# WQAD News 8 Quad Cities — user reviews > 40 indexed App Store user reviews of WQAD News 8 Quad Cities by Tegna Inc., rated 4.80/5 from 4,847 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wqad-news-8-quad-cities/id1491061406/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wqad-news-8-quad-cities/id1491061406.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,939 · 4★ 721 · 3★ 129 · 2★ 24 · 1★ 34 ## What do users think of WQAD News 8 Quad Cities? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Friendly and caring news team - 👍 Covers local news and weather - 👍 Enjoyable to watch - 👍 Professional and accurate news coverage **Cons** - 🐛 App crashes frequently - 🐛 Weather updates not reliable - 🔋 Excessive ads and pop-ups **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes and freezes - Weather information not updating - Difficulty navigating the app **Most requested features** - Improve app stability and reliability - Enhance weather forecasting and updates - Reduce intrusive advertisements ## Newest reviews (14 of 40) ### 5/5 — News *2022-06-28, version 44.1.23* Love. It ### 5/5 — WQAD *2022-02-25, version 43.9.7* Everyday… or night; depending on work. Jim Mertens is that important. ### 5/5 — News *2021-12-12, version 43.9.3* We miss everyone on Channel 8 Each one was very professional and yet made Made the news interesting as they could LOVED CHANNEL 8 - PLEASE BRING CHANNEL 8 BACK ! ! ! The only channel we watched . . . “THANK YOU” whom ever this concerns ., Chickadee H ### 4/5 — Best Local News *2021-10-11, version 43.8.21* All you need locally-only wish they would update abit and drop older stories ### 5/5 — TV AWOL *2021-08-28, version 43.7.16* Missing watching morning and evening news. Can’t watch Little League World Series today! Please get your contract settle with Mediacom! ### 5/5 — Channel 8 news *2021-07-28, version 43.5.21* I wish we could get channel 8 on cable again . I do miss the news and weather ! ### 5/5 — Moving To Moline Soon. *2021-05-27, version 43.3.17* The pandemic delayed our move to Moline 1.5 years. My wife who is an office manager for a big dental college in Dallas is now ready to retire. She has been there since 1972. I’m a freelance photographer and non-profit fundraiser. Hope to put our Dallas home up for sale in a month. Once sold go north young man go north😊 ### 5/5 — Morning team *2021-03-26, version 43.2.41* I absolutely love the morning news team.My days starts so much better with them!Thank you WQAD for making the news enjoyable❤️ ### 5/5 — Pot holes *2021-03-05, version 43.1.57* Street between Popeyes and Panda Express Huge mess ### 5/5 — Good app *2021-02-08, version 42.13.38* Anyone should download this app ### 5/5 — Wish you were in Macomb! *2020-10-23, version 42.11.8* Wish we could get channel 8 in Macomb. Called to get it back but didn’t happen. The 2quincy channels are not good when it comes to weather and news. Have to watch 8 on the app. Much appreciated to be able to connect. The fcc and Comcast evidently don’t agree to televise in Macomb. ### 5/5 — Best Local News *2020-09-14, version 42.9.18* Best local unbiased news! ### 5/5 — WQAD IS GREAAAAT ! *2020-07-21, version 42.7.35* We love the station and all of the people who make things happen there... KEEP UP THE WONDERFUL JOB! ### 5/5 — The best news & weather in quad cities! *2020-05-16, version 42.5.36* Your coverage of all the small businesses is great! I also just “love” how your morning weather is covered. It’s fun learning about weather issues & the forecast!! Great job!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — App crashes nonstop *2024-06-19, version 46.3.1* App crashes nonstop and never updates weather ### 1/5 — Ads, spam, repetitiveness *2020-12-28, version 42.13.38* This isn’t a review of News Channel 8. This is a review of the news channel 8 app. I have had the app since it’s debut on the App Store. App usability is difficult due to the overwhelming amount of ads you have to watch before EVERY single click. You also cannot leave the screen to respond to a text message without returning to yet another ad video. The sheer volume of advertisements you need to swim through as a user comes across as abrasive and tacky. Also, generally it is the same ad. Over and over again at a 30 second clip. Tacky is a really good word for it. