Kansas City Star News
Kansas City Star News Summary
Kansas City Star News is a ad-supported, with in-app purchases Android app in News by McClatchy. Released in Dec 2011 (14 years ago). It has about 73.5K+ installs and 765 ratings with a 1.87★ (poor) average. Based on AppGoblin estimates, it reaches roughly 269 monthly active users and generates around $<10K monthly revenue (55% IAP / 45% ads). Store metadata: updated Feb 26, 2026, version 1683710261.
Recent activity: 19 installs this week (179 over 4 weeks) showing exceptional growth , and 7.00 new ratings this week View trends →
Advertising: AppGoblin detected 1.00 monetized ad creatives shown inside the app.
Data tracking: SDKs and third-party integrations were last analyzed on Mar 11, 2026. The app's network data flows (API traffic to/from the app and its SDKs) were last crawled on Jun 21, 2025.
Store info: Last updated on Google Play on Feb 26, 2026 (version 1683710261).
Kansas City Star News was last scanned for SDKs 2026-03-11. Below is the overview of third party companies detected in the app. The full list of raw SDKs, app permissions and unknown SDKs is available here.
OneTrust
Comscore
Stripe
Kotlin
BouncyCastle
Bumptech
Square
Amplitude
Braze
Firebase
AdMob
Google
One Signal1.87★
Ratings: 765
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App Description
The latest local news, weather, sports, & more for the Kansas City Metro area.
The Kansas City Star 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.
The Star is your trusted source for local, daily news and stories 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.
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 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.
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