# WSBT-TV News — user reviews > 90 indexed App Store user reviews of WSBT by Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc, rated 4.70/5 from 152 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wsbt-tv-news/id449154967/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wsbt-tv-news/id449154967.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 123 · 4★ 23 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 3 ## What do users think of WSBT? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 📰 Reliable local news source for Michiana area - 🔔 Timely breaking news and weather alerts - 👍 Easy to use interface - 🌦️ Comprehensive weather reporting and updates - 📱 Convenient mobile access to news - ⚡ Quick news delivery compared to competitors **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes - 📐 Poor responsive design (portrait/landscape issues) - 📺 Excessive ads interfering with content - 🔄 Inconsistent content updates and stale information - 🗂️ Confusing navigation and layout - ⚠️ Biased editorial content and sensationalism - 🎬 Video-heavy format limiting text-based reading - 🔗 Notification links don't direct to specific articles - 🏈 Excessive Notre Dame coverage - 📰 Repetitive news stories **Commonly reported bugs** - App won't open or launch - App freezes on startup or when opening articles - Portrait mode lock - won't rotate to landscape - Half the screen displays gray/blank on iPad - Feed won't refresh - Stories display as blank - App crashes when clicking related news links - Weather radar doesn't animate - Ads cause unexpected app closure to browser - Closings and delays section shows error messages - Notification links direct to news list instead of specific article **Most requested features** - Animated weather radar maps - Back button or home page option within stories - Saturday morning news and weather updates - Weather closings and delays section improvements - Tornado and severe weather proximity alerts - Better article sorting and categorization - Reduced ad frequency and sizing - iPad app optimization and support - iPhone X and newer device support ## Newest reviews (19 of 90) ### 3/5 — Ooops, *2025-07-19, version 150010.9.0* Latest update opens weather radar on the Black Sea near Turkey. Not where I live and not enjoying having to scroll all the way back to Michiana. Somebody screwed up; please fix it. Newer comment: Sat 7-19-25 - didn’t see any updates but radar now opens on Michiana like it used to; must have been something on this end. Never mind… ### 3/5 — Ooops, *2025-07-15* Latest update opens weather radar on the Black Sea near Turkey. Not where I live and not enjoying having to scroll all the way back to Michiana. Somebody screwed up; please fix it. ### 3/5 — Mr Food *2025-07-15, version 150010.9.0* Where is he on the WSBT-tv News App? ### 4/5 — Update your app *2024-11-23, version 15009.27.0* Update your app Saturday mornings with Saturdays news and weather. We don’t care to see Fridays afternoons news Saturday morning. Weather changes over night. Please and thank you. ### 1/5 — Just show the news *2019-06-17, version 7.15.0* Why don’t you just build a Mayor Pete App and get it over with? Hire him when he loses in his bid. There are other news stories, you know. ### 1/5 — Biased and one sided *2019-01-30, version 7.9.0* I’ve been using this app for several years, but since WSBT was bought out, the stories and even the ads have been incredibly biased. Switching to WNDU and deleting this app. ### 1/5 — Ok local but just a Sinclair puppet now *2018-04-10, version 7.2.0* Now that they spout Sinclair propaganda I won't put up with WSBT. You can't let corporate politics/policy determine which "news" that you report and how you report it. The recent opinion/message was doing the opposite of what it talked about. Sad. Schurz & Gray screwed us over. ### 3/5 — iPhone X support *2018-03-31, version 7.3.0* Can we get some iPhone X support!? ### 1/5 — No Weather Closings here *2018-01-03, version 7.0.15* No Weather Closings here ### 1/5 — No news is not good news *2017-01-15, version 6.11.8* Won't go past opening menu. All categories lock after opening. Need a fixit. ### 1/5 — Freezes *2017-01-15, version 6.11.8* App (updated on 1-14-17) freezes every time you open it. ### 1/5 — Worthless *2017-01-15, version 6.11.8* Every news story is blank. ### 1/5 — ipad app *2017-01-14, version 6.11.8* The last update made the app junk. No stories come up when clicked on and the app locks up. ### 1/5 — Freeze *2017-01-14, version 6.11.8* The latest version freezes on every link. Unusable. ### 2/5 — What Happened *2016-12-11, version 6.11.6* This app used to be very good. I miss a lot of the old features. The closings and delays section is a jumbled mess that shows an error message when you try to open. ### 1/5 — Broke! *2016-10-18, version 6.11.6* I cannot get the new version to work on iPad half the screen is gray, and won't allow selections. I liked the old version. Guess I will get channel 16 6/18/2016 Checked back and this app only loads the instructions how to use but does not flip to the actual app. Please fix, WNDU app. Is so easy and nice to use, why can't you get yours back to normal? 