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theScore is a long-standing sports app praised for its fast, comprehensive score tracking and customizable features, but recent updates have introduced significant issues including excessive ads, gambling promotion, performance problems, and poor content moderation.

4.8★ lifetime (840,416) Free to download since 2019 by Score Media and Gaming Inc. updated 0.5 mo ago recent negative 21% 120 reviews across 4 regions
Ads & Monetization Content Moderation & Bias Performance & Stability Feature Set & Coverage User Interface & Experience Notifications & Live Updates Chat Features
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recent reviews across 4 regions, vs the 4.8★ lifetime average

theScore is a popular sports app known for providing quick access to live scores, stats, and news for a wide range of sports. While many users appreciate its depth and customization, recent updates have led to complaints about intrusive ads, a cluttered interface with gambling content, performance issues like battery drain, and inadequate content moderation in comment sections.

What users like

  • Provides fast and accurate real-time scores and statsR3R9R12R19
  • Offers extensive coverage for various sports and leagues, especially college sportsR4R16R20R25
  • Highly customizable for following favorite teams and leaguesR4R141R24R27
  • Has a long history of reliable service, with many users for over a decadeR1R4R38R60

What users complain about

  • Excessive and intrusive ads, including auto-playing videos, disrupt the user experienceR11R17R23R28
  • Overemphasis on gambling content and promotions, with no easy way to disable themR23R30R75R77
  • Performance issues including slow loading, app crashes, and significant battery drainR32R47R58R82
  • Poor content moderation in comment sections, leading to racist, sexist, and political discussions, and deletion of critical commentsR5R7R48R62
  • Missing coverage for certain sports, leagues, or specific game details (e.g., NCAA Softball, Rugby, Tour de France, specific channels)R13R21R42R43
  • Notifications and live activities are unreliable or not customizable enough, sometimes sending unwanted alerts or failing to updateR6R56R215R503
  • User interface changes have made the app feel clunky, less intuitive, or removed useful features like overall standings or comment notificationsR6R32R36R43
  • Chat features are often filled with bots and spam, making them unusableR71R90R96R120
  • Live score updates can be out of sync with actual game broadcasts or slow to update statsR26R100R131R230

Latest update · v26.10.0

What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):

We've further optimized the app with various performance enhancements and bug fixes. Never miss a moment of the action with theScore.

Recurring themes

Ads & Monetization negative
Users are increasingly frustrated by the number and intrusiveness of ads, including auto-playing videos and full-screen pop-ups, which disrupt the user experience and make the app feel cluttered. Many also feel there's an excessive promotion of gambling content, with no option to filter it out.R11R17R23R28
Content Moderation & Bias negative
A significant number of reviews criticize the app's content moderation, particularly in comment sections, citing issues with racist, sexist, antisemitic, and political comments being allowed to run rampant. Users also report that their own critical comments are deleted, and some perceive a bias in news coverage or highlight selection.R5R7R48R50
Performance & Stability negative
Recent updates have led to complaints about the app being slow, crashing frequently, and experiencing significant battery drain. Some users report that videos don't load, and the app becomes unusable or requires constant refreshing.R32R47R58R82
Feature Set & Coverage mixed
While many praise the app's broad coverage and customization for major sports, a notable number of users point out missing leagues or specific details for sports like NCAA Softball, Rugby, Tour de France, Lacrosse, Volleyball, college hockey, or Olympic scores. Some also desire more detailed stats or the ability to easily find broadcast channels.R13R21R42R43
User Interface & Experience negative
Recent UI changes are frequently criticized for making the app feel clunky, less intuitive, or removing previously useful features like overall standings or comment notifications. Users also dislike the persistent score overlay and difficulty in managing favorite leagues.R6R32R36R43
Notifications & Live Updates negative
Users report issues with unreliable notifications, including missed score alerts and team updates, despite settings being enabled. Live Activities on the lock screen often do not update, and some find the in-game scorecast to be out of sync with live broadcasts or slow to update key details like outs in baseball.R6R26R56R100
Chat Features negative
The chat sections within the app are widely criticized for being overrun by bots and spam, making them unenjoyable and pointless for genuine user interaction.R71R90R96R120

