# Very Local: News & Weather

> 24/7 Updates In Your City

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1462779034](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1462779034)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1462779034`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Hearst Television
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (7,091 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.2366
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-14
- **First published:** 2019-12-05
- **Size:** 45 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/very-local-news-weather/id1462779034)
- **Website:** [https://www.verylocal.com/](https://www.verylocal.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.hearst.com/-/tv-privacy-notice](https://www.hearst.com/-/tv-privacy-notice)

## Description

Very Local: News & Weather delivers 24/7 local updates right to your screen. Watch live local news, weather, politics and programming, with automatic video playback and on-demand access to the latest stories. Best of all, it’s free to install with no credit card required and no in-app purchases.

Features include 24/7 live programs in select cities, timely investigative and consumer news, on-demand clips, and up-to-date weather forecasts. Local channels cover a wide range of markets—from Albuquerque and Baltimore to Boston, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Sacramento and beyond.

## Rankings

- #21,785 — Overall
- #86 — news

## Review summary

Users praise the app for strong local-news content and its value, but repeatedly complain about intrusive ads, playback and reliability issues, login/connectivity errors, accessibility problems (small text), and unreliable weather/scheduling data.

### Pros

- Strong local news content presented well.
- Informative and educational content.
- App fills a long‑desired local-news niche and is viewed positively by users.

### Cons

- Intrusive, loud, and frequent ads (including pre-rolls) disrupt viewing.
- Video playback and loading issues tied to ads, including pauses and black screens.
- Sign-in or connectivity errors (no connection) affect access and use.
- Accessibility problems, notably very small text that is hard to read for visually impaired users.
- Scheduling/availability issues and unreliable weather data (timing and weather not consistently accessible).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1462779034)