CBS Local

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CBS Local

Explore the ad evidence, study the storefront, and build your next acquisition hypothesis.

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01 / Creative research

Turn the unknowns into a research plan.

01

Check the acquisition promise

Read the store headline, screenshots and description. What problem is the app promising to solve?

Study the storefront
02

Look for ad evidence

Explore apps with direct store-link matches. Compare their hooks and formats without assuming the same approach works here.

Browse observed advertisers
03

Separate demand from paid growth

Store rankings and revenue estimates describe market context. They do not establish ad spend, conversions or ROAS.

Review the market context

02 / Storefront & product

Where the click lands.

Study the product story and store experience behind the acquisition funnel.

Screenshots

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03 / Market context

The business behind the app.

Keep revenue, downloads and store rankings separate from advertising performance.

How Much Does CBS Local Make?

Monthly Revenue
$1.0K
Annualized estimate
$12.0K
Per Download
$1.00

Platform Performance

🍎iOS
Revenue
$1.0K
Downloads
1.0K
Rating
3.0 (1,000)

Rating Distribution

3.0
★★★☆☆
1,000 reviews
5
36%
4
7%
3
6%
2
19%
1
33%

Top Countries

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Reviews (3)
★★☆☆☆CSI Rocks!4/17/2020
Multiple notifications

The app itself is fine but I also have 2 other local news apps. The problem with is is that I’ll get 4 notifications of the exact same story immediately after the other within less than a minute. Add that to the other apps giving me similar headlines but only once. I know I ca turn the notifications off but I do want to get the news, just not 4 times of the same thing. Just because I have tons of time because of shelter in place doesn’t mean I want to be inundated with phone messages. Because of this I’m deleting the app. I have other new sources I can use that won’t harass me over and over again.

☆☆☆☆2MuchCoffee1/12/2018
Live streaming and contact support don't work

The live streaming video of the newscast seems to nothing more than a frozen image of the White House. I've sat through the stupidly long California Walnut commercial three times and still the show does not stream or even appear. But to make the issue even worse, I've also tried to send an email through the "contact support" option well over ten times now. I continually get a "try again later error". Should I try a different support line to figure out why I can't contact support? I have deleted and re-downloaded the app, which is still the same version, 2.2.10. As President Trump would say, "#Sad."

☆☆☆☆MajorHavoc1/4/2018
More greedy CBS BS. Ads before everything! And unstable.

Buggy app, crashes a lot, and makes you watch too many apps. Just skip it and get your news elsewhere. Would give zero stars if I could. CBS Local: Like just about everything to do with CBS lately, the app is awful. I go to a new story to see a local NEWS VIDEO. But CBS, you greedy idiots, have to play an advertisement first. OK. The ad plays fine, and then the news story starts, and hangs about 10 seconds into the story. After a long pause, the app crashes. As usual. Bad enough, but when it relaunches to the story again, I have to watch the ad again. Seriously? Could you get any greedier? And before EVERY short news video! Give us a break from ads. But I suspect this will be a paid app soon anyway. First CBS All Access where you have to pay to stream WITH commercials. You are the only network that when one subscribes on cable or satellite, they still have to pay extra for the streaming service. You hold your channels hostage on Dish for more money, costing subscribers more. Now, ads before EVERY news video in your local app, where that video is usually shorter than the ad. Why not just come into my house and steal things while your at it? Oh, and feedback inside the app? IT STILL DOES NOT WORK! The app feedback email ALWAYS says try again in a few minutes. Seriously, are you guys for real? If you don’t want feedback, remove the button at least. App deleted!

Version History (32)
2.2.137/1/2018
2.2.125/8/2018
2.2.112/26/2018
2.2.1012/6/2017
2.2.911/6/2017
2.2.74/10/2017
2.2.612/12/2016
2.2.510/28/2016
2.2.49/13/2016
2.2.38/3/2016
Available In (1 Countries)
🇺🇸 United States
Supported Languages (1)
English
App Details

**Important Notice** CBS Radio stations are no longer available to stream in this application. Additionally, we have removed the alarm functionality....

iOS App ID
532811902
Content Rating
4+
Min OS
9.0
Size
26.4 MB
Publisher
CBS Local
US