KSTP 5 Eyewitness News Reviews

Just a note to let you know that we have watched 5 Eyewitness news for many years and I think this is one of the best set of anchors and reporters ever!!! Kevin, Jackie, Lindsey, Paul, Kirsten, Jessica, Ben, and everyone else, I feel you all are so caring and compassionate about your work and the that is what this world needs right now. Accuracy and kindness is very important to everyone and I feel that is what you portray! We will miss Dave and we wish him the best!! Sam Ryan wears many hats and does a great job! Keep up the great work everyone, we will continue to watch!! Happy and healthy 2021!!!

Let me start with the good things:

KSTP seems to report the most “news” of any local station and generally does not report opinions and speculation, like some of the other stations.

Copper 5 footage can be watched live and raw through KSTP5EyewitnessNews when an event is happening, which is by far the most unique and best feature of KSTP5EyewitnessNews .

Ads are generally short and can often be skipped, which means I can actually spend some time on KSTP5EyewitnessNews before I get to annoyed by ads and cannot watch anymore.

This has all the makings of a 5-star app, but:

It is incredibly annoying that when you open a news app to read the news, the first thing you need to do is click on a button “more news” to actually see the articles. I believe most users open up KSTP5EyewitnessNews for news and it should open to the news. Then maybe tabs across the top to switch to other things like weather. Or, have a “dashboard/home” button and let the user decide how to start KSTP5EyewitnessNews in settings.

When you are reading a story, close KSTP5EyewitnessNews for a minute or so, and open again, KSTP5EyewitnessNews restarts instead of coming back to that story. Horrible design.

You cannot copy/paste more than one paragraph at a time. Also annoying when you want to send part of a story to a friend who isn’t going to click on a web link to see it.

Otherwise a decent app, but mainly needs an option to open directly to the news!

Well, the malicious banner ad pop ups stopped. So that is good. And I guess at least adding the little “ad” logo on the ads makes it better, even if every ad is still clickbait crap. I know ads pay for KSTP5EyewitnessNews , but I still hate seeing a “news” app littered with misleading clickbait links every couple of stories. But now I have to see an ad picture of someone removing earwax between each article. I think I am done

Besides that, and more of a general thing than just KSTP5EyewitnessNews , please hire writers that can use proper grammar and please hire real editors. The number of paragraphs cut off short, typos and examples of poor writing is embarrassing for a “news” outlet. Don’t worry, Kare 11 is just as bad. Makes me ignore half the local news. Being first out with stories should not come before being accurate and actually proof reading the content.

I love channel 5 news, but the mobile notifications do not link back to the story. When I get a notification on my iOS device, the link takes me to the live broadcast. I would prefer it goes to the actual news report I’m being notified about or to a listing of the news stories.

KSTP5EyewitnessNews is fantastic. It is the best local app in the Twin Cities market. They have an app for all Apple products including Apple TV. This means you can watch the local news and weather without an antenna. And because KSTP is currently the only local channel to be this forward thinking, they happen to be the only local news channel I watch on TV.

KSTP has been my go to channel in the Mpls area for many years. Living in the North woods has its benefits, when I want to know what is happening in our area, our state, you folks provide that information. Keep up the excellent work, I really appreciate your service.

I have greatly enjoy KSTP5EyewitnessNews for years, it’s been my go to for news & weather. Unfortunately, a recent update included ads automatically starting each time a news story is clicked on to be read. It is SO annoying and irritating that I will sadly need to delete KSTP5EyewitnessNews and find another avenue to get news and weather. I used tell my family and friends to download KSTP5EyewitnessNews, I can no longer do that. I now advise to avoid KSTP5EyewitnessNews unless having ads blaring while trying to read the news is not bothersome, irritating or annoying to you.

My only complaint about KSTP5EyewitnessNews , other than the ad issue which is annoying but certainly not unique to KSTP, is that the homepage doesn’t update very frequently. I’ve uninstalled it a couple times because I was just tired of seeing the same not-new news. The world moves much too quickly to have the same top story posted for multiple days.

KSTP5EyewitnessNews is absolutely terrible. After a video ad plays for 15 to 30 seconds flawlessly a 30 second news story can't even play for five seconds without buffering. And this is with 5 bars LTE service. I find it amazing that all their ad way flawlessly but all of their new stories buffer within 5 seconds of playing. And continue to buffer every 3 to 5 seconds, doesn't matter how long they are.

I expect a lot more than this out of KSTP!

It should be noted that I have the latest version installed.

There is a scrolling function built into KSTP5EyewitnessNews I assume is to make you look at the advertisements. But it is extremely annoying when you’re trying to look at the content. Used to be one of my favorite news apps but it’s now at the bottom of the list along with Fox News, which by the way are my favorite news sources. Find a way to advertise without being so annoying.

