Rivals - College Recruiting Reviews

by Jimboleo

There are many basic functions available from the traditional website log in that are still missing from Rivals . Sometimes there are many threads on the web site that will not display from Rivals . Drives me nuts to get an alert that someone has replied to me directly only to find the thread isn’t shown on Rivals . Usually you can close Rivals and restart the phone to fix but how often do you want to do that? I’ve had Rivals for three years now but rarely use it because they never address the issues. They already have my money and don’t seem to care. ** this app still hasn’t fixed a thing so I have down graded my rating to one star.

by 72mc

This updated version is junk. You now can no longer have only your team news and bulletin boards. You have to weed through loads of articles you have zero interest in. In fact, it’s so convoluted I can’t even find my teams boards at all. Obviously made by people that don’t follow sports at all. Don’t update to this. You will most likely be sorry you did. After paying $100 per year, I definitely don’t believe I should email anyone to get Rivals to work proper. Honestly, this is a deal breaker for me. I will not re-subscribe because of this sham of an app.

by Nickaloosa

I wish I could say this site was as stellar as it was 3 years ago. Not the case though. Glaring errors like not being able to log on during signing day. I still have to log on to the site most times which is very annoying. The video content is extremely lacking and the iPhone version does not allow for the full site view which is beyond annoying. If it wasn't for the excellent written info provided by the Tidesports staff then I would have already given up on it.

by Cemets

Rivals is a poor user experience and bug issues are getting worse after each release. I try to access an article and it loads a previously viewed article. I have to back out and reselect the article for it to load correctly. I am logged into Rivals but when I try to access the Nebraska Tunnel Talk segment it won’t recognize my subscription and locks up. Very frustrating. I will not continue my membership if it does not improve.

by JYanalyst

Almost every article I click on lately (a few weeks now) I receive an error message saying “oops, we fumbled”...I pay a lot of money for my this app subscription. If this isn’t going to be resolved this week I demand a refund. Yahoo needs to dedicate a LOT more time and energy to the this app app. Recruiting news is one area where Yahoo is still #1 thanks to this app and for being owned by a tech company Rivals is just simply not cutting it on a regular basis. Constant crashes and issues. Please Yahoo, please.

by One8se7en

Two stars because the content is great, would be one otherwise.

Rivals itself, the UX, and design are pretty horrible.

If you select one team and close Rivals , it often resets back to the default this app page and offers no way to preserve your team of choice. Sometimes, it loads back to your team page. Why? Not sure. Force closing Rivals makes no difference here.

Most recently, I’ve started receiving duplicate notifications.

Other times, I’ll look at my phone and the notification for this app will appear for three seconds and then disappear with nothing in Rivals notifications all.

iPhone X support would be great, but not a must. A legitimately working app would be a start for a service offering a $9.99 monthly subscription.

If the above issues are corrected, easily a 5* app.

by PingJ72

1) when you enter a thread, it takes you to the last post. Why? You then have to scroll all the way up to read. It should start at top the first read and jump to where you left off if you’ve been in there previously.

2) new threads are bold. But if you’ve ever read part of a thread it’s not. It needs to go back to bold if there are new posts.

3) needs a way to skip to bottom or top post without scrolling.

4) still can’t see, create, or vote in polls

5) can’t see alerts like on website when someone quotes you

6) can’t see other people’s profiles

7) links don’t open inside Rivals , rips you to browser

8) pictures get cut off and you can’t click to expand or zoom

9) once you’re about 2 pages (reloads) deep into threads, the screen starts jumping each time a new thread loads. Basically makes it impossible to view more than the most recent threads

10) no search function

by Walt542

I really dislike the navigation. You cannot refresh a page which means you have to keep going back to see what posts have been added. Most of the other navigation is clumsy to put it nicely. Such as if you go to a link to a story from a forum post it returns you to the story page rather than the post. Etc. etc.

There is no way to edit any new posts you write or any comments you make. You have to post the bad typo and then go to their editing tool. But if you don't the cursor in the right spot you are screwed. You also can only edit one issue at a time requiring you to go back in when you have multiple typos.

All in all very very disappointing.

by Big Tee 68

I cannot list all the faults with Rivals that has been existence for many years and just gets worse each new version. Today there is no refresh on the game thread for my teams bowl game. So it is unusable today in biggest game of year. Does not refresh, does not go to first post, font background is now almost 100% white, font size is super small ( cannot read with trifocals). All other apps except this one and web pages are fine. App cancels randomly. I could go in but absolute worst for someone paying 9.95 a month. Will soon look for other options as years of this with no effort to correct is beyond ridiculous.

by Cubano68

Rivals was clunky to begin with and now every time I try to read an article it says Oops We Fumbled try again later. Does the same thing for all the content. It used to tell me I wasn’t logged in and I needed to sign up and then never gave me an option to login again. Crap programming. I would surmise it isn’t well tested either.
iPhone 11 running latest software.

Update: Just went to send you screenshots and the email address provided bounced back. Rivalsappfeedback@yahoo doesn’t work per Google.

by Jon11767

Rivals is not good. It is basically just a barely-better version of the website. You don’t get alerts, the message boards don’t refresh automatically, there is a bug that has been around for years that show message board posts as duplicates, etc. it looks like this app doesn’t invest in this part of their business, so the usability is crap.

Update: Rivals is now forcing me to log in every time I open. Terrible experience, but expected.

