WBRZ.com vs KPLC 7NEWS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WBRZ.com
Get the latest news, sports, and weather updates for Baton Rouge and Southeast Louisiana. Access breaking news, severe weather alerts, and on-demand content 24/7. Features include interactive weather maps and local sports coverage.
- Continuous news updates
- On-demand news videos and weather forecasts
- Interactive weather radar and maps
- Local sports stories and scores
- Breaking news alerts
- Severe weather notifications
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WBRZ.com is the leader in Baton Rouge and Southeast Louisiana when it comes to mobile content delivery. The latest news, sports and weather – at your fingertips. When Breaking News and Severe Weather occur – turn to the station you've relied on for 55 years. WBRZ.com provides Continuous News, Weather and Sports 24/7, 365 days a year. The easily navigated interface allows you to surf WBRZ.com with the touch of a button – all in the palm of your hand. Our application is the only news application to provide you with our weather forecast maps as you see them on the air. Wherever you are – when news breaks – WBRZ on your iPhone or iPod touch gives you an all access pass to the latest information in Baton Rouge and Southeast Louisiana. This application is free and updates every 5 minutes. Our application provides: *Continuous News as it is updated throughout a 24-hour cycle *News videos and weather forecasts/updates on demand *Weather Radar/Maps/Temps current and up to date in an easily viewable format *LSU, Southern, Saints and High School Sports stories and scores *Breaking News *Severe Weather *Special applications coming very soon!
KPLC 7NEWS
Stay informed with local news from Lake Charles and southwest Louisiana. Receive breaking news alerts, access live headlines, stories, and video content.
- Breaking news alerts
- Live local news headlines
- Local news stories
- Video content
- Sports coverage
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Download the power of the KPLC 7 News Now application right to your iPhone! 7 News delivers local news coverage of Lake Charles and the rest of southwest Louisiana. Features include: - Breaking news alerts - Live, local news headlines and stories - Sports - Video - And so much more! This app requests location to help customize content for you. We will provide location information and information about your use of the app to our advertising partners in order to customize the ads displayed in this app and other apps you use. Please review our privacy policy for more details and for your choices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: KPLC 7NEWS at 4.5 against WBRZ.com's 3.5. KPLC 7NEWS also leads on ratings volume (6.2K vs 102). WBRZ.com's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
KPLC 7NEWS holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KPLC 7NEWS has 6.2K ratings behind it against 102, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 18% of WBRZ.com's written reviews are positive against 12% of KPLC 7NEWS's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
WBRZ.com ships an update every 6 weeks, KPLC 7NEWS every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WBRZ.com | KPLC 7NEWS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (102 ratings) | 4.5 (6.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.1% of reviews — better | 12.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 102 | 6.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ruby Shore Software, LLC | Gray Television Group, Inc. |
Customer experience
WBRZ.com
KPLC 7NEWS
User reviews
WBRZ.com
From 102 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📰 Always on the dime with news
- ❤️ National Anthem added
- 📺 Great job with HD antennas
- 🚀 Useful app, easy to navigate
- ✅ Works alright, better than alternatives
Room to improve
- 🗑️ Garbage app, won't connect
- 😩 Too many ads interrupting
- 😫 Watch too many ads for news
- 🗣️ She speaks way too fast
- 💥 Keeps crashing when streaming
KPLC 7NEWS
From 6.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📢 Good at updating the community
- 🌐 Provides local and national news
- 🌦️ Excellent weather coverage
Room to improve
- 🗳️ Perceived political bias in reporting
- 💤 Lack of timely local news updates
- 📺 Too many advertisements disrupting the user experience
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and bugs
- 🔍 Difficulty finding relevant news stories
Bugs and requests
WBRZ.com
Reported bugs
34 issues- Won't connect to ROKU
- App keeps crashing when streaming to Google TV
- Live stream not reliable, often down for a week
- Works well on iPhone but not on Fire Stick
- Clicking on notification takes to main news screen instead of story
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- Alerts take to front page instead of live stories
- App opens with a blank page
- Stories & videos never load, only ads
- Impossible to go back when using VoiceOver
- Push notification links to old story with no further info
- Alert pops up, click doesn't take to article, have to search
- Pictures don't always show when clicking on articles
- Update changed notification sound to annoying church gong, couldn't change
- No longer receiving notifications
- App crashes again after complimenting it
- Every video clicked is an ad, turning off video ads locks up app
- App crashes at least once a day
- Most recent update crashes constantly
- Could not get app to open
- Live news stream is not playing
- Cannot turn off notifications
- App freezes on some screens
- Video ad before and after video, cannot get out without closing app
- Article won't show zoomed out, very zoomed in
- App crashes, not loading
- Mandatory 2 splash screens on launch
- Live feed never works and is very unreliable
- Hard to believe no new news in over 12 hours
- Half of the stories on the news don't appear on the app
- Annoying advertising banner moves at the top of the screen
- Live video doesn't load on iPod touch
- App doesn't return to scroll position after going back
- Weather showed the same thing for over a week
- Weather video needs to be updated more often
Requested features
10 requests- Select news, sport, and/or weather alerts
- Fix accessibility bugs for visually impaired users
- Enable multitasking
- Replace Video with Continuous News in toolbar
- Customize toolbar
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- Fix weather display
- Update health section
- Improve grammar and spelling
- Get rid of play-by-play for sports
- Add current conditions/temp choice for weather
KPLC 7NEWS
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezes or fails to open after updates
- Notification issues and missing news stories
- Scrolling and performance problems
- Incompatibility with certain devices
Requested features
4 requests- Improve notification settings and prioritization
- Provide more comprehensive local news coverage
- Reduce advertisements and improve app performance
- Implement dark mode and other user-friendly features
In-app purchases
WBRZ.com
No in-app purchases
KPLC 7NEWS
No in-app purchases
Questions
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