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Kansas City Star | Local News gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Kansas City Star | Local News by The McClatchy Company is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Kansas City Star | Local News update history & changes
Last change · 29 events since 29 Jun 2011Full timeline ↓📈AndroidEntered the top 100✏️AndroidDescription updated✏️AndroidNew screenshots✏️iOSDescription updated✏️iOSNew iPad screenshots📦iOSUpdated to version 11.1.23📈iOSEntered the top 100📦AndroidUpdated to version 11.1.20📦iOSUpdated to version 11.1.22📦AndroidUpdated to version 11.1.19📈AndroidCharting in a new country🎉iOSIn-app event: Missouri & Kansas Midterms 26📈iOSCharting in a new country💰AndroidIn-app price range changed🆕iOSFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕AndroidReleased on Google Play🆕iOSReleased on the App Store
Full timeline · 29 events
- 📈Kansas City Star | Local News entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · US
- ✏️Kansas City Star | Local News: description updatedAndroid· US
- ✏️Kansas City Star | Local News: new screenshotsAndroid12 screenshots (was 12) · US
- ✏️Kansas City Star | Local News: description updatediOS· US
- ✏️Kansas City Star | Local News: new iPad screenshotsiOS· US
- ✏️Kansas City Star | Local News: new screenshotsiOS4 screenshots (was 4) · US
- 📦Kansas City Star | Local News updated to version 11.1.23iOS• Read offline: Save articles to read later, even with no Internet connection. Your saved stories are in the new “Downloads” section on the “For You” tab.
Improvements
• Video audio now stops when you swipe away from a featured video.
• Photo viewers now show every image in a story.
• The share button in photo galleries is back in the right spot.
• Stability improvements to help section pages load reliably.
• Message Center now loads correctly when you first install the app.
• Smarter paywall experience: We’ve updated the paywall to adapt to how you read, so readers see subscription options at the right moment.
• Updated restore purchase process: Restore purchase will automatically run a check upon login. Otherwise, subscribers who purchased their subscriptions from the app store can manually initiate the restore purchase process in the "Account" tab.
• Other minor stability improvements… more - 📈Kansas City Star | Local News entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Magazines & Newspapers · US
- 📦Kansas City Star | Local News updated to version 11.1.20Android• Read offline: Save articles to read later, even with no Internet connection.
• Video audio now stops when you swipe away from a featured video.
• Fixed stretched images in the “For You” tab on tablets held upright.
• Smarter paywall experience: We’ve updated the paywall to adapt to how you read, so readers see subscription options at the right moment.
• Updated restore purchase process: Restore purchase will automatically run a check upon login.
• Other minor stability improvements.… more - ✏️Kansas City Star | Local News: description updatedAndroid· US
- ✏️Kansas City Star | Local News: new screenshotsAndroid12 screenshots (was 12) · US
- ✏️Kansas City Star | Local News: description updatediOS· US
- 📦Kansas City Star | Local News updated to version 11.1.22iOS• Photo gallery support: Swipe through full-screen photo galleries right in the app.
• Listen to your Edition: Have Edition articles read aloud to you.
More improvements:
• Video credits now appear with videos
• Fixed an issue with vertical videos not displaying properly on articles
• Ability to close an Edition ad banner on a per session basis
• Improved author biography text support
• Minor stability improvements… more - 📦Kansas City Star | Local News updated to version 11.1.19Android• Photo gallery support: Swipe through full-screen photo galleries right in the app.
More improvements:
• Video credits now appear with videos
• Ability to close an Edition ad banner on a per session basis
• Improved author biography text support
• Minor stability improvements… more - 📈Kansas City Star | Local News charting in a new countryAndroidThailand
- 🎉Kansas City Star | Local News in-app event: Missouri & Kansas Midterms 26iOSSPECIAL EVENT · until 11 Nov
- 📈Kansas City Star | Local News charting in a new country in 3 chartsAndroidMexico · Netherlands · Vietnam
- 📈Kansas City Star | Local News charting in a new countryAndroidTurkey
- 📈Kansas City Star | Local News charting in a new countryiOSCanada
- 💰Kansas City Star | Local News: in-app price range changedAndroid$7.99 - $159.99 per item → $7.99 - $129.99 per item · US
- 📈Kansas City Star | Local News charting in a new country in 2 chartsAndroidUnited Arab Emirates · Saudi Arabia
- 📈Kansas City Star | Local News charting in a new countryAndroidIndonesia
- 🆕Kansas City Star | Local News first spotted by AppInsideriOS#61 in Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · United States
- 📈Kansas City Star | Local News charting in a new countryAndroidIndia
- 🆕Kansas City Star | Local News first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited States
- 📦Kansas City Star | Local News version 11.1.18iOSThis hotfix addresses background issues with analytics event tracking and privacy prompt handling, plus improves how app installs are recorded.
