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Yahoo Sports vs CBS Sports

Yahoo Sports 4.6★ · Free to download 65
Winner CBS Sports
CBS Sports 4.7★ · Free + IAP 70

CBS Sports offers a slightly better overall experience due to its higher lifetime rating and fewer critical issues, despite recent updates causing user frustration.

Full reviews: Yahoo Sports · CBS Sports

Yahoo Sports and CBS Sports both provide sports scores and news, but recent updates have caused significant user frustration for both apps. Yahoo struggles with intrusive ads and inconsistent notification settings, while CBS Sports users are annoyed by frequent review requests and a redesigned interface that prioritizes videos over articles.

Head to head

Features & Content tieR6R9R13R14
Yahoo Sports Yahoo Sports is praised for its ability to track many sports and customize content to a degree, allowing users to focus on favorite leagues and avoid unwanted sports like soccer or WNBA R14. However, users frequently complain about the lack of coverage for college baseball and softball, as well as horse racing R9R33R34R38. Some also note missing features like broadcaster information for games, career stats, and Apple Watch support R13. There's also frustration with the app's increasing focus on sports betting without an option to remove betting ads R6.
CBS Sports CBS Sports is generally seen as a good source for scores and news, with some users calling it the 'best sports app ever' . However, recent updates have shifted the focus heavily towards videos and large thumbnails, making it harder to find articles and headlines, which many users dislike . Similar to Yahoo, CBS Sports is criticized for weak coverage of minor sports like wrestling, volleyball, golf, and women's sports, specifically missing leagues like PWHL, AUSL, and WPBL . Users also express annoyance with the app pushing WNBA content even when not desired .
Ease of Use & UI tieR3R11R14R15
Yahoo Sports Yahoo Sports is described by some as 'easy' and 'simple' for quick scores R14. However, many users report issues with the UI, including poor optimization for screen size, making content small and hard to read R3. Navigation is often called 'insane' and not easy to access . Users also complain about the inability to customize the order of leagues on the scores tab, with irrelevant sports appearing prominently R24. Bugs like blank screens on install, freezing, and stories not loading fully also hinder usability R11R15.
CBS Sports CBS Sports is generally considered 'easy to use' and 'easy to navigate' by some . However, recent updates have significantly impacted usability, with users disliking the new layout that resembles social media and requires more scrolling . The shift to large thumbnails and videos is seen as unnecessary and detracts from the app's functionality for reading headlines . Some users also report the app being 'slow, bad and clunky' .
Reliability & Performance edge: Yahoo SportsR4R5R8R11
Yahoo Sports Yahoo Sports users frequently report issues with notifications, stating they are slow, don't stop even when turned off, or are unreliable and missing R4R19. The app is also prone to freezing and crashing R11. Score updates can be incorrect or delayed, and table standings are sometimes treated as final prematurely R5R8. Widgets are reported to be slow to update or disappear after updates .
CBS Sports CBS Sports users report issues with notifications not coming through . More critically, some users claim the app displays 'constantly wrong scores, wrong times, wrong starters, and completely fabricated events' . The app also has problems with displaying full content, such as only showing half of a World Cup bracket . Widgets have also disappeared after updates .
Ads & Monetization edge: CBS SportsR1R6R7R40
Yahoo Sports Yahoo Sports is heavily criticized for its intrusive and annoying ads, including dating app ads with nude women, non-sports related ads, and ads with audio that interrupt podcasts R1R7R40. Users also complain about gambling pop-ups appearing almost every time the app is opened . There's a strong desire for an option to remove betting ads R6.
CBS Sports CBS Sports users complain about 'too much information and emphasis on gambling' . However, the most prominent complaint related to monetization is the constant barrage of requests to review the app, which many find annoying and intrusive .
Pick Yahoo Sports if

Pick Yahoo Sports if you prioritize content customization to avoid certain sports and want simple scores, and are willing to tolerate intrusive ads R14.

Pick CBS Sports if

Pick CBS Sports if you value a generally reliable source for scores and news, and are comfortable with a video-heavy interface, provided you can overlook the frequent review prompts .

Evidence note: Both apps are free to download, so user complaints about ads and monetization are expected for free tiers. The high volume of review requests for CBS Sports skews its reviews, as many 5-star ratings are given simply to stop the prompts.

Frequently asked

Do Yahoo Sports and CBS Sports offer college sports coverage?
Both apps offer some college sports coverage, but users of Yahoo Sports frequently request the addition of college baseball and softball, as well as horse racing R9R33R34R38. CBS Sports is criticized for weak coverage of minor sports and specific women's leagues, but it does cover some college sports .
Are there many ads in Yahoo Sports and CBS Sports?
Yahoo Sports has many intrusive and annoying ads, including dating app ads, non-sports related ads, and audio ads that interrupt podcasts, with users wishing for an option to remove betting ads R1R6R7R40. CBS Sports also has an emphasis on gambling information, but its most common 'ad' complaint is frequent pop-ups asking for app reviews .
Can I customize notifications and content in these apps?
Yahoo Sports allows some content control, enabling users to follow favorite leagues and avoid unwanted sports, but users complain about notification settings being ignored or reset after updates, and an inability to customize the order of sports tabs R4R14R19R24. CBS Sports users express frustration with the app pushing unwanted content like the WNBA, even after attempting to block it .

