# WOOD TV8 - Grand Rapids News — user reviews > 108 indexed App Store user reviews of WOOD TV8 by LIN Television Corporation, rated 4.40/5 from 9,485 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wood-tv8-grand-rapids-news/id488527284/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wood-tv8-grand-rapids-news/id488527284.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 6,778 · 4★ 1,443 · 3★ 509 · 2★ 264 · 1★ 491 ## What do users think of WOOD TV8? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Good local news source - 🚀 Quick news updates - 💡 Useful for weather and school closings **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent app crashes - 🔍 Biased or one-sided reporting - 📺 Excessive and disruptive ads - 🔍 Lack of journalistic integrity - 🤖 Outdated and inaccurate information - 🤔 Poor user interface and navigation **Commonly reported bugs** - Freezing and crashing issues - Inconsistent performance on different devices - Unreliable live stream functionality **Most requested features** - Improved weather forecast accuracy and timeliness - Option to disable video autoplay - Better organization and categorization of news content - Reduced ad frequency and less intrusive ad placement ## Newest reviews (20 of 108) ### 2/5 — Dismayed *2025-12-18, version 502.0.2* Although I have set up an account on TV8 website, it doesn’t seem to work with the app. As I am really dismayed with the poor design of the app and lack of access. ### 1/5 — Out of date news *2025-12-06, version 502.0.2* Biased and well i guess older out of date news hits their points better than actual news. Where is the duty to the public, all the public. Yellow journalism Poorly written and does not look at these sky high view for their articles and just run with 1 angle missing the bigger picture of everyone impacted They do not update articles when it does not fit their narrative. They just leave the articles out there for weeks with the incorrect information front and center ### 1/5 — Out of date news *2025-12-01, version 502.0.2* Biased and well i guess older out of date news hits their points better than actual news. Where is the duty to the public, all the public. Yellow journalism Poorly written and does not look at these sky high view for their articles and just run with 1 angle missing the bigger picture of everyone impacted ### 1/5 — Out of date news *2025-11-06, version 502.0.2* Biased and well i guess older out of date news hits their points better than actual news. Where is the duty to the public, all the public. Yellow journalism ### 1/5 — Kettle pot *2025-08-11, version 500.9.0* politically divisive reporting Spelling terrible Grammar horrible More PSA than anything. No questions seem to be asked in reporting I really like the biased reporting but when you point out spelling writes they do not think it important to correct them. Spelling matters as it changes makes places things. If they don’t care about that… Makes me think of a comment someone made. They care more about quantity than quality. Autoplay of videos is NOT appreciated. Who suddenly likes loud things coming out of their phones when reading an article? ### 1/5 — Works better than the weather app *2025-07-06, version 500.8.0* Clunky ui Poorly researched Poorly written articles They seem to be lacking in the steps of journalism and journalistic integrity Recycled news from other outlets so is this a reimaging of hln? Stories tend to have an amazing lack of information ### 2/5 — Works better than the weather app *2025-05-18, version 500.8.0* Clunky ui ### 1/5 — Awful *2025-05-16, version 500.8.0* The app is so full of adds you can’t even get anything useful. Weather forecast is no longer actually useable. Whatever updates they made they need to undo!! ### 1/5 — Might as well be faux news *2025-04-14, version 500.8.0* Done with your right wing false propaganda headlines. You’re supporting the wrong fight! ### 1/5 — They let me down *2025-02-16, version 500.7.0* They said 5-7” of snow… my butt! We got like 1.5”. Devastated! Liars…. ### 2/5 — Annoying so I’m using other weather apps. *2025-01-28, version 500.7.0* I have been having to open the four or five times for the app to stay open. This is so annoying that I’m skipping the use of this app for other weather apps, specifically the weather channel app and apple weather. ### 1/5 — Latest Update is horrible *2025-01-14* I’ve used this app for 5+ years. I am a younger audience who doesn’t watch tv so I’ve always loved this app for news and weather. The newest update has ruined looking at the live Doppler radar. It also just looks cheaply done. It looks like I pulled up wood tv 8 on safari web browser. I am quite bothered about the live Doppler radar and any of the other satellites and radars during January in Michigan. This app is super unhelpful and a waste of space on my phone now ### 1/5 — Update *2025-01-08, version 500.7.0* Poor update that wasn’t checked for function before it rolled out. No future radar available , will show last half hour up to current time. Where’s the future radar at? Also your large menu I cannot scroll to the bottom 2 selections and screen locks there. Can’t access those items. ### 1/5 — Used to was *2024-11-12, version 500.6.0* This app used to be good, now with all the banner ads in it - it makes some of the stories unreadable because the banner ad causes flashing or blanks out the stories. DELETING and going back to using the web page 🙈🙈🙈and now the ad that shows at app launch crashes the app. ### 1/5 — Liars *2024-08-13, version 500.4.0* Nothing but a bunch of communist liars ### 3/5 — Love having WOOD news on my phone, but wish the app was more kind. *2024-07-22, version 500.4.0* Application takes exclusive use of audio as soon as you open it. This interrupts any listening you may be doing regardless of whether or not you are watching video in the app. YouTube doesn’t even do this. ### 1/5 — Ads Everywhere *2024-05-06, version 500.3.0* I thought a local news app might be immune to paywalls. Had I watch a full ad just to check the weather. ### 1/5 — Awful app *2024-03-27* Others have already said it. Story text is obscured by the video. Gigantic ads larger than the story itself make reading the stories you ARE able to see almost unbearable. EDIT: So much wrong with this update. They’ve had sketchy updates in the past, but this one has to be the worst. Since the update, the weather page displays exactly the same number for the high temp and percent chance of precipitation. It has become so unusable that we have switched stations. ### 1/5 — All Ads! Seriously *2024-03-25, version 500.1.4* It’s been 15 minutes and I just keep on watching 15 second ads. There is no live people. Beware I don’t know who these other people are that are Stevie Wonder. