# WMTV 15 News

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id420927024](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id420927024)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id420927024`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gray Television Group, Inc.
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 2.30 / 5 (137 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.0.8
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-11
- **First published:** 2013-09-11
- **Size:** 122 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-25
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wmtv-15-news/id420927024)
- **Website:** [https://www.wmtv15news.com/](https://www.wmtv15news.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.wmtv15news.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.wmtv15news.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

**WMTV 15 News** brings your local Madison-area news to your browser with coverage of Madison, Janesville, Beloit, and southern Wisconsin. Get breaking headlines, customizable alerts, and the option to stream our live newscasts when you can’t watch TV.

Stay ahead of the weather with hourly and daily forecasts and an interactive radar. The app also delivers local sports highlights and scores, ensuring you have the latest information for your community at a glance.

## Rankings

- #156,246 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviewers repeatedly cite heavy ad loads, auto-playing videos, and crashes as major flaws in the updated version. Navigation is unclear and the UI is perceived as cumbersome, with the main page often lacking headlines and ads overlapping content. Some reviews accuse bias in coverage and question the reliability of local news and past broadcasts. A minority note the visual update is appealing or that they can tolerate the changes, but the overall sentiment is negative and many consider deleting the app until fixes are made.

### Pros

- Updated look of the app is appealing to some users.
- A few users can tolerate the new setup and find the update acceptable.
- The update is visually nicer despite functionality issues.

### Cons

- Auto-play video with sound is hard to stop, interrupting reading and content consumption.
- Overabundance of ads and commercials, with ads delaying content and sometimes overlapping articles.
- Frequent crashes, freezes, or the app won’t open on iPhone/iPad.
- Cumbersome navigation and a UI that feels disorganized after the update, including a lack of clear sections or headlines on the main page.
- Content issues linked to coverage (perceived bias) and unreliable availability of past/newscasts; some reports of choppy video and missing local coverage.
- Features and links that degrade UX, such as weather links opening to standalone apps and requests like dew point being ignored.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id420927024)