# necn: New England Local News

> New England Weather & News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id943970549](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id943970549)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id943970549`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** NBCUniversal Media, LLC
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.10 / 5 (969 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-01-27
- **First published:** 2014-12-03
- **Size:** 116 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-05-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/necn-new-england-local-news/id943970549)
- **Website:** [https://www.necn.com/products/](https://www.necn.com/products/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.nbcuniversal.com/privacy?brandA=Owned\_Stations&intake=NECN](https://www.nbcuniversal.com/privacy?brandA=Owned_Stations&intake=NECN)

## Description

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.

## Review summary

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 However, user sentiment is largely negative due to reliability issues: frequent crashes and load failures, outdated data, and intrusive ads.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.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id943970549)