# WTAE Pittsburgh's Action News4 — user reviews > 108 indexed App Store user reviews of WTAE Pittsburgh's Action News4 by Hearst Television, rated 4.60/5 from 7,911 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wtae-pittsburghs-action-news4/id506053781/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wtae-pittsburghs-action-news4/id506053781.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 6,005 · 4★ 1,108 · 3★ 347 · 2★ 178 · 1★ 273 ## What do users think of WTAE Pittsburgh's Action News4? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Reliable local news coverage - 🌤️ Accurate weather forecasts - 🏫 Good high school sports coverage - 🌇 Captures the essence of Pittsburgh **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes - 🔍 Outdated and stale news stories - 🔍 Incomplete or cut-off articles - 📢 Excessive and intrusive advertisements - 🔙 App frequently resets to the home screen - 🔀 Inconsistent navigation and user experience **Commonly reported bugs** - App not working on iPad devices - Inability to zoom in on articles - Weather radar not updating in real-time **Most requested features** - Ability to continue reading articles from where you left off - Option to disable auto-playing videos and audio - Improved live news and breaking news coverage - Smoother scrolling and less page refreshing ## Newest reviews (13 of 108) ### 2/5 — Slow news update *2026-02-05, version 5.15.1997* The other local news sites are faster updating. WTAE is always behind by hours. ### 2/5 — Lori *2025-11-22, version 5.15.1913* I’ve had the WTAE ap for many years, just for local news. But I must say I am very dissatisfied when I start reading one of your articles, usually on the national news front, just to find how left of a bias there is. I happen to think Trump is doing an excellent job and I only want to read facts, not the personal (TDS) opinions that your articles so often reflect. Some are so bad, I just immediately leave the ap. If that’s what “news” has turned into, maybe each article should have two authors, so as to present both sides/opinions of the story being presented. ### 2/5 — Old news *2025-10-01, version 5.15.1840* Clear out the old stuff. In the Good Housekeeping section there is a story about Christmas trees from 2022! Also two from 2024 and two from July 2025. It is October now. Lately when I finish an article the app takes me back to the top instead of leaving me where I was in the app. Or while I'm scrolling down through articles it will take me back to the top. So annoying. ### 3/5 — Advertising *2025-03-28, version 5.15.1642* I don’t like each time I open app I need to hear an ad. Most of the time I just want to read the latest news not listen to it. I understand advertising is central to this app. However play ads on videos not when app is just opened. ### 2/5 — App keeps returning to Home Screen *2024-08-09, version 5.15.1476* Every time I try to read or watch an article, in a few seconds it returns to their Home Screen. I uninstalled it and reinstalled it, but that doesn’t help. The link to WTAE support doesn’t have a good contact. ### 2/5 — Frustrated with app *2024-08-07, version 5.15.1476* Just updated for the most recent version but stories still close and return to mainstream before you can read the entire story. ### 2/5 — Update ruined app *2023-05-04, version 5.15.1082* The app worked fine until the update 3 weeks ago. Rather than fix bugs, now my app won’t scroll past a certain point, nor does it fully support portrait mode anymore. Just half the page shows up, with dark space around it. Horrible app now. Disgusted because this is the way I get my news. ### 1/5 — It used to be one of my favorites *2023-04-29, version 5.15.1082* I loved this app but recently it started to only let me read a few articles. Very frustrating! I even deleted the app and tried again several days later. Please fix whatever is causing this ### 1/5 — Won’t scroll to bottom *2023-04-28, version 5.15.1082* It stopped scrolling and freezes the app on the home page now on my iPad. I assume there was a recent update because this is a new issue. I deleted and reinstalled the app but it still doesn’t work right. ### 3/5 — It’s good *2023-04-24, version 5.15.1082* App freezes up…. