theScore vs Bleacher Report

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. [R11] theScore 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
2. [R14] theScore 5/5 · US So close to being the single best live score app for MLB: I use TheScore mainly for MLB baseball. I’ve tried basically ever other viable app (Apple sports, yahoo sports, cbs sports, sports alerts, real, sofascore, flashscore) for live scores, and the one that seemed to work the best out of all of them was TheScore. I really have almost no gripes with this app at all. The only thing that I would lo
3. [R3] theScore 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-
4. [R64] Bleacher Report 1/5 · US 11 FEB Update: Today’s update is straight trash. I don’t know what the developers were thinking. Then had the nerve to have the new BR icon in the sideline of the game. Focus less on the marketing and more on the actual app. Update 30 Jun they still need to update notifications and the comment section.
5. [R24] theScore 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
6. [R41] theScore 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.
7. [R79] Bleacher Report 1/5 · US Load Times to Open App Ridiculous: Wtf happen to this it take 60+ second to open every time anytime anywhere.
8. [R111] Bleacher Report 3/5 · US Getting a little closer to how the app used to run.: After the redesign a while ago, the loading time made this app darn near intolerable. It used to be my go-to app for scores, but recently I can use several other apps in the time it takes to fire this one up. The load time seems better lately, that’s a good thing! One new complaint though - when did a notification bubble appear on the app ico
9. [R6] theScore 3/5 · US Score: Was great until a few weeks ago when the score showed nothing, blank scoreboard
10. [R25] theScore 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.
11. [R70] Bleacher Report 1/5 · US Not receiving notifications: I changed iphones to a most recent one (from iphone 12 to iphone 17) and I haven’t received a notification since. Every setting in the device and in the app regarding allowing notifications are enabled and Im still having this issue. I have tried every troubleshooting Ive found and it still not working. I recently deleted my account and I’ll be deleting this app. I co
12. [R73] Bleacher Report 1/5 · US Awful: This app is awful simply because I never get notifications. The reason for this app is B/R is the fastest around when it comes to breaking news. I contacted customer service last week, told them the issue. They replied with a screenshot with how notifications should be set up. Like duh, acting I don’t know what I am doing. Sent a message back and it’s been crickets ever since. 🤦🏻‍♂️
13. [R28] theScore 2/5 · US Ads: I understand Ads keep the app free, but can you limit them so they’re not so many? Too distracting!
14. [R61] Bleacher Report 2/5 · US Ads: I’ve used this app for years but recently I can’t even use it anymore because I’m not getting so many ads on it that I can’t navigate the app. It’s filled with pop-ups and anytime I try to read anything or just navigate the app it’s redirecting me to a third party site. It’s giving off the feel of an unsafe website that will lead to viruses. It’s a shame that the app has gotten to this point.
15. [R66] Bleacher Report 3/5 · US Ads getting worse: I feel like the ads are starting to get worse. It’s starting to be a task just to look at one article, and have to scroll past 15 ads. Please figure something out.
16. [R88] Bleacher Report 1/5 · US Started forcing ads: Keeps getting worse. So bad I finally had enough and deleted the app. Never again BR. You keep opening ads in articles as I try to read them and not allowing me to scroll past them. Worst update ever. No more.
17. [R40] theScore 1/5 · US Very bad experience: I signed up specifically for the 100% First Bet Reset promotion. I placed my first wager as a 2-leg parlay, then immediately cancelled it because I only wanted a straight bet. I cancelled right away and placed the straight wager instead. When the bet was settled the promotion still showed as “in progress.” Like i still need to make a wager. I first contacted support and was
18. [R109] Bleacher Report 1/5 · US App is a shell of what it once was: Just a few list of issues on the app, went away from written articles to videos (with ads), incredibly outdated comment section (no way to access prior comments or replies, a terrible reaction interface) and absolutely next to zero original content article wise relying on other sites on information and articles themselves. Genuinely makes me want to move to athl