Who it's for

This app is for sports fans who need quick, real-time scores and news across a wide variety of leagues and are comfortable with a free, ad-supported model R3R9R12R19. It's particularly good for those who follow many teams and appreciate customization R4R141. It is not for users who prioritize a clean, ad-free experience, want to avoid gambling content, or expect robust content moderation in community features R11R23R75R5. It is also not ideal for those who need coverage of niche sports or specific details like broadcast channels for every game R13.

Evidence note: The recent reviews skew significantly negative, which contrasts with the high lifetime rating. Many negative points, such as excessive ads, gambling promotion, and content moderation issues, are recurring and strongly supported across multiple recent reviews. Positive points primarily highlight the core functionality of score tracking and broad coverage, often from long-time users. The developer's notes about 'performance enhancements and bug fixes' are contradicted by numerous recent reports of slow performance, crashes, and notification issues R32R47R58R215.

Frequently asked

Does theScore app provide real-time scores?
Yes, theScore app is widely praised for providing correct scores in real time and quickly R3R9R12R19.
Are there many ads in theScore app?
Yes, many recent reviews indicate that the app has an excessive number of intrusive ads, including auto-playing videos and full-screen pop-ups, which significantly disrupt the user experience R11R17R23R28.
Can I disable gambling content in theScore app?
Based on recent reviews, there is no clear setting to toggle off all gambling-related information, and users report being bombarded with content and notifications that encourage online sports betting R75R77.
Does theScore app cover all major sports and leagues?
The app covers a wide range of major sports and leagues, including NFL, NCAA Football, MLB, NBA, and NHL, but some users report missing coverage for specific sports like NCAA Softball, Rugby, Tour de France, Lacrosse, Volleyball, college hockey, and Olympic scores R16R20R46R55.
Are there issues with notifications or live activities in theScore app?
Yes, users report that notifications have been unreliable lately, with missed score and team alerts, and Live Activities on the lock screen often do not update at all R6R56R215.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R3] 5/5 · US Amazing: Super helpful when trying to get good info fast
  2. [R9] 5/5 · US Extremely Handy: Great quick way to get scores,stats and TV channels
  3. [R12] 5/5 · US Review: Gives me the correct score in real time I like that.
  4. [R19] 5/5 · US Great Option!: theScore gives you the scores quickly. There are many options that you can choose from them.
  5. [R4] 5/5 · US Best app for following live sports: I’ve found this to be the best app for following live sports, tracking your favorite teams, and keeping up to date with major news of the day. I love that the developers are constantly updating it with new features and improved user interface. Whether following a game play by play or customizing your home teams page to your preferred layout, this is #1 in my boo
  6. [R16] 5/5 · US Really good app: I’ve been using theScore for 4 years now and I love how convenient it is. I’m particularly a big college sports fan and I find that this app makes college scores, stats, and schedule information the most accessible. I honestly did prefer the old UI display for college matchups where it showed the full team name and record. An option to change it back to the old view would be nic
  7. [R20] 5/5 · US Hands Down Best Sports Score App: I will never go back to ESPN or CBS apps for sports scores. I am a sports obsessed nut and theScore is ideal. College baseball regular season scores are the only thing I’ve ever had to look elsewhere for, but I can’t imagine that would be a deal breaker for too many people.
  8. [R25] 5/5 · US I love it: I got this to follow baseball and college football to stay connected with my dad, haven’t seen him in years but it’s great we can talk about the games and I have something that gives me highlights, rankings, and scores that doesn’t make it confusing.
