Application record · ID 407345290
- Average rating
- 4.7
- 49.2K ratings
- Ratings
- 49.2K
- On store since
- 2010
- 15 yrs 220 d
- Languages
- 1
Analyst summary
Last verified 4 Aug 2026ABC13 Houston News & Weather is a News application published by Disney. It holds a 4.7-star average across 49,157 public ratings.
It is actively maintained: the most recent update we observed shipped 27 Jul 2026. The listing has been on the store for 15 yrs 220 d.
On the listing it is a 123 MB download, runs on iPhone 5s and newer · iPad.
Position in category
Each bar shows where ABC13 Houston News & Weather sits in the distribution of News apps we track. Percentiles are computed over apps with the field observed, not the whole category.
Distribution computed with the category report · Full category report
Review intelligence
Medium confidenceUsers report frequent app crashes, freezing, and broken notifications that do not link to stories.
Every time I get a notification about an updated story I click on it that seems very interesting and it does not go to that story. Very disappointing.
A storm in the gulf and you can’t be bothered to update the weather on the app. Took over 12 hours yesterday to get a weather update and it’s over four hours old now. What is the point of having the app?
Trajectory: declining · recomputed when new reviews arrive · limitations
Health timeline
A dated record of what has actually happened to this app — launch, updates, price moves and record-board milestones. Every point is a stored observation, never an estimate.
- 27 Jul 2026 Update Updated to v8.93.0 The most recent version we observed on the listing.
- 22 Dec 2010 Launch Launched on the App Store Original release date stated on the listing.
Dates are read from the listing and from our own daily observations; the rating curve accrues going forward. How we track.
Listing & advisories
Download size
123 MB
Minimum iOS
17.0
Devices supported
iPhone 5s and newer · iPad
Age rating
12+
Advisories
Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References · Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes · Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence · Infrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment Information
Screenshots
6 on the listing
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Rankings this app appears on
Peer set
Peers are well-rated apps in News, selected by category and rating — not by similarity of description, so the comparison is like-for-like on scale.
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABC13 Houston News & Weather | 4.7 | 49.2K | Free |
| Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods | 4.9 | 46.8K | Free |
| The Atlantic Magazine | 4.9 | 133.4K | Free |
| TrueShort - Stream True Crime | 4.9 | 16.9K | Free |
| The Bulwark | 4.9 | 1,966 | Free |
| Podcast App & Player - Castbox | 4.9 | 198.7K | Free |
| Church News | 4.9 | 85.2K | Free |
Questions this record can answer
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What can this page not tell you?
Downloads, revenue, active users, subscription pricing inside the app, and anything about security or data handling. None of those are visible in public store metadata, so we do not estimate them.
Provenance
- Source
- Public App Store listing metadata and public customer reviews.
- Collection window
- Last read 4 Aug 2026. Listing re-read daily; reviews re-read on a slower cadence.
- Derived figures
- Percentiles, update cadence, longevity and sentiment are computed by us, not supplied by the store.
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