- 89.6LEGITIMACY SCORE
- 91.6SAFETY SCORE
- 4+CONTENT RATING
- FreePRICE
KRON4 News - San Francisco App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
KRON4 News - San Francisco app received 24 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using KRON4 News - San Francisco? Can you share your negative thoughts about kron4 news - san francisco?
Please wait! KRON4 News - San Francisco Facebook comments loading...
KRON4 News - San Francisco for Negative User Reviews
✓ The worstThis is probably one of the worst apps out here. You can easily set it up to get alerts, but then when you try to actually watch the live stream they are alerting you to it simply does not work. When trying to get updates on the Napa fire I got a notification that there’s a Cal fire press conference but the app does not connect at all even with a perfect high-speed Internet connection The app ought to be scrapped and rewritten. Do not rely on it if you are trying to get any kind of news.Version: 14.24.00031605
✓ I used to love this app… now too many popupsI used to use this for all of my local news but now there are so many pop-ups I spend most of my time shutting the multiple windows or redirecting back to the News app from Safari (which it forces you to go to). I’m hoping in a future release they allow you to disable the pop-ups. Until then I won’t be using it anymore..Version: 41.10.1
✓ App continuously disconnects when casting to a TVApp works great on its own but when trying to cast to a tv through a google Chromecast the news livestream constantly disconnects and I have to go back in the app to re cast the livestream..Version: 41.4.0
✓ Same complaint as everyone elseI just want to quietly read the local news, but the app constantly opens videos without being prompted to do so. The video opens and even if you close out the video, the sound of the video keeps playing and the only way to stop it is to either close the app or turn the phone volume all the way down. This is incredibly annoying when you just want to read some news. I wish the developers cared about this, but it appears they don’t..Version: 41.20.0
✓ App needs workReally wish there were more customization options for notifications by topic or regions of the Bay Area. I get so many KRON4 notifications that aren’t relevant to what I need to know or care about. The app is also glitchy sometimes, such as the videos don’t play right, even if I’m connected to good WiFi..Version: 40.33.530045690
✓ Ads and stuffRepeating the same ad over and over. Try to link to a story and again. Bombed by an ad. This is not a news source. It’s home shopping network disguised as news. The overly left slanted stories are more like CNN. I want facts with my news not social commentary that is one sided. Not that FOX is any better. Just the same in the other direction. Not happy with the app at all..Version: 40.35.290053033
✓ Needs more customizable notificationsWay too many notifications, especially now with the COVID-19 coverage. I’m getting an alert every time a new death or increase in cases (both of which are to be expected) is reported in the state. This is a serious situation, but we can’t be bombarded with it 24/7 at such a degree. I’d like to still receive notifications, but there’s no way for me to differentiate alerts from breaking news such as new restrictions or laws, from updates every 20 minutes on the count of cases..Version: 40.35.290053033
✓ Stories Not Available TOO QUICKLYToo often, in fact, most often when I open an alert on my cell about a news story posted that same day has already been removed. Very frustrating. It’s so frequent, I’ve learned to not even bother trying to access the story older than a day using the KRON app and look for the story elsewhere. It’s getting so bad I’m even thinking of even deleting the app..Version: 40.33.550047241
✓ Freezes OftenI like the app and content. However, it freezes quite often and I have to close the app and reopen to finish an article. Super frustrating when you are just trying to get a quick update..Version: 40.35.470055379
✓ Can’t Silence the AdsThis is as annoying as it gets. You open an article and there’s an advertising video at the top that’s set with the sound on and you can’t silence it or stop the ad. In addition to the pure annoyance it can be embarrassing depending on where you’re at when it happens. I understand the need for advertising revenue but not when it completely ruins the user experience. ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!!!.Version: 40.35.470055379
✓ While reading an article of newsDisappointing! While reading a news article while scrolling down, it turns black and talking of a different article plays out loud. Kron4 mobile news seem to always has some type of issues when just trying to read one of the articles..Version: 41.17.1
✓ Black Screen commercialsWhy, when I am scrolling through a news article, does it go to a unseen commercial that I can’t shut off? I deleted and later reinstalled the app, hoping it was a update thing. Unfortunately I am going to need to delete the app unless this is resolved..Version: 41.15.0
✓ Decent app. Couple of fixes neededWhen PUSH notifications are sent ... MANY times the article isn’t even on the app/website yet. Don’t send notifications out, unless the story is available. It’s lame to click on it and then ... nothing. App is crashing — LOTS lately — on iOS..Version: 40.33.400045035
