KTLA 5 News - Los Angeles Reviews

by AMilazzo32

Really tired of having to go to the LA Times site to finish reading a story, only to have the screen pop up that I have reached my monthly limit of free stories. I either have to pay for the LATimes, or just wait for the newscast later to complete the story.
Why bother with an app that is supposed to be 24/7 news when it’s not, and I’m at the mercy of the Times?!? I don’t subscribe to the Times, and it feels like KTLA5News is a poorly covering marketing ploy, one that I’d rather my “local news” doesn’t try to force me to buy into.

by Lolhahaizzy

Forces you to watch a a couple ads before watching LIve TV. Constantly missing news coverage. It freezes on the ads all the time. The news coverage is all replays anyway. Every time i open KTLA5News i have to close it and reopen it.

Just a garbage app all together. Play commercials during the commercial break, not during breaking news. It needs to be updated all together, looks like the background quality of the very first iPhone.

I’ve remained continuously unimpressed and frustrated over KTLA5News. Download Fox News or the MSNBC app if you want news - if it’s local news you’re looking for, don’t hold your breath hoping this will work. I strongly recommend you don’t waste your time. I’ve had KTLA5News for over six months and nothing has improved.

by That Game Person

your site has a problem loading news as it's trying to down load adds. What is with that? I don’t think you as the over seers of KTLA5News would put up with it on apps you yourself use. So ask yourself why we should! We as users want as you must yourself want a smooth running app and not one that jumps all over the page. Be honest would you keep an app that did this? I think not. Please fix this problem. Thank you. I also want to add. we are in a pandemic and you allow adds to run that say hurry and go to Palm Springs asap???? what are you doing? Endangering lives just to make a buck... Shameful. Plus when there are people that are addicted to gambling you have a very annoying advertising banner running to promote gambling?.. Why not put drugs for sale same thing right? Thanks

by PcNordy

KTLA5News is not good at all if you dearie to livestream. It worked fine before KTLA5News showed a commercial which upon completion is supposed to switch to the live news stream. But it crashes, pausing while buffering but never going live. You have to constantly reload the livestream and hope that one one of the occasions it actually works. It’s been slightly improved with an update but it’s still not great.

by MudCabbage

I have had KTLA5News for well over a year. I love KTLA and that is probably why I haven't deleted KTLA5News yet. KTLA5News works great for about a week and than out of nowhere it starts crashing. I have not been able the open it now for about a week. I blame the terrible ads they put. The ads do not load properly. People please, get some IT guys that know what they are doing. It's been far too long to have an app that is constantly failing. I would hate to resort to watch FOX news...

by H JJ

I love KTLA5News and use it just about everyday, but the last couple of days I noticed after launching live on my iPad, only plays one commercial and hangs... no matter how many time I closed and relaunched the problem persists. I went as far as removing KTLA5News , restarting the iPad and reinstalling KTLA5News , but it still doesn’t work. It works fine on my iPhone, but the iPad is a no go for now. I hope they get it fixed! By the way, the link to App Support on App Store goes to a 404 page that shows the page is no longer there, so no support!

by Lovruth

I used to get all the news I need from KTLA5News. And it has seriously gone to the toilet. First, we have what look like interesting articles. Click on it. A button pops up and says “continue reading”. It freezes and you have to restart KTLA5News and skip it. And then you have other possible interesting articles. Get to a certain point and it directs you to the LA Times newspaper, who, by the way, want you to pay to read it. My trust has been shaken by this. Please, fix this.

by CooperPooperDooper

KTLA does a much better job of presenting a wide variety of local and national news. They also do pretty well with refreshing stories as new information becomes available. What is really annoying is the frequency of incomplete news stories and a footnote directing you to their parent company LA Times for the rest of the story. If I wanted a subscription to LA Times I would sign up. Stop trying to force your app viewers to subscribe to a news source they are not interested in. I just deleted KTLA5News for this reason.

by HolaaJeTami

The new update is not a good one. It’s a battery killer and KTLA5News never was before. It doesn’t allow PIP video watching anymore and it makes my phone run hot. It also got rid of all my saved news stories. I LOVE watching my 4 am news with Chris, Megan, and Henry and now it’s become miserable and frustrating to watch/listen to my favorite newscasters on the go. I have to close KTLA5News just to preserve my battery WHILE ITS ON THE CHARGER. Please fix this because I use KTLA5News everyday and really used to enjoy it.

by OC Ka

I love all of the morning news teams and have been watching for a long time. It has been fun to watch the recent look backs into each person’s history.
In the last couple months I have had issues while watching. When the feed goes from “we will be right back” to a commercial or news I get kicked out of KTLA5News and am back on the Home Screen on my phone. It only happens during these transitions never in the middle of the news. I am the only one home when this happens so I know it is not an internet issue and it happens every time this transition takes place.

by Lirpamc

Loyal KTLA fan, when we turned off cable this is the one station I was concerned about, but when I saw KTLA5News I was excited. The Long blank commercial breaks are confusing because you think KTLA5News turned off and sometimes it does. It freezes during commercial break and you have to restart it. When will KTLA5News be available on Apple TV? Glad to be able to watch it on my iPad but look no forward to it being on the big screen. I need my Rich on tech in the morning !

