# WSPA+ 7 News & Weather — user reviews > 67 indexed App Store user reviews of WSPA+ 7 News & Weather by Media General, rated 4.60/5 from 4,802 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wspa-plus-7-news-and-weather/id388954265/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wspa-plus-7-news-and-weather/id388954265.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,819 · 4★ 587 · 3★ 200 · 2★ 83 · 1★ 113 ## What do users think of WSPA+ 7 News & Weather? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Great app for local news and weather - 🚀 Timely updates and notifications - 💡 Useful for traffic updates on I-85 **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing issues - 🔍 Lack of proofreading leading to grammatical errors - 💤 Lack of updates on weekends - 📺 Too many intrusive ads before news content **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when scrolling through articles - Weather setup screen gets stuck - Notifications for stories not available in the app **Most requested features** - Improve app stability and performance - Enhance news coverage beyond just Greenville - Provide more weather details beyond just charts ## Newest reviews (17 of 67) ### 4/5 — App *2025-09-28* Everytime I try to read the news on this app it goes completely black, no other app is doing this so it’s not my phone ### 3/5 — App *2022-08-31, version 41.12.0* The app seems to have problems with videos quite a lot. ### 2/5 — They send notifications for stories not in the app *2022-04-06, version 41.9.0* Stop sending notifications for stories you don’t even have available in the app yet! It’s incredibly annoying. ### 2/5 — App freezes *2020-12-18, version 40.35.470055384* Love looking at my local news on my phone but this app freezes up EVERY TIME I use it. It’s become unbearable. I can hardly look at two stories before the thing just stops working. I’m deleting the app. Please fix this issue. ### 3/5 — Review *2020-12-14, version 40.35.470055384* Commercial to get to news is terrible ### 3/5 — Freezes too often *2020-12-13* The glitches and freezing up of the app are almost too much to bear sometimes. That coupled with the grammatical errors that are allowed make me want to delete the app and get my news elsewhere. ### 2/5 — Freezes all the time *2020-11-12, version 40.35.470055384* Personally Channel 7 is the only place I get my local news and it’s disheartening that EVERY time I access the app it freezes and I need to close and restart the app. I have deleted and reinstalled with no change. PLEASE!!! Fix your app. ### 1/5 — WSPA app *2020-10-14, version 40.35.470055384* Takes too long to load, also tired of the ad before I can see anything. Always been a WSPA fan, but when it comes to this app, I prefer WYFF ### 2/5 — Pain in butt *2020-10-14, version 40.35.470055384* Constantly locks up. Have deleted and downloaded for numerous times still freezes. ### 1/5 — Always crashes *2020-10-10, version 40.35.470055384* Not a stable app. Constantly crashes though WSPA is where I go for the latest news. Happy with the content when I can read it or on TV, but the app needs work. ### 3/5 — Was a great app *2020-10-07, version 40.35.470055384* I don’t know what happened but now the app close out by itself and freezes. ### 1/5 — Used to be a great app *2020-10-01* This used to be the only news app I used. Over the last six to eight months, it either crashes, freezes up, or it returns me to the first article while I’m just reading the titles of articles. I now have to rely on the two other news stations to get my news and hope they talk about the weather and news stories that are relevant to my county. Before you ask, yes, my app is up to date and automatically updates when a new version/update becomes available. Please fix your app. ### 1/5 — App close on its own and freezes. *2020-09-27, version 40.35.470055384* App closes ### 2/5 — Aggravating *2020-09-03* My phone constantly locks up when I click on one of their stories to read. Too many commercials trying to sell you something running at the same time. This is the only app that I have this problem with, please fix. Thanks ### 2/5 — Freezes up *2020-08-29, version 40.35.470055384* I am tired of how often this app freezes up. Frustrated enough with it to REMOVE IT from my phone. Done! ### 1/5 — Unstable news app *2020-08-28, version 40.35.470055384* This is the worst news app I’ve ever used. Open an article and the app freezes when scrolling down to read the article. ### 2/5 — Screen Freezes *2020-08-20, version 40.35.470055384* Screen freezes after a minute or so of using app. