Apple Sports Reviews

by Drjwr

Great to have a sports app that just gives scores and game information, without larding it with ads and videos, which ruin most sports apps. But the design of AppleSports is so very odd. You have to pick your leagues rather than there being a menu and you just tap a league and see what happened that day. Then, the scores from the leagues that you have selected are jumbled together. And where do you intuitively find league standings?

It’s as though a software engineer who was not a sports fan designed AppleSports : in someways clever, and aesthetically pleasing, but not all that useful to a sports fan who wants to browse and see scores organized by league. Thus, I hardly ever use AppleSports.

And course, the big dog, the NFL, is not included for reasons we can only imagine — fees. Finally, the betting odds are ugly and should be off by default until toggled on.

by GirlygirlXoxo_x

AppleSports idea is great, but the execution is poor. You can pick your teams / leagues you want to follow. I chose to follow the Premier League and my supporting team, yet I’m unable to see past or upcoming matches for my supporting team or the Premier League teams. The option is there to select the Premier League and subsequent specific team, yet no data inputted to actually see the matches played or upcoming matches. ALSO, AppleSports doesn’t support Barclays WSL which is the women’s equivalent of the Premier League. Women’s football is on the up and is watched globally, yet there’s not even an option to select this league? Only men’s football is able to be selected.

AppleSports has a great idea, just poor execution. I hope they’ll implement these necessary updates and make the effort to input the data for matches. If that were to happen, this would be a 5 star app easily. Sadly, it’s one that’s getting removed from my phone at this time due to reasons stated above.

by Glecko

Disappointed that the soccer lineups are just a list. I don’t care to see the betting odds and would like to turn that off. Looking forward to rapid improvements. Lol yah right. Edit: Apple sports app doesn’t appear to have enabled Apple sports widgets?! Really?! Infinite resources and it seem you all didn’t even scan the best sports apps on AppleSports Store and copy their best features.

Edit: you can turn off the betting odds in settings, which didn’t appear immediately after installing AppleSports . Also, where are the push notifications?!

Edit2: AppleSports is not good, going to drop to one star. Please Apple - get you developers to download any other sports app. Take some hints from what they offer. Also add more leagues and push notifications and widgets and … OMG

by Maddenlover

I rarely if ever write a review but AppleSports seems like nothing but an engagement grab. Apple debuts a new sports app, of course I’ll check it out! Although it offers no value add whatsoever. Maybe if you’re into the sports they have contacts with with the MLS it would, but for the others, it’s just basic box scores and annoying alerts you probably already get from ESPN. ESPN isn’t perfect but at least they have news articles and post game features. This seems like purely an effort to get data on users, and is not what I expect from a Apple as a company. Some half-baked at best app with no purpose to get data. I deleted it and then am still stuck with the alerts. So have to redownload and delete my teams from it to stop it.

How did a room full of people decide this was worth it? Wild.

by Ryan Daylight

Not sure why AppleSports was released in its current state. I was excited for an Apple Sports app that could replace the ESPN app for me to keep track of the teams I care about. But AppleSports currently available feels incomplete. It’s missing NCAA Football, and NFL among others. It lacks any real stats or easy ways to explore other teams outside of your chosen teams. It also doesn’t include rankings for college basketball which is a huge part of the sport. AppleSports just doesn’t seem to offer much in its current state that wouldn’t be better served through the ESPN app. It looks a little nicer and doesn’t have the extra annoyances that come with the ESPN app, but the missing features and information make it an easy pass right now unless things are improved.

by Brookjweb

The UI is AppleSports’s saving grace, and with the right improvements it could maybe be a go-to scores app in the future given it’s part of Apple’s ecosystem.

But there’s no semblance of organization to the home page, it’s just a mix of all the different leagues you follow jumbled together.

The biggest flaw is it doesn’t list the channels anywhere… probably a top 3 most crucial feature to any sports app is telling you where to watch the game, so the lack of this makes it unusable in its current state.

Also, where is the NFL??? The largest sports league in Apple’s home country doesn’t even have its existence acknowledged. Granted the season just ended, but it doesn’t entice most average Americans who love football most to keep AppleSports .

A smaller personal annoyance is they use the outdated Twins logo from two years ago.. How does Apple not have access to the latest official branding of MLB?

