KXAN Weather Reviews

by Samrochet

Love/hate has progressed to just hate with the new edition of (approx.) May 2019. The annoyance of KXANWeather not respecting the portrait/landscape current position (which it did at one time) just required a restart of KXANWeather . But the “new, improved” radar page is abominable, and will force me to move on. Where the prior iteration radar page showed clickable watch/warning areas only when the animation was stopped, this version shows non-clickable areas all the time, totally obscuring the radar data beneath them. Surely Jim Spencer had no say in that, since it renders the radar data useless. The underlying map data is ugly compared to before... and if you click on an alert for your area, it brings you to a radar view of the roof of your HOUSE... decidedly less useful than the neighborhood view of before, so you’ll be “pinching” the screen over and over to get a useable view. This is the equivalent of switching from Google Earth to Apple Maps in the early days.

by Raleigh

I would be more than happy to pay money for a decent weather app. I have at least 20$ invested in weather radar pro. KXAN app is buggy and stops short of malware...for NOW. Adverts go way beyond annoying to near infuriating. Theres nothing worse than having video ads co-opting your ap when you're trying to see if there is a tornado about to wipe you out. Wake up KXAN.
Just FYI. The free weather radar pro pulls all the local TV weather radars together plus noaa/faa/nhc/usgc warnings and updates. Free version contains minimal ads, 1000x less than KXAN ap, and at least gives you options to remove via nominal purchase. I have licensed the aviation weather layers which are perfect for pilots. All notams and faa conditions etc.. This is not an ad for WRP but I've been soooo frustrated with weather aps especially kxan.

by Voaus

I would like to see one accurate forecast. I enjoy watching a real person giving a forecast. However, when they state there will be zero chance of rain, we get heavy storms. When it’s supposed to be raining, and I put the sprinklers on delay, and cancel my outdoor plans, it turns into a beautiful sunny day. I’m better off not even looking at KXANWeather. It may not be KXANWeather ’s fault, although KXANWeather is very awkward to us, but why have an app, if the people behind the information, are completely ignorant. I especially love the way they change the forecast several times a day, as the weather changes.

By the way, I live well within the viewing area. That means that the forecast should at least be close…

by Visionhorse

The map intermittently freezes, area wide weather alerts as well as other data vanish, and now I'm receiving audio alerts for non existent weather conditions.

I've reinstalled KXANWeather ., everything has been updated to latest version, and set to my location. My other Apps are working fine.

KXANWeather used to work great, but for several months it has been glitching out.I have reported these issues to KXAN, but nothing has been fixed. Apple should probably remove KXANWeather. because inaccurate weather information could have deadly consequences.

by RV_roadwarrior

KXANWeather shot out 42 notifications in the span of less than an hour. IF there’s a severe thunderstorm and it knocked our power out, my phone shouldn’t be spammed with all these notifications to kill the battery life.

Even if there weren’t a notification every other minute, they still come well past the point when the weather it’s meant to warn about is already observable to anybody that still has their eyes and ears.

by ColericV

KXANWeather needs some fine tuning. Even though I have on location it shows warnings and weather nowhere near me. And whenever a thunderstorm comes in it floods me with so many notifications I end up turning notifications off. And almost everytime I go in to check the update/map, I see most often that the warnings are irrelevant to the area I’m in.
Look, I don’t need 10 x severe thunderstorm warning notifications in 30 minutes. One is enough...

by Teej2819

We love super rural and when the weather gets bad, service gets bad. I’m so annoyed that any information is in video form now. I can see we are in a tornado warning, but no information on counties affected or timing unless I watch a video that won’t load. Just write something up so those of us not on 5G can see what’s going on too. Deleting app and getting my information somewhere else.

by Csyry_4

Not happy with the newest alerts from KXANWeather . This makes KXANWeather like the boy who cried wolf with random alerts not relating to imminent/severe weather. Plus the tone is annoying compared to the useful announcement of the unmistakable Jim Spencer’s voice. That’s my main gripe, however having ads play when trying to watch a severe weather warning video i s clearly much more of an issue, especially when the warning is about a tornado touching down. Also a link to the live broadcast in the sidebar of KXANWeather should be added for the same reasoning, and as a redundancy. Don’t forget KXANWeather is supposed to help save lives, if it’s too annoying when there’s no bad weather people are going to have the notifications off or delete KXANWeather when it’s need most.

by Penanns

What’s up with the super annoying pop up ads? Every time I launch KXANWeather now (as of June 2019) I get a pop up add, have to close it, then can use the menu/click on weather info. This is especially frustrating when there is bad weather and I have to close an ad first.