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — App no longer works *2025-09-30, version 501.0.0* I’ve uninstalled and downloaded it again, but the app no longer works. The only app on my phone that doesn’t. It just opens to a black screen. ### 1/5 — New version not usable *2024-02-21, version 500.1.1* Cannot get past the weather “set up Location” screen. Sad because I prefer channel 7, but app is unusable now. Have used the app for years, but now it’s unusable. ### 1/5 — App fail *2024-02-09, version 500.1.1* I have an iPhone and the wspa doesn’t download past the weather screen. What is wrong with the app. Please advise. ### 1/5 — Bugs *2024-02-06* What is going on with this newest update? Extremely irritating, there was absolutely nothing wrong with the app before the update. Now it started crashing when I clicked on “weather” and has progressively gotten worse to crashing as soon as I open the app. I have emailed regarding this already. PLEASE fix 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 ### 1/5 — Ads Before News *2023-09-16, version 41.20.0* Too many advertisements. It’s absolutely ridiculous to watch an ad for a car dealership before seeing a report about the loss of a life. Extremely distasteful. ### 1/5 — Freezes constantly *2021-02-15, version 40.35.470055384* App constantly freezes on any phone I use. Does not appear to be one phone. Have deleted and reinstalled multiple times. ### 1/5 — Unreliable app, precious little news *2021-02-13* For the last few weeks, the WSPA app has crashed every time it’s opened - read half of one article, then it freezes and has to be restarted. As for substance, most subjects are glossed ove in a couple of short paragraphs, with little real info. It seems that WSPA doesn’t cate to put much effort into their mobile online presence. ### 1/5 — Constantly freezes *2020-11-24, version 40.35.470055384* I downloaded the free app to stay abreast of local news and issues, but it constantly freezes up to the point or it is not useful at all. Will be deleting this app and seeking another local news app that actually works! ### 1/5 — Incredibly unstable *2020-11-21* This is the most unstable app I have ever used. I never manage to get through the entire news content without it freezing and/or shutting down. It’s been a problem for a couple of years but has gotten worse recently despite the fact that both the app version and my O/S are up-to-date. ### 1/5 — Problems with this app! *2020-10-18, version 40.35.470055384* I have the iPhone 11 and for some reason this app keeps freezing up and shutting off. I can be in the middle of reading a story and the app will just shut off or freeze up. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — So much better than WYFF *2022-09-03* Unlike WYFF, you are not forced to constantly watch loud annoying ads. The news is more up-to-date. I don’t know why it took me so long to discover this. I deleted WYFF and switched to this app. ### 5/5 — 7 newscast *2021-02-15* Top notch during the week. Christie is still the best on the weather. Weekend drops off a bit, they are not as experienced as their weekday counterparts. But show promise. ### 5/5 — Review for reading your paper *2020-11-21* I read your paper about 2 to 3 times a week to try to keep up with the news in the up state. ### 5/5 — WSPA *2020-03-27, version 40.35.290053037* Like it. No sound unless you want it. ### 5/5 — Keeps crashing *2020-03-20* Crashes when you scroll!! Please fix this!! On IPhone 8. iPhone 11 seems to be ok and iPad it’s ok. Last update 3/18 has a bug!!!! ### 5/5 — App *2019-12-14, version 40.34.260050005* Great app I get to see my favorite local ladies give the news & weather ### 5/5 — Rana Farr *2019-11-26, version 40.34.260050005* I love Channel 7 News they always give all deals. ### 5/5 — Great app! It has all the important news for the area. *2019-10-12, version 40.33.550047243* Easy to use! by Clyde. ### 5/5 — Love my station *2019-08-30, version 40.33.530045947* Awesome cast from all the years Tom was there. Love Amy and the Entire cast. The way we are kept informed from news to weather. Gotta Love it ### 5/5 — Great app *2019-06-25* I love this app! It helps me stay up to date with what’s going on in my community and let’s me know when to avoid the interstate!! --- *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 2026-09-09.*