# WRAL News Mobile — user reviews > 239 indexed App Store user reviews of WRAL News Mobile by Capitol Broadcasting Company, rated 4.50/5 from 26,344 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wral-news-mobile/id300872165/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wral-news-mobile/id300872165.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 20,354 · 4★ 2,631 · 3★ 1,037 · 2★ 672 · 1★ 1,650 ## What do users think of WRAL News Mobile? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🌟 Fantastic news coverage - 🌍 Keeps me informed about local and national events - ⚡ Timely weather updates **Cons** - 🤯 Overwhelming number of notifications - 🤔 Biased or one-sided reporting - 🤯 Repeated news stories - 🤕 Buggy and crashes frequently - 👎 Poor app design and navigation - 💸 Too many ads and clickbait **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when opening articles - Inability to share news stories - Weather information not always accurate **Most requested features** - Allow customization of notification settings - Improve article organization and readability - Provide more balanced and objective news coverage ## Newest reviews (19 of 239) ### 2/5 — New layout *2026-08-30, version 7.5* I do not like the most recent update which changed the look of the page. Too crowded and busy. I do not needto see the faces of the anchor team across the bottom. Also takes more thought and extra tap to get to my world news. Much less user friendly. If it had looked like this initially I w have chosen another news source ### 3/5 — Too biased, doesn’t represent community *2026-08-10, version 7.5* This station dominates the air waves in this area but leans way too far to the left and is full of biases. It doesn’t represent the real population of this area. Can’t be trusted. Also avoids important issues that is harmful to the real population. ### 2/5 — Impossible to change video settings *2026-06-14, version 7.5* Cuts my sound off on other apps and automatically plays videos - very frustrating. ### 2/5 — Click jacking *2026-06-10, version 7.5* If you are unfamiliar with the term this app is an excellent example of it. ### 2/5 — Auto plays videos randomly *2026-05-27, version 7.5* Oat the most inopportune time this app starts to auto play video clips. Just the first second or so. Very annoying. ### 3/5 — Broken autoplay setting *2026-05-15, version 7.5* I would rather send you feedback directly but since that doesn’t seem to be a thing… I hope you read the reviews. I have autoplay turned off in the settings, it auto plays anyway. ### 1/5 — Ads *2026-05-01, version 7.5* I click to get weather updates, not ads after every time I look it up. Stop w the ads please ### 1/5 — Intrusive and obnoxious *2026-05-01, version 7.5* I had to delete this app. Every time I would open it, was meet with large whole screen-sized ads. After closing those it would automatically play a live stream, which has the smallest button possible to close that. Then even after closing, every news article I read would override any music, phone call, even apple car play with whatever video regarding that, after of course more ads. If that wasn’t enough, the Wral video banner sticks around on my phone and takes up my ENITRE close screen for HOURS, until I manually force close the app. I’ve never had an app so desperate to force you to watch their streams. Not to mention every article has so many random, sketchy click baity ads, I feel like I’m reading a random tabloid site. This is NOT what I expect for a respected news station that serves a large area. ### 4/5 — Ok - to much advertising *2026-04-11, version 7.5* I love WRAL - however way too much advertising just to get into the app or read about a story. ### 2/5 — This WAS a good news app…. Now, not so much. *2026-03-16, version 7.5* This was a top shelf news app until about two years ago. Now, they post headlines that don’t contain any articles, the same stories are posted multiple times, inaccurate locations are given in news articles, and the app is loaded with multiple clickbait ads that open to questionable sites if you barely touch them as you scroll. It’s also impossible to send feedback if you’re not using Apple’s native email app, but even if you could send feedback, they only respond with excuses and don’t do anything to make improvements. I gave two stars only because they don’t post a bunch of political articles, otherwise this app deserves zero stars. ### 1/5 — Invasive on iOS *2026-03-13, version 7.5* Have found no way to force it to stop playing even after minimizing the app, except for manually forcing it closed. Apps should include turning off the iOS live feature to prevent this invasive nature. ### 2/5 — Was good…. *2026-03-06, version 7.5* Vague news articles that don’t contain any useful information, same stories posted multiple times, inaccurate locations in news articles, ads that open to questionable sites if you barely touch them as you scroll. I gave two stars only because they don’t post a bunch of political articles, otherwise this app deserves zero stars. ### 3/5 — Local Coverage Very Good *2026-03-04, version 7.5* Local Coverage is very good and thorough but it is very LEFT, LIBERAL focused Politically. Not Neutral. I read or listen to WRAL less in the last 3 years than in the past. ### 2/5 — Not everything needs to be breaking news imo *2026-03-04, version 7.5* I downloaded this to receive news updates, disabled the majority of notifications and left only “breaking news” enabled. I’ve received 27 notifications in half a day, 3 just in the last five minutes The local board voting to build a middle school, students playing an Epstein themed video game and an election results delay, in my opinion, didn’t need to be sent as 3 separate push notifications maybe some people enjoy the constant dopamine of random information but it’s too much ### 3/5 — Gunnel Down to Port *2026-03-02, version 7.5* Always have to read with the understanding that this is news, but from a distinctly leftist viewpoint. ### 1/5 — To much bad news, *2026-02-24, version 7.5* I, get sick hearing about bad news and what the white