- 📦Kansas City Star | Local News version 11.1.16Android• Support for blockquotes on articles
• Fixes playback issue with top video in Featured Videos section
• Fixes banner ad overlap on Edition section articles
• Other minor bug fixes and performance improvements - 🆕Kansas City Star | Local News released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕Kansas City Star | Local News released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.3 ★
7.8k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#55
Android · 
News & Magazines Grossing
News & Magazines GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
52
▲ +16% vs the 2 weeks before (App Store)
Measured
App Store
App details
App ID
445990659
Publisher
McClatchy Interactive
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Jun 2011
15 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 17.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
12+
6 content notes below
Languages
2
EN ES
Size
153 MB
Also listed in
Magazines & Newspapers
Content notesInfrequent/Mild ContestsInfrequent/Mild Realistic ViolenceInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive ThemesInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or ReferencesInfrequent/Mild Simulated GamblingInfrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment Information
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.kansascity.android
Publisher
The McClatchy Company, LLC
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Everyone 10+
Kansas City Star | Local News downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 100+ | – |
| Google Play | 50+ | 50k+ Measured |
| Total | 500+ Confidence | 50k+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
App Store: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Where Kansas City Star | Local News's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: Subscription-led
How Kansas City Star | Local News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Montly Subscription subscription | |
| 2 | Annual Subscription subscription | |
| 3 | Annual Subscription subscription | |
| 4 | Monthly Subscription subscription | |
| 5 | Monthly Subscription subscription |
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #72 News Grossing | 1 of 30 countries | – | #72 |
| Google Play | #55 News & Magazines Grossing | 9 of 23 countries | #142 | #55 |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisApp Store
New ratings a week
50
▲ +16% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
US App Store
Recent ratings
4.4★
vs 4.4★ lifetime
Review momentum
82/100
faster than 94% of News apps
Google Play
New ratings a week
1.8
4-week average
Written reviews a week
1
Google Play
Lifetime rating
3.4★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
40/100
faster than 33% of News and magazines apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.4 ★ | 7k |
| Google Play | 3.4 ★ | 834 336 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.3 ★ weighted by ratings | 7.8k |
What users say about Kansas City Star | Local News
From the 51 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mostly negative (20% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for working reliably, and regular updates. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Crashes & bugs: “The update won’t work on my 78 yo friends iPad”
- Updates: “The update won’t work on my 78 yo friends iPad”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Impossible to cancel subscription”
- Crashes & bugs: “If ads and crashed sites are your thing …”
- Updates: “August update is disappointing”
- Features & content: “Continued low quality web page reading options”
About Kansas City Star | Local News
The Kansas City Star local newspaper app is faster and easier to use. Read or watch daily local news coverage, investigative reporting, national headline news, crime, sports, local business, and more from across the Kansas City metro area in Missouri and Kansas.
The Kansas City Star local news app is your trusted source for local, daily journalism serving the Kansas City metropolitan region. Our newsroom reports on local government, public safety, business, education, and community developments affecting residents in Kansas City, Lee’s Summit, Independence, Blue Springs, Belton, Parkville, Gladstone, Liberty, Grandview, Overland Park, Olathe, Lenexa, Prairie Village, and surrounding metro communities, alongside statewide coverage and national headline news.
LOCAL NEWS
• Daily local news and stories from around the Kansas City metro area
• AI generated summaries on all articles reviewed by our newsroom
• The Kansas City Star local newspaper opinions, editorials and columns you love
• Edition, a digital destination for the latest news, features, and insights. Like the printed newspaper, it is intended to be a complete report of the day’s news compiled by our editors overnight
LIVE VIDEO
• Watch live video of local news stories and national news coverage
• View stunning photos and videos of local news and community events
LOCAL SPORTS
• Full coverage reporting on local, pro and college sports teams
• Stay connected to your favorite teams and favorite sports writers
PERSONALIZATION
• Stay informed on the topics and articles that matter to you
• Favorite topics to get personalized feeds.
