News 8 WROC
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News 8 WROC has no in-app products on record in the United States.
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News 8 WROC reviews
4.6 out of 5, based on 1,958 reviews.
What people like
- Fast local news updates
- Useful weather radar features
- Clean and simple layout
What they complain about
- Ads interrupt you constantly
- App crashes and freezes often
- Video blocks reading the news
Great updates, great tone!
Am continually pleased with topics, style, tone, coverage!
SERIOUSLY
Why even offer livestream coverage if you're going to throw a huge commercial break it gets stuck on? Live coverage of our children performing at the Stars of Tomorrow gala! There weren't many parent tickets available this year so I just missed all but 3 seconds of my child's performance. Awful
Is this channel 8 or 13???
Exact same app as channel 13, same layout and everything. Channel 13's app is nothing special. Be original. 4 stars because at least it doesn't crash like the old one did. Was expecting something better. Oh well.
Not worth the aggravation
It cuts in and out The commercials are after every story now! Will be finding other ways to stream my local news.
Frustrating app
Very slow response. Overrun with ads. Painful getting to other articles from within an article. A very frustrating app!
Great team
Enjoy the news that is local, factual and accurate.
App is stuck on notification screen
For the last two weeks I will get an alert from app and when I click on the app it opens to a notification screen, I toggle them all on, it then has me put in a zip for location…then nothing! There’s no X to get to the app…I deleted and reinstalled, no change 🤷🏼♀️
Latest update ruined it
It won’t let me read the news unless I turn on notifications. I deleted the app.
I use it for the almanac and sometimes news
I use the app for the weather almanac but the rest of the weather on the app seems to be off many times. The temperature will be different many times in two locations on this app. It's good for getting the news when I miss it on TV.
News
Very grateful for the blurb giving me the best info easy reads Sr Mary Jo
Last update rendered app unusable
After the last update was applied, the video takes up nearly the entire screen, and I can only read two lines of text at the bottom. There is no way to close the video. I basically can't read any of the news stories anymore. What the heck did you do to your app?! I guess I need to read my local news elsewhere now.
Great if you want ads
This app is so annoying. They could not cram another ad on the screen. Everywhere you click opens a browser. Very poor design!
Ok, except...
It repeatedly asks you to turn on bluetooth and connect to accessories. I don't want to connect to any accessories, and I can't make the message stop popping up. I tried selecting app support first, but that just takes you to the regular news 8 website-no support. The app is usable, but annoying.
Best
Best app clean simple effective
What did they do to the app?
Since the last update, if my iPad is in portrait mode, the video takes up the entire screen and cannot be minimized so I can read the print. And there seems to be only one size of print, which is gigantic. The option to make print smaller doesn’t work. This used to be my go to app for Rochester news, but not anymore
News
Cause I get tiered of hearing about the COVID 19 so I stopped watching all of it only till the weather then I change the station to something else
Nowhere near great
Love channel 8, Rachel Barnhardt & Scott Hetsko weather. I am so sad that your app is really as bad as it is. It's very difficult to get the information your looking for and it would be so easy to make it better!! I hope there is anew version on the design block because this definitely doesn't represent the News 8 organization at all!!
Keeps me in the know
Love my phone app for channel 8. I am always up to date with their up to the minute coverage!
Wouldn’t work
Downloaded today, opened up and it said I wasn’t connected to the internet. But I was. Just a blank screen with a not connected to the internet message.
App freezes
Sometimes app freezes on news pages. Also Can’t figure how to get dismiss pop up ads. Local news is not a menu choice until you open one of the local headlines on home page. Needs work to raise its usefulness.
Great app
Works well
Liberal station
Just another
Keeps freezing
Your interactive ads keep freezing your stories, making it that you can’t scroll
Bfhj
Great job covering up to the minute local news, weather, entertainment, deaths, education, and key national news. Love it!
Wheel of fortune
Really — two days in row you preempt for the Bills. Let’s remember that not all of your viewers are sports fans.
Vertical scrolling annoying
Scrolling through an entire article to get to the next article is very annoying and Time consuming. Especially After 4 or 5 articles even takes longer on my iPad. Then usually crashes.
The interactive radar interface is great!
99% of my usage is the look at the radar and weather forecast, and it's nice to be able to zoom in where I need it.
Good when it works
Lately it seems to freeze when I scroll through the stories. I end up having to close it and then try it again
Up to the minute info on local news
This has been a great app to stay in the know about what's happening in the area. Notifications come in but are not annoying. A good quick glance at the news!
Terrible
This app constantly locks up and I have to close it down and reopen it if I want to continue. I will try one of our other news outlets.
Great app
I get pertinent updates and news in an instant!!! Great way to stay up to date as to what's happening!!!
over aggressive advertising
Was a very good news app for the area but over aggressive advertising ruined it. Last add for wilberts wasn't just at bottom of screen but kept trying to play a video every 15 seconds! I'm done with it!
News 8 WROC FAQ
- Is News 8 WROC free?
- Yes. The app is free, in all 1 country it sells in, and it sells nothing inside it.
- Does News 8 WROC have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- What are the best alternatives to News 8 WROC?
- Buffalo News from WGRZ (4.7 from 20,155 reviews), WIVB News 4 - Buffalo (4.6 from 11,499 reviews) and News10+ WHEC Rochester, NY (4.6 from 7,759 reviews).
News 8 WROC download
Last updated 1 month ago.
News 8 WROC sells in 1 country. It was released 13 years and 5 months ago, on 29 Apr 2013. It holds a 4.6 rating from 1,958 reviews.
Supports 1 language: English.
How much does News 8 WROC make?
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