“What Happened? — We have been using this for quite a while since we cut the cord on cable TV. The content plays fine, it’s the ads that most of the time get stuck in a constant download state. Nothing plays, this morning I started…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 500 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.6 ★16,027 ratings
—Downloads
12+Age rating
134 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Stream live newscasts with the ABC7 Bay Area app. Stay up-to-date on local news and weather, along with national top stories. Plus, customize the app based on your interests.
WATCH - All of ABC7's live streams are available in one place - Looking for videos that aired in a newscast or entire newscasts you might have missed? Find those under the "videos" tab - Use the “picture in picture” feature to watch live video while you use other apps on your phone
EXPLORE - Want good news? Or stories where you live? Search for your stories of interest using the explore section - Browse content in our featured sections like Building a Better Bay Area, I-Team Investigations, Allies in Action, and more!…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
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.
This analysis describes version 8.97.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 8.97.0, updated 2026-09-24.
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
65–79% 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.
The catch list 1
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
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: Raised by 28 distinct reviewers — 5.6% of the 500 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Non stop ads — I downloaded this app 10 mins ago. Started live stream and it’s still playing ads!”
“Unwanted political ads — I’ve had this app for quite sometime with no real issues until the last couple of weeks. I’m now getting inundated with Political ads for the “other” side in between news stories. If this continues I’ll be…”
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.