# OzarksFirst

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id641350036](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id641350036)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id641350036`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Nexstar Broadcasting
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (1,122 ratings)
- **Version:** 510.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-03
- **First published:** 2013-04-29
- **Size:** 77 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ozarksfirst/id641350036)
- **Website:** [https://Ozarksfirst.com](https://ozarksfirst.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.nexstar.tv/privacy-policy](https://www.nexstar.tv/privacy-policy)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #52,594 — Overall

## Review summary

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).

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