KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul Reviews

by Bonny Loch

KARE11MinneapolisStPaul is very frustrating compared to the older version. It’s full of adds and pop ups that drastically slow or freeze up my device. I mainly use it for local weather forecasts. When a video is selected, there is no sound until you touch the video, then after the video starts, it switches to a must watch, full commercial, which takes from 15 to 30 seconds to load, sometimes switching back to the video for a couple of seconds before it loads again.

by Dkdassel

I grew up watching KARE 11 for news and I will watch it when I get a chance. Unfortunately I now have only streaming channels and I no longer get KARE 11 on TV. I use the KARE 11 iPhone app as an alternative to watching the news and I find it unorganized and confusing. There are many times when the same story appears 2 or 3 times in different sections. Why do I have to page past the same story just to read something new? I think KARE11MinneapolisStPaul developers should take a look at KARE11MinneapolisStPaul because there is room for improvement.

by Dana Lawyer

I’ve used the KARE 11 app for years now. It’s always worked fairly well and is a great place to get news and keep up to date. The redesign makes it almost impossible to share stories on Facebook, or other social media, and more than half the time the story I click on to share ends up posting as a completely different story. Tonight I was trying to post the mass shooting story with some commentary, and my commentary ended up attached to a story about moving to the right lane when driving. The commentary about yet another dead kid looked absolutely moronic attached to that post. The improvements are a bust in my opinion and I’ve ended up sharing from the Wcco app when I need to share stories on social media

by Jimi-Z

For me, this has been happening since KARE11MinneapolisStPaul was released. I have an old iPad Air, running IOS 12.4.8. In Weather, for example, when I hit the play video button, it starts to play without sound. I then hit play again, and it restarts with sound, but the top half is shaded in grey/black. Then it restarts itself and plays with same top half greyed out. Then it restarts itself, yet again, greyed out again, then the grey clears and the rest of the video is fine. Sheesh! Please fix. Maybe my IOS is old and you don’t support it. Let me know if that’s the case.

by Kenn303030

I’m truly surprised this has such high rating. Anytime I get a notification and I want to read up on the article it literally does not load. I constantly have to close out of KARE11MinneapolisStPaul and reopen it. And now they have pop up ads in the middle of the screen and what do you know KARE11MinneapolisStPaul freezes and I’m forced to close KARE11MinneapolisStPaul . Lastly the set up makes no sense it’s very hard to navigate and you don’t know if you’re clicking an ad or KARE11 content. Really hoping for some improvements.

by WriConsult7

Slow to start up ... splashes a pretty “good morning” or “good afternoon” greeting across while it starts, but we all know it’s just masking a slow startup. The wait is just long enough to still be annoying.

Occasionally crashes or scrolls glitchily and jumps all over the place. C’mon guys ... news apps are just controlled-environment browsers. How hard can this be to display a story with some pics and-or video? Maybe not give your advertisers the ability to write their own JavaScript ads that tweak out KARE11MinneapolisStPaul ?

Finally, this suffers from my main beef with most news apps: disabling the ability to zoom in on pictures. I remember vividly the day I first used a smartphone, and the seeming miracle of being able to use two fingers to zoom in on a web page. That was the magic. The web was only barely useable on web-capable phones prior to that. Now we have pages and apps that are optimized for mobile use, which we didn’t have then, but we STILL NEED to be able to zoom pics, especially stuff like infographics. There’s no technical reason apps can’t allow this like most web pages do in a generic browser. Let phones do what they’re supposed to be able to do, and stop stealing the magic.

Still 3 stars because I can basically get the news, but as a news app it is mediocre at best.

by Tsay4262

KARE 11 is generally my local news station of choice, but I cannot stand KARE11MinneapolisStPaul . While I like having access to the news articles and weather info, I am consistently running into third party apps & ads taking over my screen as I scroll. The slightest roll over & an app for Little Caesars or something else pops up. I realize the ad revenue is needed, but the constant pop ups are incredibly frustrating. Have deleted KARE11MinneapolisStPaul from my phone.

by Msmelissy

I use KARE11MinneapolisStPaul pretty much every day for new & weather. I would have given it 5 stars, however as I live in Western Wisconsin they only list the severe weather warnings and watches for the state of MN, I have to get my info on WI on a different website.
On the phone app it will show it as I have my settings set for it, actual website doesn’t show them. Actual website was “improv” but I don’t like it & prefer the older version.

by Lauriewawa

Each iteration of KARE11MinneapolisStPaul has new problems. It’s just not good from a user experience perspective, or performance. For example, why make me scroll through the articles with giant pictures? And, if you’re going to do that (which my husband actually likes), then at least have KARE11MinneapolisStPaul not randomly jump back to the top of the page while I’m looking at headlines. I watch kare11 as my normal news source but your app blows.

And, some of the ads and clickbait are extremely inappropriate. I know the news isn’t always “family friendly” but you don’t have to this type of advertising in.

by Medok Smith

Overall I love KARE11MinneapolisStPaul and love checking for local stories. However, often I click on a story and it fails to load. Usually this happens with at least 1-2 stories out of all in the feed. Also, the humanitarian stories at the bottom are nice, but are so infrequently updated that it feels like KARE11MinneapolisStPaul is neglected.

by Gramacake

We watch Kare11 exclusively… we’ve tried watching other News on other stations but have been very disappointed with them. Even when we are visiting our grown children in Waukesha or Neenah… the quality of the reporting or weather has a lot to be desired! KARE 11 is the ultimate in programs, whether it’s the Saturday Morning Program, weather, news, sports, and all the personal…Belinda…Laura…Bobby…Dave…Randy…Reggie…Mace…Jana…Rena…Julie…Ben…and all the other reporters… new & old!!!
Fantastic coverage of News…Weather & Sports!!!

by Granny Golf Fan

Difficult to navigate, contains old content, very hard to locate current stories, focuses too much on weather. Not at all user friendly. Seems that it was designed for the news staff, and not for their viewers and readers.

