“Don't like the new app design — Not enjoying the new app design at all. - no dark mode - too much space between things, it needs a condensed mode, I will never use the side scrolls for more stories, they're wasting space - on the hourly…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 510 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.8 ★75,448 ratings
—Downloads
12+Age rating
283 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Stay up-to-date with the latest news and weather in the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas area on the all-new free app from WFAA.
Our app features the latest breaking news that impacts you and your family, interactive weather and radar, and live video from our newscasts and local events.
LOCAL & BREAKING NEWS • Receive real-time notifications for breaking news • Read the latest news as it happens in your area • Explore exclusive investigative stories • Browse photos, news clips, and raw video
LOCAL WEATHER • Daily and hourly forecasts for your city • The latest forecasts from our meteorologists • Interactive radar maps • Automated hyperlocal severe weather alerts
LIVE VIDEO • Watch live video newscasts and breaking news from WFAA
PERSONALIZATION • Discover and dive into topics that matter to you • Favorite topics to receive personalized updates…
Preview
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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.
This analysis describes version 50.28.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 50.28.1, updated 2026-09-28.
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.
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 13 distinct reviewers (2.5% of 510 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Sad to say… — WFAA has always been our go-to station for local news and, really, phenomenal weather coverage. On television. Sadly, this app is a nightmare with having to navigate through all the many ads and pop-up boxes. I know ads are…”
“Bad app — AI scam ads mixed with news stories, long ads before every video even during severe weather, basically impossible to search for anything effectively. It’s bad”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 50.28.1.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.