Just add a few important things, allow people to sort by league and scroll all on one screen and it could be a nice app eventually. Hope to come back when that happens.

by TheLensOfTruth

Using current NCAA Men’s Basketball, for my example, all it shows is scores. No info as to ranking (USA, AP, Coaches, power rating), the conference the team is in, conference tourney match-ups, no bracketology, no conference power rating, no player roster & player status (active, injured, suspended, arrested, dismissed), home vs. away win-loss, line chart showing team ranking across the season (was team ranked #1 at start of season and across time dropped to #15?).
For supposedly living in the age of information, all this shows is scores (and for some reason the betting line).
This product comes real close to what used to be referred to as shovelware: just throw something out there to make it look like we’re working hard when we’re just collecting a paycheck and benefits. And I don’t really blame the grunts but some managers and their bosses heads should get chopped PUBLICLY as a warning to other managerial types just sliding by.
Steve Jobs would be ashamed (and Tim Cook should be) that this was put out by Apple.

by WSSU Senior 2016

As a longtime Apple user, I was excited to see the launch of their own sports tracking app. However, I was left disappointed by AppleSports ’s lack of depth and features. While it provides general game stats, it falls short of offering in-depth player and team data that users expect from similar apps, like Yahoo Sports. The absence of features such as detailed player bios and comprehensive team info makes AppleSports feel unfinished and unrefined—something that’s uncharacteristic of Apple.

To truly compete in the sports tracking space, I’d suggest Apple incorporate these essential elements. Adding more comprehensive player/team information would not only improve AppleSports ’s functionality but also help draw users away from other platforms. I believe Apple will eventually catch up, but for now, this release feels rushed and underwhelming compared to the high standards typically associated with the brand.

by Frustration With GV

When you open a matchup and look at the matchup odds and details, below you see standings. Instead of seeing the overall standings of both teams within their respective conference (both could be within conference), you see the standings of every team under the same conference type. For example, under Charlotte/Memphis matchup, you see the standings of every single western conference rather than the two teams in the matchup you are viewing.
American conference has a west and east division. And instead of showing both or even the overall standings across the conference l, I am seeing the western division standings of every conference.

by IPhone4Everrrr

Apple's decision to offer a dedicated app for football fans is an exciting development. The initial version of AppleSports reflects Apple's elegant design language and is incredibly easy to use. With some potential improvements added to this solid foundation, AppleSports can become an indispensable tool for football enthusiasts.

Suggestions:

Including Europe's most prestigious cups, the Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League, as well as rising leagues like the Turkish Super League, will provide football fans with a broader scope.
Organizing player squads by position and presenting them in a stadium format will allow users to access the information they need more easily.
Displaying the live status of teams currently playing in the standings will take the excitement to the next level.
A rating system from a reliable platform like SofaScore and detailed statistics provided by Opta will further enrich AppleSports .
Overall Assessment:

Apple's Football App has immense potential. While there are some areas that need improvement, Apple's vision and dedication in this space are commendable. AppleSports is on the right track to becoming an excellent resource for football fans.

by IanH…

Have had it since the initial announcement early this year. Has potential but lacking in a lot of areas. Notifications are probably the main issue, you always have to open AppleSports to keep up with the games rather than getting notifications from the sports app you get them from the Apple TV app. It’s super weird and never useful notifications rather “hey go watch the 3rd quarter of blank game.” Would like to see customizable and concise options for notifications for each team, and only from the sports app not Apple TV because then you subscribe to Apple tv+ notifications. Lots of work and the live activities don’t always trigger so some issues there as well. And now with IOS 18 they will be lower the refresh rate of the live activities down to once every 15 seconds, major nerf there.

by Radiant897

For Apple to finally release a dedicated app for all that’s sports is probably the best thing coming in the future for just how much they can do with this but.. as this is the beginning I’m not expecting for them to go crazy feature packed but there a bunch of missing leagues including NFL which is surprising why? And like this is very very barebones which could be a good thing in a sense but you don’t have to give up on all the features for simplicity.

P.S if your going to be growing in leagues Apple I’m letting you know now if you could build with the esports scene it would be big there’s no dedicated app for esports and if they do have an app it’s only limited to one or two esports Apple could join all esports and make a big impact in the space

by Redlegparatrooper

Last year I had nothing to do with AppleSports because it was missing football, which is what I wanted it for. Apple has now added both NFL and college football and I really like it. It looks good, info during games is up to date, and stats and play-by-play make checking into a game easy and “watchable” if for some reason I can’t actually watch live video (such as it not playing locally or I’m busy with something else). The reason I’m only giving three stars though is it is missing features that really should be added by now. There is no Apple Watch app for quick check in or tracking. There is no widget for either Home Screen or Lock Screen. It also doesn’t provide live updates in the “island” on iPhone 15. These are features that have been added by Chick-fil-A so I think Apple can add them too. The iPad can be found on the iPad, but it is exactly like the iPhone app and doesn’t take advantage of the increased screen space like ESPN’s app does. I hope to see improvements but until then this will be more of a nice to have app rather than an important one.

