# KKTV News — user reviews > 101 indexed App Store user reviews of KKTV News by Gray Television Group, Inc., rated 2.30/5 from 233 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kktv-news/id420486702/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kktv-news/id420486702.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 47 · 4★ 14 · 3★ 23 · 2★ 34 · 1★ 115 ## What do users think of KKTV News? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Quick breaking news and weather alerts - 📱 Functional notification system when working properly - 📰 Good local news coverage when accessible - 🎯 Useful traffic and weather notifications **Cons** - 🔴 Excessive and intrusive advertisements - 🎬 Forced video ads with audio on app launch - 🐛 Frequent crashes and app freezes - ⚠️ App fails to load or open entirely - 🔗 Broken notification links that don't match content - 📉 Poor app navigation and confusing layout - 🗑️ Cluttered interface with too much national news - ❌ Alerts at inappropriate times (5am notifications) - 🔊 Excessive volume on breaking news alerts - 📝 Numerous spelling and grammar errors in articles - 🎯 Misleading or biased news reporting - 🚫 Forced participation in polls before accessing content - ⏱️ Stale and outdated news content - 🔌 App doesn't work properly on mobile data (WiFi-dependent) - 🎨 Outdated and clunky user interface design **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when opening from notification alerts - App crashes when clicking on news stories - App won't open or load (spinning/freezing) - App closes immediately upon opening - Constant freezing and glitching requiring reinstalls - Ads block access to app on startup - Ad close button moves position (X switches from left to right) - Ads overlap and obscure article text - Breaking news alerts don't appear in app when clicked - Notifications link to wrong or unrelated content - Weather videos have no sound - App incompatible with certain iOS versions - Version 3.4.9 update caused complete app failure - App crashes on iPad Pro 2016 - App unavailable in Apple App Store **Most requested features** - Volume control for breaking news alerts - Ability to disable traffic notifications separately - Direct linking from notifications to relevant stories - Comment section on articles - Weather link restoration in app - Highway 24 restoration on weather maps - Zoom functionality for images and photos - Dark mode option - Silent ads option (no audio) - Ability to turn off auto-playing videos - Better navigation back to home screen - Seasonal banner updates for closures and fire danger ## Newest reviews (18 of 101) ### 2/5 — Advertising *2026-04-07, version 5.0.2* App has way too much advertising I would suggest a different news app if you really want one ### 2/5 — Going south fast *2026-03-06, version 5.0.0* These guys used to report news. Now they want me to sign a birthday card for Trump???? Sad ### 2/5 — New App *2026-02-22, version 5.0.0* Not working right ### 1/5 — Used to be best latest up to date news *2025-07-21, version 4.0.18* Full of adds and no content. Critical news about things happening in our community is filled with ads and not related to the content of the article. ### 1/5 — Editor and writers struggles with literacy *2025-05-31, version 4.0.17* Not sure if it’s typos or just plain illiteracy, but many of the articles by KKTV are excruciating. Maybe it’s that they are in such a rush to grab the clicks, they just throw up any first rough draft without any care for proper writing. ### 1/5 — Denver News? *2025-02-26, version 4.0.16* Lots of out of town news and ads. Definitely Not a COS news channel anymore. ### 1/5 — App consistently fails *2025-02-19, version 4.0.16* Unable to even use it anymore - open an article and it disappears. ### 1/5 — Terrible app *2025-02-16, version 4.0.16* More ads than news, not it barely works at all. Can you hire someone better that actually knows how to make the app work? ### 1/5 — Awful *2025-01-28, version 4.0.16* Nothing ever loads. I like the station, but the app is worthless. I hope you fix it soon! Update: I am re-installing and giving it a second chance… ### 1/5 — Horrible Trump coverage - bias news *2024-11-06* You guys are horrible! Your articles are so biased and cannot even congratulate a president. You deserve to be in the losing side. Just read your article about Trump wins another battleground state and what you say about him qualifies your news reporting as “sore losers”! Grow up and report fairly. This is why your side lost! ### 1/5 — Misleading news *2024-08-24, version 4.0.14* Your paper really thinks that the Democratic Party is all the greatest thing in the world! you are truly mistaken you are biased and only one sided shame on you ### 2/5 — Doesn’t work if I use phone data *2024-04-20, version 4.0.13* If I leave home and have no wifi, the app will not work. It is fine at home but not when I am away. ### 2/5 — NOT a fan of the ads that have audio when I open the app *2024-03-24* When I open the app and an ad appears before the news home page is one thing, and not a problem, but when there’s audio along with it, it’s beyond annoying. If I don’t remember to turn off the volume before I open the app, the noise from the ad can be startling and disrupting I’m ready to uninstall the news app and look for local news somewhere else ### 1/5 — Good News Not Reported *2024-02-08, version 4.0.12* High school students who are getting to sign are not acknowledged by name. An event that is a big deal for the families and community downplayed by KKTV. Who accomplished these awards? Community servants and citizens that were in a position to step up and stand up for their community are slighted by not being acknowledged by name and event for what they did. Why mention the event at all? ### 1/5 — STOP WITH THE AUTOMATIC ADS *2023-12-24, version 4.0.12* Stop. Just stop them. ### 1/5 — Ads *2023-11-08, version 4.0.11* There are so many ads it’s hard to find the news ### 1/5 — Trash App *2023-04-17, version 4.0.6* You would think a news organization would have an app that worked. This app is terrible, just like the station. ### 1/5 — News *2023-03-06, version 4.0.4* Do you know what the word news means? