KTIV vs citizen journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KTIV
Stay informed with local breaking news, severe weather alerts, and sports coverage for the Siouxland region. Receive push notifications for important updates affecting northwest Iowa, northeast Nebraska, and southeast South Dakota.
- Breaking news updates
- First Alert Weather forecasts
- SportsFource coverage
- Push alerts for major news
- Severe weather notifications
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KTIV News 4 is your local source for breaking news, KTIV First Alert Weather and SportsFource coverage. Siouxland's news channel covers parts of northwest Iowa, northeast Nebraska and southeast South Dakota. We deliver push alerts for major breaking news and severe weather affecting those in Siouxland.
citizen journal
Stay informed with daily national and state news summaries, plus hyper-local updates from specific Kansas cities. Discover occasional motivational content and expanding sports coverage.
- Daily national news summaries
- Daily Kansas state news summaries
- Local news from specific cities
- Adding more cities and sports
- Tweet-sized motivational content
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5-item national news summary every AM, 5-item Kansas news summary every PM, local news from Hutchinson, Salina, McPherson, and Lindsborg. Adding more cities and sports coverage all the time! Tweet sized #motivationmonday every Monday, occasional columns.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: citizen journal at 100% against KTIV's 65%. citizen journal also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). KTIV's advantage is ratings volume (2.6K vs 14) and chart position (#195 vs unranked). On price, in-app purchases, device support 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.
citizen journal holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KTIV has 2.6K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of KTIV's written reviews are positive against 100% of citizen journal's.
KTIV ships an update monthly, citizen journal fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KTIV | citizen journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.6K ratings) | 4.9 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.6K — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #195 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gray Television Group, Inc. | Loql Limited Liability Company |
Customer experience
KTIV
citizen journal
Bugs and requests
KTIV
Reported bugs
2 issues- Repeated prompts to re-download the app
- Audio cutting out issues
Requested features
2 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved notification management
citizen journal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
KTIV
No in-app purchases
citizen journal
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is KTIV free?
Is citizen journal free?
Which has better reviews, KTIV or citizen journal?
Do KTIV or citizen journal have ads?
Which is updated more often, KTIV or citizen journal?
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