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1. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   From good to terrible. Amazes me that it’s had constant 1 star reviews since the change and it’s still rated good in the App Store. Another app developer that doesn’t listen to the users… how many people have to delete before bringing the old version back? Well, this used to be a good app. The best around. Very easy to use. The new version is beyond terrible. I deleted it a few days after the update. I come back here to see if there are any updates to fixing this disaster and to see what people are saying. Still the same.

2. ★★★★★ads disrupt the experience

   Unusable. Like everyone else says, it used to work. Today i click on it and i get a rapid succession of weird ads. Every time i swipe one away another pops up in about 1 second. And the ads weird stuff like feet pics too. Used to be am excellent tool. Now it’s rendered unusable by ads.

3. ★★★★★data, history or progress disappears

   Atrociously aggravating app. Possibly one of the worst app I have ever used. Used to be much simpler and much better app then about a year or so ago they decided to “upgrade” it and the app has completely gone down the toilet ever since. If you ever want to watch a forecast video you have to suffer through at least 2 minutes of full ads that are unskippable and then in the middle of the video if you decide to forward or rewind the video then it glitches again and makes you watch two more minutes of videos all over again. This app is so awful I’m blown away why or how it still has such positive reviews. Unbelievably bad.

4. ★★★★★a needed feature is missing

   Go back. Why 4 WARN?…do we need a warning for warm, beautiful weather? Please return to last version. Too busy, too much to navigate, bad radar track. Hourly and Daily aren’t easy to see. Make the graphics easier to read at a glance.Loved the old version. Now we use the other apps and miss your last design.

5. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Bad change. The old version was so much easier to read and use. Radar doesn’t show the future path and have to push play every time. The daily and hourly aren’t quick to pull up or easy to read graphics. Too many things on one page, not simple.

6. ★★★★★an update broke a familiar workflow

   Update since June, still useless. Update from June ruined this app. It used to be great. It’s now only a little better than a paperweight. Radar is terrible. Shows completely different forecasts than reputable competitors such as MyRadar and weather channel. Gives alerts for areas that are an hour away.

7. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Not a good service. Not a good weather alert service nor trustworthy but neither are a lot of other free weather alert services I had on my devices to protect me when I am out in the community. This app I get the false alarms and the alerts lying to me saying lightning was decked in your area. Look outside and it’s bright and sunny outside and no thundering or lightning at all. It’s done this so many times and I’m sick and tired of it. A lot of these severe weather alert services should get fined every time for false alarms- it should be a Federal offense and it’s just as bad as kids pulling the fire alarms in buildings and then running out the door. To me it’s very similar and it totally is disruptive and causes panic when not needed. Fix your app or I’m deleting the app off my devices and going with a fully trustworthy severe weather alert app and service that will always be fully trustworthy and accurate.

8. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Radar. I agree with all these others! What happened to the future radar!!!???

9. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Useless. They only show you the last two hours up till now. What is the point of me knowing the weather from 2 hours ago???

10. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Radar. What happened to the radar? You can only see where it’s been and where it is now, not where it’s going. What is the point of radar then? We just have to guess what’s going to hit and when?

11. ★★★★★slow performance and long loading times

    What happened?. The newest update to this app is awful. It takes forever to load on my phone. I much preferred the radar that showed past to future. The new radar is super slow and only shows up to present. That is when I can get the app open, half the time it crashes on me. I’m going to have to find another weather app that’s more reliable.

12. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Useless. Just downloaded the app.. and will be deleting immediately . There is no written forecast.. no mention of the amount of possible snow.. just says “100 % chance of snow”. No need to have this taking up space on the phone.

13. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    App problems. I live in Sanilac County seven miles north of the St. Clair County line. Every time I want to view this app I have to delete it and reload it. Really like the app but this is a hassle. Is it a distance thing? The old format I had no problem with. Continues to be problem to access. Apparently Channel Four doesn’t really care whether St. Clair and Sanilac County can access.

14. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Terrible. I used to love this app. I just deleted it from my phone because every time I click on a notification, I start reading the weather warning and then ads keep popping up preventing me from reading it. It didn’t used to be like this. I am now using a different weather app that doesn’t annoy me with pop up ads

15. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Loaded up with ads. Delete it.

16. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Used to be great, now garbage. Before the current update, this used to be the perfect weather app. Now the UI is unbelievably bad. The app is worse in every way. It is basically unusable now and I may just delete it. What a shame. Whatever clueless corporate bozo approved this needs to have the taste slapped out of their mouth.

17. ★★★★★privacy and excessive permissions

    Updated terms of service are sketchy. Deleted the app after I looked at the updated terms of service. Specifically the privacy policy which states that even though the user has to agree to the terms of service, including the privacy policy, they don’t have to agree to keep your data and information private. This app isn’t that useful to me that I am willing to let you use my data however you want. I can get my weather info elsewhere.

18. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    No written forecast. Really disliking the update and only way of knowing what is going on weather wise is watching a video. No written forecast. You had a great app that was made useless. I don’t get it

19. ★★★★★slow performance and long loading times

    New update is bad. This app used to be my go-to when going to look for the weather, especially looking at the radar. Now this app takes forever and is un clear and does not provide quick and easy navigation. Old version was much better and the format was great, very much downgrade :(

20. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    New version is awful!. What did you do and why?

21. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Terrible Update. Still no improvement after the recent reformatting. No landscape mode for iPad users. Planning to delete and install a different weather app. Read the reviews, people!! No one likes this new format.

22. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Horrible UI. Very poor layout. There are better apps.

23. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Bring back the old format. The summer update to this app has made it unusable. I used to open it multiple times a day and now I avoid using it completely. The old format of it as absolutely perfect and what people want in a weather app. Please consider bringing it back, especially including the written forecast.

24. ★★★★★an update broke a familiar workflow

    Lightening strikes. Since the last updateALL lightening strikes I’m notified of are all exactly 15 miles away and the app is worse now than before the update. Please fix it

25. ★★★★★ads disrupt the experience

    New version is terrible. The new version of the app is terrible. What a downgrade, seems like it was a ploy for more click thru channels and ads… $$$. This appears to be the Darksky reskin of the Apple IOS weather app, so why not just use that? The misses from the old version: 1. Radar is harder to see different density return levels than before. 2. The future radar seems very rudimentary and only 2 hours in the future vs 6+ on the old version. The tracks are basically all West to East - suuurreeee. 3. Lots of noise at the bottom with other stuff like school info (schools out), news - no I just want weather 4. Maybe user error but cannot find the dialog from the meteorological staff now, buried in app? And no I don’t want to watch a video - just give me a quick text synopsis so if I’m at work or whatever I can have useful info. 5. Data use seems to be more, no big deal really with WiFi and unlimited but still just another thing to slow down my phone if I’m multitasking apps…. Update - 8/16. Yeah this app is truly terrible. Cannot see anything without an ad wall Temu ad, close and refresh app? Watch Temu ad. Severe weather alerts? See a Temu ad before we let you know! Then video forecasts have yet more ads! Forecast isn’t that reliable, the radar is absolutely junk, I deleted it. Seems like this is the Graham Media Group corporate app with the associated ads for revenues. Do yourself a favor, delete this piece of trash…

26. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Terrible app after update. This update turned the app from the best weather app to worthless in one update. Impressive…

27. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    From Best to Worst.. It is… TRULY impressive how quickly you ruined the best weather app out there. Bang up job all around. If you used this for the radar and hate that it’s ruined… WYTV 4 warn weather app still has great radar!!!

28. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    New App Major Setback. The new iteration of this app is a major setback. UI is clunky. Full screed ads appear for seconds with no way to close them. Major disappointment after having such a nice weather app in the past.

29. ★★★★★slow performance and long loading times

    Radar is horrible with update. I rely on the radar to know when it’s going to rain. The new radar goes SO FAST that you can’t even tell what hour the rain is over the area and there isn’t a way to slow it down. Who wants the radar forecast to be that insanely fast?! It’s useless

30. ★★★★★an update broke a familiar workflow

    Updates made it worse. I hate this app ever since the updates were made to the new format. I hate the ads. Honestly, went from being the best weather app to being the worst. Looking for a new app because this one is awful.