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R6] Yahoo Sports 3/5 · US Great app but too much betting focus: This has been my favorite sports app since before yahoo even owned it (I think it was called sportacular or something like that?) and it’s easily the best one on the App Store in terms of UI. But over time they have added more and more focus on sports betting which is a real shame. They should at the very least provide the option to remove the betting ads from
  2. [R9] Yahoo Sports 3/5 · US Good, Not Great!: While I think the Yahoo sports app is one of the better sports apps available for the iPhone, especially if you use Yahoo as your fantasy home (it’s the best), it could be much better. I’d love to see y’all add College Softball, and the teams to the normal coverage as well as horse racing. I also wish there was more user freedom in how things are arranged for our viewing pleasure
  3. [R13] Yahoo Sports 1/5 · US No broadcaster published: When you pick a scores tab/game , like tonight Boston/ Yankees Am I missing it, or could you list in the ‘more info’ section at the bottom , who is broadcasting the game
  4. [R14] Yahoo Sports 5/5 · US Best app for quick scores: Had to delete CBS sports app because they finally broke me. This has simple scores if thats all you want, doesn't add sports you dgaf about (soccer, wnba). You can go to favorite leagues and look at only that league's news. No other sports app lets you control content to this degree.
  5. [R3] Yahoo Sports 3/5 · US Poorly optimized for screen: The latest update reduced the usable screen area to less than a third, with large empty bars on each side, making the actual content small and difficult to read.
  6. [R11] Yahoo Sports 4/5 · US great but sometimes freezes: I've been using it for years as it's great for tracking many sports. Only problem I have is that it freezes up on a regular basis when I come back to it. I have to close the app and reopen it.
  7. [R15] Yahoo Sports 3/5 · US Y-Sports: Installed and got a blank screen. Nothing else! I waited … nothing.Finally deleted app and wrote review.
  8. [R4] Yahoo Sports 1/5 · US Stop the score banners!: Deleting this app because I’m constantly getting live score updates on top banner of my Home Screen even when locked, for teams I don’t even follow. All notifications and haptics are turned off and they still show up.
  9. [R5] Yahoo Sports 4/5 · US World Cup Start Times: Yahoo having trouble getting the start times right for the biggest event of the year. Mexico Ecuador shown as 9 pm edt for last four days. At 906, it’s updated to 10 pm edt. Not the first time either. Seems like an important detail to get right.
  10. [R8] Yahoo Sports 4/5 · US FIFA Table standings!: England & Ghana are currently at halftime, playing in their 2nd match. Yet once the 0-0 score is posted, the table standings take the result as final. Another example, once the first team of any match scores, the table standings treat this result as final and show a win for the team that scores first. Finally to write this review I had to erase the review I wrote last yea
  11. [R1] Yahoo Sports 1/5 · US Yahoo sports: App sucks… can’t go in scores without seeing a dating app about nude women, I’m a female that doesn’t want to see that and neither does/will my husband…will delete app because it refuses to stop ads when we want them stopped!
  12. [R7] Yahoo Sports 1/5 · US Annoying ads: The ads are beyond annoying. There is nothing that makes sense with them and just get in the way. Please at least make them sports related at the minimum
  13. [R40] Yahoo Sports 1/5 · US Nice and simple app, but ads with audio!? Smh: How dare you interrupt my podcast with a terrible audio track for some bs brain-decaying game. DON’T EVER INTERRUPT MY PODCASTS!
  14. [R33] Yahoo Sports 3/5 · US More College Sports: I counted 24 different soccer leagues that you publish scores & teams for, which is helpful if you like soccer, BUT you do not offer college baseball or hockey!! Please rein in all the soccer stuff, or at least add the college baseball & hockey!!
  15. [R34] Yahoo Sports 2/5 · US NCAA Baseball: Why is college baseball excluded from yahoo?
  16. [R38] Yahoo Sports 4/5 · US NCAA Baseball & Softball: Your app provides great scores & information on the sports you include. Your biggest gap is lack of coverage of NCAA baseball & softball. Is there any chance you’ll be adding these?
  17. [R19] Yahoo Sports 2/5 · US Tired of it ignoring settings: Why does it change my notification settings update. It won’t even let me change them back without uninstalling and reinstalling it, it seems like EVERYONE single update
  18. [R24] Yahoo Sports 3/5 · US Top tabs aren’t customizable: The leagues on top move around DAILY. Today is NCAAWB championship day and the tab isn’t even on top of the scores page. WHY?!? The first tab is NCAAB then NBA MLB NFL NHL. NFL is not even in season, why does it come before NHL? Why do I have to see 2738 tabs for soccer when I don’t follow it?

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