Dakota News Now Weather

Name: Dakota News Now Weather
Rating: 4.5 (4174 reviews)
Author: Gray Television Group, Inc.

by Gray Television Group, Inc.

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 31 Jul 2026

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Quick verdict

What it is: Store information collected; independent summary not yet available.
At a glance: Free to download

Categories and search queries

Official categories

Weather

AppCorpus categories

Weather

Key functions

Function	Availability	Access	Scope	Evidence
Free app	Yes	Free	—	Store published

Screens

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8 store screenshots

Pricing & paywalls

App Store

Free

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

Ratings & reviews

App Store

4.5 4174 ratings · App Store

5/5Go back to old background!!
The new update makes its almost impossible to read with the gray background! Please change it back! I may need to find a new weather app. ☹️

Goofy518 · 31 Jul 2026
3/5New weather map
Not a fan of the new weather map. I like being able to see the alerts and the radar overlaid, not having to select them separately. Also, radar moves to fast with no pause at the current picture before starting over, makes it hard to see what’s happening now in the loop. I’m a retired airline pilot, and I used this app around the world for many years to get a radar picture at my current location, now I don’t like it. Please go back if possible.

dhowser1 · 31 Jul 2026
2/5So hard to see
I really wish you would realize that white font on a light blue background is really hard to see. Especially when the blue background is really distracting. The floating screen is so dumb and I hate it when sites use it. We don’t use apps like this one because we want a “cool looking” app. We use it because we want easy to follow information that isn’t jumbled up with movement and hard to see. The ads are bigger than the info. I waited a long time for you to figure this app out and it never gets better. I think I’ll find a new one. This ones not for me.

user_001 · 31 Jul 2026
4/5Just wondering.
Could you possibly add a search bar? Would be nice to be able to search to see what other locations are getting for weather in the coming hours or days. is there a way to add locations to a list so you can go to the list and click on whatever location you want?

M L I R 13 · 31 Jul 2026
1/5Unreadable
The latest update with the “see through” screen is unreadable. Having the text scroll while the under lying background does not is disorienting to read. Having white text on a light gray/whitish background makes it unreadable. The geometric background pattern serves no purpose so please change it to a solid color. Make the text color something other than white or go back to not having a ‘see through’ screen or better yet, don’t have a text layer that scrolls over a static non moving background.

Khemmelman · 31 Jul 2026

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Privacy

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Accessibility

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Versions

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5.10.400
Performance Improvements
5.10.500
Performance Improvements
5.11.503
Performance Improvements
5.12.701
Performance Improvements
5.13.1002
Performance Improvements
5.15.404
Bug fixes and performance improvements
5.15.411
Bug fixes and performance improvements
5.16.1703
Bug fixes and performance improvements
5.17.509
Bug fixes and performance improvements
5.17.511
Bug fixes and performance improvements
5.17.706
Bug fixes and performance improvements
5.17.801
Bug fixes and performance improvements
5.3.800
Performance improvements
5.3.904
Performance improvements
5.4.902
Implemented support for active links within video descriptions Fixed an issue on iOS 15 where searching for certain locations would close the app. A bug caused TV Station notifications to be turned off in the previous version of the app. As such we will be turning them back on for any user with alerts enabled. If you do not want the station alerts on, you can turn them off within the settings menu. Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements Removed app store support for iOS 12, users on older operating systems will need to update their operating system to update their apps.
5.4.910
Performance improvements
5.4.940
Performance improvements
5.6.509
Performance improvements
5.7.112
Performance Improvements
5.7.204
Performance Improvements
5.7.301
Performance Improvements
5.8.500
Performance Improvements
6.1.302
Bug fixes and performance improvements
6.1.601
Bug fixes and performance improvements
6.2.512 · 29 May 2026
Bug fixes and performance improvements

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Alternatives

KELO Weather – South Dakota — Same category + similar ratings
Local Weather & Forecast — Same category + similar ratings

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Last verified: 31 Jul 2026
Sources: App Store

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