# WNEM TV5 News — user reviews > 70 indexed App Store user reviews of WNEM TV5 News by Gray Television Group, Inc., rated 4.50/5 from 3,120 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wnem-tv5-news/id547755142/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wnem-tv5-news/id547755142.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,272 · 4★ 483 · 3★ 174 · 2★ 62 · 1★ 117 ## What do users think of WNEM TV5 News? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Informative and easy to view - 🤜🤛 Favorite news network - 😎 Very easy to use **Cons** - 🤮 Very small print, no text size increase - 🤬 Excessive ads, including audio ads - 🤯 Ads disrupt reading, freeze the app - 😞 App stopped working, no response from station - 😡 Loud video ads on startup - 🤢 Inappropriate/offensive ads - 😠 Difficult to navigate, missing features **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes, won't open - Can't find/access certain sections - Streaming issues, app shuts down on auto-lock **Most requested features** - Landscape mode support - Live news streaming - Detailed local news coverage - Obituaries section - Genesee County weather forecast - Saginaw area high school sports scores ## Newest reviews (17 of 70) ### 3/5 — Video Player *2026-03-17, version 132.0.2* I don’t want videos to start automatically. ### 2/5 — Latest update is useless *2026-03-10, version 132.0.1* The latest update is awful. It doesn’t open the story I click on is now flooded with ads. It’s bad enough the reporting all along has been mediocre are best. Deleting the app. ### 3/5 — New App *2026-03-07, version 132.0.1* Prefer the old app, have a 1 on the app showing something and can’t get rid of it? Don’t like the new format. ### 2/5 — Disappointed *2025-06-20, version 131.0.15* Was working great then nothing. App won’t open. Emailed the station about this and got zip for a reply. Deleted….. ### 3/5 — Best news source, most irritating app!! *2024-07-12, version 131.0.13* WNEM is one of the best news sources locally but the app is the worst app for all the local news outlets. When pop up and loud ads interrupt my news feed I just shut it down and go to another local news app. ### 4/5 — Great job *2023-03-20, version 131.0.5* Ch 5 has a Great news, weather & sports crew. ### 2/5 — The ads always freeze unusable *2023-03-03, version 131.0.4* Ever since you’ve put in a lot of ads in the app me and a friend been having a lot of freezing trying to click out of Them just did another update if not better I am deleting Not a fan of a crap load of ads popping up constantly anyway… ### 1/5 — Weather *2023-02-23, version 131.0.4* Weather app is very hard to follow, hard to find radar, and follow along with forecast each day! The old app was a lot better with the weather! now you have to enter a nickname! That’s just ridiculous! ### 1/5 — Review *2023-01-04, version 130.4.10* Hate the new app can’t find anything easily started using other apps for weather and news ### 2/5 — Loud video at start up *2022-12-20, version 130.4.10* Sometimes there are loud videos at startup and it’s very irritating. I am going to quit using this app for a while. I’ll check back in a couple of days and if they’re still there, I will quit using the app. I am still getting the loud videos on startup. No longer using the app which is too bad because it’s a good news source. ### 1/5 — Poor sports coverage *2022-12-17, version 130.4.10* Why you don’t give saginaw area high school football and basketball scores, I have to go to traverse city tv station to get them. ### 1/5 — Disgusted *2022-11-30, version 130.4.10* Their ads are filthy and disgusting. Many articles about human trafficking with ads about meeting women. The ads have pics of disgusting women. ### 1/5 — Hot links *2022-11-14, version 130.4.10* Ever cents I got the app I can’t find the hot links section or when I go to contact us and click in a link nothing happens. This is on my iPad ### 1/5 — Hot links *2022-09-29, version 130.4.10* Can’t find it!!! ### 1/5 — Where are the hot links or the quick links *2022-03-21, version 130.4.5* None ### 1/5 — Horrible new app *2022-03-10, version 130.4.3* Takes to long to find the stories I’m interested in. Bring back the old app. ### 1/5 — What happened *2022-03-07, version 130.4.3* Your app used to be user friendly. I’m not sure who designed the new format but I can’t get anywhere with it. Is there a secret that I’m missing? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Too loud *2026-03-17, version 132.0.2* Ap opens news with extremely loud advertising. Totally distracts from news I am trying to read. Unable to find mute or skip ad ### 1/5 — Owner *2026-03-17, version 132.0.2* To hard to use when a pop up add is first then you have a red 1 always that never goes o ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2026-03-11, version 132.0.2* Too many ads and the video start playing automatically which is so annoying! Fire the company that designed this. ### 1/5 — Terrible App *2026-03-07, version 132.0.1* Not as easy to navigate as old one ### 1/5 — Protect’s itself, not the user *2026-03-05, version 132.0.1* Caution: take a look at how this app collects, uses and disseminates your personal information. The privacy policy is pretty much “no privacy”. The terms of use are worse. I pulled this from the TOU: “19. Termination: GLM reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your membership or account, and/or disable your access to all or part of our Services, for any reason or no reason, with or without notice. Sections 3, 8 - 20 of this TOU will survive termination, whether you voluntarily close your account or cancel your membership or whether we terminate your membership, account and/or disable access to our Services for any reason.” The first 18 sections are just as bad. This is worse than the annoying pop up ads! Time to delete this app ### 1/5 — Very backwards app *2025-11-01, version 131.0.15* This is the worst of all my news apps! The print is VERY small and there is no way to increase text size in the app. Also if you could make the app visible in landscape it would improve visibility, but awe no you can not do that either 🤮. Please join the 2020’s and fix this! ### 1/5 — audio ads *2025-07-15, version 131.0.15* Too many audio ad interr ### 1/5 — Sick of ads *2025-02-12* This app has deteriorated tremendously. Ads, ads, ads. Click on the news, you can’t get to it without going through a plethora of ads. Close the ads, you will never get to focus in the article you want to read as the ad you just closed now has an audio file playing. Disgusting. Select another article to read. Ditto, more ads or a non-related video is inserted above the article you want to read. Attempt to scroll down below the unrelated video to read, bam! The video is playing an audio file you can’t close about black history month. All I wanted to do was read the article about the 400 birds the DNR think died of bird flu. Delete sounds pretty good. I’ll find another news app which isn’t so loaded with ads. ### 1/5 — App *2024-11-07, version 131.0.14* I love your app but all of a sudden it quit working, it won’t even open up?????? Disappointed 😞 hope you can fix it???🙏 ### 1/5 — Can’t find where to vote for game of the week. *2024-10-21, version 131.0.13* I’m wanting to vote for the game of the week and it says to do it in the poll below. There’s no poll below so I can vote. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — A Favorite *2025-02-17, version 131.0.15* This is one of my favorite weather apps. The ads don’t seem too big on my phone anyway. The app is very informative and easy to view. ### 5/5 — WNEM *2024-03-05, version 131.0.13* WNEM is the only news network that my husband and I watch. Thanks for being our number one news team. 🤜🤛👍 ### 5/5 — Goretcki *2022-07-07, version 130.4.9* It is very easy to use and you guys are the best at the news. Keep up the good work 😎 ### 5/5 — Enjoy The App *2019-10-12, version 4.33.530046580* I use the app daily. It keeps me up to date on weather and news ### 5/5 — Family *2019-08-28, version 4.33.530046580* The WNEM crew members are just like family. I am always up to date on what’s happening. Local sports are highlighted during school seasons. The only draw back is I have to mute the audio when Kylee Miller does the weather. Keep up the good work. You are always welcome in my living room. ### 5/5 — Mr *2019-08-22, version 4.33.530046580* Great station but not on our TVAt the present time!!! ### 5/5 — No more tv5 *2019-08-12, version 4.33.530046580* Dish dropped tv5, now I get no locals 🤬🤬🤬 ### 5/5 — Our dish network don’t carry WNEM and I miss the news and weather. *2019-07-26, version 4.33.400044524* Hope this doesn’t last much longer. I was used to watching wnem for the news and weather and am also missing the programs too. You get used to certain ones that do the weather and news and they are like part of your family. Come back on soon because soon the new fall programs will start. Used to watch the Doctors in the afternoon if I could. ### 5/5 — WNEM from Cameron *2019-03-23, version 4.30.430040499* It helps me with weather and other stuff similar to that ### 5/5 — Love the updates *2019-02-24, version 4.30.430040499* Love the updates. 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