# WOWT First Alert 6 News Omaha — user reviews > 91 indexed App Store user reviews of WOWT First Alert 6 News Omaha by Gray Television Group, Inc., rated 2.32/5 from 269 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wowt-first-alert-6-news-omaha/id420931431/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wowt-first-alert-6-news-omaha/id420931431.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 53 · 4★ 19 · 3★ 20 · 2★ 41 · 1★ 122 ## What do users think of WOWT First Alert 6 News Omaha? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 📰 Good source for local news updates - 📍 Useful weather information - 🔔 Appropriate push notification frequency - 📺 Live broadcasting capability - ✅ Generally stable performance (historically) **Cons** - 📢 Excessive and intrusive advertisements - 🔊 Loud autoplay video ads without mute option - 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezing - 🔋 Severe battery drain issues - ❌ Poor navigation and difficult to find stories - 🔗 Broken share functionality - ⚠️ Persistent false notification badges - 📵 Removed weather feature from main app - 🎯 Removed swipe left/right navigation - ⚙️ Clunky and confusing user interface - ✍️ Poor grammar and spelling in articles - 🚫 Forced political advertisements - 🎮 Irrelevant sports content notifications **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on launch or during article viewing - Infinite loading spinner preventing app opening - Persistent notification badge showing '1' that cannot be cleared - Weather pane freezes during loading - App fails to load on iPhone devices - Share story links not working - App hangs or terminates when launching - Advertisements fail to load causing app freezes - Text formatting not respecting bold/large print settings - Articles display incorrectly with text overlapping ads **Most requested features** - Disable autoplay video option - Mute button for video advertisements - Restore weather feature to main app - Restore swipe navigation functionality - Expandable article photos for better detail - Live streaming capability restoration - Better customization of notification preferences - Banner ads instead of pop-up ads - Improved grammar and article proofreading - Better story discoverability from breaking news alerts ## Newest reviews (17 of 91) ### 2/5 — Advertising *2026-07-03, version 5.0.8* Smith ### 2/5 — Why??? *2026-03-24, version 5.0.4* Usually reliable but since the latest update, now you can’t even share a story because the link doesn’t work. And can the add just show on the story instead of having to click through it? ### 2/5 — Disappointed in the Update. *2026-02-19, version 5.0.1* Usually updates are supposed to be an improvement, but not this time. For one thing, I constantly have a “1” showing like I have a notification but have looked everywhere and nothing! I even deleted the app and reinstalled it, but the “1” still shows. I know it will take time to get used to the new format, but right now I wish I had the old app back. ### 2/5 — Where’s six on your side? *2026-02-18, version 5.0.1* I’ll get used to the new layout but no six on your side tab? ### 1/5 — Impossible to find any stories *2025-02-21, version 4.0.20* One of the hardest apps to navigate, I can’t find any stories that are on the live TV news, I’m giving up and deleting it. ### 2/5 — App not working *2025-02-05, version 4.0.20* App does not finish loading. Running new Apple iPhone. Tried a couple times. ### 1/5 — Bias *2025-01-24, version 4.0.20* This station is clearly bias leaning far left as you can get. ### 1/5 — Most annoying App on my screen *2024-11-05, version 4.0.18* WOWT thinks their app is so amazing that you shouldn’t listen to anything else while reading these articles. Please stop being the primary audio. I need Spotify on background to make it through your grammatical errors. ### 1/5 — Liberal media only *2024-07-25, version 4.0.17* They only support a corrupt system and a terrible terrilbe president (BIDEN) ### 2/5 — Alert annoyance *2024-05-11, version 4.0.17* In settings I’ve clearly checked which specific alert warnings I prefer. Why then am I getting alerts for EVERYTHING? I don’t need alerts telling me it’s going to be a nice day today! ### 1/5 — Crashes every time I open it! *2024-03-23, version 4.0.15* Piece of junk app. Since the latest update I have to open it at least 5 or more times to actually get it to work. It just keeps crashing before it even opens. Also, too many ads. It’s gone downhill just like the station has. The anchors on their now are terrible, especially that chick with the monotone voice that acts like she’s going to cry on every story she reads. ### 2/5 — Keeps Crashing *2024-03-22, version 4.0.15* Since the update the week of 3/11/2024, the app always crashes when I try to open it. ### 2/5 — Why??? *2024-03-19, version 4.0.15* Usually reliable but since the latest update, every time I open it crashes ### 