Content and channels are far too US-centric, with no option to select any channels from other regions like UK and Ireland. This is honestly a great app, but just wish it had a bit more content from other countries. BBC News and Euronews are there, but would like to see much more from my region […]
Reviews for Haystack News: Local TV News
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Informative. The reporters are professional. They give the facts. Not the opinion of their station.
This app presents several live TV news channels as well as prerecorded reels of recent world events. One can enjoy viewing all events without needing any other apps. Its greatest advantage is working without vpn and even with a weak internet connection. Many thanks to developers.
Please provide an option to disable the robotic monotone “AI” summary bot. It’s unnecessary and ruins the viewing experience.
There are ads in the free version but the lengths are reasonable. To bad the big news networks can’t learn from Haystack! It hardly pays to watch the major networks work all the ads .
Great free headline news coverage. International, national and local areas of interest covered just enough to let you know what’s going on without your nodding off. βββ
love this app. it plays all of the news that I watch from all different news sources so I can judge for myself not get shoved into a political direction by commentators.
This app is the only source I use for daily news. It compiles news from many different channels. It’s customizable, from local to international; from major headlines to financials. For five dollars a month, the premium service (No Ads) is worth it.
I’ve tried every setting possible and nothing stops this app from refreshing completely different news vids if your phone gets tilted or jostled in any way. It’s infuriating and ridiculous. I’ve checked and double checked every phone setting possible, shut off background refresh, everything for this app and nothing works. I’ve literally had it refresh […]
It’s just ok, I was able to keep people on X updated w/ a little more “leftist” spin on News, & more detail, some of which is just nuts, it’s so bad, but, other reports coming out about, say, the murder of Charlie Kirk, the floods in San Bernardino & elsewhere, that, unfortunately, I can’t […]
I love being able to pick what I’m interested in seeing and even who I want to see it from. The little blurbs in the pop-up notification always lets me know if it’s something I want to take time to see right now, or wait a while.
It’s everything news that I need to know about the news. My Mentor turned me on to the Haystack News app about 2 years ago and I have been hooked ever since. I don’t need to go anywhere else to get the news. It’s all right here from multiple reptable and credible news sources international […]
I’ve had some issues here and there. It’s really a great app. I enjoy the features and you get a ton for free and through the subscription as well. More importantly, the developer does a fantastic job with the reviews and always offers to assist with repairs. I say an app can be great but […]
Amazing app but here is a new observation! On my Android TV (A12), the news headlines used to display on my home screen just as many as I selected in the app. But on my new A14, they donβt show up anymore, even though other apps like YouTube, Stremio, and BrowseHere still work. Kindly check […]
9/2025 still using this app for my News! this was my review 3 yrs ago π. (I’m still saying the same thing.) 3wks ago came across this app. Excellent source of the daily News. I’ve been recommending it to all my friends and family. So easy to navigate even for the elderly people like me. […]
When on mobile, there is an annoying drop-down that you can’t get rid of that crowds the already crowded screen. the actual video is already small unless you go full screen, there’s no comfortable in-between. Oftentimes the Segments are not complete. the app moves to the next video or ad at very odd times, before […]
You can not get the app to stop sending you entertainment and sports news. I have down-thumbed those stories every time, I have NOT clicked that as an interest, yet, every 10 minutes, i get more entertainment and sports stories. HOW TO STOP THAT??? Otherwise, I like this app a lot and it acts differently […]
Ads are in the wrong language (Chinese and Spanish in the Bay Area). Personalization is not that great, it still takes a lot of browsing to find the stories I care about. I also wish there were a wider selection of news sources. Update: Personalization got better, but the app (both on the phone and […]
This is a very good app, but they stated the premium version is commercial free. After signing up for the premium version, however; I was still getting as many commercials as before. I reached out several times with no response and out of total frustration, I finally cancelled the premium subscription. If you want a […]
Even with the autoplay setting off, it tends to start playing videos no matter what I’m doing in the app. So if I’m looking at help I have to back all the way back out to turn off the video. It also hops to new videos in the middle of videos. The PC (browser) version […]