Must have been designed by Weekend production crew, in between misspelled or misplaced graphics work.

by Lauree12

The Kare11 mobile app helps me stay informed and up to date on issues facing our state and nation. I enjoy that I can scan the headlines and then spend time digging into issues that are most important to me. I believe that Kare11 provides me with fair and honest news.

by PatrickEbertz

KARE 11 this is not a joke Apple is telling everyone on KARE11MinneapolisStPaul Store every single app on KARE11MinneapolisStPaul Store needs to update your app in 30 days if you don’t update your app in 30 days your app could be taken down with all the other apps so please update your app immediately The report came from Fox News

by Northern Lights Lover

Really enjoy all of the content that is available.

I can always find something interesting to stimulate my thinking on a variety of subjects.

From the daily updates on what’s happening in the world, to the wonderful segments that highlight local spots to explore, I can always find something gripping.

by Wish Hadnt Updated

I use KARE11MinneapolisStPaul for news and have for several years. I agree with another reviewer it keeps getting worse with every release. I’m going to finally switch to another app because this one continually crashes as I’m reading a story. Don’t like the scrolling thru large photos to see next stories. Please revert back to previous version. Wish I hadn’t updated!

by Woodypeet

I like KARE11 weather because I live 145 miles west of the twin cities and the other tv channels weather does not get out of the metro. Here I can see what the weather will be doing out near Willmar and Montevideo. The news coverage also is just not concentrated around the Metro. Then there is Boyd Huppert, he does the best in coverage about special in special towns. Keep doing your best, a lot of watchers rely on you for your excellent coverage.

by Fdsutherland

I grew up in a family that opted for NBC, mainly out of pragmatism. In rural western Kentucky in the 1950s and 60s, the old antenna was your only signal source for television and WPSD-TV in Paducah was the closest and clearest station. WPSD was also very good at what they did in local programming and as I’ve lived in other parts of the country over the past 60 years, I’ve always observed that to be true. I continue to opt for NBC for news and local programming. So there you go!

by Imhotepidus

I like to know what’s going on in my city, and a news agency Like KARE11 gives me the local information I need.
If you want to know what sort of local events, or even what sort of weather to expect, I believe it is best to hear about it from a place that is truly familiar with the area. I’ve found KARE11 to be the best local agency for delivering that sort of news.
Checking the KARE11 APP is one of the first things I do when I plan for the day ahead.

by Dave/Goldens

I’m attached to all who present the news, weather and sports and all other programs as if they were family! Have total trust in what I watch and listen to! When I say everyone , I mean from the top employee to the one who starts a job there in the near future. I know two employees personally and Stacey and Cindy know who they are, and they shared a lot to me in our visits. That’s to all at KARE 11!

by Kunac

I am so disappointed by this new “upgraded” version of the KARE11 news app. I really enjoyed the old app and used it every day, but I might need to look elsewhere now. The format looks beautiful, but it is not user friendly anymore. I cannot watch a news story without watching an ad. On the previous iteration you only had to view an ad once and then you could watch multiple current news segments. Now after each story you have an ad in between and then you are launched into an item that is days to weeks old!

by NtotheBEZ

Given that I value Kare 11 as my go-to news source for MN it is beyond words how consistently frustrating KARE11MinneapolisStPaul is.

Basic attempts to read news stories, or watch news segments, are frequently met with full app crashes. The design overhauls on KARE11MinneapolisStPaul seem to favor adding flair, rather than ensuring function. And don't even bother with the weather radar, depending on the version of KARE11MinneapolisStPaul there's a pretty good chance that there will be an ad completely blocking your ability to use the radar controls rendering it useless.

by Pipe2917

It used to be good. Now video advertisements pop up in the middle of reading an article or even when I try to leave feedback on their Feedback screen. I don’t even touch my phone and they pop up every few seconds. Very irritating. KARE doesn’t pay much attention to St. Paul. Stories hit National news before KARE picks them up. They need to pay more attention to new and less on Prep Sports.

by Bkwmn

Love getting my up to date weather and news from Kare11. I appreciate Kare11’s efforts to provide on the spot news coverage without trying to shock and horrify me. If I want gore and gossip, I can turn to an entertainment channel. Ty Kare11! Keep up the good work.

by MNMOM742

I use the KARE 11 app mostly for detailed weather reports and to check for school closings or delayed openings. It’s easy to use for that, so it’s my go to weather app when I want to know more details than my iPhone weather app provides.

by Reveiws!!

KARE11MinneapolisStPaul is by far the best news app. Not only they have notifications for all the current news stories, you can also choose if you want your notifications to be about news, sports, weather, etc. 10/10

by Jeffandlisab

I have used KARE11MinneapolisStPaul since it was installed on my iPhone and love getting notifications and news updates as they occur, especially the weather report and warnings.

Thanks again for your service!