# KARK 4 News ArkansasMatters — user reviews > 70 indexed App Store user reviews of KARK 4 News ArkansasMatters by Nexstar Broadcasting, rated 4.70/5 from 4,592 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kark-4-news-arkansasmatters/id641336500/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kark-4-news-arkansasmatters/id641336500.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,685 · 4★ 576 · 3★ 174 · 2★ 49 · 1★ 108 ## What do users think of KARK 4 News ArkansasMatters? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Accurate and up-to-date news and weather - 🚀 Efficient app performance - 💡 Useful alerts and notifications - 🔍 Comprehensive local coverage **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes - 📺 Intrusive and unskippable ads - 🔍 Difficult to navigate and find content - 🔋 High battery consumption **Commonly reported bugs** - Inability to scroll or access content - Weather forecasts and radar not working - Notifications not working as expected - Compatibility issues with newer OS versions **Most requested features** - Live streaming of news broadcasts - Customizable notification settings - Improved search and filtering options - Dark mode or night theme ## Newest reviews (16 of 70) ### 4/5 — Nona Puebla *2021-04-01, version 4.35.570057083* Ok ### 1/5 — Bad reporting *2021-03-11* Your reporting on the Covid relief bill, which is anything but that was so one sided!😡 Why did u not talk about how it going to bail out California and other states that have not managed their budgets like Arkansas has. Nor did u talk about the billions that’s being sent over seas or used for abortions. “We the people” are not being told the truth buy u the news media. Y’all ran Trump into the ground and treated him awful. Why will u not tell the truth? why are covering up for politicians that are stealing from the American people? What happened to the reporters who help keep the politicians accountable regardless of what party they represented? Brenda Neal, I’m 73, own my own business for over 50 years and a lifetime resident of Arkansas ### 1/5 — Ad *2021-01-21, version 4.35.570057083* I will NO LONGER receive my news from KARK 4 in order to avoid the THOROUGHLY OBNOXIOUS & ANNOYING ad from Hank’s “FIIIIIIIINE” Furniture! ### 1/5 — Bad app and IT *2020-11-26, version 4.35.570057083* The lead story on the app news has not changed for five days with warning of severe weather on Tuesday night and Wednesday. Get your IT people off their butts and make your site work or shut it down. I am deleting this app after this review. You are not professional. ### 1/5 — Soros Fake News *2020-11-21, version 4.35.570057083* Wish y’all would report on something besides the Scamdemic and Stop pandering to the commies. ### 3/5 — Review ! *2020-10-13, version 4.35.570057083* To much crap to get to each news article ! Sorry format ! ### 1/5 — Crappy app *2020-10-02* Not a very good app, they keep updating it and make it worse every time it’s updated. No reason to play a video EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU OPEN A STORY !! I can read and do NOT want to listen to a video every single time. So I have to take time to pause it. I’ll just use other competing news stations instead ! ### 1/5 — I have dish *2020-09-29* You have for the 2nd year in a row put a gun to dish’s head with removal of KASN Chanel 38 in Little Rock, AR. I love football and the cowboys. I am going to boycott your stations and the company’s that advertise with both your stations, it’s not just me. We are starting to get the word around. I have no love for dish, but you are going to make my rates for dish go up. I am not your new revenue stream. Ben Matthews, Tumbling Shoals, AR ### 1/5 — Loud- cannot mute *2020-09-29* This app, even when your phone is silenced, will not mute. It plays advertisements very loudly automatically when literally every sound on your phone is turned off. This renders the app useless because: cannot use in a room with people (business meeting), cannot use in bed at night (wakes up the roommate), cannot use in class, etc. I have ceased using this app for this reason. I literally have no other app that overrides my silenced phone. Dear developer: play your advertisement. You need the funds, I get it. But put the ad on auto mute, or at least make it such that if your phone is silenced the ad is silenced. ### 3/5 — KARK app *2020-09-02, version 4.35.480056323* Reacts slow and is not user friendly seems to lock up at times. Not updated in a timely manner either ### 2/5 — Sub-par *2020-08-29* Whoever is in charge of editing or improving the app needs to be fired. The app crashes ever time I swipe a notification. The whole thing freezes up & nothing to do but close the app out. The app as a whole is absolutely horrible. ### 4/5 — Hard to find what I want to read *2020-03-27* I added your APP so I could get alerts but it is very hard to find what I get the alert regarding ### 4/5 — Army vet *2020-02-08, version 4.34.380050493* Enjoy the news each nite. HOWEVER, the story of the oldest D Day veteran needs to be tweeked. It was 1944! Not 1994!!! Please make it right You’re better than this ### 1/5 — Ugh new view blues *2020-01-11, version 4.34.260049892* Let me start by saying I haven’t viewed