by NwRnr

If there’s one thing that I love about about Apple, is they care about aesthetics. I was looking forward to Apple creating their very own sports app. I knew it would be aesthetically pleasing with minimal clutter (which I’m a sucker for). This is like the beginning stages of the “Maps” app. It doesn’t quite hit the mark right off the bat, but it’s a start. There is a ton more that needs to be improved, as when AppleSports is open some of my other apps crash; no live playback; no NFL/College football or baseball (yet) which is why I have it only at 3 stars. Another reviewer mentioned it, but it’s a great start to AppleSports , and has endless possibilities and can’t wait to ditch ESPN’s cluttered app and this be my main domain.

by !YAY

Hi Apple Sports staff👋 It would be nice to have more 🇪🇺European⚽️Leagues🏆 Such as: UEFA-Champions🏆League, UEFA-Europa🏆League, UEFA-Conference🏆League, UEFA Super🏆Cup & UEFA Nations🏆League⚽️ Maybe in the near future you guys could also add all of the Major European National Cups, such as: 🇬🇧FA CUP & EFL CUP, 🇪🇸COPA DEL REY & SUPERCOPA, 🇮🇹COPPA ITALIA, 🇫🇷COUPE DE FRANCE & COUPE LA LIGUE, 🇩🇪DFB POKAL✅ and perhaps even FIFA WORLD🌎CUP since the next one is going to be played in the US 🇺🇸 as well💡Bonus: FIFA CLUB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP🔥✌️😎 Now, about the iOS app:📍FIX Soccer Match Lineup, it needs the Soccer Field Graphic with the players on their positions.📍ADD Players Profiles(with Players photo).📍ADD Teams Profiles.📍ADD Leagues Profiles.📍FIX the -Standing- section(Its too JAMED), take out the Clubs name and leave just the Clubs Badges icons✅ 📍ADD UFC.📍ADD F1. Please consider adding Main WIDGETS and Todays view Widgets, like AppleSports SOFASCORE🔍📝🍎have😉

by G-Man1980

I love the way it’ll put the teams you follow in the island portion of iPhone at the top of your screen. Very aesthetically pleasing and easy to follow. They have all the basic pro sports in the US covered. If updates FAST with score changes and doesn’t feel as busy as the ESPN app. They need to add more sports though. Not sure why they don’t have entering for Euro 2024 or Copa America. That seems like a no-brainer. Also, I feel they’ll be adding college football once the season rolls around? It needs to have an option for the conferences to be able to filter where if you just wanna see scores for say, the SEC during football season, you can have only SEC scores show up. Same for basketball during basketball season, etc. They need to also include NCAA softball and baseball. That would really make AppleSports great. AppleSports is a lot faster than the ESPN app and loads quicker. They just need to add more sports and leagues and be able to filter out NCAA conference scores once football season begins for NCAA.

by Jovanni💯

As I see it’s an apple app , this is THE reason to make this review. AppleSports has ,a very pleasant interface for sure and great potential too ..! The first time I installed it I was truly amazed and excited to use it , however what I was searching for in particular … I didn’t find it . I was After an international app that can relate most of the leagues out there, better than other app like sofa score ,also with an amazing speed and precision . I was totally disappointed when I found that it has only few leagues and details about the matches .
! As it is a little bit new I can say , I think apple can work to make a wonderful app for sport 🏀 ⚽️ and keep it free please !!!!!!!!!
We know apple can pull off this !

by DLDuBois

AppleSports looks great but severely lacking in information. I’m sure more will be added down the road leading up to iOS 18, but right now it seems more geared towards casual fans only interested in seeing what games are in progress and upcoming matchups.

Missing: team schedules and season results by game.

Would be made even better by: adding historical schedules for each team by year, or even an option to see a series history between the two teams.

Also missing: AP top 25 rankings next to the teams in the scores view, it’s harder to tell what the high impact games are for the day unless you’re a hardcore fan who just happens to know the info off-hand.

Would be made even better by: allowing us to change the visibility of these rankings in the scores view, for example, a toggle that allows us to change between the AP Top 25 to something like the NET ranking (or even Kenpom!) — too many teams just barely outside the Top 25 lose out on recognition just because they don’t place within the top 25 out of 300+ Div 1 teams.

by RScannix

I love the idea of a built in, minimalistic sports app that isn’t loaded with ads and trackers like most of the major sports apps are. The layout is simple and the design is smooth. The availability of stats and play by pay provides a nice balance of detail without sacrificing too much minimalism.

