KCTV5 News vs EggWire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KCTV5 News
Stay informed with local Kansas City news, live newscasts, and weather forecasts. Get updates on major sports teams and access in-depth news stories and investigations anytime.
- Local news updates
- Live newscasts
- First Warn weather forecasts
- Sports team coverage
- News investigations
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Local. Live. KCTV5. The KCTV5 News app is your source for Kansas City news, First Warn weather forecasts, and the latest on the Chiefs, Royals, Sporting KC and the KC Current. Watch live newscasts from KCTV5 and get access to KCTV5 news, stories, and investigations 24/7.
EggWire
Stay updated on the American egg industry with real-time news, bird flu tracking, market prices, and compliance information. Receive severity-ranked alerts for critical events like recalls and outbreaks.
- Severity-ranked news updates
- Interactive bird flu tracking
- Real-time market prices
- State-by-state compliance trackers
- Push and email alerts
- Daily digest email
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The egg industry's news. Every morning. EggWire follows the U.S. egg industry all day so you don't have to: USDA, FDA, CDC, state agencies, the trade press and company newsrooms, 100+ sources checked every 15 minutes. Every story is summarized in plain English and links back to the outlet that reported it. The Morning Candle. A short audio brief of the egg-industry news at 6 AM ET, ready before your first call. Every Monday it also carries the week's USDA wholesale and U.S. retail egg prices. News as it breaks. Push alerts when an important story breaks, in every state. Bird flu, tracked honestly. Poultry detections from USDA APHIS, dairy herds from news reporting, and CDC wastewater signals, each kept separate and never blended into one number. Prices and rules. USDA wholesale and retail egg prices, and state-by-state cage-free and packaging law trackers. Sign in with your EggWire account to read every story in full. EggWire is independent. Sponsors never influence coverage, and every story credits its sources.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: EggWire at none against KCTV5 News's shown. EggWire also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). KCTV5 News's advantage is ratings volume (4.8K vs 1) and monetization model (ad-supported vs freemium). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.
EggWire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KCTV5 News has 4.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
KCTV5 News ships an update every 5 weeks, EggWire every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KCTV5 News | EggWire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4.8K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.8K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gray Television Group, Inc. | EggWire LLC |
Customer experience
KCTV5 News
EggWire
Bugs and requests
KCTV5 News
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on opening
- Weather section not loading
- Notifications not working as expected
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
3 requests- Inertia scrolling for articles
- Bring back standalone weather app
- Customize news categories for notifications
EggWire
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
KCTV5 News
No in-app purchases
EggWire
No in-app purchases
Questions
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