ABC News: Live & Breaking News App Reviews

Update: the design is still horrible and the app itself is still full of glitches after "update." Original review: ABC had one of the top news apps but, with the new update, its now one of the bottom. The previous app (which stopped working several "updates" back) had an ingenious layout with a list of relevant news stories (some had pictures, some had video, some had neither but were equally relevant). In the "new app," stories without pictures or video get lost (even if they are extremely relevant) ...this has transformed a great news app into an entertainment app. By the way, the "NBC news" app, which was updated at the same time, actually improved by making their layout a bit more like the previous "ABC news" app (ironic). If you are looking for a decent replacement, I found the "Bloomberg news" app as well as the "CBS News" app to have a reasonably good layout for news. Quick Note: recent updates dont work properly and do little to address the poor design overhaul of the app. It seems as if "abc news" wants to reset the review count with all these "updates" (that is, get rid off the mostly poor reviews theyve been getting asking them to revert to the old app or fix all the glitches).

* Love to watch George and the rest of Dem. lovers spread lies and unfavorable BS about Republicans. We the people know ABC is one sided, evident by your stories. Keep giving Trump GREAT PRESS whether bad or good. Georges puppet strings are not broke. Neither are your other reporters. Probably will not watch much more. Always on every day. *

Horrible. After 7pm app never loads. Cannot access news 24/7.

New update, same old app. It seems to have a self-inflicted curfew--just doesnt work after a certain time, usually after dark. Fascinating that it still hasnt been fixed. At this point Im just hanging onto it for closure--I really want to believe you guys can create an app that works all hours of the day. Im rooting for you! Best of luck.

I rarely write reviews but I am so adamant about ABC. The updated version still does not work at night. Ive been an ABC news fan all my life and have not given up hope that one day they will fix this. I miss getting caught up with whats going on before bedtime.

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Latest update 10-4-16, 10pm pst, ver 5.08, they just IGNORED the roar of complaints about the app not opening at night! Amazing! Still stinks. App used to work fine before last several updates. Now it will NOT open at night! It would be professional for ABC to note in the description of the app that it does not open at night. Odd for sure. I have sent them feedback several times and no fix. Im beginning to think that their site is no longer 24/7. Otherwise why would it work in the daytime but not at night. Dont bother until you see evidence of fix. MANY people have been making this SAME complaint for SEVERAL weeks now and they just continue to IGNORE us!! SHOCKING really from such a huge organization. Fire everyone there and start over - I know some good coders.

the app never starts up!!! horrible update. easily the worst news app i have. push notifications about watching other ABC shows. app fails to display story in headline. photos and videos dont update based on title or picture of link, and never resets itself. multiple crashes and no app support. basic failure on nearly every level. Im a big fan of ABC news (+15 years), but this app is truly awful.

So another update and it still doesnt work at night. Im trying to get important updates about Presidential debate and all the app does is sit on the splash screen. The app is useless after 10pm at night.

This new update version as of 5-20-15 is crashing when i open it.. IPhone 5s! I now have iPhone 6s Plus and this is the worst design ever.. they need to go back!! Deleting it for now

The app didnt work after dark so I deleted it and restarted the phone and reinstalled the app. Now the app works great.

I guess I cant technically rate the app since it wont actually open, so...yeah.

If this was a racing app, it wouldnt report the race so much as to tell you what horse to bet on.

Tried to view the GOP debate, but like clockwork the app continually crashed, or purposely closed in order to force the viewer to start over again and again and again and again to see the commercial over and over and over and over again and again and again and again. I highly do not recommend the app.

Will not complete install, will not delete, will not download. Completely stuck.

This is an excellent news app.It has all the info I need.Please continue to improve this app.Removing ads will be better.

It is good for a news app

This app needs a complete make over. The iPad app is great. But the iPhone app is a mess.

The app has been working most of time, with infrequent crashes.