Application record · ID 466558955
- Average rating
- 4.9
- 9,415 ratings
- Ratings
- 9,415
- On store since
- 2011
- 14 yrs 319 d
- Languages
- 1
Analyst summary
Last verified 18 Aug 2026KQED: Bay Area Culture & News is a News application published by KQED Inc.. It holds a 4.9-star average across 9,415 public ratings.
It is actively maintained: the most recent update we observed shipped 11 Aug 2026. The listing has been on the store for 14 yrs 319 d.
On the listing it is a 96.2 MB download, runs on iPhone 5s and newer · iPad.
Position in category
Each bar shows where KQED: Bay Area Culture & News sits in the distribution of News apps we track. Percentiles are computed over apps with the field observed, not the whole category.
Distribution computed with the category report · Full category report
Review intelligence
Medium confidenceUsers praise the app's high-quality, trustworthy content and accessibility, but some report occasional functionality issues.
I’ve been listening to KQED since I was in middle school with my parents in the car
Pause, back, and play buttons don’t work 80% of the time.
Trajectory: stable · recomputed when new reviews arrive · limitations
Health timeline
A dated record of what has actually happened to this app — launch, updates, price moves and record-board milestones. Every point is a stored observation, never an estimate.
- 11 Aug 2026 Update Updated to v9.23.2 The most recent version we observed on the listing.
- 30 Sep 2011 Launch Launched on the App Store Original release date stated on the listing.
Dates are read from the listing and from our own daily observations; the rating curve accrues going forward. How we track.
Listing & advisories
Download size
96.2 MB
Minimum iOS
16.0
Devices supported
iPhone 5s and newer · iPad
Age rating
17+
Advisories
None listed by the publisher
Screenshots
8 on the listing
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Rankings this app appears on
Peer set
Peers are well-rated apps in News, selected by category and rating — not by similarity of description, so the comparison is like-for-like on scale.
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| KQED: Bay Area Culture & News | 4.9 | 9,415 | Free |
| Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods | 4.9 | 46.8K | Free |
| The Atlantic Magazine | 4.9 | 133.4K | Free |
| TrueShort - Stream True Crime | 4.9 | 16.9K | Free |
| The Bulwark | 4.9 | 1,966 | Free |
| Church News | 4.9 | 85.2K | Free |
| Podcast App & Player - Castbox | 4.9 | 198.1K | Free |
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Provenance
- Source
- Public App Store listing metadata and public customer reviews.
- Collection window
- Last read 18 Aug 2026. Listing re-read daily; reviews re-read on a slower cadence.
- Derived figures
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