7/25/16 I checked back again and can't get it to work on my iPad. Old version worked great. I like this station but unable to use your app. 10/17/16 Here I am again. Loaded and it goes to portrait and locks and I get nothing. The old version worked! WNDU has a version that works, what's wrong?? Please advise or I will delete from my iPad again.Kathy Poe ### 1/5 — Stuck of title screen *2016-09-19, version 6.11.6* Like others this app is now totally workless. Loads first screen in portrait mode then locks up. Unbelievable it has been like this for weeks . Northern Indiana residents should use WNDU or WSJV apps. Channel 22 should be embarrassed for this now worthless app, that previously worked fine. Fire your app developers! ### 1/5 — Miss my news *2016-09-04, version 6.11.6* App comes up to WSBT 22 screen in portrait mode and sometimes goes to tips screens but NEVER goes beyond that. ### 1/5 — Display layout *2016-08-25, version 6.11.6* Defaults to portrait mode and will not adjust to landscape mode ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Junk *2025-06-07, version 10.6.0* Deleted ### 1/5 — Unusable *2025-04-24* Scrolling any article quickly bumps the user from the app, to their browser, displaying THE WEBSITE FOR THE ADD IN THE ARTICLE! Those ads are over-sized and placed after every few sentences (bad enough those sentences are grammatical atrocities). The app, therefore, is worthless! ### 1/5 — Won’t open at all *2024-06-01, version 15009.16.0* What good is your app when it won’t open? ### 1/5 — Quality *2023-07-09, version 15008.7.2* You guys need to work on your quality the picture is very poor ### 1/5 — Bah! Humbug! *2022-12-20, version 15008.5.1* The latest update won’t open on my iPad even though it’s supposedly supported. I’ve used this app for several years without a problem. 😢 ### 1/5 — Poor layout *2022-12-04, version 7.35.0* Every other news app properly adjusts between phones, tablets, portrait, and landscape. This one does not. I will read it from my phone, but not my tablet. ### 1/5 — Old weather and news videos *2021-11-14, version 7.35.0* The app has its ups and downs. Sometimes things load sometimes the don’t. What her and news videos are way out of date, really don’t need to know the weather in June when it’s the later half of November Ms ### 1/5 — update weather *2021-06-22, version 7.35.0* They never update the weather videos on their app. It’s always old videos from 10 plus hours ago. They are behind on this technology. ### 1/5 — Horrible journalism *2020-05-03, version 7.30.0* Due to your horrendous attempts to sensationalize the Coronavirus and constantly cherry picking questions to ask people on Facebook about national politics. I’ve decided to delete your app. I will stick to WNDU and ABC 57 for local news. When you post an article to your app and I press the notification it doesn’t take me directly to said article it just goes to the entire list where I have to dig for it. ### 1/5 — Down hill *2020-03-30, version 7.30.0* All adds 😢was good 😢very biased Sad could be good Community news ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Not working *2019-06-27, version 7.15.0* App won’t refresh feed. Please fix!!! ### 5/5 — Great app. *2016-03-20, version 4.3.3* Dependable and easy to use. This is my choice for local news. ### 5/5 — My local NEWS *2016-03-11, version 4.3.3* It is my only source of local NEWS. Easy to use. ### 5/5 — WSBT app *2016-02-22, version 4.3.3* Easy to use No complaints Like the breaking news ### 5/5 — Vt/Nana *2015-10-18, version 4.3.3* Love it!!! ### 5/5 — Awesome *2015-10-01, version 4.3.3* Great app. ### 5/5 — Best local news app in Michiana! *2015-09-21, version 4.3.3* Love getting breaking news and weather alerts with links to full stories! ### 5/5 — 22 News App. *2015-08-31, version 4.3.2* Great app. I'm loving the notifications. Especially the closings & delays, ### 5/5 — Great app to stay informed on South Bend *2015-08-26, version 4.3.2* Graduated from Notre Dame 60 years ago. Love this app as a way of staying in touch with all that is going on in the community. All the time! Love the weather reporting. ### 5/5 — Best local news app for Michiana! *2015-06-10* Easy to use and like the up to the day/time news! Was a WNDU watcher for years. So glad you don't have the multiple changing behind the reporters. It is hard on a person who has eye issues. Glad that if Cindy was leaving you brought back to Michiana a news team trusted by your watchers! --- *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 2026-08-20.*