people have did to the black people. No one cares about that, show some spiritual strength and happy story . The public are tired of bad news. Uncle John ### 2/5 — Obnoxious ads throughout *2026-02-24, version 7.5* I click on the app to get to the news and the very first thing I have to do is close an ad that take up the ENTIRE page before I even get to the news. It is the most obnoxious thing ever. The app wasn’t like that before. I visit less and less now bc of that. ### 1/5 — Horrible app *2026-02-19, version 7.5* Should never auto play when auto play is turned off in settings yet it does every time you open the app. Not to mention the ad at the opening makes me never want to buy that product or car ever. ### 1/5 — Spammy, ClickBait, and Fake News *2026-02-01, version 7.5* The ad’s shown are incredibly inappropriate & sexual at times. Everything is click bate. They spam you with over 50 notifications a day of “breaking news”. To top it all off, they can’t predict the weather. Waste of time. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Notification Spam *2026-08-25, version 7.5* This app will send “breaking news” notifications that tells you what’s coming up on the next broadcast no matter how mundane the topic may be. They have different categories for their push notifications but ignore the settings and send irrelevant notifications daily. The app also ignores iOS standards. ### 1/5 — Ads and more ads *2026-08-19, version 7.5* Everytime app launch, you have an ad! And everytime it asks to set or confirm cookies! Every column to read has more ads than actual content to read and annoying that you don’t know if it’s belongs to the issue you are reading or propaganda! Deleting the app till something would change! ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2026-07-13, version 7.5* Too many ads ### 1/5 — WRAL News fails viewers through its lack of objectivity… *2026-07-06, version 7.5* Their lack of objectivity along with their leftist agenda while supporting the status quo does not serve the best interests of NC’s citizenry. The NBC affiliate has reported numerous stories concerning the swarms of teenagers and young adults talking over certain areas of Raleigh that suddenly turn violent, as they should report. The one thing they turn a blind eye to is calling out the leadership of Wake County. Particularly the Raleigh Police Department and the Wake County Sheriff’s Department. Seemingly oblivious to the recent trends involving a frightening number of young men creating havoc in predetermined areas of Raleigh. These two law enforcement agencies do a poor job monitoring social media and find themselves consistently reacting, rather than an increasingly proactive approach. Will WRAL call out the leadership of these “tarnished” law enforcement departments? Will they take it a step further by asking the tough questions of Raleigh’s elected leadership? We already know the answer. ### 1/5 — Fix the tracking *2026-06-30, version 7.5* Why do I have to “customize” my choices every time I load an article??? I save my choices every time!!! ### 1/5 — Notification Spam *2026-06-28, version 7.5* This app will send “breaking news” notifications that tells you what’s coming up on the next broadcast no matter how mundane the topic may be. They have different categories for their push notifications but ignore the settings and send irrelevant notifications daily ### 1/5 — Lottery *2026-06-21, version 7.5* My NC lottery has not updated since May 27. Is there a problem? ### 1/5 — Auto plays videos randomly *2026-06-09, version 7.5* Still have never addresses the most annoying thing in the world. I just want to open the app and scroll news stories while listening to Apple Music, Sirius XM, etc. and this thing totally hijacks my audio and starts playing news stories I haven’t clicked on. And yes, I have it set to NOT automatically play videos in settings for the app. ### 1/5 — New app *2026-05-27, version 7.5* WRAL app is too busy, too many duplicate stories show. Should have left it alone. Go back to old app ### 1/5 — Poor user experience *2026-05-15, version 7.5* It’s really frustrating that there are constant push notifications for stories but when you click on the notification it does not take you to the story you want to read and most of the time that story isn’t even on the homepage and you have to dig for it it’s just a poor user experience. Also frustrating when there is breaking news or time sensitive weather alerts where every second counts we are forced to watch ads first. Totally get needing ads to support but like maybe not when there’s a tornado warning ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Jonathan *2026-08-24, version 7.5* Jonathan ### 5/5 — Love the Weather Reports but they need to tone down all the Political *2026-01-30, version 7.5* Always loved WRal just wish they would speak on facts versus bringing one sided information in politics ### 5/5 — Great local news and weather *2026-01-27, version 7.5* Most reliable weather forecasts bc it is on local weather and no regional. More accurate than Apple and Weather Channel for our surrounding cities. Great also on local coverages and national coverages. It is nice to hear about what is going on in the communities around us and not just the sensational news from all the other online media. Not biased , not polictical, which is what we needed in the current divisive climate. ### 5/5 — Thank you !! *2026-01-20, version 7.5* Thank you for providing us with great local news coverage ### 5/5 — Santa *2026-01-17, version 7.5* I use it daily. ### 5/5 — Warning Zoar church road *2026-01-16, version 7.5* Tornado warnings ### 5/5 — Love this app *2025-12-15, version 7.4* Very well done and informative ### 5/5 — Warning Zoar church road *2025-08-23, version 7.3* Tornado warnings ### 5/5 — My go too *2025-08-06, version 7.3* This is my go too for NEWS LOVE YALL 🥰 so it’s still stands. This is my go to0 for News ### 5/5 — Far left propaganda app *2025-08-03, version 7.3* Please at least pretend to try to have balanced reporting --- *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 2026-09-03.*