get it, watching is annoying as it’s so choppy with dead spots, evidently to compensate for commercials yet it has its own ads too. Useless! If you’re going to have an app to help out your audience, maybe put in some effort and not just slop it out there and say you have an app. ### 1/5 — What’s the news? What a joke- press release central for Joe Biden. *2023-08-11* I’m old enough to remember when journalists were supposed to question the government narrative not regurgitating the press releases of the government bureaucrats who may, or may not be, acting in the best interests of the country. Shame on you! ### 1/5 — Always kicked out *2022-06-16, version 3.4.13* This app always shuts when you’re trying to get a weather update. So frustrating ### 1/5 — Biased coverage leads to low rating *2022-01-25* I have this app for local news and weather coverage. I keep it only for the weather reporting but find your news coverage biased in favor of Republican agendas. Your blackout on the dire conditions Dane County, which for several days we experienced the second highest Covid positivity in the NATION, puts the entire community at risk. This should have been a lead story and yet there was no mention of at all anywhere on this site. Everyone associated with this should be withered with shame at abandoning their journalistic responsibilities. ### 1/5 — New update doesn’t work *2021-11-22, version 3.4.7* Can’t open the app, useless ### 1/5 — 11/19/21 version fails to open *2021-11-19, version 3.4.7* The Latest version will not open on either my iPad or iPhone... ### 1/5 — Is watching live an option? *2021-07-29, version 3.4.6* Why is it so hard to find a live stream of the news ### 1/5 — Ads *2021-01-19, version 3.3.6* Loaded with ads and convoluted structure. ### 1/5 — Simple app- simply terrible *2020-08-25, version 3.3.2* Had this app for several years now. It has become extremely biased liberal garbage. An idiots tool to sew discord and nothing more. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2020-08-06* Very provincial content but with very unsophisticated organization and presentation. Much too “small town” in its approaches, even for Madison. Tedious finding specific reader topics of interest. Better off with a larger news provider—even out of state—with the scope and span to cover this area. ### 1/5 — Try reporting news, not your agenda. *2020-06-26, version 3.3.0* The pop-up ad when you first opened up the app was one thing, but when the ad is politically biased- deleted the app. ### 1/5 — Awful Writing and Editing *2019-12-04* Quality local news can be tough to find, but the writers at NBC15 are so consistently awful that I can’t give this source more than 1 star. There are examples of unprofessional language and/or grammatical errors every day. The only stories that are written well are from external sources. ### 1/5 — Crashes *2019-10-25, version 3.2.7* Won’t let you open the app ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — STOP THE AUTO PLAY VIDEOS OMG *2026-04-01* Why did you do this app?? It’s horrific. The auto play video thing with volume is going to make me stop using NBC15 entirely! This is so obnoxious. App is not pleasant to use either. The old one was just fine. Why’d you waste the money on developing this?? ### 1/5 — Ugh *2026-03-31* I used to really like the app. I hate the new format. I used to watch the Morning Show, but now it’s now longer up-to-date, or and stories are broken up into segments with ads in between each segment. It’s unwatchable now. It’s too bad, because I used to enjoy watching it. ### 1/5 — Do better *2026-03-28, version 5.0.2* The app is buggy and hard to use. ### 1/5 — The update NEEDS an update! *2026-03-10* I like the look of the update but it’s a mess otherwise. No menu to select from sports, news, settings. Even though I go into the alerts it still shows notifications for an alert. If you go out of out it then come back into it immediately, you have to wait for the ad which is so annoying. I don’t want videos to play automatically, like never! Also so annoying. I want to like it but this new update is rather terrible. ### 1/5 — Dale *2026-03-09* Since you changed the format it’s lousy, I will look for local news elsewhere. Why did you change a good thing that didn’t need fixing? ### 1/5 — Awful Writing and Editing *2026-03-08* Quality local news can be tough to find, but the writers at NBC15 are so consistently awful that I can’t give this source more than 1 star. There are examples of unprofessional language and/or grammatical errors every day. The only stories that are written well are from external sources. ### 1/5 — Hate the update *2026-03-08* Just noticed the app updated today and I absolutely hate it. There was nothing wrong with the app and tried to make it better and it was a swing and a miss. Unfortunately I’ll be deleting until hopefully something gets fixed and back to the old one. Also won’t clear notifications even when there not on and that number is driving me nuts. ### 1/5 — What the heck! *2026-03-06, version 5.0.1* You found new ways to make your app unusable. Forced audio ads in addition to the forced written adds. Hello 3 and 27! ### 1/5 — Stop the videos. *2026-03-06* Version 5.0.1 March 2026. I can live with the new setup and the unfortunate lack of graphics in weather, but why can’t I easily stop the video from playing? Video should only play when I want and should only be relevant to the story I am reading. It seems that these videos are practically random. This app is going to be deleted from my phone. ### 1/5 — Lame Change *2026-03-06, version 5.0.1* WAY TOO MANY Ads & Commercials ! I like the Older version . ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Very Usefull *2018-08-16* This app shows a lot of the weather around my area and is definitely more accurate than some other apps I tried. ### 5/5 — Sweet! *2014-01-03, version 1.04* Good App ### 5/5 — News 15 *2013-12-20, version 1.03* This app is great for getting up to date on the news I like it and I use it a lot I would recommend this to other people ### 3/5 — Good app but... *2016-01-23, version 2.0.4* There are so many typos it drives me insane. Does no one proof read this stuff? ### 2/5 — It’s messed up again *2026-06-25* The morning show is gone again. That is how I start my day. Update. I’ve stopped using this app and started using ZEAM to watch VODs ### 2/5 — Old version was better *2026-03-18* The new version is cumbersome. Did you do any user testing? The user has to wait for an ad to run before going to the app. Other key features have changed. A little tutorial on the changes would have been helpful. ### 2/5 — Bad *2025-02-15* Main page doesn’t show news headlines, just photos. And most links to weather direct you to the App Store to download their standalone weather app. For Madison news, WKOW is much better. ### 2/5 — No Dew point *2024-05-30, version 4.0.14* Please add the Dew point. ### 2/5 — Can’t read *2019-03-08* When you overlap ads on top of the article, how are you supposed to read it. I will delete this app after this review. Thanks for nothing. ### 2/5 — Keeps Crashing! *2018-06-26* This would be a very good app if it did not keep crashing when I’m trying to watch the latest news broadcast or open up other features not on on the homepage. Come on NBC15 please fix this! --- *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 2026-09-17.*