  9. [R141] 3/5 · US Missing NCAA Softball & Rugby: Hi. Love the app actually. Easy to use - 1st Star NFL - 2nd Star NCAA Football - 3rd Star NCAA Softball - 4th Star Any Rugby at all gets the 5th Star LIke I said. I love the app. It is easy to pick out who you want to follow and rank the leagues so my personal best of show is on the top. I like the notifications when I can’t be watching my teams. The interface is s
  10. [R24] 5/5 · US The score: Always able to check the score and it shows my favorite teams first before the rest
  11. [R27] 5/5 · US BEST SPORTS APP: It has the scores from all the games reminders of when they start and even all the notifications for every sports.
  12. [R1] 5/5 · US The Best: i have used ScoreMobile for a decade or so; no need to quit anytime soon.
  13. [R38] 5/5 · US Best sports app: Been using the score since I was 12! I am 24 now! And that’s for real!!!
  14. [R60] 5/5 · US Best sports app: Been using this app since my dad showed it to me on his blackberry probably 15 years ago.
  15. [R11] 1/5 · US terrible ads: Every time I open the app there's inappropriate ads and if I accidentally click on it, it takes me to the app store to download the app connected to the ad. I would leave zero stars if I could.
  16. [R17] 1/5 · US Was great until videos and ads: Great app, until recently they decided to auto play videos with ads so it shuts off my music when I’m checking scores. Apple sports is better
  17. [R23] 1/5 · US Lame app. Junk bet site!!: Started out great, then the greed took over, now Full of ads and spamming! Dismal user interface! App is so cluttered with ads that app is useless!! Should change name to thebet.
  18. [R28] 2/5 · US Ads: I understand Ads keep the app free, but can you limit them so they’re not so many? Too distracting!
  19. [R30] 1/5 · US Dont want the smoke: All trash parlay boosts with horrible requirements because they know I'll take them to the cleaners with anything else 😂 SIUUUUU
  20. [R75] 3/5 · US Too much gambling info: Great app regarding scores, sports news, and all that good stuff. -2 stars because there is way much content geared towards gambling. I wish there was just a setting to toggle off all gambling related info so only useful content was shown.
  21. [R77] 2/5 · US CONSTANT Encouragement to Gamble: I want game scores, but if you turn off notifications you at bombarded with notifications that encourage you to place online sports bets (betting odds, predictions, etc.) There is no way to fine tune your alerts to turn these off.
  22. [R32] 3/5 · US Was good, too many features now: Good app overall, a bit slow, feels like the jammed in as many features as possible which makes it more clunky. It also drains battery tremendously fast now after some recent updates so will be looking for a different app. Literally drained 5% of my battery in 6 minutes the other day, so absurd. I just need the score, I don’t need chat, live updates, fancy play-by-
  23. [R47] 1/5 · US Crashes: App crashes and black screen. Don’t bother replying. Your meta software is programmed to respond with general comments . Your app sucks now
  24. [R58] 1/5 · US Slow: Everything is super slow and none of the videos load to watch. I get this news sooner on another app.
  25. [R82] 1/5 · US App does not work: This app does not work whatsoever. This new update is defective and makes the app unusable. Terrible. Was once the best, lost its touch.
  26. [R5] 1/5 · US Awful Articles: Bad , too many articles on female assaulter Conor McGregor . They delete comments if you criticize female assaulters. Shame and lame. I’d give zero stars if I could.
  27. [R7] 1/5 · US The Score isn’t a sports app. Racist, sexist, antisemitism and hatred.: The Score is not a sports app. It’s a mouthpiece for racist, sexist, antisemitism and hatred! I’ve reviewed this each of the past 4 months. Nothing changes, even though the controllers claim to be concerned. Total joke that they claim to have a 4.8 rating. Trash, trash, more trash! Goodbye for good. Deleted!
  28. [R48] 1/5 · US Getting worse: Political machine. Deleting of posts arbitrarily.
  29. [R62] 1/5 · US Awful Admins: This app is trash the admins clearly have certain biases and have ruined this app. Half of the stories are AI slop and the rest are rehashed from other sources