✓ Traffic camsI like the app but like on the traffic cameras like bay bridge toll plaza and stuff like that how come they are still images why aren’t they like a live video like how they are when. They show them on the news on tv ? Can you please update that? Now why should I have to subscribe just to live stream the news that’s just ridiculous!! Now I give you two stars!.Version: 40.33.400045035
✓ Volume controlI like to read or watch about our local news, but exactly as another reviewer complained about is the lack of volume control to mute the ad that plays whenever there is a video attached to the article. There is no volume control until the actual news clip starts and makes me not want use this app because of it..Version: 40.35.470055379
✓ Notifications mysteriously keep reenablingThe app is good for the most part, but once a week or so I notice that more and more non-important alerts keep popping up in my notifications. I go into the app, and, sure enough, alerts like “Trending Now” are reenabled automatically. I shut them all off except for “News Alerts” and the process repeats itself later. It’s getting very annoying. I’m still keeping an eye out for a better local news app that doesn’t spam me with superfluous notifications in attempts to harvest more clicks..Version: 40.33.550047241
✓ No option to opt OUT of videos. And freezes!This is the most difficult news app I’ve ever used. Not only does it CONSTANTLY freeze in middle of articles where I have to shut down app and try again, I REALLY feel I should be able to simply read an article WITHOUT being subject to the accompanying video. The video says “tap to watch”, but that’s not true. Videos start automatically each and every time I start reading. THUS, my family is awoken and I have to quickly punch my phone volume to mute it. Not ok to project noise without my consent. But that’s what this app does. So frustrating with KRON4. I emailed your news station with plea for assistance on how to opt out of auto video, but never heard back. Is it only me that has this issue?.Version: 40.35.570056963
✓ Clickbait NotificationsThis app regularly sends notifications with story headlines, but the corresponding stories are nowhere to be found when you tap the notification and open the app. Seems as if they’re trying to utilize clickbait to get users to open the app, which is frustrating and a waste of time..Version: 41.8.0
✓ Horrible auto play commercialsI have turned off the auto play of videos in the settings and they still turn on. Is this a way to for the app to get money from ads? They won’t stop playing. A truly horrible experience and they have the most articles locally. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app to no avail. Until the auto play of videos is fixed, definitely a 1 star or less (if I could) app..Version: 41.20.0
✓ Very buggy but OK for being freeThe app bogs down until it freezes half the time that I use it. It’s also super annoying that when scrolling down it will reset the timeline and send me back to the top. I then have to scroll all the way back down to where I was. Happens quite a bit. I do like that it’s free and keeps me up to date on the run, so 3 stars for that!.Version: 40.35.470055379
✓ Someone in Marketing Needs to Get A GripThis app is horrible. Have been trying to stream from the East Coast to get updates on the fires as family and friends are in the line of fire in NoCa. This app keeps running the same 2 commercials for KRON 4 over and over and over and over again every few, very few, minutes. I mean over and over and over again. It is bizarre. Makes it unwatchable. What is their marketing department thinking?.Version: 14.24.00031605
✓ Deleting appIt's impossible now to look at an article without sound from some video arbitrarily blaring out. And the constant ads that take me away from the article I'm reading are so annoying. I like the articles but your app gets one star. I was willing to put up with the ads but the blaring sound is it for me. I'm done..Version: 41.14.0
✓ News quality is fine, but app is terrible. Forces video.This app repeatedly springs open up articles with video, and the only way to get the video to stop is to close out of the app altogether. Sometimes the video springs up when you are midway through reading an article, and there’s no way to read the rest of the article. Video content should be clearly marked, and there should be a way to stop video within the app, or even better, opt out of all video content. There’s a dearth of quality print news in the Bay Area, and I was hoping this app would fill the gap. No such luck. I deleted the app..Version: 41.16.0
✓ App getting worseDefinitely not liking the new design. Every time I finish reading the article and click back, it goes back to the main page and I have to reclick and scroll through the headlines all over again instead of going back to where I left off. Leaving for another alternative news app..Version: 41.1.0
🙂 KRON4 News - San Francisco Positive Reviews
KRON4 News - San Francisco works most of the time. If it is not working for you, we recommend you excersise some patience and retry later or contact KRON4 News - San Francisco.
⛔ KRON4 News - San Francisco Problems
