KHQA vs Muddy River News
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KHQA
Get instant news, weather, and sports updates with this redesigned app. Watch live newscasts, receive breaking news alerts, and access up-to-the-minute local and national information, including hourly forecasts and live radar.
- Breaking news alerts
- Live newscasts
- Hourly and daily weather forecasts
- Live weather radar
- Traffic information
- Faster and easier to use
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The KHQA News app delivers news, weather and sports in an instant. With the new and fully redesigned app you can watch live newscasts, get up-to-the minute local and national news, weather and traffic conditions and stay informed via notifications alerting you to breaking news and local events. • Breaking news alerts and stories • Live streaming • New weather section with hourly and daily forecasts • Live weather radar and traffic information • Completely overhauled app that is faster and easier to use
Muddy River News
Get comprehensive news and sports coverage for the Quincy, Illinois and Hannibal, Missouri regions. Stay updated on local high school and college sports, as well as community news.
- Regional news coverage
- High school sports updates
- College sports coverage
- Northeast Missouri sports
- West-Central Illinois sports
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Muddy River News. Our Home. Our News. Complete news coverage for the region surrounding Quincy, Illinois and Hannibal, Missouri. Muddy River Sports. Our Home. Our Sports. Covering high school and college sports in Northeast Missouri and West-Central Illinois.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Muddy River News at 100% against KHQA's 38%. Muddy River News also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). KHQA's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, 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 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of KHQA's written reviews are positive against 100% of Muddy River News's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
KHQA ships an update fortnightly, Muddy River News every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KHQA | Muddy River News |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (31 ratings) — better | 4.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 38.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| 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 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Standard Media Group | Muddy River News LLC |
Customer experience
KHQA
Muddy River News
In-app purchases
KHQA
No in-app purchases
Muddy River News
No in-app purchases
