# WPBF 25 News - West Palm Beach — user reviews > 91 indexed App Store user reviews of WPBF 25 News by Hearst Television, rated 4.60/5 from 4,330 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wpbf-25-news-west-palm-beach/id505577798/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wpbf-25-news-west-palm-beach/id505577798.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,346 · 4★ 595 · 3★ 181 · 2★ 87 · 1★ 121 ## What do users think of WPBF 25 News? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent weather reports - 🚀 Timely updates on news and weather - 👍 Comprehensive local news coverage - 👍 Useful for hurricane and disaster information **Cons** - 🔔 Too many notifications and alerts - 🔍 Stories slow to load - 💤 Repetitive and outdated news content - 🤖 Glitchy and crashes frequently - 📺 Excessive advertisements disrupting content **Commonly reported bugs** - Alerts disappearing after clicking one - Weather information not up-to-date - Ads blocking access to full news articles **Most requested features** - More localized news and weather for specific areas - Improved notification management - Faster loading times and smoother performance ## Newest reviews (12 of 91) ### 3/5 — Immediate messages *2026-01-08, version 5.15.1942* Sometimes when I get a message from 25 News and I search it on the app, I have to scroll down looking for it instead of being immediate! ### 3/5 — To many notifications *2025-07-23, version 5.15.1781* The app itself is great but omg I get more notifications for you guys then any other news app I have used in the past. Besides that the app is good for what it’s for. ### 3/5 — Interruptions on ABC network at 11 a.m. for nonsense! *2024-05-31, version 5.15.1435* As a Floridian, I’m getting tired of WPBF25 interrupting the only morning show at 11a.m. If it’s not about the weather which they talk and notify us as an emergency and/or non-emergency. And today May 31, 2024 , WPBF25 puts former president Trump for 30 minutes. He spoke how innocent he was for the “minimal “ guilty 34 counts. Like really?? Couldn’t it wait till their regular time at 12 to put on the “allegedly innocent former president.” I’m getting so tired of these interruptions. It’s been happening for years. I think I will just record my show and watch another channel for the weather and regular news. A very concerned customer. ### 3/5 — Alerts not working properly *2023-07-18, version 5.15.1157* If there are multiple alerts on my Home Screen, clicking one alert removed all other alerts. This prevents me from reading multiple news one after another. There is no other way to find those removed alerts. ### 3/5 — It used to be a good app *2023-04-28, version 5.15.1082* I just updated the app thinking my older version was the reason for the glitches, but no. I’m not sure if anyone else is having this problem but the scrolling up and down is a nightmare, it’s so super glitchy. Like I said, I updated but same problems, please fix. ### 3/5 — Stories Slow to Load *2022-05-12, version 5.15.873* My favorite local station but when I click on stories in the app it frequently spins and spins never loads ### 4/5 — Fairv *2021-07-29, version 5.15.610* Needs to update more frequently ### 3/5 — Ads *2021-06-30, version 5.15.539* You have to watch a 30second ad in order to watch a news clip sometimes shorter then the ad. 30 second ads excessive! Especially when there’s a hurricane brewing, and you need an update!! ### 4/5 — Old stories *2021-05-20, version 5.15.487* Why do old stories ( some from 2017) never go away? Can the story of the Oklahoma boy donating to a cancer fund be removed??? ( since 2017) ### 5/5 — News *2021-03-23, version 5.15.428* I check with this app every morning. I like to keep up with the latest. ### 5/5 — Review *2021-03-21, version 5.15.428* For a local news cast on-line you are as good as they get. You are easier to watch than Boston and NYC ### 3/5 — Annoying ads before notices can be seen. *2021-03-13, version 5.15.375* I get notifications but long, annoying ads have to be read first. I close out and find it on one of the other TV websites. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Again *2024-07-31, version 5.15.1462* It seems like every single day I have to delete the app and download it again in order to be able to watch the news. You guys have got to fix this. ### 1/5 — Worst app ever *2024-07-22, version 5.15.1456* Click on ANY link and you have to watch ad after ad but as soon as the ads are done it jumps back to the Home Screen - consistently! Hearst must really need the money because that’s all they seem to care about - coin over content. Life is too short to waist so much time using this app. Uninstalling immediately and getting my weather directly from NOAA ### 1/5 — Information Overload *2022-11-10, version 5.15.950* The amount of information provided by the station is repetitive and 24 hour coverage is more harmful than helpful. I believe most viewers mentally shut down and stop paying attention. Specific coverage by county may be more beneficial. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2022-10-24, version 5.15.935* Most accurate forecast.....never laughed so hard, they couldnt predict the weather right if the world depended on it. Dont use this app ### 1/5 — Nasty *2022-08-20, version 5.15.928* This app doesn’t work 95% of the time. Heavy glitches and crashes. Disgusting app. ### 1/5 — Pinging stories *2022-08-02, version 5.15.908* I hate that you ping the same old news stories over and over. ### 1/5 — Notifications *2022-03-23* I do not like your IOS app at all like click on one of the notifications and you lose all the others that you wanted to read but now every one of them have been deleted absolutely terrible design!!! It doesn’t do this on all the other Made for IOS phones and tablets, you can still read all of them , maybe I should switch to WPEC and WPTV as theirs don’t do this , but however I’m just wasting my time as y’all never read the comments and never fix what is broken so what’s the sense in writing this to you !!! ### 1/5 — Moron news app! Should be no stars *2021-08-16, version 5.15.610* WPBF provides little real local news and most of their news is stale repeating the same stories multiple days in a row. The national ABC news is biased and not worth reading as there are more informative national news sources. It is sad as it could be a beacon of local news, i.e. providing more than 50% of its info for local news. The apps weather is stale, at 6:15 am I get the 4:30 am weather. The app is too full of commercials I need to suffer through waiting for a local news item. Very disappointed in the app and I deleted it. ### 1/5 — Biased media news source *2021-01-20, version 5.15.244* It’s hard to tell the difference between CNN and this news podcast. One sided stories with missing content. ### 1/5 — Independent *2021-01-04, version 5.15.244* The only good thing is the weather team! Another lying media! I watch stuff live then turn on the news and they turn it around just like all fake news. For real news go to Newsmax! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — News and weather *2026-06-07, version 5.15.2175* Best news and weather team Palm Beach County ### 5/5 — The Only Way *2026-01-19, version 5.15.1997* If The News is on my TV, it may take a couple of minutes, But I Always Realize IF I’m not watching WPBF! All others are poor in so many, occasionally Every Way! Even the journalists are Not the Same. They’re not as intelligent and obviously not schooled the same. Less attractive and not really on track! Wish I had more time to make this point! You’re The Best!!! So Professional… Thank YOU! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 ### 5/5 — Love this station *2026-01-15, version 5.15.1997* Watch it every day it’s better than the rest ### 5/5 — To have channel 25 out of Florida, so that we can follow hurricane and development to clean up *2024-10-22, version 5.15.1506* This is one of the best apps I have ever had on my phone to cover a certain town from the time that the hurricanes and tornadoes were predicted all the way through during, and after including the cleanup interviews with survivors and FEMA and political offices that are trying to lend a hand the reach out of all of the nonprofit associations is outstanding continue the great work bravo Sincerely, a survivor of hurricaneKATRINA And it’s aftermath, rebuilding, improving infrastructure, etc. KAY M👍💕😄❤️🥹😎 ### 5/5 — Thank you! *2024-10-09, version 5.15.1498* You’re amazing, caring staff! ### 5/5 — Great app , maybe time for an update … *2023-09-17, version 5.15.1208* Keeps crashing, even after uninstalling & reinstalling ### 5/5 — Biased News *2023-08-06, version 5.15.1184* WPBF’s 11 pm News has never mentioned anything about Hunter and Joe Biden’s dealings with Barisma, etc. But you always start of with negative news about President Trump. You are not “Fair & Balanced” in your broadcasting…!!! ### 5/5 — No pool uu y *2021-09-20, version 5.15.650* r Botando la Salsa r Botando la Salsa Marcos ### 5/5 — My review. *2021-08-05, version 5.15.610* Always the best news sports and weather all the time. TheBob ### 5/5 — Great app *2021-04-10, version 5.15.428* Great app easy to use . Lots information. The best weather reports!! --- *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 2026-09-08.*