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2024-03-16, version 500.1.4* The app is deeply flawed and buggy to the extent I’ve given up and gone to a different news source. Videos auto play, even though the setting indicates otherwise, the scale makes the articles unreadable on an iPad. It’s just garbage. Garbage news app for garbage news. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Old News *2026-08-22, version 510.0.1* Constantly run the same stories 1, 2 or 3 days in a row! Readers want fresh, up to date news! Terrible App! Delete for good! ### 1/5 — Sad *2026-06-14, version 508.0.0* Real journalists do not inject their personal opinions into their work. An app is only as good as its content. Many “stories” reference something but never say what they are referencing. They should Provide all the facts or provide none at All. Oh they do have the none at all down pat ### 1/5 — Sad *2026-06-07, version 508.0.0* Real journalists do not inject their personal opinions into their work. An app is only as good as its content ### 1/5 — Why include videos *2026-05-04, version 507.0.0* When you cannot select to turn on the audio? Is this only for people who read lips? Slow to respond Freezes a lot Dim screen cannot access any articles. Guess if they can’t display the ad then no one gets to read anything. Good thing it’s not a serious emergency ### 1/5 — Trash App old news *2026-04-17, version 505.0.0* This app is terrible! Old news keeps getting pushed with new times over and over again! Users want to see real time news. Do not download this app. Last weekends news stories are STILL being pushed! Time to delete app! ### 1/5 — Why include videos *2026-03-31, version 505.0.0* When you cannot select to turn on the audio? Is this only for people who read lips? Slow to respond Freezes a lot ### 1/5 — Why include videos *2026-02-24, version 504.0.0* When you cannot select to turn on the audio? Is this only for people who read lips? Slow to respond Freezes ### 1/5 — Why include videos *2026-02-10, version 504.0.0* When you cannot select to turn on the audio? Is this only for people who read lips? Slow to respond ### 1/5 — Bad form *2026-01-20, version 503.0.1* Click on some of the articles and it tries to launch Google with an api error. Odd behavior when clicking on a headline ### 1/5 — Issue with adds *2026-01-03, version 503.0.1* After recent updates, if you touch an Ad, not click on it, it opens my browser with the Ad. This happened when the app 1st came out and now does it again. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good work love the app *2022-01-09* I have no problems on the app whatsoever but the one bug that I have is that every time I try to go and watch early morning daybreak or eight W. or news eight at noon when I watch the live video I love watching that I enjoy the app big fan of wood TV8 love you guys I grew up watching wood TV8 and I love watching wood TV8 and it has all of the news and weather to watch and look out for! So keep updating and keep updating the app and maybe add some more features in new features and I would love to have wood TV eight on Roku ### 5/5 — Long time viewer *2020-03-26, version 40.35.290052882* I am 77 years old and grew up with only 3 channels available most days depending on which way to turn the aerial. My family chose channel 8 to watch all the time. Bill Allen lived nearby and I his daughter was my first girlfriend. ### 5/5 — Video Auto Play *2020-03-22* Excellent app. for news, school closures and more. It seems the most recent update has added video auto play to news stories. It was startling. Be aware that there is a very clear setting that allows you to disable auto play. ### 5/5 — My 1 news app *2019-09-22, version 40.33.550047240* Best news in the west Michigan area and constantly improving Easy to use and has up to date info great app and station ### 5/5 — Return local channels *2019-07-22, version 40.33.530045685* I have not been able to get WOOD TV since July 4th!! I am going to end all TV viewing if not returned by the end of the month and listen to the Radio I only watched News 8 for 27 years that’s when I moved to Grand Rapids ### 5/5 — Is the app or my phone? *2018-08-31* Many times the video is choppy and repeats multiple times. Other times the video is not available. I deleted the app and reinstalled it to no avail. I love wood TV eight and the anchors and wish the app was better! I miss the news! ### 5/5 — THE Station to follow..... *2018-06-22, version 40.29.630037554* The absolute best station for news and weather in West Michigan. Bill Steffen and the Storm Team 8 team are the best there is. I live in North Carolina now, but still follow them daily. Accurate, dependable, educational. You’re simply the best! Bill A. ### 5/5 — Great Local News Source *2018-06-03* June 2018: This app has finally arrived. It works smoothly and seems to be quite stable. The interface is clean, uncluttered, and intuitive. There are a number of ads, of course, but they are not overwhelming or overly intrusive. This is a great source for local news and important developments such as the weather and school closings. January 2017: I haven't reviewed this app for three years now, but my previous comment stands. I don't find it as bad as some others, and I do find it a good source of information for local news. Weather reports in school closings are vital information for me. However, this latest update has crashed it. It opens and locks on the screen that says "fetching articles". Jan 2014: Latest update is causing crashes. Can't use the weather button at all as it crashes the app. After some very bad versions, this app finally works well. The UI is clear and works smoothly. Navigation is very good. All in all this is now pretty decent app and good for local news, weather, and school closings. ### 5/5 — So many outdated stories *2018-04-26, version 40.28.190036347* Want to check on the Tigers? Ok, if you want to know what they did two weeks ago. Many of their links aren’t updated so they’re virtually useless. ### 5/5 — Quick updates *2017-11-18, version 14.24.21* It’s a quick way for me to stay informed. They refresh their news updates constantly. --- *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 2026-09-12.*