Reviews of WLOX News Now

By: Gray Television Group, Inc. App

List of user reviews and ratings for WLOX News Now

Total ratings

4.50 (Rating count: 5,928)

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Review summary

User reviews largely criticize the app for intrusive, loud, and auto-playing ads that disrupt reading, along with persistent alerts and reliability issues after updates. Many feel the app is not user friendly and ad-heavy, sometimes blocking access to articles. A few users still like having WLOX's news in one app, but want a better experience, especially with mute options and smoother performance.

Pros

Provides local news and weather content in a single app.
Offers breaking news alerts to keep users informed.
Some users still like the app and find value in its news coverage.

Cons

Intrusive advertising: autoplay videos with sound and ads before or during articles.
Ads disrupt reading and there’s no reliable mute option.
Persistent notification badges/alerts are hard to clear.
App reliability problems after updates: crashes, not opening, and heavy memory/CPU usage.
Cluttered UI with ads degrading the reading experience and limited article loading.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 1.30

All time rating average: 4.50

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71% (37)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-05-07	St*****	The app forces you to watch advertisements and you must watch the commercials to open the app. Get your news somewhere else.
The app forces you to watch advertisements and you must watch the commercials to open the app. Get your news somewhere else.
2026-04-24	ja*****	So disappointing, Important alerts that connect to nothing . Loud Commercials with no mute option etc. Deleting app now😢
So disappointing, Important alerts that connect to nothing . Loud Commercials with no mute option etc. Deleting app now😢
2026-04-11	da*****	The allen ads is to much,click news break and you an ad before the news
The allen ads is to much,click news break and you an ad before the news
2026-04-09	To*****	If you’re going to have an advertisement automatically start when you pull up a news article, why doesn’t the content of the video that follows match the content of the news article you clicked to read? And if you’re unwilling to match the news article to the video, can you at least let the user mute the unwanted audio? Or just give an option to mute all audio including advertisements as some prefer to read the article over watching a video and the audio of those advertisements can be distracting while trying to read????
If you’re going to have an advertisement automatically start when you pull up a news article, why doesn’t the content of the video that follows match the content of the news article you clicked to read? And if you’re unwilling to match the news article to the video, can you at least let the user mute the unwanted audio? Or just give an option to mute all audio including advertisements as some prefer to read the article over watching a video and the audio of those advertisements can be distracting while trying to read????
2026-04-08	Ov*****	I hate it when ads or video automatically start playing, especially ads. Seems I couldn’t turn it off, either. Fix that or I’ll delete the app.
I hate it when ads or video automatically start playing, especially ads. Seems I couldn’t turn it off, either. Fix that or I’ll delete the app.
2026-04-04	on*****	Not user friendly
Not user friendly
2026-03-24	Mo*****	This app is useless. What good is day old weather radar? Especially with a tropical depression in the gulf.
This app is useless. What good is day old weather radar? Especially with a tropical depression in the gulf.
2026-03-19	Mu*****	Not user friendly. Don’t want the “alerts” alert. Don’t want ads with sounds or music. Don’t want ads in the middle of the screen when I open the app. My friends won’t even use it now. Put it back the way it was.
Not user friendly. Don’t want the “alerts” alert. Don’t want ads with sounds or music. Don’t want ads in the middle of the screen when I open the app. My friends won’t even use it now. Put it back the way it was.
2026-03-13	Gi*****	Won’t even show an article after selecting from home page. Tried multiple articles and it just pops up with ads for other news articles like what used to show up at the bottom of the page after you finished the article you wanted to read.
Won’t even show an article after selecting from home page. Tried multiple articles and it just pops up with ads for other news articles like what used to show up at the bottom of the page after you finished the article you wanted to read.
2026-03-11	@d*****	…this one is already broken…😡
…this one is already broken…😡