“This app works for me I can stream the news live at the times that the news comes on but there are so many commercials in between I feel like I'm barely seeing any news and when i start the stream it starts with commercials and cuts the…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 902 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.6 ★69,818 ratings
1M+Downloads
12+Age rating
134 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Get breaking news alerts and watch Eyewitness News with the abc7 New York app. Stay updated on local news and AccuWeather, as well as national stories from New York's number one news. Customize the app based on your interests.
WATCH - Watch Eyewitness News Live on the 24/7 streaming channel - Find exclusive video clips and watch Eyewitness News on demand - Use the “picture in picture” feature to watch live video while you use other apps on your phone
EXPLORE - Search news topics using the explore section
WEATHER - Easily choose your locations to get hourly conditions and the 7-day forecast - AccuTrack Radar maps along with detailed weather information - Get weather and traffic alerts for severe conditions so you’re always up-to-date before you head out.…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 8.97.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 8.97.0, updated 2026-09-24.
Google Play
We cannot tell which version of the app this analysis describes. It was run 2026-10-04 , and the app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version VARY, updated 2026-09-23.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 12 distinct reviewers (2.4% of 500 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Too many commercials with videos when trying to scroll down app to read news. This is very annoying. Also app can run slow and often freezes.”
“Great app good for NYC news but slightly annoying when watching live is the constant blue screen with we'll be right back commercial break in progress... And you don't get to see the adverts and have to sit for ages staring at that…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 8.97.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.