• Search for news articles, videos, games and more
• Bookmark news articles to read later
• Read articles your way with full support for dark mode and light mode
Other Features
• Browse articles by category
• Share articles on Facebook, X Twitter or by email
• Comment on news articles
• Access and download previous issues of our newspaper
• Recharge and unwind with our puzzles and games
GET DAILY NEWS AND MORE WITH THE KANSAS CITY STAR LOCAL NEWSPAPER
Download ourThe Kansas City Star local newspaper app today to stay informed on local daily news, crime, sports, national headlines, and more.
Read our Privacy policy here: https://www.mcclatchy.com/privacy-policy
Read our Terms of Service here: https://www.mcclatchy.com/terms-of-service
For California Residents: To learn more about managing your sharing preferences and Do Not Sell My Info rights visit https://www.mcclatchy.com/ccpa-pp
The Kansas City Star local news app is your trusted source for local, daily journalism serving the Kansas City metropolitan region. Our newsroom reports on local government, public safety, business, education, and community developments affecting residents in Kansas City, Lee’s Summit, Independence, Blue Springs, Belton, Parkville, Gladstone, Liberty, Grandview, Overland Park, Olathe, Lenexa, Prairie Village, and surrounding metro communities, alongside statewide coverage and national headline news.
LOCAL NEWS
• Daily local news and stories from around the Kansas City metro area
• AI generated summaries on all articles reviewed by our newsroom
• The Kansas City Star local newspaper opinions, editorials and columns you love
• Edition, a digital destination for the latest news, features, and insights. Like the printed newspaper, it is intended to be a complete report of the day’s news compiled by our editors overnight
LIVE VIDEO
• Watch live video of local news stories and national news coverage
• View stunning photos and videos of local news and community events
LOCAL SPORTS
• Full coverage reporting on local, pro and college sports teams
• Stay connected to your favorite teams and favorite sports writers
PERSONALIZATION
• Stay informed on the topics and articles that matter to you
• Favorite topics to get personalized feeds.
• Search for news articles, videos, games and more
• Bookmark news articles to read later
• Read articles your way with full support for dark mode and light mode
Other Features
• Browse articles by category
• Share articles on Facebook, X Twitter or by email
• Comment on news articles
• Access and download previous issues of our newspaper
• Recharge and unwind with our puzzles and games
GET DAILY NEWS AND MORE WITH THE KANSAS CITY STAR LOCAL NEWSPAPER
Download ourThe Kansas City Star local newspaper app today to stay informed on local daily news, crime, sports, national headlines, and more.
Read our Privacy policy here: https://www.mcclatchy.com/privacy-policy
Read our Terms of Service here: https://www.mcclatchy.com/terms-of-service
For California Residents: To learn more about managing your sharing preferences and Do Not Sell My Info rights visit https://www.mcclatchy.com/ccpa-pp
Kansas City Star | Local News App Store
Kansas City Star | Local News gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Kansas City Star | Local News is #72 in News Grossing in United States and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperThe McClatchy Company
CategoryNews
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.4 (7k)
Version11.1.23
Age rating12+
First seen by us 26 Sep 2026
26 Sep 2026Rating
4.4 ★
7k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#72
News GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
50
▲ +16% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Kansas City Star | Local News on the App Store
App details
App ID
445990659
Publisher
McClatchy Interactive
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Jun 2011
15 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 17.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
12+
6 content notes below
Languages
2
EN ES
Size
153 MB
Also listed in
Magazines & Newspapers
Content notesInfrequent/Mild ContestsInfrequent/Mild Realistic ViolenceInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive ThemesInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or ReferencesInfrequent/Mild Simulated GamblingInfrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment Information
Kansas City Star | Local News downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Kansas City Star | Local News's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Kansas City Star | Local News before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: Subscription-led
How Kansas City Star | Local News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Montly Subscription subscription | |
| 2 | Annual Subscription subscription | |
| 3 | Annual Subscription subscription | |
| 4 | Monthly Subscription subscription | |
| 5 | Monthly Subscription subscription |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | NewsGrossing | #72 |
| United States | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #77 |
Apps near Kansas City Star | Local News on the chart
News Grossing, around #72.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.4 ★
7k ratings
Measured
Ratings
7k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
50
▲ +16% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
US App Store
Recent ratings
4.4★
vs 4.4★ lifetime
Review momentum
82/100
faster than 94% of News apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Kansas City Star | Local News
From the 51 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mostly negative (20% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for working reliably, and regular updates. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Crashes & bugs: “The update won’t work on my 78 yo friends iPad”
- Updates: “The update won’t work on my 78 yo friends iPad”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Impossible to cancel subscription”
- Crashes & bugs: “If ads and crashed sites are your thing …”
- Updates: “August update is disappointing”
- Features & content: “Continued low quality web page reading options”
About Kansas City Star | Local News
The Kansas City Star local newspaper app is faster and easier to use. Read or watch daily local news coverage, investigative reporting, national headline news, crime, sports, local business, and more from across the Kansas City metro area in Missouri and Kansas.