  30. [R13] 2/5 · US No Tour de France coverage: No Tour de France coverage
  31. [R21] 1/5 · US Doesn’t Know WC: TheScore doesn’t know the World Cup from a water closet. Hint: IT’S IN NORTH AMERICA. Trash app.
  32. [R42] 5/5 · US No World Cup score tracker, what a shame. You are one of the biggest sports app.: No World Cup score tracker. How disappointing. You have to search the team to find out what the score is unlike the other random sports it always pops up and daily score option.
  33. [R43] 2/5 · US Favorites: You make it damn near impossible to pick favorite LEAGUES versus individual teams. Could be better if they knew what people wanted. Like being able to check World Cup scores Developer response reply: I need 1 tab, Scores, not a league tab for leagues to see scores. All my other leagues are in “scores.” You’re forcing interaction on your app and I’m here for scores. Not your desires of
  34. [R6] 2/5 · US Odd changes made: With the recent revamped look, comment notifications are missing and there’s no way to find them
  35. [R56] 1/5 · US Live Activities do NOT work: The notification settings for this app are absolutely, unbelievably bad. I set all my notifications to only show me scoring updates and have live activities. Guess what - live activities never update AT ALL on my lock screen (and yes I have them enabled in iOS settings). Additionally, despite me choosing explicitly not to have notifications sent for the end of an innin
  36. [R215] 3/5 · US no notifications: This app is a solid sports app, but notifications have been really unreliable lately. I’m missing score and team alerts even though everything looks turned on.
  37. [R503] 3/5 · CA New update: Disappointing and disaster of an update. You guys removed the feature to see when someone replies back to your comment. Totally makes having a comment section pointless
  38. [R36] 2/5 · US Can’t even see the game log history: Pass feb 2026 u can’t see what pitchers or players have don’t anymore for that I’m deleting the app had it for years that upgrade was a down grade
  39. [R71] 2/5 · US Bots: To many BOTS
  40. [R90] 1/5 · US The chat is ruined: I hate the bots , they took over the whole chat, saying the same thing trying to sale there pics
  41. [R96] 2/5 · US Bots make this unbearable: I used to use this as a everyday tool now I only use it at the end of the day for a quick score check the real app is waaaaay better and no bots
  42. [R120] 1/5 · US Unenjoyable chatting: Too many bots in the chats
  43. [R26] 2/5 · US The live is out of sync: The scorecast is slow and you get updates on what’s happening from the score before the live cast updates. It makes that feature useless. I think this app is garbage until they fix that.
  44. [R100] 1/5 · US Ruined A Good App: This app used to be so good. After some updates, it’s terrible. The MLB lay by play doesn’t even work. Doesn’t update pitch by pitch. Count is ALWAYS wrong, doesn’t update each play and I find myself having to “refresh” the page to update the next pitch/play. Please just go back to how the app worked a couple years ago. You guys ruined a great app.
  45. [R131] 3/5 · US Stat/Standing Updates: Need real time stat and standing updates
  46. [R230] 3/5 · US Win loss updates: After a game is final, win loss totals should immediately be updated and not have to wait till next day
  47. [R50] 1/5 · US Racist: These guys are racists. Don’t use this app unless you are racist too. I have been following Seiya Suzuki, but even when he hits the game winning grand slam, they just ignore. They never show his highlight videos. I’ve known this for years, but have been ignoring, however, I cannot stand anymore. He hit the game winning grand slam today (6/11/26) and they don’t post the video. They have nev
  48. [R46] 1/5 · US MISSING UFL SCORES!: You guys have a category for UFL but absolutely nothing for game days or game scores!
  49. [R55] 4/5 · US Where is softball?: I’ve had this app for years and it’s great overall. It has steadily improved the years, but where is the college softball? WCWS is some of the best action going! Get with it and cover exciting sport. Guess I will have to keep ESPN as my primary sports app.

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store