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work on iPad but does on iPhone *2023-02-28, version 5.15.981* Notified them twice on their contact bug problems and still doesn’t work! Deleted app and installed kdka app! ### 3/5 — Not able to read articles *2023-02-18, version 5.15.981* I am no longer able to view articles on my ipad. I can see the first sentence of each section but then it runs off the right side of the page and there is no slide to see the right side of the page ### 2/5 — 3 in local news apps !!! *2022-12-04, version 5.15.950* It’s apparently not a news app as much as it is a way to get you to watch the news broadcast. To worried about the commercials! Don’t care if you want to see /read for your self ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Twisted news *2026-05-27, version 5.15.2175* They love twisting story to cause hate and division. ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2026-04-13, version 5.15.2086* The weather hardly updates. If you’re looking at the 10 day, it’ll say the wrong forecast up until that day when even Channel 4’s TV broadcast changed the forecast days prior. So if you’re looking for up-to-date weather forecasts, this app isn’t it. Very disappointing. ### 1/5 — Very undependablr *2026-03-14, version 5.15.2086* The app never reports the story advertised. It says one thing and when you click on it, it’s a completely different story. Very deceiving. Cmon wtae, man up and stop deceiving your readers. ### 1/5 — Too many digital notifications Biased reporting *2026-02-20, version 5.15.2031* Digital alerts are excessive. Reporting is Op-Ed and politically leaning to support Democratic agenda. Needs to get back to basics. Just state facts and present both sides of news. In other words non-biased reporting ### 1/5 — News App *2025-11-17, version 5.15.1913* Totally useless ### 1/5 — App crashes *2024-07-30, version 5.15.1462* I gave tried to address this under App Support but it doesn’t take me anywhere useful. This App has been crashing constantly for over a month. I’ve tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it. What gives? ### 1/5 — Great News, Bad App *2024-07-19, version 5.15.1456* I enjoy getting my news through WTAE, however every time I use the app it crashes & closes. ### 1/5 — App has gone downhill *2023-09-29, version 5.15.1238* This app has gone downhill with too many ads and paid for content; I came for the news not advertiser stories. ### 1/5 — 12 HTV Digital Studio Ads Mid way through news *2023-05-16, version 5.15.1082* Seriously I could live with the 2-3 you used to have but seriously 12? That’s ridiculous!! ### 1/5 — No longer works on iPad *2023-05-04, version 5.15.1082* I can only scroll part way down the page then the app freezes. I see that others are complaining of the same problem. Please fix this bug!! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Bead Queen GrannyI *2026-01-15, version 5.15.1997* I check your weather and news several times throughout the day and I appreciate your updates and latest news always. A great app to have . ### 5/5 — Headlines shown and old videos answer *2025-09-28, version 5.15.1840* Disappointing to see intro such as Diddy going to court and actually get a video of what happened a month ago. Or missing person found and get video he is reported missing. ### 5/5 — WTAE is the best *2025-05-01, version 5.15.1689* Love the best coverage of our local news ### 5/5 — WTAE is the best *2025-04-14, version 5.15.1664* This is the only station I watch for news, weather and sports! I’ve been watching this station since its inception! ### 5/5 — WTAE-TV Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 channel 4 ABC. *2023-07-24, version 5.15.1157* I love this great source of news from Pittsburgh. They always have great news/breaking news and much more. Even the weather forecast is more accurate, it’s better than KDKA CBS News Pittsburgh, and WPXI Channel 11 News. ### 5/5 — Informative APP. *2023-04-08, version 5.15.1082* Easy to access and information is updated continuously. ### 5/5 — Best news station *2023-03-02, version 5.15.1006* I grew up with the channel 4 news it was the only news station my parents would watch. They have the most accurate news and weather reports that I have found. When Joe said it would you knew what to expect with the weather and the new weather team is just as good as Joe was. I love everything about channel 4 news. Keep up the good work. 👍 ### 5/5 — Review *2022-08-03, version 5.15.908* Not bad, but the sensationalism in news broadcasting is so out of control, I don’t actually watch the newscasts, I just look at alerts and read what interests me. Just give us facts, don’t sensationalize. 😞view ### 5/5 — Awesome *2022-04-20, version 5.15.785* I love this app. I’m able to watch the news from my phone and get breathing news updates, as well. ### 5/5 — WTAE news *2022-04-06, version 5.15.785* KEEPING ME UPDATED ON MY LOCAL SITUATIONS AROUND THE PITTSBURGH AREA THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE ! --- *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.*