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Best Bay News 9 Apps

246+ iOS apps curated and reviewed

4.6 avg rating
20 free apps
Updated October 2026

From beginner-friendly picks to power-user tools, our bay news 9 list covers 246+ iPhone apps updated through October 2026. Compare ratings, prices, and screenshots in one place.

Compare top Bay News 9 Apps (October 2026)

#AppPriceRatingAdsIn-App PurchasesUpdated
1Spectrum News: Local StoriesSpectrum News: Local StoriesFree4.7★ (52K)YesNoNov 2026
2FOX 13: Tampa SkyTower WeatherFOX 13: Tampa SkyTower WeatherFree3.1★ (249)YesNoOct 2026
3WFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FLWFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FLFree4.7★ (11K)YesNoNov 2026
49 StormTrack9 StormTrackFree4.6★ (5.6K)YesNoOct 2026
5FOX13 Weather AppFOX13 Weather AppFree4.6★ (8.5K)YesNoNov 2026
6The Weather Channel - RadarThe Weather Channel - RadarFree4.8★ (6.1M)YesYesNov 2026
710 Tampa Bay10 Tampa BayFree4.8★ (15K)YesNoNov 2026
8Tampa Bay 28Tampa Bay 28Free4.5★ (501)YesNoOct 2026

Top Picks for Bay News 9

Spectrum News: Local Stories#1

Spectrum News: Local Stories by Charter Communications

Daily Updates & Weather Alerts
Editor's Choice
📡 News
4.7😐(52K ratings)
FreeAds
#53in News
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Get personalized local news, weather forecasts, and community information. Watch live news streams, read articles, listen to podcasts, and receive breaking news alerts tailored to your location. Available to Spectrum subscribers with a free trial for non-subscribers.

What We Love

  • 👍 Helpful local news coverage
  • 🌪️ Excellent weather reporting
  • 🗺️ Useful live radar and storm tracking
  • 💯 Reliable and informative during emergencies
  • 🙌 Positive community reporting

Room to Improve

  • 🗳️ Perceived political bias in news coverage
  • 🤖 Buggy and unstable app performance
  • 🔍 Difficult to navigate and find specific news
  • 🚫 Exclusion of Spectrum Business customers
  • ⏱️ Outdated news content and slow updates
FOX 13: Tampa SkyTower Weather#2

FOX 13: Tampa SkyTower Weather by Fox Television Stations, Inc.

Local radar, live map, alerts
Strong Contender
☀️ Weather
3.1😞(249 ratings)
FreeAds
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Get local weather forecasts, real-time radar, and severe storm alerts for Tampa Bay. Track storms, view hourly and 7-day predictions, and receive important safety notifications. Stay informed with video forecasts and tropical storm updates.

What We Love

  • 📍 Detailed local radar capability
  • 🎥 Access to Fox 13 news forecasts and video
  • 🌀 Hurricane tracking and tropics information
  • ⚡ Lightning alerts and notifications
  • 🎨 Generally good app layout and interface design
  • 📱 Works across multiple locations
  • 🌊 Useful for water activities and boating

Room to Improve

  • ❌ Radar frequently inaccurate or shows no rain during actual rainfall
  • 📉 Hourly forecasts constantly change and lack reliability
  • 🐛 App crashes and freezes regularly
  • ⚙️ Excessive and intrusive advertisements
  • 🔐 Privacy concerns with data collection and fake ads
  • 📖 Difficult to read text due to background images
  • 🖱️ Overly sensitive touch controls trigger unwanted page navigation
  • ⚡ Lightning alerts too distant (10+ miles) or come after events occur
  • 🔋 Excessive data usage and background processes
  • 🗺️ Heat map overlay obscures storm activity
  • 🔧 Radar freezes or loads very slowly
  • 🎯 Alert overlays cannot be disabled and reset on each app launch
  • 📊 Removed dew point in favor of less useful relative humidity
WFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FL#3

WFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FL by Media General

Worth Considering
📡 News
4.7😞(11K ratings)
FreeAds
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Get the latest breaking news, sports, and weather for the Tampa Bay area. Stream live broadcasts, view on-demand replays, and receive push alerts for severe weather and important updates. Submit your own news tips and photos to help shape local coverage.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Best Alerts
  • 👍 Awesome
  • 👍 My best news app
  • 👍 News Reporting
  • 👍 Outstanding
  • 👍 Great app

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Annoying
  • 🐛 Trapped in ads!
  • 🐛 Unusable
  • 🐛 Fix this!
  • 🐛 Smut news
  • 🐛 New update
  • 🐛 Terrible large type since update
  • 🐛 Stuck
  • 🐛 Ads dominate
  • 🐛 Relentless Ads
  • 🐛 This app is terrible!
  • 🐛 Swipe to go back
  • 🐛 Tiny print
  • 🐛 Too many ads
  • 🐛 The app keeps cutting out
  • 🐛 The app is terrible. The channel is great
  • 🐛 Just remove it
  • 🐛 Too many advertisements!!
  • 🐛 Radar
  • 🐛 Not the best
  • 🐛 Update is horrid.
  • 🐛 Newest update ruined the app
  • 🐛 Redesign is AWFUL
  • 🐛 ADS are beyond reasonable
  • 🐛 Cumbersome
  • 🐛 Terrible app
  • 🐛 Hate the ads
  • 🐛 News with a political bias
  • 🐛 Bad Alerts
  • 🐛 Complaints
  • 🐛 App Not On My Side
  • 🐛 Totally biased station
  • 🐛 Not the best
  • 🐛 Crashes every time
  • 🐛 Used to be a good app
  • 🐛 Buggy & Not Helpful
  • 🐛 Good riddance to bad rubbish!
  • 🐛 App crashes
  • 🐛 Crashes every time on my iPhone XS
  • 🐛 Why can't I search for a story?
  • 🐛 It hardly works
  • 🐛 Ads block stories

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FAQ about Bay News 9

What are the best bay news 9 apps for iPhone?
Spectrum News: Local Stories tops our bay news 9 apps ranking as of October 2026, with a 4.7-star average from 52K App Store ratings, and it's free to download.
Yes — 20 of the top bay news 9 apps we rank are free to download, including Spectrum News: Local Stories and FOX 13: Tampa SkyTower Weather.
Spectrum News: Local Stories shows ads and has no in-app purchases, according to its App Store listing as of October 2026.
We track 246+ bay news 9 apps on the iOS App Store as of October 2026, ranked by rating, recency, and analysis of real user reviews.

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