KSL+ vs St. George News
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KSL+
Stream KSL-TV shows and live sports for free, without a cable subscription. Access on-demand videos, exclusive app-only content, and breaking news alerts for Utah. Enjoy features from local teams and popular shows.
- Free streaming of KSL-TV shows
- Live sporting events
- On Demand videos
- Exclusive app-only content
- Breaking news alerts
- Local weather forecasts
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Stream your favorite KSL-TV shows and sporting events for FREE, anywhere at any time! No cable subscription required. With the newly designed KSL-TV app, you'll experience: • More of your favorite On Demand videos and multiple live stream options • Exclusive, app-only shows and content, including the binge-worth podcast COLD: The Susan Powell Case Files • Extensive feature content from Real Salt Lake, Utah Valley University and KSL-TV’s most popular shows • Easier navigation puts thousands of videos and shows at your fingertips • Up-to-the-minute forecasts for cities across Utah Get real-time alerts and extended coverage of breaking news happening in your neighborhood. Download the KSL-TV app now to get started!
St. George News
Access fast, reliable local news for Southern Utah. Stay informed with breaking alerts, community events, sports, and opinion pieces. Engage with your community through comments and submissions.
- Local news updates
- Breaking alerts
- Sports coverage
- Community events
- Opinion and lifestyle articles
- Reader interaction forums
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St. George News is your #1 source for local news in Southern Utah. The App's goal is to get everyone in southern Utah fast and reliable news that include alerts and information more readily in your hand via the iPhone and iPad apps. St. George News, including STGnews.com, StGeorgeUtah.com, Cedar City News and CedarCityUtah.com, a Canyon Media company, provides comprehensive and interactive news services focusing on matters of relevance to the communities of Southern Utah. Our coverage includes news, sports, community and civic events, opinion, lifestyle, business and other matters of concern and interest to the community that our readers can trust and enjoy. St. George News offers provocative and engaging opinion and advice columns, feature series and shows. We engage the opinions and interaction of our community of readers through letters to the editor, comment forums and submitted feature material as well as sponsored content. RELEVANCE • RELIABILITY • REPRESENTATION • INTERACTION Our mission is (1) to provide the community with relevant, unrestricted, unbiased, fair, uplifting and accurate news, truths and greater issues in a reliable and timely fashion, (2) to serve our local communities in facilitating the exchange of information between leaders, businesses, charities and residents for the best interests of the St. George area communities, and (3) to welcome online interaction among our community of readers. Avenues of interaction include comments to articles online, Facebook, Twitter, letters to the editor and submissions. Private email, Facebook and text messaging and other conversations with the editors are always welcome as well. St. George News & Cedar City News.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: St. George News at 3.9 against KSL+'s 3.3. St. George News also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 22%) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). KSL+'s advantage is ratings volume (231 vs 14). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
St. George News holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KSL+ has 231 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of KSL+'s written reviews are positive against 50% of St. George News's.
KSL+ ships an update every 2 months, St. George News every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KSL+ | St. George News |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (231 ratings) | 3.9 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.6% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 231 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Bonneville International | Frandsen Media |
Customer experience
KSL+
St. George News
Bugs and requests
KSL+
Reported bugs
14 issues- App crashes on launch (requires reinstall)
- Black screen on startup
- Notifications don't link to correct stories
- Videos fail to load or play repeatedly
- App won't rotate to landscape mode
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- Audio missing from broadcasts
- Streaming freezes every few seconds
- Apple TV app stopped working (January 2026)
- Private Relay authentication issues
- Stories pop up on lock screen but can't be found in app
- Repetitive content during broadcasts
- Comment section interaction broken
- Feed takes minutes to load
- Like and report buttons too close together
Requested features
9 requests- Tablet landscape mode optimization
- Proper Chromecast/AirPlay casting support
- Share/social media integration for stories
- Fast forward and rewind controls
- Schedule display for upcoming replays
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- Story search that matches notifications
- Landscape mode stability
- Volume normalization between ads and content
- Better notification-to-story navigation
St. George News
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
KSL+
No in-app purchases
St. George News
No in-app purchases
