WDRB+WAVE vs WISH
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WDRB+WAVE
Get instant local news and weather updates for the Kentuckiana region. Receive breaking news alerts, view live radar, track storms, and access sports and video content. The app customizes content and ads based on your location.
- Breaking news alerts
- Live local news headlines
- Live radar
- Storm tracking
- Sports coverage
- Video content
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Download the power of the WDRB+WAVE right to your iPhone! WDRB+WAVE delivers local news coverage for Louisville and the rest of the Kentuckiana area. Features include: - Breaking news alerts - Live, local news headlines and stories - Live radar - Storm tracking - Sports - Video - And so much more! Also serving New Albany, Jeffersonville, Clarksville, Corydon, Sellersburg and Madison, Indiana along with Elizabethtown, Shepherdsville, Taylorsville, Shelbyville and Carrolton, Kentucky. 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.
WISH
Access local news, weather, and sports updates from Indianapolis and central Indiana. Receive breaking news alerts, watch embedded videos, and get detailed weather forecasts with radar and maps. Submit news tips and photos to help shape local coverage.
- Breaking news alerts
- Local news videos
- Detailed weather forecasts
- Radar and maps
- Submit photos and tips
- Share articles easily
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Experience the brand new WISH-TV News 8 app. Get more news, more weather, more sports and more video. It's everything you love about News 8 right at your fingertips. WISHTV.com and News 8 provide constantly updated local news, weather and sports from across Indianapolis and central Indiana at your fingertips. Features: - Navigate easily through local news and information that's important to you - Stay informed of breaking news with News 8 alerts - View local news videos embedded within stories or at full screen - Understand how weather will affect you with local forecasts, radar, maps and video - Stay up-to-date on school closings and severe weather - Help shape local coverage by submitting photos and news tips through Report It - Easily share interesting articles via e-mail, Facebook(R) and Twitter(TM)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: WDRB+WAVE at #110 against WISH's unranked. WDRB+WAVE also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for WDRB+WAVE against 4.7 for WISH. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.4K and 11K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 42% of WDRB+WAVE's written reviews are positive against 49% of WISH's.
WDRB+WAVE ships an update every 2 months, WISH every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WDRB+WAVE | WISH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4.4K ratings) | 4.7 (11K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.3% of reviews | 49.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.4K | 11K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | #110 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Gray Television Group, Inc. | Circle City Broadcasting |
Customer experience
WDRB+WAVE
WISH
Bugs and requests
WDRB+WAVE
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
WISH
Reported bugs
4 issues- Traffic section not working
- Live stream not actually live
- Weather maps and forecasts not accurate
- Radar function not working properly
Requested features
5 requests- Add AppleTV app
- Improve navigation and ability to swipe between articles
- Provide more local news coverage
- Allow sharing of articles with friends
- Reduce number of advertisements
In-app purchases
WDRB+WAVE
No in-app purchases
WISH
No in-app purchases