The Kansas City Star local news app is your trusted source for local, daily journalism serving the Kansas City metropolitan region. Our newsroom reports on local government, public safety, business, education, and community developments affecting residents in Kansas City, Lee’s Summit, Independence, Blue Springs, Belton, Parkville, Gladstone, Liberty, Grandview, Overland Park, Olathe, Lenexa, Prairie Village, and surrounding metro communities, alongside statewide coverage and national headline news.
LOCAL NEWS
• Daily local news and stories from around the Kansas City metro area
• AI generated summaries on all articles reviewed by our newsroom
• The Kansas City Star local newspaper opinions, editorials and columns you love
• Edition, a digital destination for the latest news, features, and insights. Like the printed newspaper, it is intended to be a complete report of the day’s news compiled by our editors overnight
LIVE VIDEO
• Watch live video of local news stories and national news coverage
• View stunning photos and videos of local news and community events
LOCAL SPORTS
• Full coverage reporting on local, pro and college sports teams
• Stay connected to your favorite teams and favorite sports writers
PERSONALIZATION
• Stay informed on the topics and articles that matter to you
• Favorite topics to get personalized feeds.
• Search for news articles, videos, games and more
• Bookmark news articles to read later
• Read articles your way with full support for dark mode and light mode
Other Features
• Browse articles by category
• Share articles on Facebook, X Twitter or by email
• Comment on news articles
• Access and download previous issues of our newspaper
• Recharge and unwind with our puzzles and games
GET DAILY NEWS AND MORE WITH THE KANSAS CITY STAR LOCAL NEWSPAPER
Download ourThe Kansas City Star local newspaper app today to stay informed on local daily news, crime, sports, national headlines, and more.
Read our Privacy policy here: https://www.mcclatchy.com/privacy-policy
Read our Terms of Service here: https://www.mcclatchy.com/terms-of-service
For California Residents: To learn more about managing your sharing preferences and Do Not Sell My Info rights visit https://www.mcclatchy.com/ccpa-pp
The Kansas City Star local news app is your trusted source for local, daily journalism serving the Kansas City metropolitan region. Our newsroom reports on local government, public safety, business, education, and community developments affecting residents in Kansas City, Lee’s Summit, Independence, Blue Springs, Belton, Parkville, Gladstone, Liberty, Grandview, Overland Park, Olathe, Lenexa, Prairie Village, and surrounding metro communities, alongside statewide coverage and national headline news.
LOCAL NEWS
• Daily local news and stories from around the Kansas City metro area
• AI generated summaries on all articles reviewed by our newsroom
• The Kansas City Star local newspaper opinions, editorials and columns you love
• Edition, a digital destination for the latest news, features, and insights. Like the printed newspaper, it is intended to be a complete report of the day’s news compiled by our editors overnight
LIVE VIDEO
• Watch live video of local news stories and national news coverage
• View stunning photos and videos of local news and community events
LOCAL SPORTS
• Full coverage reporting on local, pro and college sports teams
• Stay connected to your favorite teams and favorite sports writers
PERSONALIZATION
• Stay informed on the topics and articles that matter to you
• Favorite topics to get personalized feeds.
• Search for news articles, videos, games and more
• Bookmark news articles to read later
• Read articles your way with full support for dark mode and light mode
Other Features
• Browse articles by category
• Share articles on Facebook, X Twitter or by email
• Comment on news articles
• Access and download previous issues of our newspaper
• Recharge and unwind with our puzzles and games
GET DAILY NEWS AND MORE WITH THE KANSAS CITY STAR LOCAL NEWSPAPER
Download ourThe Kansas City Star local newspaper app today to stay informed on local daily news, crime, sports, national headlines, and more.
Read our Privacy policy here: https://www.mcclatchy.com/privacy-policy
Read our Terms of Service here: https://www.mcclatchy.com/terms-of-service
For California Residents: To learn more about managing your sharing preferences and Do Not Sell My Info rights visit https://www.mcclatchy.com/ccpa-pp
Latest updates
11.1.23
• Read offline: Save articles to read later, even with no Internet connection. Your saved stories are in the new “Downloads” section on the “For You” tab.
