# KAKE News

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1122108275](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1122108275)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1122108275`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** KAKEland Media
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 2.50 / 5 (57 ratings)
- **Version:** 223.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-14
- **First published:** 2016-06-15
- **Size:** 101 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kake-news/id1122108275)
- **Website:** [http://www.kake.com/](http://www.kake.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.kake.com/global/story.asp?s=18990](http://www.kake.com/global/story.asp?s=18990)

## Description

KAKE News Chrome extension brings the Wichita-area news experience to your browser. Stay updated with the latest headlines, sports scores, and weather, wherever you are.

Share stories quickly via email, text, Twitter, or Facebook to keep friends and family in the loop.

## Rankings

- #209,637 — Overall

## Review summary

KAKE News on iOS is plagued by stability and performance problems since recent updates. Users report the app often won’t open or loads stories slowly, with spinning wheels and crashes. Content often fails to refresh, and notifications don’t reliably link to the correct article. The experience is further degraded by intrusive ads—full-screen popups and video ads that disrupt reading. The new layout and navigation feel confusing, with missing back buttons. A few users still praise a clean, easy-to-use interface and useful news alerts, but overall reliability and editorial quality appear to be major concerns.

### Pros

- Clean, not fussy and easy-to-use interface
- Useful news alerts/notifications
- When it works, the app can feel smooth and responsive

### Cons

- Frequent crashes / won’t open / loading issues after updates
- Intrusive ads, including full-screen pop-ups and ad-heavy videos
- Content loading/refresh problems: articles not loading or stuck spinning, not refreshing
- New layout/navigation is confusing or not intuitive (missing back button)
- Perceived bias or poor editorial quality / clickbait headlines

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1122108275)