📈Last 7 days+531 installs — 14% slower than the week before (+615) · 35/day since Sep 26
🏆Among News & Magazines appstop 1% by installs gained this week (18 peers growing)
⭐Rating★ 3.08 → 3.37 since Sep 26
🛠Updatesactively updated · updated 18 days ago · every ~36 days (3 updates tracked)
Installs since launch
+1,339 installs
· +10 ratings
since Sep 26
Update history
11.1.20Oct 23, 2026 · seen Nov 3, 2026
• Read offline: Save articles to read later, even with no Internet connection. <br>• Video audio now stops when you swipe away from a featured video.<br>• Fixed stretched images in the “For You” tab on tablets held upright.<br>• Smarter paywall experience: We’ve updated the paywall to adapt to how you read, so readers see subscription options at the right moment.<br>• Updated restore purchase proc
11.1.19Oct 19, 2026 · seen Oct 24, 2026
• Photo gallery support: Swipe through full-screen photo galleries right in the app.<br>More improvements:<br>• Video credits now appear with videos<br>• Ability to close an Edition ad banner on a per session basis<br>• Improved author biography text support<br>• Minor stability improvements
11.1.16Aug 12, 2026 · seen Sep 26, 2026
• Support for blockquotes on articles<br>• Fixes playback issue with top video in Featured Videos section<br>• Fixes banner ad overlap on Edition section articles<br>• Other minor bug fixes and performance improvements
Kansas City Star | Local News is a news & magazines app by McClatchy with 50,000+ downloads (about 78K estimated). +531 installs in the last 7 days. Rated 3.4 from 832 ratings. Released Dec 27, 2011. Install growth, rank history, SDKs and ad networks.
From the store listing: “The Kansas City Star local newspaper app is the fastest and easiest way to get the trusted Kansas City local news that matters to you. Access daily local Kansas City news coverage, investigative reporting, national headline news, crime, sports, local business, & more from across the Kansas City metro area in Missouri…”
