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Updated July 2026 · real, multi-region App Store reviews
Head-to-head

theScore vs Apple Sports

theScore 4.8★ · Free to download 75
Winner Tie
Apple Sports 4.7★ · Free to download 75

Apple Sports is the better choice for users who prioritize a clean, ad-free experience and real-time scores without extra features, while theScore is better for those who want comprehensive sports coverage, news, and statistics, despite its issues with ads and feature bloat.

Full reviews: theScore · Apple Sports

theScore offers extensive features, news, and a long history of user satisfaction, but struggles with ads, performance, and feature bloat. Apple Sports provides a clean, ad-free interface with reliable live activities, though it lacks in-depth stats and coverage for many niche sports.

Head to head

Features & Content edge: theScoreR2R3R11R13
theScore theScore is praised for its comprehensive coverage of live sports, tracking favorite teams, and keeping up with major news, with users appreciating constant updates and new features over many years R2R11. However, some users find it has too many features, leading to a clunky experience and battery drain R3. There are also complaints about missing coverage for specific sports like Tour de France, NCAA Softball, Rugby, UFL, and certain women's leagues R13R24.
Apple Sports Apple Sports is lauded for its simple interface and focus on core scores, with users appreciating the lack of ads and news pushing R62R71. However, a significant number of users desire more sports coverage, including college baseball, pro cycling, MMA, boxing, rugby, cricket, and women's leagues R62R66R69. Many also feel it lacks in-depth stats, player info, team schedules, and standings, making it less of a 'one-stop shop' .
Ease of Use & Interface edge: Apple SportsR3R4R8R24
theScore Users generally find theScore easy to use for following teams and getting quick info R8R24. However, some recent updates have made the app feel clunky and slow R3. Issues include missing comment notifications, confusing new timeline views for football, and difficulty picking favorite leagues over individual teams R4.
Apple Sports Apple Sports is highly praised for its clean, simple, and beautiful interface, making it easy to read and get information quickly R62R71. Users appreciate its straightforward approach without being bloated R71. However, some find the game day matches confusing to follow due to a lack of clear separation . There are also complaints about the app not supporting iPad .
Reliability & Performance tieR3R6R11R21
theScore theScore is generally seen as reliable for real-time scores and notifications R11. However, recent updates have led to significant battery drain R3, blank scoreboards R6, and the app crashing or showing black screens . Some users report live updates being out of sync or slow , and stats not working or being zeroed out R21.
Apple Sports Apple Sports is praised for fast and reliable real-time updates and excellent Live Activities on the Dynamic Island . However, users report issues with Live Activities not updating or not working for upcoming games R61R99R100R109. The app is also criticized for being slow to load and for randomly forgetting followed teams or missing broadcasts R109.
Ads & Monetization edge: Apple SportsR9R10R12R16
theScore theScore is heavily criticized for its overwhelming number of ads, including inappropriate ones, auto-playing videos, and political ads R9R10R16R22. Many users feel the app has become cluttered with gambling content and ads, to the point of being useless or feeling like a 'bet site' R12R22.
Apple Sports Apple Sports is widely praised for being completely ad-free, which is a major draw for users R62. However, some users are disappointed to see betting odds (DraftKings) displayed within the app, viewing it as Apple 'co-signing' gambling .
Support & Community tieR1R7R40R49
theScore Users report issues with theScore's support, including unhelpful AI bots R40. There are also serious complaints about content moderation, with users claiming comments are deleted if they criticize certain figures, and accusations of the app being a 'mouthpiece for racist, sexist, antisemitism and hatred' R1R7R49.
Apple Sports Reviews do not provide specific feedback on Apple Sports' customer support or community features.
Pick theScore if

you want comprehensive sports news, scores, and statistics across a wide range of leagues, are comfortable with ads and gambling content, and value a long-standing, feature-rich platform R11.

Pick Apple Sports if

you prefer a clean, ad-free, and simple interface primarily for live scores and real-time updates, especially if you use Apple's Live Activities, and don't require in-depth stats or coverage of niche sports R62R71.

Evidence note: The evidence for 'Support & Community' is one-sided, with only theScore having specific user feedback on these aspects.

