KATU News Mobile Reviews

by Pnw-girl

Text appears vertical instead of normally horizontal. Makes reading impossible. I guess this is a bug that needs to be fixed ASAP if you do not want to be flooded with negative feedback. Luckily I had not deleted my old Katu news app, so for now I will keep using that one until this new app is fixed. I can not believe that with a bug like that it gets through Apple's review.

by Go Anywhere 2019

When I open KATUNews there is a “commercial advertisement” that takes over whatever I am trying to link to and just keeps looping and no matter how many times I click it to make it disappear it reactivates and starts looping again. I can’t get to any stories.

by Rickg67

Went to catch up on the headlines and every story was nothing but a black box. There was zero content and the entire site is devoid of any stories. Worst update ever! Please fix this or switch back to the old format.

by American Rambler

App only runs in portrait mode. No adjustment available in settings. Totally useless for my use. Will not bother to go past first screen.

by Joyce412

After latest update I accidentally touched something while trying to use first time & I can no longer see any news feeds. I've use KATUNews for several years to read the news, at least I used to. Hate latest update, might as well delete as it no longer allows me to view news feed.

by Aravah

What used to be a great app and my personal favorite now sadly isn't even worth the download as it's the worst app I'd say now out of all the Portland news stations. No landscape when it sort of worked. I deleted it then thought I give it another try but It just keeps telling me to touch here, touch the heart, swipe right to add content and doesn't do anything. I've tried multiple times it's just not worth it. I'm going back to other Portland news apps which are much better designed and easier to get around in. Whoever designed this did not make it user friendly at all .

by Vrygudgrl

KATUNews was almost as bad as watching the news online. If my phone moved the slightest, the entire story starts again. And with all the commercials, you would think they could afford to fix these issues.

by ASherwood

Quite some time ago, the Katu app worked ok and provided info in a reasonable format. Unfortunately a number of months ago the format was changed and KATUNews has become painful to use. The way the information is presented, the options to scroll and sort through, all of it has been really frustrating to the point that I have now deleted KATUNews and loaded a competitors app that seems much more user friendly.

by Iseverynictaken

I don't use KATUNews much lately. The format isn't very good on mobile and lately I try to read an article but as I scroll down only ads are there. Chunks where maybe an article would be are just black rectangles with no text in them.

by Kalevala08

When I go to watch the live broadcast there’s never any sound the video plays but you can’t hear anything

by Gambrinus97223

The new version of KATUNews is a step backwards in both speed and ease of use.
There are more graphics which translates to less information on the screen and more scrolling.
It also lags a lot more than the older version and frequently freezes for a few seconds
There are also more ads injected in between the stories which while expected is still annoying.
KATUNews is a necessary evil if one wishes to read the katu version of the news.

by AoiArekuShiro

I don’t live near Portland!

by Disappointedbyapp

I’m disappointed in the updated main Newsfeed page. Rather than headlines, it shows a large photo with its headline, so I have to scroll down and down and down through all photos/headlines. While the Local selection, for example, is easy to use and I’m able to select what story I want to read, I don’t see a way to select that format for the main Newsfeed page. I’d like to see headlines for local/nation/world available on the main page rather than large photos.

by BanjoDanMan

New app format and layout is nicer than old one for sure, but verbose weather forecast is in Spanish, which makes it not very user friendly.

by Whitecat13

Great improvements on KATUNews! Was about to give up due to issues and bugs, but with the latest fix KATUNews is working flawlessly. Nice interface and graphics, easy to navigate.

by Or30sgrl

Where's restaurant report card? Having this great information on hand would be extremely helpful when trying to decide on a place to eat.

by Arden66

[Amendment to my previous review below: All of my complaints have been dealt with and the latest version is pretty good. Landscape mode on the iPad finally works. The weather report is fixed and KATUNews is stable and well organized. I have raised my rating to four stars. It would have been five but I cannot bring myself to reward KATU with the that high rating for finally doing what should have been done in the first place.]

This "update" is an unfinished Alpha version that somehow escaped into the wild. Landscape mode does not work (this is an iPad version not an iPhone version so this is unforgivable). The current temperature consistently displays a "?" In the weather section and there is not current forecast text. KATUNews is simply not finished, so I would wait for a new version if possible. Unfortunately, I went with blind (misplaced) trust. Don't make my mistake.

by Y3lh5a

I haven't experienced any bugs, but I don't see what was wrong with the previous app. However, I still enjoy KATU and have no problems with this new one. It would be nice if it had fast switching capabilities (i.e. not reloading KATUNews each time it's opened).

by ColeIsKing

This is one of the best news apps I have ever used. Video links in the stories (great quality video too!), easy to navigate etc etc. This will be my primary source of news. Beats out Oregonlive app, Kptv and all the other ones

by Molecat.

Fine job, easy navigation, fast. Especially nice to have one finger map panning, and all the stories are well written with journalistic integrity. A true pleasure to use your new app!

by Dognbuff

VERY unhappy with the newest version of KATUNews.
My news feed loads without too much problem but the window is compressed and only covers 3/4 of the screen, plus the picture relating to the news story is cutoff showing only half of a face, sometimes only the eyes can be seen.
Another issue I hate is KATUNews won't rotate to the landscape position like it used to.
Hopefully KATU didn't pay an App Developer too much $$ to create this lousy piece of junk.