Improvements
• Video audio now stops when you swipe away from a featured video.
• Photo viewers now show every image in a story.
• The share button in photo galleries is back in the right spot.
• Stability improvements to help section pages load reliably.
• Message Center now loads correctly when you first install the app.
• Smarter paywall experience: We’ve updated the paywall to adapt to how you read, so readers see subscription options at the right moment.
• Updated restore purchase process: Restore purchase will automatically run a check upon login. Otherwise, subscribers who purchased their subscriptions from the app store can manually initiate the restore purchase process in the "Account" tab.
• Other minor stability improvements
11.1.22
• Photo gallery support: Swipe through full-screen photo galleries right in the app.
• Listen to your Edition: Have Edition articles read aloud to you.
More improvements:
• Video credits now appear with videos
• Fixed an issue with vertical videos not displaying properly on articles
• Ability to close an Edition ad banner on a per session basis
• Improved author biography text support
• Minor stability improvements
11.1.18
This hotfix addresses background issues with analytics event tracking and privacy prompt handling, plus improves how app installs are recorded.
Store changes
What Kansas City Star | Local News changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Description updated
New iPad screenshots
New screenshots
4 screenshots (was 4)
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Kansas City Star | Local News Android
Kansas City Star | Local News gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Kansas City Star | Local News is #55 in News & Magazines Grossing on Google Play in United States and charting in 9 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperMcClatchy
CategoryNews & Magazines
PriceFree
Released
Installs50k+
Rating★ 3.4 (834)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone 10+
Rating
3.4 ★
834 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#55
News & Magazines GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
1.8
Google Play, 4-week average
Measured
Kansas City Star | Local News on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.kansascity.android
Publisher
The McClatchy Company, LLC
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Everyone 10+
Kansas City Star | Local News downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Kansas City Star | Local News's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Kansas City Star | Local News before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: Subscription-led
How Kansas City Star | Local News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Montly Subscription subscription | |
| 2 | Annual Subscription subscription | |
| 3 | Annual Subscription subscription | |
| 4 | Monthly Subscription subscription | |
| 5 | Monthly Subscription subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | News & MagazinesGrossing | #55 |
| United States | News & MagazinesFree | #142 |
 India | News & MagazinesGrossing | #180 |
 Saudi Arabia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #188 |
 Indonesia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #199 |
 Netherlands | News & MagazinesGrossing | #193 |
 United Arab Emirates | News & MagazinesGrossing | #194 |
 Turkey | News & MagazinesGrossing | #197 |
 Thailand | News & MagazinesGrossing | #196 |
 Vietnam | News & MagazinesGrossing | #197 |
Apps near Kansas City Star | Local News on the chart
News & Magazines Grossing, around #55.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
3.4 ★
834 ratings
Measured
Ratings
834
Measured
Written reviews
336
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
1.8
4-week average
Written reviews a week
1
Google Play
Lifetime rating
3.4★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
40/100
faster than 33% of News and magazines apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Kansas City Star | Local News
From the 104 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Mostly negative (9% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and price and subscriptions.
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “won't open, keeps crashing”
- Price & subscription: “How do I cancel my subscription?”
- Login & account: “app keeps asking me log in”
- Customer support: “Customer service nonexistent”
About Kansas City Star | Local News
The Kansas City Star local newspaper app makes it easy to access the trusted local news you need; delivering comprehensive local news & journalism from across the Kansas City metro area in Missouri and Kansas. Local news coverage includes Kansas City, Lee’s Summit, Independence, Blue Springs, Belton, Parkville, Gladstone, Liberty, Grandview, Overland Park, Olathe, Lenexa, Prairie Village and surrounding communities. Stay informed with daily local news reporting on government, public safety, crime, business, education and community developments, alongside investigative reporting, statewide news and national headlines.
Follow the latest local sports news, including professional, college & high school teams and in-depth coverage of the Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals and KC-area university and high school sports.
Read in-depth local news articles, newsroom verified AI generated local news summaries, opinion columns & editorials, or watch live news videos and explore photo coverage.
The Kansas City Star local newspaper also offers personalized news feeds based on your favorite topics, searchable local news articles, bookmarks for reading later, and a digital local newspaper edition with access to previous issues. Readers can also enjoy puzzles and games, making The Kansas City Star local newspaper app a convenient destination for local news, Kansas City sports & entertainment.
