Best Florida News Apps

4.8😐(24K ratings)

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Stay informed with breaking news, live video streams, and detailed weather forecasts for South Florida. Get alerts for major stories, consumer recalls, and lottery results directly on your device.

What We Love

👍 Great news coverage
🚀 Helpful notifications
💡 Excellent weather radar
🚀 Informative and up-to-date

Room to Improve

🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
🔍 Outdated and slow app
🔍 Scrolling issues
🔍 Unreliable live streaming
🔍 Too many ads

WFTV News by Cox Media Group

Orlando Live News & Weather

Strong Contender

4.7😐(15K ratings)

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Stay informed with 24/7 live and on-demand news coverage for Central Florida. Get minute-by-minute weather updates, live traffic conditions, and in-depth sports coverage. Access local, national, and world news, easily shareable content, and more.

What We Love

👍 Reliable news coverage
🌟 Excellent weather reporting
🤗 Trusted local news source
💪 Dedicated news team

Room to Improve

🐛 Frequent app crashes
📢 Excessive ads and commercials
🔍 Difficult to navigate and find content
🔊 Loud commercials compared to news audio
🔁 Repetitive news stories
🔍 Lack of search functionality

WFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FL by Media General

Worth Considering

Breaking News + eNewspaper

4.7😞(11K ratings)

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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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