There are really a couple of things that are holding me back from using it more. The first is better integration with other features Apple apps already offer. I should be able to start a live activity directly from the Sports app rather than going to find the game in the TV app. I should also not have to wait until the game actually starts to link to the game page in the TV app - if I want to place a game in Up Next so that I don’t forget to tune in, the Sports app doesn’t help me at all.

Finally, it would be nice if player pages were viewable by clicking on a player’s name in the box score/stats tab. Even if all this did would bring up the information that shows when you search a player in Siri, it would still provide a more direct way to view more info about a player.

by 7194661937

I like the simple approach to AppleSports , much less congested feeling than ESPN and other sports apps. You don’t have to scroll by half a dozen stories you don’t care about to see the scores. However, I would like to see some basic features added. The main thing I’d like to see is a tab to look at standings in each league without having to click into a game and then scrolling to the bottom of that score - it’s a little counterintuitive to hide the standings there. I’d also like to see it expanded so you can view overall standings and wild card standings for sports that use that system. The Apple TV feature could be slightly improved as well by just including all the stations that a game is on. I don’t have Sling, but could watch the game on my RSN however when you open the tab the only option shown for a particular game is Sling. If I also see the station listed I have others ways to watch the game that I’d miss out on if I just closed it after realizing I don’t have Sling.

Sorting upcoming by sport would be helpful as well instead of just sorting by start time.

by Goodreviewer12👍🏼

AppleSports overall is a great start. Fresh, clean UI, smooth movement, and stats galore. There are a bunch of features missing, but other than that, solid. First off, life activities. It would be amazing if we could follow any game within AppleSports to show as a live activity. To increase the UX of AppleSports , I would like to see the ability to swipe between “Yesterday,” “Today,” and “Upcoming” on the main screen for a sports league. It would be much easier to navigate, removing the need for excessive tapping. I would assume that NFL is coming soon, but I would also like to see stats for that, as well as NFL for live activities. Another feature that would be cool to see is possibly a little box on the game page that says “Ways to watch” or something, possibly then expanding full screen into a list of radio channels as well as TV channels that you can watch the game with. Finally, the last thing I would love to see would be a widget for AppleSports . That widget would be great to use for standby mode, etc!! For me, at the time, this feels somewhat bare bones compared to the competition, but I’m curious to see how AppleSports develops, & I will definitely keep it installed :)

by Yaboii_Drain

I’ve been using AppleSports everyday to regularly keep up with my favorite teams and leagues. Initially I realized that there was leagues missing from AppleSports . For instance at the time I started using it I was unable to follow teams or games from the NFL. Now I can follow the NFL but other leagues and associations are still missing notably the UEFA champions league or UFC and MMA. With the teams and info that is available , AppleSports works really well in organizing it in a modern interface allowing to choose to have the home page be organized by the teams or leagues you follow. I do wish that the upcoming games tab is easier to see your teams schedule. If you follow more than one team and you attempt to look at their upcoming schedule it will stack the games kind of like how they stack notifications in notifications center. If you don’t click on the team you wouldn’t realize that your other team necessarily played that day. AppleSports displays odds for betting and what not but they don’t actually show what networks or apps to go to to watch these games . You would have to go to the Apple TV app to then see what networks are hosting the game. I also would like to see them just incorporated into the sports app directly.

by Unseenhand1

Apple Sports is pretty darn good. Right around the time the NBA Playoffs kicked in this became my goto app for keeping up with games. It’s certainly a better experience than ad-ridden alternatives. Everything is uncluttered and to the point.

There is obviously room for improvement though. For one, there are times when the “upcoming” section is fairly inaccurate. For example, the NBA semi-finals are just about to start but it’s showing wins and losses for a series that hasn’t even started as 4-2, instead of 0-0, as if already complete. Or it will show game dates or matches that are inaccurate. Hopefully these issues are just growing pangs.

Also, while this isn’t really a criticism but rather a wish. I’d like to see deeper team and player stats. Game stats are great, that’s what we’re here for, but it seems like the next logical step would be to provide stats for at least the season for individual players and teams. Right now you can see game stats, play-by-plays and even betting odds but we can’t click a player’s name in the “Box Scores” to see how this game compares to their season averages or game to game? Or even a team’s season stats? Seems odd to have to leave AppleSports to go find that info elsewhere. Early days though.

