# KSHB 41 Kansas City News — user reviews > 75 indexed App Store user reviews of KSHB 41 Kansas City News by E.W. Scripps Company, rated 4.50/5 from 279 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kshb-41-kansas-city-news/id487290346/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kshb-41-kansas-city-news/id487290346.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 223 · 4★ 22 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 22 ## Newest reviews (12 of 75) ### 3/5 — Solid but not great *2026-06-14, version 7.15* This is the only local news app I keep on my phone. It is mainly useful for weather and traffic. Ads can be annoying, but the trade off is generally acceptable to me. However, when a push alert tells me there’s a news conference beginning and I click on the notification, I sort of expect to be able to see a livestream. I don’t think that’s an unreasonable expectation when an app pushes a notification to my phone. Instead, clicking on the notification just opens the app and takes me to an hours-old story. Makes me reconsider the value of allowing this app to send notifications. ### 2/5 — Missing people photos and typos *2026-06-11, version 7.15* I wish the folks feeding news to this app could insert photos properly. You are notifying the public of an endangered or missing person but half the time the persons face is cut off so you cant see it. And a spell check would be nice. C’mon you guys. This is 2026!!!’ ### 4/5 — Glitches *2025-07-16, version 7.11* UPDATE 7-16-25 This issue appears to be resolved with the most recent update. 4 stars will be 5 if weekend news coverage ever improves: lots of updates during the week, but not so much weekends and holidays. PREVIOUS POST: I keep waiting for this app to be fixed. News stories close on their own taking you back to the main menu repeatedly. Sometimes you can scroll and the story you were reading will reopen automatically but starting from the beginning. Other times it won't. Sometimes you can close and reopen the app itself multiple times without letting your phone go to sleep, and the glitch will resolve. Other times it's impossible to read any news on this app. I have an iPhone 12 mini with completely up-to-date software. The app is also up-to-date with the latest update about a month ago. Please fix. ### 2/5 — No options *2025-05-22, version 7.10* Not sure where the rest of the news went but the only news that's available now is "Top News" and "Most recent". There's no national news or sports sections anymore. ### 2/5 — Notifications *2025-01-27* I’m not sure what happened but notifications don’t come anymore. I used to get at least one every day about the weather. I checked my screen time, and there aren’t any from this app this week or last week. Also when going back to the main screen after reading a story, the timeline always scrolls way up and away from where I was before I clicked the story. **Developer response:** Hello, we are happy to help! If you have a moment, please contact our Support Team by going to the app Tools > Contact Support so we can look into this further for you. Thank you for your patience! ### 4/5 — Bye bye, KHSB *2024-03-14, version 7.2.1* I have an older iPhone which is perfectly suitable for my needs will not upgrade to the current operating system required by this app. Since I will not be shelling out for a new phone it’s so long KHSB. ### 5/5 — Best news app in KC! *2021-07-14, version 6.39* Love this app! User friendly and precise content with the best weather team in KC. ### 5/5 — Great viewing options *2021-02-01, version 6.33* I love all the various live viewing options: news, COVID-19 updates. etc. keep up the great work! ### 5/5 — Best Weather Forcast *2021-01-28, version 6.33* The KSHB Weather team are the most accurate meteorologists in the area. I like that I can check out what they have to say anytime. Plus they are fun to watch. ### 5/5 — 41 Treehouse Lane *2020-09-29, version 6.30* 50 years of watching KSHB that started with 41 Treehouse Lane. Shave and a haircut- 10 cents! That was Mr. Ed’s version of two bits! Back then the days moved by slowly, like a daydream. Fast forward to today, flying cars and all, and I have a face full of apps on every device. This morning when I pulled up this app, as I do every morning, it asked me to leave a review. Like the drone I am, here goes...love the app, use it every day without fail. Gary Lezak is a jewel in KC’s crown and understands our odd weather better than anyone in the world and I’d bet money on it! The news feed is great, as is the writing within them. Thanks 41KSHB! ### 5/5 — Simply a good news channel for KC *2020-07-21, version 6.30* There are some time lagging issues when under heavy use, but the video and sound come through efficiently and with quality. The news casters are all top notch experienced personalities who are very personal and yet professional. All of the metro KC area is fairly represented in news, weather, sports, and the humanities. ### 5/5 — Great app! *2020-06-26, version 6.30* This app offers the most up to date and informative news updates. I only get notices of breaking news which is all I want and need! Great job KSHB! