# KLTV 7 East Texas News

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id449393106](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id449393106)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id449393106`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gray Television Group, Inc.
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (5,256 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.0.9
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-10
- **First published:** 2011-07-19
- **Size:** 84 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kltv-7-east-texas-news/id449393106)
- **Website:** [https://www.kltv.com/apps/](https://www.kltv.com/apps/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.kltv.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.kltv.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

KLTV 7 East Texas News delivers breaking local news, sports, and live video for Tyler, Longview, and the East Texas region. It covers nearby cities such as Jacksonville, Kilgore, Athens, Mineola, Henderson, Palestine, Mt. Pleasant, Whitehouse, and more with up-to-date headlines and alerts.

The app requests your location to tailor content and may share information with advertising partners to customize ads across apps. Review the privacy policy for details and available choices.

## Rankings

- #25,727 — Overall

## Review summary

Most reviews complain about ad overload and a disliked update that makes navigation and readability worse. Key recurring issues are ads (especially at startup), a new layout that users find cluttered and hard to read, persistent alerts that won’t clear, and difficulty searching or viewing content. A minority still values the app for delivering local news and safety information, but overall user sentiment is negative due to usability and content quality concerns.

### Pros

- Keeps users informed with local news and safety information.

### Cons

- Excessive ads and ad overload, including ads that appear at startup.
- New layout/update is hard to use; cluttered, difficult to navigate, and many prefer the old version.
- Alerts/notifications won’t clear or leave a persistent red badge.
- Readability and visual issues: small fonts, crowded layout, and limited image zoom, making content hard to read and find.
- Content quality concerns: perceived clickbait and biased or low-quality headlines.

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