OzarksFirst

Name: OzarksFirst
Rating: 4.6 (1122 reviews)
Author: Nexstar Broadcasting

By: Nexstar Broadcasting

News

Features & Capabilities

OzarksFirst delivers local Ozarks news from KOZL and KOLR10 with top stories, up-to-date weather, sports coverage, and video from Ozarksfirst.com—covering southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas since 1953.

Key features include on-the-scene video, detailed weather with an interactive radar, breaking news alerts, and the ability to save stories for later.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App News & Magazines Weather

By:

Nexstar Broadcasting

Rating:

4.60

(1,122)

Version:

508.0.0 Last updated: 2026-05-20

Version code:

885929384

Creation date:

2013-04-29

Compatible devices:

Size:

75.96MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-04

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 55,519 ▲ 8

Other platforms

OzarksFirst (v508.0.0)

45,275 3.92

(373)

For Developers

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Developed by:

Nexstar Broadcasting

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ozarksfirst/id641350036

Website:

https://Ozarksfirst.com

User Reviews

OzarksFirst is seen as a useful local-news app with engaging on-air talent, but user experience is hampered by ads that block access and interrupt reading, plus stability issues after updates and readability/layout problems. Live video can be unreliable (sound issues, blank screens). Despite some positive feedback about coverage and presentation, the dominant themes are ad overload, repeated interruptions, and performance problems that erode overall usability.

Pros

Covers local news with timely updates.
Engaging on‑screen talent and credible reporting.
Clean presentation/look when functioning.
Useful for staying informed about local news.
Positive sentiment from some users calling it a great/amazing app.

Cons

Ad-heavy experience that blocks access to content.
Ads routinely interrupt reading and navigation (pop-ups, banners, ad bursts).
Crashes or instability after recent updates, making the app unusable at times.
Readability/layout issues (very large text, and text arranged one word per line).
Live video reliability problems (sound drops, blank streams, and frequent interruptions).

Recent reviews

I recently spent ten minutes trying to get to a news story that was of interest. I simply couldn’t get through the ads to get to the story and finally give up and deleted this app!

by Zo*****, 2025-12-15

I really enjoy living in springfield with a big weather event and not being able to access the news/weather due to the pop up ad as soon as you enter the app freezing and not allowing me to do anything in the app. It is like the ap loads behind this invisible ad trying to show me the news but alas I cannot go further.