# The Buffalo News App

> Local News, Sports and Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id554217033](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id554217033)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id554217033`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** The Buffalo News
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 3.40 / 5 (753 ratings)
- **Version:** 9.23
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-15
- **First published:** 2012-09-01
- **Size:** 104 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-buffalo-news-app/id554217033)
- **Website:** [https://buffalonews.com/ads.txt](https://buffalonews.com/ads.txt)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.buffalonews.com/privacy](http://www.buffalonews.com/privacy)

## Description

Your story lives in Buffalo. From the Bills and Sabres to the news that matters in Western New York, The Buffalo News App brings in-depth reporting from the region's largest newsroom—plus coverage from Albany and beyond, with photos, video, commentary, and podcasts.

Personalize your feed, get alerts, and read the news your way: News Feed or E-edition, breaking banners, bookmarking, listening to articles, and adjusting text size. Weather features hourly forecasts and 10-day outlook. Free to download; subscribers gain unlimited access and exclusive content, plus curated newsletters.

## Rankings

- #70,127 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise the app for being well organized and easy to navigate, and for providing access to the print/e-edition, local reporting, and content useful for out-of-town readers. Recurrent drawbacks include e-edition loading and navigation glitches (especially on iPad), intrusive ads, perceived political bias, and subscription/content-access problems.

### Pros

- Easy to navigate and well organized.
- Access to the print edition / e-edition content (including comics and games).
- High-quality local journalism with trusted reporting.
- Helpful for readers outside Buffalo to stay informed.

### Cons

- e-edition loading/navigation instability, especially on iPad.
- Intrusive ads and embedded ads disrupt reading.
- Perceived political bias / left-leaning editorial stance.
- Subscription/content access problems (paying subscribers unable to access content) and slow customer service.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id554217033)