cleveland.com vs News 5 Cleveland WEWS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
cleveland.com
Stay informed with local news, sports, and weather updates impacting your community. Get timely and reliable reporting from trusted local journalists covering news, politics, business, and culture.
- Local news reporting
- Sports coverage
- Weather updates
- Politics and business news
- Cultural event coverage
- Premium content access
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Get trusted local news from across Northeast Ohio. Breaking news, in-depth reporting, and all the stories people are talking about. Stay connected to what's happening around you with timely coverage of news, weather, sports, and more, optimized for your phone. Free to download. Get breaking news, alerts, and top stories. Subscribers receive unlimited access to in-depth reporting, exclusive content, and additional features. Subscriptions are available in-app. Our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: http://www.advance.net/advancedigitalUserAgreementPP/
News 5 Cleveland WEWS
Access breaking local news, live streaming video, and detailed weather forecasts. Stay informed about your community with in-depth investigations and solutions-oriented reporting. Customize your viewing experience with light and dark modes.
- Breaking news alerts
- 24/7 live streaming news
- Accurate weather forecasts
- Interactive weather radar
- In-depth investigations
- Video on demand clips
- Dark and Light Mode support
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News 5 Cleveland WEWS gives you up-to-the-minute local news, breaking news alerts, 24/7 live streaming video, accurate weather forecasts, severe weather updates, and in-depth investigations from the local news station you know and trust. Connect to your community through our local news app. We're celebrating what makes our community great, giving you context to understand local issues and sharing solutions to help you solve problems. LOCAL NEWS: Get up-to-the-minute breaking news alerts and stories. Tap 'Top News' to read the most important news of the day as curated by our local news teams. Tap 'Most Recent' to read the news stories published most recently. Get full support for Dark Mode and Light Mode based on your device preference. LOCAL VIDEO: Watch our 24/7 live streaming news channel. Watch video on demand clips from recent newscasts. You're in control over what you want to watch and when. LOCAL WEATHER: Get daily video weather updates from your trusted local weather team. Stay up to date with hourly and daily weather forecasts. View interactive weather radar to help you track rain, snow and storms. Get weather conditions and forecasts for your location. We're committed to continually improving your experience in our app. Please let us know how we're doing by leaving a review in the App Store. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: News 5 Cleveland WEWS at none against cleveland.com's 16. News 5 Cleveland WEWS also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 29%). cleveland.com's advantage is ratings volume (11K vs 298) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. cleveland.com sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. News 5 Cleveland WEWS asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for cleveland.com against 4.5 for News 5 Cleveland WEWS. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: cleveland.com has 11K ratings behind it against 298, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 29% of cleveland.com's written reviews are positive against 58% of News 5 Cleveland WEWS's.
cleveland.com ships an update every 3 weeks, News 5 Cleveland WEWS every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | cleveland.com | News 5 Cleveland WEWS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (11K ratings) — better | 4.5 (298 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 29.2% of reviews | 58.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 298 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #63 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | cleveland.com | E.W. Scripps Company |
Customer experience
cleveland.com
News 5 Cleveland WEWS
User reviews
cleveland.com
From 11K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐ Informative local news and sports coverage
- 🌐 Convenient way to stay connected to Cleveland from afar
Room to improve
- 🐌 Slow app performance and frequent crashes
- 🔒 Inconsistent access to subscriber-only content
- 📰 Biased or low-quality journalism
- 💰 Excessive paywalling of content
News 5 Cleveland WEWS
From 298 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Clean, intuitive layout and easy navigation
- 📰 Relevant and interesting local news coverage
- 🌦️ Comprehensive weather radar and forecasts
- 📍 Great for staying updated on Northeast Ohio news
- ⚡ Fast performance compared to competitors
Room to improve
- 🔔 Excessive push notifications throughout the day
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes
- 📺 Intrusive and excessive advertisements
- 🔐 Account registration and login issues
- 📄 Stale content and infrequent updates
Bugs and requests
cleveland.com
Reported bugs
2 issues- Saved articles frequently deleted
- Inability to access specific sports sections
Requested features
3 requests- Improved search and navigation
- Restore high school sports coverage
- Bring back user comments and community features
News 5 Cleveland WEWS
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes when opening articles
- Screen freezing and requiring restart
- App won't open or flashes and closes immediately
- Top stories not updating (stuck on old content)
- Push notifications ignore disable settings
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- Music pauses when app is opened
- Tweet/share button not functioning
- Pop-up ads redirect users away from articles
- Broken NORAD Santa Tracker link
- Text size and layout issues on smaller devices
Requested features
8 requests- Granular notification settings (breaking news only option)
- More world news coverage
- Easier access to live feed
- Dark mode option
- Ability to swipe between articles
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- Category-based navigation for quick filtering
- Ad-free premium subscription option
- Improved article bookmarking functionality
In-app purchases
cleveland.com
- cleveland.com Football Insider$7.991 Month
- Digital Access$9.991 Month
- Digital Access1 Month trial$9.991 Month
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- Digital Access7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Subscriber Exclusive Content1 Month trial2 variants$9.991 Month
- All Access to cleveland.com1 Month trial$10.001 Month
- All Access to cleveland.com$11.991 Month
- All Access to Cleveland$15.001 Month
- All access to cleveland.com6 Months trial$75.001 Year
- Insider Digital$79.991 Year
- All access to cleveland.com1 Year trial$99.991 Year
- Subscriber Exclusive Content1 Year trial2 variants$99.991 Year
- All Access to cleveland.com1 Year trial$100.001 Year
- All access to cleveland.com$119.991 Year
News 5 Cleveland WEWS
No in-app purchases
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