necn: New England Local News

Name: necn: New England Local News
Rating: 4.1 (969 reviews)
Author: NBCUniversal Media, LLC

By: NBCUniversal Media, LLC

New England Weather & News

This app was removed from Apple Apps Store on 2026-05-18

Features & Capabilities

The necn news and weather app connects you with New England weather forecasts and live breaking news for Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

Key features include an exclusive interactive live weather radar, 10-day First Alert forecasts, hourly forecasts with a customizable graph, UV index and dew point data, and school closings for New England. It also delivers personalized local and national news alerts, live NECN newscasts and video, and an alerts center for urgent stories. The app uses Nielsen’s measurement software for market research with privacy options and clear privacy notices.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

NBCUniversal Media, LLC

Rating:

4.10

(969)

Version:

8.1 Last updated: 2025-01-27

Version code:

871975891

Creation date:

2014-12-03

Compatible devices:

Size:

115.94MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-05-18

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Developed by:

NBCUniversal Media, LLC

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/necn-new-england-local-news/id943970549

Website:

https://www.necn.com/products/

User Reviews

NECN's iOS app combines local weather with NE news coverage and includes features like video clips and reviewable weather videos. However, user sentiment is largely negative due to reliability issues: frequent crashes and load failures, outdated data, and intrusive ads. Updates are seen as degrading the experience, though some users note improvements after fixes. Overall, the app offers valuable content when it loads, but stability and ad-load concerns dominate the reviews.

Pros

Weather radar imagery and storm tracking are reliable when the app loads, and are a key positive for many users.
Video clips for weather and local news are a valued feature, including coverage that supports following events like trials.
Users can review past weather videos, providing access to historical conditions.
The add/remove/reorder cities feature is appreciated and helps with frequent location changes.

Cons

App frequently fails to open or loads very slowly, often crashing or hanging.
Excessive ads and long ad breaks interrupt browsing and story viewing.
Weather data/forecast often fails to load or appears outdated, reducing usefulness for planning.
Updates/deployments are perceived to degrade usability, with removed features and layout changes that frustrate users.
Some headlines/links lead to wrong or unrelated content, indicating QA/content QA gaps.

Recent reviews

New app looks like every other bad weather app. You had something unique, but not anymore. Done. Bye.

by ea*****, 2024-10-09

BEWARE - app defaults to allowing selling personal data, and makes it extremely difficult to opt out!

by be*****, 2024-09-07

I only use this app for weather. With the latest update, I can no longer see the 10 day forecast in text format. All I see is a thumbnail to a video style 10 day forecast. Not my preferred method for 2-5+ days out to say the least, I want the details. App has also been unstable (mostly) on my mesh WiFi for well over a year and a half. It opens as it should maybe 4 out if 10 times, but usually just doesn’t load. This has also happened while not using WiFi. I have provided feedback in the app several times, and received replies, but there has never been any positive change in the apps functionality. Time to look to another weather app, this was the last straw for me