Do not like the new format. It is really difficult to track the current, up to date weather. It keeps old information so you think your looking at current until you look more closely & then realize it’s hours sometimes days old. The watch & warnings are the same way. Very very disappointed. I’m keeping KSTP5EyewitnessNews but I’m going to try other local stations app.🙁

I got KSTP5EyewitnessNews for weather, KSTP has a very good weather room and here in MN weather can kill you. Best to be prepared. Then found they are very good with local news and other alerts. Stuff you need not just a load of alerts like others. Very good!

I’ve given up on this news app and have deleted it. This news channel is by far one of the most liberal news channels. Just want the news, not your hating on it... is that too much to ask??
The last straw was the tap to watch feature. I just want to read the story without watching the nonstop ads. I would just skip the story entirely. So if you going to skip the story what good is it to have KSTP5EyewitnessNews, not everybody in the room wants to hear it
Fox 9 is a great news app instead

People are sick of your lies. I don’t watch the news anymore I don’t watch you I don’t watch CNN I don’t watch any of the fake news stations! I don’t believe anything you say and I’m just sick of it, I would love to have the old news shows back where I enjoyed it look forward to watching it and could believe what I was hearing. You have lost most of yourAudience because of your bad choices 25 .You have lost all credibility with the American people! Are up before it’s to late!

I really liked the previous weather app where I was able to receive separate alerts that are just weather-related. It bugs me that to receive weather notifications, I also have to receive news notifications. If there is a way to change this, I haven’t figured it out.

I love KSTP5EyewitnessNews when I works right. You must watch a commercial Even if you miss the most important first minutes of the news. Sometimes KSTP5EyewitnessNews doesn’t work. My iPhone is relatively new (a 13). I uninstalled and then reinstalled KSTP5EyewitnessNews because it wasn’t working. There must have been a bad update. It rarely works now. I like the streaming live option but it’s not working most of the time.

Stop sending push notifications with a headline resulting in a video feed about said deadline. I personaly( don't know about others) would like to read the article as oppose to watch it as firstly it's not available to watch and secondly I don't always have fast enough connection to watch streaming. Thank you :)

KSTP5EyewitnessNews was great when using with my iPhone 8. After upgrading to the iPhone 12 I’m no longer able to listen to the news that’s live streaming however I’m able to watch it without sound. I’ve deleted KSTP5EyewitnessNews and reinstalled it multiple times without a fix and also went into settings to refresh app without a fix. Will have to use a different app sadly.

I have used KSTP5EyewitnessNews for around a decade and love it. It's a must have for me. I am a very busy person, so I never watch TV. Therefore, I never get to watch the news on TV. This is my main "go to" for the daily news. 100% Satisfied! Great great app! You will be very pleased.

The new upgrade makes me so sad. I’ve had the KSTP weather app on my phone for quite a few years. Just deleted it when I saw that there was not an option for just the weather. Also, when I tried to use KSTP5EyewitnessNews the new radars were frustratingly hard to use. Same Wi-Fi, and KSTP5EyewitnessNews also seems incredibly slow. Very sad since this weather guys are my weather guys.

When I want to check the morning news, I start with 5 News. It has the sections I want. A good blend of national and local news. After the latest update, each story appears twice as I swipe through the news. Only annoying, content is still enjoyable.
After the latest update, I can no longer swipe left for the next story. Dislike having to scroll al the way to the bottom of the page.

KSTP is hometown news, with a hometown feel. Like a hometown, you learn to trust the people & reporters, to tell you the truth and news the best way they know how.
And to be there for you when you turn to them. Honest, friendly folks with smiles.
Thank you!
Gail Blackmon

Immediately I noticed far more advertisements than the other local news apps, and one of the ads was a huge picture of a disgusting rat. Then I remembered, the ads and in particular this disgusting rat were the reason that I stopped using KSTP5EyewitnessNews quite sometime ago. So, after all this time, they haven’t improved the quality or the quantity of their advertisements. Too distracting. Bye-bye app.

It’s my favorite local news option but it’s so irritating when the list of news refreshes while I am scrolling down...and so I need to find again where I was just reading.

I realize now that the refreshing is due to the ads updating. That adds to my frustration. I just close KSTP5EyewitnessNews when it flickers and I lose my place.

Great for current local news! Love the weather reports and the radar map. I’ve used the radar map to view areas around the world in detail.

I recommend KSTP5EyewitnessNews personally. I love the weather notifications. What I wouldn't recommend is putting news notifications on,if ur not the kinda person who wants to hear about ALL the news in text. Still a good app to use!

KSTP is the only local station that I watch. There are many others, but this one is my favorite for content, accuracy, personalities, investigations and they bring the most up to date.