WTVA Weather

It’s a bit of a cluttered looking app, mostly because of coloring and text. Sometimes have to navigate a bit to get to the live stream link. Mostly, I wish the voice notification could be turned off and just use an alert tone or at least customizable for specific alerts like tornado warning and not lightening detection 20 miles from my location.

This used to be my go to weather app. It was the only one I had on my phone. I liked that it was local but would follow you anywhere when you travelled. The radar was great and the weather warning and lightning strike screens would overlay the precipitation without having to switch back and forth like some other apps. The banner ads they had scattered through the screens were unobtrusive enough and sometimes even had things I was interested in. Now when you switch screens such as from hourly to 10 day or to radar, a video ad pops up filling the entire screen and with audio. This is very intrusive and can be disturbing if you are in a setting where you don’t want audio blaring. Plus half the banner ads are now ads for Trump. So this app is now in the trash. I would rather pay a subscription fee, which I now do for AccuWeather.

Lots of people on these reviews have been saying that the bugs and ads are making the app bad, as in lower ratings. The ads aren’t even noticing anymore. If you want to get on the app, it may take longer than you’d like, but it has to load. I really think this is a great app because it gives all information needed and even extra information that you will need daily. That includes a radar. I recommend this app as a five star review.