Kansas City Star | Local News

Name: Kansas City Star | Local News
Rating: 4.4 (6597 reviews)
Author: The McClatchy Company

By: The McClatchy Company App

Overview

Version:

11.1.18

Last updated: 2026-09-08

Features & Capabilities

Kansas City Star | Local News delivers trusted daily journalism from across the Kansas City metropolitan area in Missouri and Kansas. Read local reporting on government, crime, education, business, public safety, community developments, and more, along with national headlines, editorials, columns, and digital newspaper editions.

Watch live news coverage, browse local and college sports, follow favorite topics and writers, save articles for later, and search stories, videos, games, and more. The app also includes newsroom-reviewed AI article summaries, dark and light modes, article sharing and commenting, previous newspaper issues, puzzles, and games.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

The McClatchy Company

Rating:

4.40

(6,597) 49 new ratings

Version:

11.1.18 Last updated: 2026-09-08

Version code:

890847246

Creation date:

2011-06-29

Compatible devices:

Size:

145.01MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-09-16

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 23,148 ▲ 61

Other rankings

#70 in article keyword 43 ▲ 3#78 in company keyword 16 ▲ 6

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Developed by:

The McClatchy Company

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kansas-city-star-local-news/id445990659

Website:

https://www.kansascity.com/

User Reviews

The KC Star app is plagued by stability, navigation, device-compatibility, and access issues while readers still value the underlying journalism. Users report frequent login problems, content not loading, videos failing to play, and ads interrupting reading. Older iPads can’t update, making the edition unreadable for some. The paywall and sharing restrictions, plus perceived clunkiness, undermine value. A minority note positive points like journalism quality and privacy-related fixes. Overall, the app needs better reliability and device support to justify continued subscriptions.

Pros

Journalism quality praised by readers (KC Star journalism is seen as strong)
Readers note value in KC Star's content despite app issues
Privacy-related fixes (Apple Private Relay) noted as a positive improvement

Cons

Frequent login and subscription access problems; daily login required; login can fail on iPad
Older iPad compatibility issues; updates disable access on older devices
Clunky navigation and difficult-to-use UI in newer version
Video playback issues (videos not playing or mislinked)
Content loading issues and app instability (articles not loading; crashes)