K8 News vs Jonesboro Right Now
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
K8 News
Access live local news coverage and breaking alerts from a trusted regional news channel directly on your iPhone. Stay informed about local headlines, sports, gas prices, and more, with content customized to your location.
- Breaking News Alerts
- Local News Headlines
- Live Newscasts
- Local Sports Coverage
- Current Gas Prices
- Contests and Giveaways
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Add Region 8's best and most trusted local news channel to your iPhone! K8 News delivers live coverage on local stories to all your devices, right now! Features include: - Breaking News Alerts - Local News Headlines and Stories - Local Sports - Live Newscasts - Contests and Giveaways - Current Gas Prices - And so much more! Also serving Jonesboro, Paragould, Blytheville, Pocahontas, and Trumann, Arkansas, along with Kennett and Poplar Bluff, Missouri areas. This app requests location to help customize content for you. We will provide location information and information about your use of the app to our advertising partners in order to customize the ads displayed in this app and other apps you use. Please review our privacy policy for more details and for your choices.
Jonesboro Right Now
Get timely and unbiased news coverage for the Northeast Arkansas community. This app focuses on the people, events, and issues that are most important to Jonesboro and Craighead County.
- Timely news coverage
- Accurate reporting
- Unbiased perspective
- Community focus
- Local events and issues
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JonesboroRightNow delivers timely, accurate, unbiased news coverage for the Northeast Arkansas community. We highlight the people, events, and issues that matter most to Jonesboro and Craighead County.
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Verdict
K8 News and Jonesboro Right Now both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Jonesboro Right Now's written reviews are positive against 17% of K8 News's. Jonesboro Right Now also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). K8 News's advantage is ratings volume (4.9K vs 16). On price, rating, update cadence 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.
Jonesboro Right Now holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: K8 News has 4.9K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of K8 News's written reviews are positive against 100% of Jonesboro Right Now's.
K8 News ships an update every 5 weeks, Jonesboro Right Now every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | K8 News | Jonesboro Right Now |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (4.9K ratings) | 4.6 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.9K — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gray Television Group, Inc. | Saga Communications |
Customer experience
K8 News
Jonesboro Right Now
Bugs and requests
K8 News
Reported bugs
3 issues- App won't open or load after updates
- Notifications don't match in-app content
- Crashes when switching between apps
Requested features
4 requests- Improve app stability and performance
- Provide more balanced news coverage
- Improve weather accuracy and alerts
- Reduce ads and allow customization
Jonesboro Right Now
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
K8 News
No in-app purchases
Jonesboro Right Now
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is K8 News free?
Is Jonesboro Right Now free?
Which has better reviews, K8 News or Jonesboro Right Now?
Do K8 News or Jonesboro Right Now have ads?
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