local news in years only bbc and occasionally cnn. I’ve recently decide to start watching the local new only by app bc I wanted to only see the most important info(alerts). Not a smart decision bc every time I tap on an alert the app never, I mean never, opens to that article, story or video feed. It’s so frustrating. I’m pretty sure this app ruined local news notifications for me. So my plans are to delete. ### 1/5 — Updates *2019-11-21, version 4.34.260049892* Used to like this app. Used to only send out alerts for important things... now the subscriptions you preference don’t work at all and get updates on everything. ### 3/5 — Sheryl *2019-08-22* This am when clicking on weather temps on cover page, app would go to 10 day forecast with graph at bottom predicting percentage of rainfall on hourly basis. This afternoon & evening, it instead goes to radar map which can be accessed from the square as usual. Please fix asap. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Weak News Reports *2026-07-20, version 509.0.0* So far I am seeing big advertisement images in news articles where there should be on the scene incident images. It’s bad because there are only a few apps that are reporting Arkansas news. Cheated by sell outs. ### 1/5 — Good luck getting access to live news! *2026-05-09* Good luck getting access to live news in the app! Every time I run out of time on the “Live Preview” and sign up with email to continue watching the email link sends me to their website to download the app which I already have. It’s useless. ### 1/5 — Watch ADs to Before Viewing Severe Weather Livestream? *2026-03-15* This app forces you to watch ads before it will pull up the storm team livestream. When you finally do get to the livestream it’s behind the scenes for some reason, not the real livestream. And then once you watch for 5 minutes it kicks you out and doesn’t let you continue watching until you make an account. ### 1/5 — Can be better *2025-06-03, version 500.8.0* If you are reading this pick a different news app don’t pick this one it has a bunch of ads and some doesn’t ever stop playing ### 1/5 — Completely useless now:/ *2024-02-13, version 500.1.1* As of 3 days ago the app opens up to a screen that is not scrollable. Please fix this! ### 1/5 — KARK app crashes *2024-02-12, version 500.1.1* KARK app crashes immediately on both iPhone and iPad v17.3. News content was terrible to begin with, local weather was ok at best. The easy fix is to delete KARK and use WeatherBug. ### 1/5 — Where’s the news? *2022-07-05* All I see are ads! Even when I get a push notification and click on it, I’m not taken directly to the story. I’m tired of all these games to churn revenue. In addition to app users, advertisers should know they are also being cheated. Maybe that will stop all this nonsense. ### 1/5 — Newest version crashes *2021-04-05, version 41.0.3* The updated version of this app is a disaster. It will not scroll on an iPhone or iPad. Forget this one. ### 1/5 — Update *2021-04-05, version 41.0.3* The new layout is ridiculous. It’s harder to navigate and find what you want. ### 1/5 — No live streaming available *2021-03-13, version 4.35.570057083* Don’t understand why you can live stream the news ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — News *2025-11-18* Thank you so much for keeping us up to date on the latest events and accomplishments of the public. Your service is greatly appreciated. ### 5/5 — Chugging water. Contest *2021-08-04* Drinking a large amount of water can cause death , I don't know what amount of water you are going to consume but I know of more than one death of a child made to try and drink a gallon by her parents because she wet the bed she could not drink it all and died this is not an isolated incident anyway just wanted to let you know Google it MGMiller ### 5/5 — News *2019-11-14* Love channel 4! Y’all keep us updated on everything and also On Monday the article of our veterans I learned about one of my uncles who served and I had no clue!! Thank y’all for all the great work ### 5/5 — Number 1 (4)!!!! The Best!!love C!’n *2019-08-18, version 4.33.530045581* I love love!! Chanel (4)!!!! Love the way the Management let them have FUN on the Job!!! Do what y’all been doing!!!!!!! The 4:30 show is (IT)!!! N the 7-9:00 again the BEST!!! I am so n love With U ALL 44444444 is Number 11111111!!!!!! Keep the Team 44444 4 every 🌹🍾💰💰💰💰💰💯😂 ### 5/5 — TV *2019-07-30, version 4.33.530045581* Wish I could watch u on TV!! ### 5/5 — Love it *2018-09-24* I enjoy getting breaking news and weather. I don’t get them from the others because 4 is my favorite. ### 5/5 — The best news on tv *2018-03-16* It’s the best news on TV..........it’s very accurate on the weather and we enjoy the morning news team a lot......thank u on a great job........well done. ### 5/5 — Kark *2018-01-16, version 4.24.210030557* They are # 1 in my book! ### 5/5 — Current updates *2017-07-25* I like the way they push the most current important news through to keep people up to date and informed. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2017-07-13* KARK 4 News is the #1 news station I watch every morning and every night for local news and local weather --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*