The Kansas City Star local newspaper has plenty of features & content to keep you informed. See below for more details:
LOCAL NEWS, DAILY HEADLINES & DIGITAL NEWSPAPER
- Read daily local news from Kansas City and communities across the Missouri and Kansas metro area, including opinions, editorials and columns, with AI-generated summaries on all articles reviewed by our newsroom.
- Explore Edition, a complete daily digital local newspaper compiled overnight by our news team, featuring the latest local news, features and insights.
LOCAL NEWS VIDEOS & PHOTO COVERAGE
- Watch live local and national news videos, and explore photos and videos covering local news stories and community events.
LOCAL SPORTS NEWS, TEAMS & COVERAGE
- Follow Kansas City professional, college and high school sports with in-depth reporting on the Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals and KC-area university and high school teams.
- Stay connected to your favorite local sports teams through our Kansas City Star sports writers.
PERSONALIZATION
- Favorite topics for personalized news feeds and search local newspaper articles, videos, games and more.
- Bookmark articles for later and enjoy reading in dark or light mode.
DISCOVER MORE WAYS TO FOLLOW AND SHARE YOUR LOCAL NEWS
- Browse news by category, comment on articles and share stories via Facebook, X or email.
- Access and download previous newspaper issues, or unwind with puzzles and games.
Read our Privacy policy here: https://mcclatchy.com/privacy-policy
Read our Terms of Service here: https://www.kansascity.com/site-services/legal/terms-
Follow the latest local sports news, including professional, college & high school teams and in-depth coverage of the Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals and KC-area university and high school sports.
Read in-depth local news articles, newsroom verified AI generated local news summaries, opinion columns & editorials, or watch live news videos and explore photo coverage.
The Kansas City Star local newspaper also offers personalized news feeds based on your favorite topics, searchable local news articles, bookmarks for reading later, and a digital local newspaper edition with access to previous issues. Readers can also enjoy puzzles and games, making The Kansas City Star local newspaper app a convenient destination for local news, Kansas City sports & entertainment.
The Kansas City Star local newspaper has plenty of features & content to keep you informed. See below for more details:
LOCAL NEWS, DAILY HEADLINES & DIGITAL NEWSPAPER
- Read daily local news from Kansas City and communities across the Missouri and Kansas metro area, including opinions, editorials and columns, with AI-generated summaries on all articles reviewed by our newsroom.
- Explore Edition, a complete daily digital local newspaper compiled overnight by our news team, featuring the latest local news, features and insights.
LOCAL NEWS VIDEOS & PHOTO COVERAGE
- Watch live local and national news videos, and explore photos and videos covering local news stories and community events.
LOCAL SPORTS NEWS, TEAMS & COVERAGE
- Follow Kansas City professional, college and high school sports with in-depth reporting on the Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals and KC-area university and high school teams.
- Stay connected to your favorite local sports teams through our Kansas City Star sports writers.
PERSONALIZATION
- Favorite topics for personalized news feeds and search local newspaper articles, videos, games and more.
- Bookmark articles for later and enjoy reading in dark or light mode.
DISCOVER MORE WAYS TO FOLLOW AND SHARE YOUR LOCAL NEWS
- Browse news by category, comment on articles and share stories via Facebook, X or email.
- Access and download previous newspaper issues, or unwind with puzzles and games.
Read our Privacy policy here: https://mcclatchy.com/privacy-policy
Read our Terms of Service here: https://www.kansascity.com/site-services/legal/terms-
What's new in 11.1.20
• Read offline: Save articles to read later, even with no Internet connection.
• Video audio now stops when you swipe away from a featured video.
• Fixed stretched images in the “For You” tab on tablets held upright.
• Smarter paywall experience: We’ve updated the paywall to adapt to how you read, so readers see subscription options at the right moment.
• Updated restore purchase process: Restore purchase will automatically run a check upon login.
• Other minor stability improvements.
• Video audio now stops when you swipe away from a featured video.
• Fixed stretched images in the “For You” tab on tablets held upright.
• Smarter paywall experience: We’ve updated the paywall to adapt to how you read, so readers see subscription options at the right moment.
• Updated restore purchase process: Restore purchase will automatically run a check upon login.
• Other minor stability improvements.
Store changes
What Kansas City Star | Local News changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Description updated
New screenshots
12 screenshots (was 12)
Description updated