Did I mention the “x” close feature doesn’t always work and I end up being transferred to the ad’s website? Needless to say, I’ve deleted KXANWeather. Maybe I’ll try it again in a few months.

by Txtabby

But what the heck is with these ads that pop up during a weather cast???!!! Never happened before. I can see an ad while you go a different section, but during a weather cast?? Fix this or you’ll get a 1 star and trash your app everywhere.

by Robotmaunkey

KXANWeather used to work fine up until 2 weeks ago. Now KXANWeather runs constantly in the background and drains my battery. Tried to close out of KXANWeather , delete and reinstall. It seems to happen when you watch a video. Something gets stuck like an advertisement.

by Christi M

I love KXANWeather. KXAN is the only channel I watch for weather. I trust Jim, David, and Team. I wish the KXAN logo that is in the background above the boxes to help navigate where I want to go can be moved down below the boxes. I cannot read the weather writing above the boxes on top of the logo. Either the writing needs to move or the logo does. Don’t keep them on top of each other.

by Bike9582

The features seem to work much better on my iPhone 11 Pro, but for some reason I can’t seem to edit/remove a previously entered location. In the previous iteration, it was very easy to edit/remove unwanted location. Lots of good; and perhaps at least one opportunity.

by G87248

I use Apple’s VoiceOver screen reader to interact with the KXAN app. Appreciate your latest update which included some VoiceOver accessibility improvements. Home screen when I open app still does not read well (specifically the daily forecast) but other screens are working better. Please continue to make sure KXANWeather is VoiceOver friendly.

by XxSkyBlueGirlxX

I love KXANWeather! I recently downloaded it when severe thunderstorms started appearing in my area and I love KXANWeather! I love that it includes videos especially! I also really like the fact that KXANWeather actually sends you notifications of things happening in your area (example: thunderstorm, hail, lighting, floods etc.)

by P@dreislandgirl

KXANWeather has literally saved our lives from a twister, the sound might not be great all the time but its amazing. There is an amazing weather team having our backs too. They are the best in Texas! It’s awesome to know people care because KXANWeather is free too. If you don’t like KXANWeather that’s your problem.

by Amazingrace4u

Not sure why this is rated so low. I want accurate weather forecasts and KXANWeather is from meteorologists who actually live here and pay attention. Love it! You need to look at the radar for future hours to see if where you are is actually affected. % chance means something may happen in your city but not necessarily where you are.

by MikeyMelendrez

I applaud the app developers, Jim Spencer would be pleased how you have provided an update to KXANWeather for us central Texans. The maps are back to moving! The radar maps are no longer useless! People will now live because they can see the tornado is heading towards them. People will LIVE because they know the flood is headed towards them! The developers of KXANWeather clearly are True Central Texans where the weather is EXCITING and animated weather maps are the norm. Thank you for helping us Mr. Tolbert and God bless Jim Spencer!

by Vietsa

I’ve enjoyed using KXANWeather for several years now.
I like checking on weather conditions where my sons live. Whether good or bad.
Lately the delete location option is missing. The only options are: Enable notifications (which I’ve done), Nickname, pinpoint and move to the top.
Please restore the delete location option. People move and I don’t like keeping a location that I’m no longer interested in. An update might be useful.

by Mkeppler

This is a great group of weather forecasters and KXANWeather allows me to stay connected with them and get the latest on the weather. On a side note, thanks for reducing the volume on your commercials that play before the weather updates! 😄😄 Y’all are awesome!

by 21911Sherman

KXANWeather has never worked properly since its initial download. I have the iPhone 10 and all software updates on both my phone and KXANWeather . Every time I get a notification I try to open it and it’s either a black screen or it’s the KXAN Weather background screen and never loads to the notification or weather map. I’ll stick with my Storm Radar App, never had an issue.

by 03222003

You've ruined a fantastic app. Last year, there were no ads... Then, there were ads to watch KXAN (which I'm doing by using KXANWeather )... Now, there are crappy ads for other things that block out the content that start without warning and interrupt the usage. NEWS FLASH: when I need "first WARNING" information, I don't need ads FIRST. I'm waiting 1 week for KXAN to get a clue before moving to a new station and deleting KXANWeather .

by Walburg11

Is it just me not finding the setting or can you not adjust the volume on the voice alerts? Drives me nuts because no matter what volume I have the phone and everything else set to...the darn voice announcements are always full volume.

by Kasjdflka

KXANWeather worked well for years. Lately it works for a few days then it freezes on the opening image. If I delete it and download it again, it works for a few days and then it freezes on the opening image. Repeat.

by Skippr33

Excellent but could use one minor tweak. Please make it go automatically to horizontal when the user device, in my case an Ipad, is set to horizontal on a flat surface. This would be a 5 star rating if this was fixed.

by Dallas Stars 9

Latest update now has the map so cluttered with watch/warning boxes that you can’t see the bands of precipitation. But overall, it’s still the only weather app I use for living in central Texas.

by Lee1954

Love KXANWeather!& It has current & future weather reports as well as radar. I like the up-to-the-minute video option. I would give 5* if no ads. Would be great To have the allergy report tucked into it somehow.

by Tkjjz

Best one I have found for weather. Like the alerts, weekly, daily and weather videos! It makes it super easy to add other cities where my family live.

by PWR SHOPR

Very helpful app! I launch it multiple times per day. I like to engage in outdoor activities and KXANWeather helps me make plan, by the hour.