Kansas City Star News

🇺🇸 United States
McClatchy Interactive  | 
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App Rating
4.6
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Votes
4.63K
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App Age
14y 6m
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Last Update
Oct 30, 2025
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iAP
$15.99 - 159.99

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4.59
4.53
+1%
Number of Ratings (Voted)
4.6K
114.8K
-96%
App Age
14y 6m
11y 4m
+27%
In-app Purchases Price
$88
$64
+38 %
Update Frequency
63d
47d
+34%
Title Length
21
25
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0
26
Description Length
1 341
2 428
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Number of Screenshots
1482
1354
+9 %
Size
131MB
104MB
+27 %

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Connect to The Kansas City Star newspaper app wherever you are. Receive the latest local and breaking news from the Kansas City metro area, including community information for Lee’s Summit, Independence, Blue Springs, Belton, Parkville, Gladstone, Liberty, Grandview, Overland Park, Olathe, Lenexa and Prairie Village. The Kansas City Star reports on the local topics you care about, including local weather, traffic, crime, sports and national news. Features of the app include: • Breaking news alerts and real-time updates. • The local news and sports topics you care about from around the Kansas City metro area. • View stunning photos and videos of news coverage and events. • The Kansas City Star opinions, editorials and columns you love. • Ability to share stories on Facebook, Twitter or by email. • 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. Read our Privacy policy here: https://mcclatchy.com/privacy-policy Read our Terms of Service here: https://www.kansascity.com/site-services/legal/terms-of-service/text-only/ 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}
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Rating
4.6
4 628 voters

Some Latest Reviews

Kber84
09 Dec, 2025
3
Among all my news apps, this is the only one lacking a dark mode. The brightness of the interface makes it noticeably harder to read than the others.
ohplease!!
31 Aug, 2025
1
The print edition loads as one big image. I know it's cheaper but I interacted with the print edition because (wait for it) it resembled the actual newspaper. Not anymore.
FasterFunnier
30 Jun, 2025
1
How many years will KC Star and its parent company make it impossible to find columns by its sports columnists in their app? Those writers are the main reason anyone still subscribes to the Star or any local paper, and KC Star makes it impossible to find their work.
Mauijet
07 Jan, 2025
1
$55 / year for poor function! The new app is clunky. It takes several taps on any button or link to get them to work. There are whole sections for videos, but none of them play!
18748585
01 Sep, 2024
1
It’s one of those places where they turn the payment method into a stressful charade. I got an email notification of my payment, but there is no evidence of it within Apple Pay or the App Store or even on The Kansas City Star website. On their website, I’m unable to change my password or billing info, and when I go to cancel my subscription, I am immediately prompted to provide information for it to find my account which I am already logged into. it’s like an exercise in madness. Shame on them.
RickyDeDe
10 Jun, 2024
1
If you have a half hour with nothing else to do, you can download the paper. Worthless for normal folks.
Slow Going
06 Jun, 2024
2
I can not read portions of the Star due to Google ads permanently placed at bottom of page. It is not responsive to iPad gestures to enlarge and reduce view.
McPhlay
12 May, 2024
1
When I tap an article to read, I get a message saying thank you for reading, with an opinion to subscribe. I have a subscription. Signing out and back in doesn’t help. Deleting and redownloading the app doesn’t help. I cannot read the articles. That is a real problem with a newspaper app.
Armitage2010
04 May, 2024
1
Your app and login process is terrible. Despite having a subscription through Apple, when I login, the app treats me like I do not have an account and keeps asking me to subscribe. It has caused me to my subscription lapse and find local news elsewhere.

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Additional Information
Rating:
4.56
Voted: 4.63K
App Store Link:
Website:
Email: -
Privacy Policy:
Categories: Magazines & Newspapers, News
Size: 131MB
iAP: 15.99 - 159.99 $
App Age: 14 years 6 months
Release Date: Jun 29, 2011
Last Update: Oct 30, 2025
Version: 10.4.0
Version history
10.4.0
Oct 30, 2025
This hotfix release addresses edge cases where malformed HTML inputs in Edition could cause the app to crash.
10.3.0
Oct 16, 2025
• Text-to-speech functionality added to Edition articles. • Fix for some Edition article templates that wouldn't display on tablet • Update to Request Account Deletion modal design
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