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Glitches *2025-07-11* I keep waiting for this app to be fixed. News stories close on their own taking you back to the main menu repeatedly. Sometimes you can scroll and the story you were reading will reopen automatically but starting from the beginning. Other times it won't. Sometimes you can close and reopen the app itself multiple times without letting your phone go to sleep, and the glitch will resolve. Other times it's impossible to read any news on this app. I have an iPhone 12 mini with completely up-to-date software. The app is also up-to-date with the latest update about a month ago. Please fix. ### 1/5 — Jumpy behavior in the app *2025-06-07* The latest update (7.10) has resulted in strange behavior in the app. When you open a story and begin scrolling down while reading, the app will jump back up to the top of the page by itself, or it will jump out of the article back to the home screen, after which if you pull down, it will jump back into the article you were reading. This has been a great app up until now - please fix this! ### 1/5 — Poor *2023-06-27, version 6.43* Very buggy for months. Any updates typically break the app. Currently no sound with latest update. Waste of time. ### 1/5 — Divisive stories. Far left slant *2023-06-21, version 6.43* Editorialized, biased news stories. Propaganda headlines that keep people divided. Garbage app. ### 1/5 — Great news - poor interface issues *2022-11-17, version 6.43* Sends good headline updates and easy to read article on mobile device. However, once you open an article, tapping the back arrow or drag-n-drop down the article to return to the main screen rarely works. iOS 15 & 16 have the same issue. Has been a problem for months. Have to close the app to get to other articles. ### 1/5 — Garbage All Around *2022-07-21, version 6.43* Garbage stories, garbage forecasts, garbage reporting, garbage app performance; you getting the picture yet? ### 1/5 — They don’t even try to be objective *2020-09-30, version 6.30* We can think, you do not need to tell us how to interpret the news. What about showing both sides once in a while? ### 1/5 — App and web site *2020-07-03, version 6.30* The app needs major improvement not user-friendly is supposed to be weather related but it leaves a lot to desire very laggy same goes for the website total I can’t hear anything doesn’t matter what device you’re on ### 1/5 — NFM advertisements kill this APP *2020-01-16, version 6.24* Your advertisements, especially from NFM (who seems to pay for most of the commercial spots), are very annoying and concerning. When something major happens in this city, and or a major weather threat is imminent, I don’t feel like a 30 second commercial, or even a 15 second commercial should be produced though a simple tap, or click to access the article or video ..... when instant access is needed to crucial information. Guys/Gals come on and get this part right!!!! ### 1/5 — No Videos *2019-01-27, version 6.18* I use to watch the weather videos faithfully on this app. Now they won’t play. The ad plays just fine and then the news video hangs. I wait forever with no luck. Bye bye KSHB weather team! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Jumpy behavior in the app - fixed *2025-06-10, version 7.10.1* UPDATE: The latest version (7.10.1) has fixed this jumpy behavior issue. Thanks! The latest update (7.10) has resulted in strange behavior in the app. When you open a story and begin scrolling down while reading, the app will jump back up to the top of the page by itself, or it will jump out of the article back to the home screen, after which if you pull down, it will jump back into the article you were reading. This has been a great app up until now - please fix this! ### 5/5 — Much Improved *2023-08-08, version 6.43* Don’t like woke journalism…thankfully…minimal here…great UI! ### 5/5 — Lindsay Anderson’s sweater *2022-12-24, version 6.43* Luv, watching Lindsay Anderson forecast the weather, especially today with her awesome Chiefs sweater. Hoping she will tell her fans where 2 purchase that sweater. Merry Christmas 2 all!! ### 5/5 — Love it. *2022-06-08, version 6.43* I love the KSHB 41 team. I watch them every night. They always get me through my days :) ### 5/5 — Best weatherman ever! *2022-04-21, version 6.43* Love the quick updates with my app especially Gary Lezak’s weat! Watched this station since it came on the air. At least since 1954! ### 5/5 — 41 News & weather *2022-02-01, version 6.43* My Wife and I always rely on 41 news and weather everyday for correct up to the minute news and weather. We absolutely love Kevin and Ms Dea for our news, and Gary for our weather. The three of them makes us feel line we are listening to family, and always folks we totally trust. Thank you so much for all that you guys do!!! ### 5/5 — Favorite News App *2022-01-19, version 6.43* Best weather team in all of KC! Gary and his bunch keep things fun but to the point. Can always trust their forecast wit the LRC. App is clean and easy to use. ### 5/5 — 41 Breaking News *2022-01-02, version 6.43* I only watch channel 41, I enjoy the breaking news, the reporters, and the sports coverage. Need to give sports a little more time on each of the broadcast. ### 5/5 — THE REAL 1 IS KSHB 41 *2021-09-20, version 6.40* Super chic and super current at reporting. ### 5/5 — Great news app *2021-09-20, version 6.40* This is the only local news app for me. I used to be—years ago—a faithful user of a different news app. It was tinkered with until it was unrecognizable, with ads popping up at unexpected times. Not so the KSHB news app. It seems to me when I got it, years ago, I may have paid a small fee, but I would pay it ten times over. No ads popping out at me, I just click the easy-to-find story I want to look at, and I can read the story or watch it, or both. Naturally it includes national news, so I feel very up to date. --- *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 2026-08-30.*