1/5 — Worthless app *2024-03-19, version 4.0.15* The latest update causes the app to crash immediately leaving it worthless. I’ve deleted it and reloaded it several times with the same result. ### 1/5 — Latest update *2024-03-17, version 4.0.15* Can not open app on iPhone due to your latest update 4.0.15! Please fix. ### 1/5 — Not opening *2024-03-17, version 4.0.15* App doesn’t open most of the time. ### 1/5 — The worst *2024-02-08, version 4.0.14* Good luck finding any stories easily. Go to the competitor ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Absolute Garbage, just an ad machine *2026-06-06, version 5.0.6* Can’t find any live coverage for severe storms. I will stick to paramount plus and it’s live streaming broadcast of local news. Uninstalling ### 1/5 — Ads *2026-04-20, version 5.0.5* The updated App is ridiculous with Ads. Some of the stories when opened play a loud video that cannot be stopped without exiting. It is clear to me that Gray Media is more interested in forcing Ads to make money than providing a news source. I am deleting this App and going to KETV’s App. ### 1/5 — The share icon does not work *2026-03-23, version 5.0.4* The share icon on the app does not work. Would like to share some stories I read. Not able to since this new look to this app 🫤 ### 1/5 — New app makes battery HOT *2026-03-13, version 5.0.4* I noticed my phone battery was getting extremely hot since installing app. I tried all the Apple instructions to fix this. Looking at my battery usage, turns out your new app was draining my battery - 20-30% an hour in addition to making my battery very hot. App is deleted. And will stay deleted. It’s a double win for me - the constant pop-ups are annoying. I am avoiding your pop ups and saving my phone battery. ### 1/5 — Sick of First Alert everything’ *2026-03-11, version 5.0.4* App is a mess! Company has gone nuts on self branding! Enough!!! ### 1/5 — Update *2026-03-10, version 5.0.1* Terrible update. An ad as soon as you open app and then you have to open app at the top to continue. I deleted it. I’ll be using another local stations app. ### 1/5 — Was a little better before. *2026-03-09* New version is terrible. There are too many invasive ads that pop up when you click an article. Need to have an option to disable autoplay. ### 1/5 — Ads *2026-02-20, version 5.0.1* Has always been my go to local news app. Now, after the update, when I go to a story, ads start blaring with no way to mute. I often check stories in locations I don’t want sound. Will stop using until things addressed. ### 1/5 — WOWT app *2026-02-20, version 5.0.1* Hate the new format ### 1/5 — An ad just to open the Ap *2025-04-16, version 4.0.20* Yea will not use your app when you get an ad just to see the home page. Goodbye. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Annoying Pre-ads *2026-02-18, version 5.0.1* Your preview ads (the ones that come up before one has the option to skip to the news) have become really annoying lately- especially the ones with loud noises and statements. ### 5/5 — Quality App *2019-12-21* Excellent source for local news. Consistently updated including traffic alerts. Push alerts don’t blow up my phone too much. Just the right amount. ### 5/5 — Live broadcasting *2018-02-20* I love the live broadcasts. Wintering in AZ and really appreciate keeping up with news, weather, and even the adds. ### 4/5 — Better *2019-08-08* It’s better than ketvs social justice warrior app. And if you’re tired of having stuff crammed down your throat. I’d leave the bar ### 4/5 — App has improved *2017-10-26* App I just getting better. They have stopped the opening adds and now include more news both, local, national and international. I wished the photos were expandable so be could see greater detail in the picture. ### 3/5 — Navigation *2026-02-23, version 5.0.1* App is mostly stable. Navigation is clunky, since they removed the swipe left/right capability. ### 3/5 — New App Not Friendly *2026-02-19, version 5.0.1* The new app constantly says there is a notification where there is not and you cannot get rid of the red notification unless you uninstall the app and reinstall it. In addition, the ad pop up every time you open the app does not make it a great experience. I loved the old app features. ### 3/5 — You should l me po Mo I I hi Gus saw we no *2023-02-25, version 4.0.4* Ourryuio a MC I s hi Ii I RT NDA ### 3/5 — Commercials *2020-05-19, version 3.3.0* Do you realize that the Buick commercial can repeat 4 to 6 times before the news starts up again. It’s so annoying that we started to turn the app off because it’s been happening a lot. We also have to reinstall and install the app numerous times as it freezes. ### 3/5 — What happened to live streaming?!? *2017-09-21, version 3.1.6* I can't watch the news live on the app. This was really nice! What happened?!?! --- *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 2026-08-30.*