by OlSrfer

Been using KTLA5News for a couple years now and it works pretty well, most of the time. However PLEASE update the “we’ll be right back” filler music more often as well as the promo commercials. The same exact “Friends” promo commercial has been on every 10 mins for the last year and it’s really irritating to here it over and over and over again! Please do us all a favor!!

by Sidewalk Surfin'

Latest version keeps freezing and crashing especially when reader is asked to press annoying “continue reading” button. Also, KTLA5News is overly sensitive when thumbing past ads, which might be profitable for your ad click revenues but wasted ad dollars for advertisers since I’m not reading accidentally opened ads. Other than that I love the news coverage.

by Marparedes9

Love love love KTLA ! Easy my favorite news channel ! And love watching the videos on KTLA5News and being able to catch up on everything. However , recently I’ve been having issues with playing videos , the last 3 weeks the videos do not load and play on my Smart TVs or phone through KTLA5News , please fix this and it’ll be a 5 star app ! Thank you!

by Number1LakerFan

It keeps crashing. I love the KTLA app on my iPhone 11. But it keeps crashing. I can only live stream the news for about 10-15 minutes. 20 minutes if I’m lucky. Then boom! It’s been crashing for at least a month on my iPhone 11. Great app, but Apple please stop it from crashing. It never use to do this. Please and thank you.

by Boydyboy101

We’re long time Morning News viewers that cut the cable so KTLA5News is essential to us. We also use another app for tv content that includes local stations but not KTLA! This is the solution and it offers so much more than just stream. I’m now using the top five news stories widget too.

by Eufemia Dee

I’ve been watching ktla since Barbara and Jennifer news and traffic for years today’s casters warm the soul as they make one feel at home . When Mark became sick I felt sad that the key that held the team together with his humor was deeply missed but glad when he returned Today’s ktla team is very professional and entertainment Sam can as we know. Bless every one of you and yes even in tragedy loosing a friend was tearful but the 8:00 stretch goes on .Do as you do for us out here who appreciate all of your professionalism Your the best of the best thank you from a loyal 77 year old listener Eufemia Tatham Lake Los Angeles

by GARFIELD HS BULLDOG

I watch Channel 5 news everyday. I start with the 4am until 9am. Watch the 3pm, 6:30pm and finish the evening with the 11pm showing. I use to watch Channel 5 with my Mom, when Stan Chambers was the announcer. Would like to collect all the coffee cup with all the announcers pictures in them. You also have the greatest field announcers.
THANK YOU CHANNEL 5. KTLA FOREVER

by Review Of Goupon

This weekend news on Chris was so amazing . Like everyone says I feel like I lost a friend . We have been watching channel 5 for many yrs . And the weekend because of Chris I never missed . It is all good that they keep giving condolences to his wife and beloved daughter but PLEASE mention his parents . As a mother who has lost a child , always remember his mother’s , father’s pain which is Unconceivable the loss of their beloved child no matter he was a grown man . To a mother he is first her child . Thankyou for the amazing tribute and how strong all the women were while on air . Our prayers to all the Staff 🙏🙏🙏💔

by Lqqker93033

I look forward to every time the news come on. Especially on the weekends. The news may be repeated serval times. I enjoy the entertainment. I currently don’t live in an area that doesn’t broadcast KTLA anymore. So I downloaded KTLA5News so I can continue watching it. Also I follow the anchors on Facebook and Instagram. They make you feel like family.

by Bugdar

I love KTLA and so I keep trying with KTLA5News but with each update nothing is fixed and in some cases they actually get worse. It would be great to be able to watch the videos that are posted with the articles, but for some reason the only videos that can be watched are only KTLA’s. When KTLA posts a video from any other source at all they won’t play. Super frustrating and disappointing. Hey guys... can we please try to get this fixed???

by Kizzen

KTLA5News is playing the same commercial over and over again or blacks out with no information only to find out it crashed I’m using my iPhone 8 the software is up-to-date I’ve used it on 2 different hotspots in my apartment complex, my own personal cable WiFi and 3 private homes that I work in same thing happens everywhere
Please fix this it’s been over 2 months Thank You

by Calpurnaya

Why do I have to watch 10 minutes of car commercials JUST to watch live TV on KTLA5News ? If you don’t click the play button within seconds of the video ending, it’s like you are penalized for not paying attention. Most times I just give up and close KTLA5News . If you get a banner message notification, it makes you start over with viewing commercials. Seriously, it’s way out of hand. Please fix this.

by Redsnapdragon

Like a lot of the other reviews state, it crashes. I can get it to open, and I can also see the menu options (hence the 2-star rating), but if I select anything, it crashes. I downloaded KTLA5News because a few of the recent reviews said it worked fine for them. I'll keep it for a little while, but will delete if this issue isn't fixed, and fixed soon.

by LemonJelloKiwi

***update 10/17 please fix the issues with KTLA5News . It crashes constantly. I love KTLA and not being able to read news from KTLA5News os so disappointing.
Of course anyone using KTLA5News is mostly interested in stories out of L.A. but the national news stories they mix in are always very interesting. Works much better since the latest update.

by Chentil

I love the reporting from all the hard working staff at KTLA. They report fairly and cover all aspects of issues, no matter where and what is happening. I know I can trust this news source to give me accurate and relevant information when and how I need it.

by Jaime57

KTLA is the only local Los Angeles news app that updates so quickly and covers more actual news instead of filler stories and puff pieces. It’s always my first choice when searching for the latest news.