Frequently asked

Does theScore have too many ads?
Yes, many users report that theScore has too many ads, including inappropriate ones, auto-playing videos, and political ads, which can be distracting and make the app feel cluttered R9R10R16R22.
Does Apple Sports cover niche sports like cycling or MMA?
No, Apple Sports currently lacks coverage for many niche sports, with users specifically requesting professional cycling (Tour de France), MMA (UFC), boxing, rugby, cricket, and various women's leagues R62R66R69R71.
Are there issues with live activities on Apple Sports?
Yes, some users report issues with Apple Sports' Live Activities, including them not updating at all on the lock screen, not working for upcoming games, or being delayed and out of sync R61R99R100R109.
Does theScore drain battery quickly?
Yes, some users have reported that theScore drains battery tremendously fast after recent updates, with one user stating it drained 5% of their battery in 6 minutes R3.

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. [R2] theScore 5/5 · US The Best: i have used ScoreMobile for a decade or so; no need to quit anytime soon.
  2. [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-
  3. [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
  4. [R13] theScore 2/5 · US No Tour de France coverage: No Tour de France coverage
  5. [R4] theScore 2/5 · US Odd changes made: With the recent revamped look, comment notifications are missing and there’s no way to find them
  6. [R8] theScore 5/5 · US Amazing: Super helpful when trying to get good info fast
  7. [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
  8. [R6] theScore 3/5 · US Score: Was great until a few weeks ago when the score showed nothing, blank scoreboard
  9. [R21] theScore 3/5 · US Stat/Standing Updates: Need real time stat and standing updates
  10. [R9] theScore 3/5 · US Political Ads: Love the App but these Trump Ads need to go!
  11. [R10] theScore 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.
  12. [R12] theScore 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.
  13. [R16] theScore 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
  14. [R1] theScore 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.
  15. [R7] theScore 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!
  16. [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
  17. [R49] theScore 1/5 · US Getting worse: Political machine. Deleting of posts arbitrarily.
  18. [R22] theScore 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.
  19. [R62] Apple Sports 4/5 · US Unbelievably Good: Apple really killed this. No ads, no news pushing like ESPN or other apps like Bleacher Report, and the live events are awesome. My one gripe is that it needs more sports! I would love a college baseball section. Great design work as well: the app is very pretty to look at, while also being easy to read quickly to get a sense of what’s going on.
  20. [R66] Apple Sports 3/5 · US Decent App: Needs pro cycling.
  21. [R69] Apple Sports 3/5 · US Needs Professional Cycling coverage: This app has some of my very favorite sports: football, soccer, baseball, college football, but I follow all the Grand tours and it’s disappointing it’s not covered.
  22. [R71] Apple Sports 5/5 · US Simple and almost perfect: Please add Cycling such as the Tour de France. Otherwise great interface with littte distraction. Does what it needs to do without being bloated.
  23. [R61] Apple Sports 1/5 · US Can’t follow upcoming games?: When I see an upcoming game that I want live activities for, I click “Follow” for that game, but then nothing ever pops up on my screen when the game starts. I go back into the app, and the game isn’t being followed anymore. It seems I can only get live activities for games if I start following them AFTER the game has already started. What is the point of that? Ever
  24. [R99] Apple Sports 3/5 · US It’s amazing, but I noticed a problem today: Anyway, the game has ended as of now, but it’s been for like an hour over but it’s still saying the game is going on and it’s the ninth inning one strike on my live activities so that just started today so if it happens any longer, I’ll report it (edit it’s been happening a lot more)
  25. [R100] Apple Sports 2/5 · US Has some bugs: It automatically stops following games the second kickoff starts and it is hard to look at brackets and some blank spaces just spawn in like a <div> that’s supposed to hold an ad. This needs at least one update PLEASE. Apart from that MAJOR flaw, it’s very good.
  26. [R109] Apple Sports 1/5 · US Unreliable Slop: The app randomly forgets what you follow, misses broadcasts and matches, often is overly delayed and generally seems to be a slop developed software embarrassment. Absolute rubbish.

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