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — New App / Ads *2026-03-20* This new app is extremely poor in execution. The startup experience is particularly frustrating due to an intrusive ad that blocks access to the app itself. This should not have passed any level of quality or pre-production testing. The overall design reflects a lack of user-focused thinking and needs to be reconsidered. ### 1/5 — Too many adds! *2026-03-12, version 5.0.2* I know they need to make money so I was ok with adds until they made it they an add pops up soon as you open the app that can’t be closed out. DELETE!! ### 1/5 — Hate Latest Updates to App *2026-03-09* You are now forced to stare at an advertisement while a box at the top right of the screen buffers for several seconds and then you have to click in the box in order to “Continue to the App”!! Not sure who approved this latest update but its very annoying. I no longer us this app and now get my news from the KOAA app.. ### 1/5 — Sucks *2026-02-25, version 5.0.0* What a piece of garbage now. The format sucks. You couldn’t leave well enough alone ### 1/5 — New App is Terrible *2026-02-24, version 5.0.0* This new app is difficult to navigate- hard to see headlines. All around terrible. Please bring back the old simple app. Some old things to not need “fixing”. This new app needs work. ### 1/5 — The new format on the computer *2026-02-19, version 5.0.0* It sucks and it's awful please change it back ### 1/5 — Garbage *2026-02-18, version 5.0.0* Garbage ### 1/5 — The new update a thumbs down *2026-02-18, version 5.0.0* I'm going to delete the app, the new format is terrible. ### 1/5 — Terrible app. *2025-11-11, version 4.0.18* Horrible app! They must be losing a lot of money, that’s the only reason I can think of why they have more commercials on the app than on tv. I do NOT recommend KKTV as they are unresponsive to their viewers. ### 1/5 — More commercials than on reg tv *2025-09-11, version 4.0.18* Horrible app! They must be losing a lot of money, that’s the only reason I can think of why they have more commercials on the app than on tv. I do NOT recommend this app. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great product *2018-03-16* I like the function of the app. The notifications are good, let’s me know what to expect and when to expect it as far as weather goes. Traffic notifications are awesome, as we all know the commute to Denver can be dicey at times. All other alerts give me a heads up of what is going in the COS area and outside the COS area. ### 4/5 — Oops *2022-12-09* Can’t always navigate back to Home Screen or turn off the videos after watching them. ### 4/5 — Two-seasonal use for banner *2018-05-28, version 3.1.7* Convert opening page to winter-closings and snow-delay; summer/fall-fire danger or no outside cooking with open flame. Just a thought and suggestion. ### 3/5 — Crashes on alerts *2025-05-19* The app itself works great when launching independently. However, when launching via news alert notifications, it always crashes. ### 3/5 — New weather maps on your news casts *2024-04-05* We live along Highway 24 in Calhan. I drive to Parker everyday for work. You have removed highway 24 from your weather maps during your news casts. If I’m not mistaken the small towns along this stretch of highway are part of “Southern Colorado”. You guys are great and I have been loyal to your station since we moved out here but, I’m sure I am not alone in needing this information along this route to provide safety and awareness for my family and livestock. Please add this important trucking route back to your weather maps on your news casts. It seemed your station was the only one that cared about the small towns in our region. Has that changed? I would hope not. Thank you John Kontrelos ### 3/5 — SMH! *2022-07-25, version 3.4.17* No not a single person identified in any story coming out of your organization, blah!!! ### 3/5 — Oh Yay, Video Ads *2020-06-19, version 3.2.9* Great improvement. Now we get video ads and not just a pop up. ### 3/5 — Crashes on iPad Pro 2016 *2019-11-16, version 3.2.7* Says “Works on this iPad,” but crashes whenever I click on any story or feature. Unable to view any content. (Using iPad OS 13.2.2). Update 11/15/19: bug fixed. App seems OK. ### 3/5 — Good *2019-03-08, version 3.2.0* Updated news stories. Please fix the ads within the stories as the are overlapping and your unable to read the news stories. ### 3/5 — No story to go with alerts *2018-02-06* What drives me crazy is that I'll get an alert but when you go to the app, you can't find info about the alert, or even re-read the alert. It's just gone. There should be a page that links directly to an alert. --- *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 2026-08-12.*