# WSFA First Alert Weather — user reviews > 114 indexed App Store user reviews of WSFA First Alert Weather by Gray Television Group, Inc., rated 4.80/5 from 22,779 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wsfa-first-alert-weather/id415720975/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wsfa-first-alert-weather/id415720975.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 19,460 · 4★ 2,173 · 3★ 584 · 2★ 209 · 1★ 353 ## What do users think of WSFA First Alert Weather? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Accurate weather forecasts - 🚀 Timely weather alerts and notifications - 💡 Detailed radar and storm tracking - 👍 Helpful weather videos and updates **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy app performance - 🔍 Difficult to see warning boxes and radar - 🔍 Cluttered interface - 🔋 Frequent crashes and freezes **Commonly reported bugs** - Radar not working on some devices - Video playback issues and glitches - Delayed weather alerts and notifications **Most requested features** - Improve contrast and visibility of warning boxes - Reduce frequency of ads and commercials - Add more customization options for alerts and notifications ## Newest reviews (12 of 114) ### 2/5 — 6.2.518 Radar Fail *2026-07-12, version 6.2.518* They had a great radar that updated almost every minute, and would pause for a second at the end of each playback before repeating. The recent “update” seems to only update every 15 minutes, which only tells you where the rain cells “were” 15 minutes ago, not where they are “now”. And because it doesn’t pause before repeating you have to manually stop it to see exactly where they were at the end of the cycle. BIG step backwards from what they had before. ### 4/5 — The best thing I ever saw *2026-05-30, version 6.2.510* 🥶🥵 ### 3/5 — 24hr radar *2025-07-17, version 5.17.612* 24hr radar doesn't complete full 24hr cycle. It stops at 12 hours. Sure, I could delete and reinstall, but all my pinned locations would have to be set again. Please fix the best radar available, so I don't have to find another one. ### 2/5 — Bugs and adds *2025-03-14, version 5.17.511* I love the Chanel 12 team but this app is terrible. ### 3/5 — 24hr radar *2025-02-14, version 5.17.511* 24hr radar doesn't complete full 24hr cycle ### 3/5 — Great Weather - Too Many Ads.! *2025-02-08, version 5.17.511* While the app works well, it takes a mini or more of watching video ads to get to the actual forecast. How about banner ads at the bottom.! ### 2/5 — Useless notifications *2024-12-16, version 5.16.1703* The purpose of this app is to provide lifesaving information to people. If there’s a tornado or hurricane coming, please tell me. If it’s going to hail or if there’s gale force winds, I want to know about it. But don’t send me a push notification saying it’s going to be warm this week and it might rain. ### 3/5 — I’d give more stars but… *2024-11-02, version 5.16.1703* The ads are garbage. I’m honestly surprised to see them on an app for WSFA (& no they aren’t based on my information). The weather is accurate most of the time though so at least there’s that. ### 3/5 — Too much advertising *2024-10-19, version 5.16.1703* Too much useless info ### 4/5 — Perfect *2024-09-16, version 5.15.412* They are usually perfectly on point and correct Amazingly accurate 👍👍👍 ### 2/5 — Radar inaccurate. *2024-07-20, version 5.15.407* The radar is very inaccurate. ### 5/5 — Helps a lot for weather *2024-05-07, version 5.14.700* This has more accurate information than the weather app on your phone already works so well 10 out of 10!!!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2026-08-10, version 6.2.518* Every since Josh left the weather hasn’t been reliable at all. Y’all really messed that one up, very disappointed. He has been working the weather since I was a kid and he has been trust worthy and now here it is absolutely storming and radar is showing just a little rain. ### 1/5 — No, just no. *2026-07-17, version 6.2.518* I wish I had not updated the app this last time. I miss the past/future at the same time option and this radar moved too fast. Sigh. ### 1/5 — WSFA new weather app is awful *2025-12-29, version 6.1.102* The latest update to the WSFA weather app is terrible! Radar doesn’t work. I am deleting this app because I need a weather app that works. ### 1/5 — Terrible forecast *2025-12-04, version 5.17.801* I never write reviews but I do not know how this app has such high reviews. I’ve been using this app for years now and the daily and hourly forecast are extremely inaccurate time to switch to a different weather app ### 1/5 — Wsfa weather *2025-04-06, version 5.17.511* I have seen better weather prediction out of a host. Inaccurate, slow to report, and always somehow behind the eight ball. Don't waste your time with this app as long as the same people are forecasting. ### 1/5 — Can’t watch radar anymore *2025-02-18, version 5.17.511* The app was good until the radar quit working. It only goes about halfway and then it just freezes and you can’t tell where or when the rain’s coming after that or any weather for that matter. My app is up-to-date. It stays up-to-date and this problem persists. ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2024-12-21, version 5.17.509* This app use to be great, but over time it has migrated to being a ad first and weather second. It’s very click baited now. ### 1/5 — Pitiful *2024-07-20, version 5.15.407* Your live radar is pitiful… Shows no rain, is pouring ### 1/5 — Don’t care for the new update *2024-04-09, version 5.12.707* I can no longer see the past to present radar. Now mine only shows the future radar, which makes it difficult to see the storms at the present time. ### 1/5 — Poor excuse for a weather app *2024-04-03, version 5.12.707* Using this app is dangerous. You cannot see the warning boxes, there’s a tornado warning right now and you can’t see it on the radar because there’s no contrast on the warning box, it just blends in with the radar scan. The watch boxes make it even harder since they color individual counties vs drawing a see-able box around a section of the state. Can’t watch a 10 second weather video without a 15 second buggy ad that you must watch twice because it glitches. The alerts push to the phone after the threat has passed. My recommendation; invest a few bucks and get WeatherScope. Even WSFA used it during a broadcast before. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great app! *2026-07-19, version 6.2.518* I use it all the time! Great for local weather. ### 5/5 — Weather *2025-07-30, version 5.17.706* I think WSFA has the best weather report and news! ### 5/5 — Love WSFA *2025-07-14, version 5.17.612* Great information everyday! ### 5/5 — WSFAWEATHER *2025-06-08, version 5.17.612* It’s the best weather app I ever had and it’s never wrong. ### 5/5 — Best Weather App *2025-03-28, version 5.17.511* Best weather app for Troy. Sends accurate weather warnings. Technical support is very helpful and fast at responding if you ever have any issues. They truly care about the people in my area who depend on them. ### 5/5 — Very informative *2025-03-16, version 5.17.511* Your Weather Team is awesome! ### 5/5 — Great tool *2025-02-23, version 5.17.511* Very helpful while checking the weather crossing the country ### 5/5 — Review *2025-01-22, version 5.17.511* The best channel ever they cover the best news in our state and across the world.The weather team are the best they are all right own with the actual events in what is going to happen with the weather, the sports team are right own when it comes to local and all other sports that you may want to know. ### 5/5 — Good weather app *2024-05-17, version 5.14.700* It’s a good weather app. My one small issue with it is whenever a watch or warning is issued for my area it always announcers it 3-4 times within seconds of each time when once would suffice. ### 5/5 — Tornado warming timely *2024-05-11, version 5.14.700* First time use, had 20 minutes to get to safe place and four warnings for Tornado, big hail in Voca...... we are in a camper so appreciated very much how accurate the radar is. --- *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 2026-08-28.*