Update: app is now crashing on launch with an iPhone 11.

by Two Big Speedballs

Did anyone test this? The message board is almost worthless while a game is going on since you have to go all the way out and then back in to refresh it. It used to take you to the last message you left off at in a thread when you return. Not anymore. And finally, the most idiotic thing. If I go into a message board, don't tell me that I need to tap the top for new threads And only give me half a second to do it on top of that! Just give me the updated threads!

by Wdish

Rivals is a product of continuous negligence towards providing a seamless customer experience. The lack of emphasis from an IT perspective continues to hinder customers the ability to post and interact with the platform effectively. Rivals does not allow you to stay logged in as well as get real time updates. Overall the people running the individual college sites give good reason to keep coming back, but unfortunately the development teams clearly do not understand what it means to enable a first class customer experience.

by Csdawson116

I love my subscription and the this app board I’m a member of. Having said that, Rivals constantly has issues.

Right now, it does not recognize my subscription on Rivals , and says I need to “sign in.” When you click “sign in”, you can only subscribe, no log in. I’m also noticing practical issues like articles not loading, click a link and something totally different opens, etc.

Really needs attention, as it will cost people actually paying for subscriptions to sights, and that’s not fair to the hard workers who put great content on the site.

by Scarfan1

Will it turn into a star app, exceed the users expectations and receive a lot of phone time? There is work to do on the testing field before that will happen.

Video play right now is adequate at best. Sometimes there is flawless execution while other times it acts like it doesn’t know what to do, getting lost in the screen and frustrating the user.

Performance is another questionable area. App requires the user to force a refresh, it needs the encouragement to recover relative to other apps. If it wants to move up the depth chart, it should self refresh.

Right now Rivals looks the part. Passes the eye test, solid UI and certainly what it brings it will see some screen time - albeit limited. Unless Rivals wants Users to keep seeking other apps for certain situations, it needs to work harder to get better in certain areas.

Only time will tell if this app will become a star in this store or remain muddled in mediocrity and lost deep in the depth chart

by ItsDerek

When you first get a subscription and download Rivals it’s pretty clunky. If you click on a forum it asks you to log in. Once you log in, it sends you back to the forum landing page. Click on a forum and it asks you to log in again. Not functional at all.

After like an hour this seems to resolve itself. You still get randomly logged out pretty frequently and have to sign back in, and it’s fairly slow. You also often get notifications from Rivals and when you click them, nothing happens. Outside of that, it’s a decent app.

by 478dawgs

GREAT for just quick access to articles and the forums! Can easily go between the main this app site and your teams page.

Not so great if you want to do anything besides the basics. Specifically for me, the computer model has a menu bar and most importantly, a tab for recruiting that holds all the major info like prospect search or rankings. I haven't even found where this is findable in Rivals . Definitely the one major thing I wish would change!

One more just little thing: when you read a post in the forum and then click back, it takes you to the top of the previous page and that's just annoying if you were far down.

But overall it's an above average app for the way I use it!

by Ryan_502

Decent app, functions reasonably well to browse the this app forum network.

It’s a bit slow and cumbersome to refresh - needs drag to refresh function.

Also needs a better way to browse recruiting information, like prospect search, team rankings, FutureCast, etc. I don’t see a way to do this via Rivals currently. This in my opinion should be a simple core feature.

by TaylorHouston

I like it for the most part. There are a couple of navigation quirks that need fixing. Like if you click a link from a message board and then try to go back to the thread you were reading, it insists on reloading the board. It also randomly loses my team site selection during use (taking me to the this app main site/board), and I have to go back and re-select my team.
Both are not a big deal. Overall a good app.

by CasualCFBFan

I used to have Rivals that I believe was provided for free by a local member. It went away when this app moved everybody over to the website for access to the forums via the phone. The new app allows for more interaction and multimedia content versus the old app. The new one will ask you to sign in occasionally, maybe once or twice a week. Aside from that, it's much better.

by Lil_Moe96

My App has crashed and will not let me log back into it, could you please fix your bugs

by Pigfeettrousers

I often has issues when trying to watch a video that's been posted to message boards. Sometimes the video decides to play without ever expanding to fit my screen so it makes watching football highlight videos nearly impossible since they're already filmed from far away... Another issue when playing video is they will never orient themselves properly when I turn my phone sideways to expand the size of the video. The video itself will not even recognize that I've turn my phone horizontal, it just keeps playing as if my phone was being held vertically. Every now and then the video will orient itself according to how I'm holding my phone but it's very rare. This is not a phone hardware issue as the problem has persisted on multiple new phones.

by Harry Hondo

Earlier version self updated this one doesn’t. Also, I can’t revisit a thread if I’ve visited it before.

by Jscale

Haven’t been able to open any thread on the forums this week. What’s up?

by Blue In SC

No back button on iPad Pro..I’ve deleted Rivals and restored Rivals and still no back button. What gives?

by Fuchs34m

this app is garbage. Rivals constantly freezes and you can't open certain things in it. Customer service is awful too, beware joining this app

by Gsteely

Rivals is terrible. It consistently hangs up while reading an article preventing you from scrolling. The only way to get it to respond again is closing and reopening. Even worse is that you cannot use the Safari version as a backup any longer as it redirects you to Rivals .

by Drewmca

Forums work now! Plus you can do web forums. I can actually read stuff on the toilet now without hassle.

by DrKad

Forums were pretty bad in the last version of Rivals , but they seemed to have fixed most of the issues. Enjoying the experience so far!