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2020-06-30, version 42.7.31* Would of given it no Stars if allowed. The old app was bad but was easy to navigate to find different articles. This new app is just horrible. Same news story’s day after day. Need a degree to find other news going on. The weather portion is no better I don’t rely on it I use other weather apps that are much better. I wouldn’t waste your time with this app it’s just as bad as there broadcasting. ### 1/5 — Davenport, IL??? *2020-04-08, version 42.4.12* A screenshot in the Apple App Store of its weather page indicates it has weather for Davenport, IL. FAKE NEWS!! Typical that a news source can’t get information correct. ### 1/5 — Great If You Like Ads *2020-03-29, version 42.4.12* Ads are distracting. Miss the old app. Alerts don’t tell you what is being detected anymore. You have to look at the phone to see. Seriously.... you call this an improvement? Off to find something better and that shouldn’t take long... ### 1/5 — New App is Terrible *2020-03-23, version 42.3.15* Switched to channel 6 app after the “new” channel 8 app came out. Old version of news 8 app made it much easier to read news stories. Have watched channel eight my entire life but now can’t use there new app. Downloaded channel 6 app, and layout is similar to Channel 8’s old app. Very disappointed wqad ### 1/5 — New app? *2020-03-17, version 42.3.15* Thank you for making me switch to a different station. New app layout is terrible. Then your dang ads! Enough already. They keep popping up and changing the page. This new version deserves a zero star. Wasting our time. ### 1/5 — Went from bad to worse *2020-02-18, version 42.2.11* Terrible app, the old one was better! ### 2/5 — Annoying app *2021-06-03, version 43.4.27* Whenever a news Related or weather alert comes on this app I end up with a game that I can’t end before the channel 8 actually comes through. Very annoying. I now count on another weather app due to this annoying factor. The old WQAD app did not have that ### 2/5 — Advertising *2020-10-01, version 42.10.17* I would of rated you higher but you choose to air the pillow guy commercial on 8, so I have gone to 6. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — The Best *2026-06-13, version 50.13.0* Love WQAD AND ALL ITS PEOPLE 💕 ### 5/5 — Games and News *2025-05-28, version 46.5.5* Love watching this station for news ### 5/5 — Channel 8 News *2024-04-29, version 46.2.1* I especially like Channel 8 News because their News Men and Women are so friendly and caring about their individual positions there. And I also like the fact that we can hear about Illinois News and not just about Iowa as Channel 6 does because they’re in Iowa. ### 5/5 — WQAD Rocks! *2023-12-02, version 45.30.3* Morgan has become one of the top meteorologists in the world! Thank you James and Andrew! I wish you all were paid what you deserve! Maybe someday your owners will give back! It’s funny how the rich keep getting richer! F you corporate America! ### 5/5 — Viewer review *2023-11-20, version 45.30.3* I have most always been a Channel 8 watcher your news and commentators are very professional and accurate. I am an early riser and enjoy the early morning trio . ### 5/5 — Archie Sherman *2023-10-25, version 45.20.1* Every time I down load the news 8 app it won’t load it’s no good if it won’t load ### 5/5 — Channel 8 news and weather *2023-05-09, version 45.1* I really enjoy channel 8 news and weather. When something is serious, they are serious. When it can be light they are. They look like they really enjoy their jobs and work together very good. I enjoy watching. ### 5/5 — I enjoy it *2023-04-02, version 45.1* I appreciate the news and weather while not having and over abundance of ads like other local news apps. Thanks WQAD! ### 5/5 — Best Local News *2023-03-30, version 45.1* Best local unbiased news! ### 5/5 — Demar Hamlin *2023-01-05, version 44.3* Possible explanations were given by a professional who spoke in laymen’s terms. --- *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 2026-09-10.*