KXLY Weather vs KHQA Weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KXLY Weather
Get detailed, up-to-date weather forecasts and severe weather alerts from a local team. Track storms with live radar and view temperature and wind maps. Stay informed about local school closures and save your favorite locations.
- Detailed local forecasts
- Location-specific severe weather alerts
- Live and future radar
- Satellite and wind speed maps
- Local school closures
- Save favorite locations
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4 News Now and the KXLY First Alert weather team offers a full-featured weather app for iOS. Features include: • Detailed, up-to-date forecast provided by your local KXLY First Alert weather team • Location-specific alerts to keep you safe in severe weather • Live and future radar to see where storms are headed • Satellite imagery, temperature, and wind speed maps • Local school closures and delays • Ability to add and save your favorite locations
KHQA Weather
Get hyper-local weather information with high-resolution radar and satellite imagery. Receive hourly and daily forecasts, and stay informed with severe weather alerts and push notifications for your saved locations.
- 250 meter radar
- Future radar
- High resolution satellite imagery
- Current weather updates
- Daily and hourly forecasts
- Saved locations
- Severe weather alerts
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The KHQA Mobile Weather App includes: • Access to station content specifically for our mobile users • 250 meter radar, the highest resolution available • Future radar to see where severe weather is headed • High resolution satellite cloud imagery • Current weather updated multiple times per hour • Daily and Hourly forecasts updated hourly from our computer models • Ability to add and save your favorite locations • A fully integrated GPS for current location awareness • Severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service • Opt-in push alerts to keep you safe in severe weather
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: KHQA Weather at 4.7 against KXLY Weather's 2.1. KHQA Weather also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 13%) and ads (none vs shown). KXLY Weather's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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.
KHQA Weather holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KHQA Weather has 527 ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of KXLY Weather's written reviews are positive against 50% of KHQA Weather's.
KXLY Weather ships an update every 2 months, KHQA Weather every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KXLY Weather | KHQA Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (40 ratings) | 4.7 (527 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.9% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 40 | 527 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 238 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Evening Telegram Company | Standard Media Group |
Customer experience
KXLY Weather
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In-app purchases
KXLY Weather
No in-app purchases
KHQA Weather
No in-app purchases
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