by Comfort_pizza

I love that AppleSports is very stripped down and basic. It has great aesthetics. But it’s arrangements seem haphazard, and I wish I could have some control of it. Like, basically at this point in the year, I’m only following college basketball, and I follow a lot if leagues(rather than just a couple of teams. I wish I could group these games by league. Like all Big 10 games grouped, all SEC games grouped, etc. And have those groups collapsible. I understand that the default is that the games are arranged by start time(which would great for the post-season), but in the regular season games usually start in blocks, and this makes the arrangement something that users have to search and scroll through.
Additionally, when looking at the box scores. Advanced stats like ‘Player +/-‘ are fine, but it’s probably only worthwhile for fantasy basketball fans(and fantasy college basketball is pretty rare). Instead, tracking ‘Personal Fouls’ would be better and more informative.

by Axel_dj

Great app so far Soccer related- I would add a better starting XI for soccer because the one that is on now is too simple(I would like to see who’s on the pitch and what position and who’s on the bench). Champions league, Europa league and national cups are not yet available which I hope they will when they start. I think during the match and after the match highlights and would make AppleSports even better with stats like man of the match, who had the most touches or assists.
I would like the opportunity to click on my team and check when the next game is and not only in the next seven days. It would be great if I could just go on a certain match day and save it so that a reminder gets created on that day. Eventually with more upgrades I expect to see player stats from when the season started up to the day ( not only for soccer but also nba and whatnot)

UFC AND MMA would add a lot to AppleSports
AppleSports is really really good but it could be way more if some of these thing get fixed.

by SpartanAdmiral

As a typical Cishet white man I love sports. I keep track of my chosen teams religiously, and I will defend them to the death. Naturally, when I saw AppleSports on my page I immediately downloaded it.

The premise was illustrious: a single place to keep track of all my teams. I opened AppleSports and found my favorite Hockey and Baseball teams already set. Alas, crushing disappointment ensued. The NBA, the NHL, MLS, The Premiere League, MLB. All American,* all the best leagues in their sport. Yet one of the biggest names is missing.
Where, oh Apple gods on high, where is the NFL? The National Football League is the single biggest sport in America. Yet still there is no way to track or watch her games in Apple’s apps. Should the NFL be added to AppleSports’s repertoire of leagues, then AppleSports will be 5 stars. Until then, i must leave it with only 3.

by Farts Of Mothra

Good idea for an easy access, lightning fast way to check sports scores but it’s missing a bit too much information that other apps do with ease. I don’t want the kitchen sink but I would definitely love to have a scoring summary. As is, there’s no easy and quick way to see who scored and when in the summary of an NHL game. Looking for that in the play by play takes too long. This is a feature that literally every other sports app I’ve used has and gives a quick snapshot of how the game has gone in terms of scoring, which is something I really want to know! Add that and live activities support and this will be excellent. (And I don’t really need to see the standings in every game summary. Move that elsewhere?)

by Ellis.adamm

Looks great. Missing key data and desired features. For instance in any NHL game there is no easy way to see who scored a goal, the time of the goal, the assist or any penalties. AppleSports should also show when a team is on a power play. A countdown to the next period would be a good addition as well. The standings do not show wild card standings and who is in /out of the playoffs. There should be a way to select a league to see standings, upcoming games and stats. There should also be a way to see stats for favorite teams and the upcoming schedule. I get not having news/articles but these are all things you would want to see at a glance. Also having the ability to turn on a life activity in AppleSports would be great. NHL is currently missing live activity capability.

by G-manji

Great app. Give me just the scores and basic information without ads and a bunch of opinion pieces dressed up as “news”. I can’t believe how many reviewers are completely missing the point with AppleSports. It’s not trying to compete with ESPN but rather offer basic in-game scores and info without all the other distractions. If you want more than scores use a different app.

I get that Apple will add more sports as those league begin play but where’s the international soccer and cup competitions? We’re heading into an international break from club soccer and we’ve got nothing. Same thing for Champions league and Europa league. Not to mention CONCACAF Nations league and the Copa - both completions the US is playing in.

Given how basic AppleSports is, I can’t imagine it’s that hard or resource intensive to add new sports and competitions.

by Mtitanic

Apple Sports is a solid app with a sleek design and easy navigation. It’s great for tracking scores and updates for popular sports like football and basketball. However, I’m extremely disappointed by the lack of support for other sports and Live Activities. NASCAR, IndyCar, F1, and the Olympics are major events that deserve coverage in AppleSports.

Moreover, it’s quite frustrating that when watching a basketball game, you can’t see the number of fouls each player has. This is a crucial detail that should be readily available.

Apple, please fix these issues. Expand your sports coverage and add these essential features. Without these improvements, I might hesitate to recommend AppleSports to others. There’s so much potential here, but it needs to be fully realized.

by Naan26

The Apple Sports App offers a visually appealing interface that catches the eye, but its functionality leaves something to be desired. While it provides basic sports updates, it falls short in key areas.

On the positive side, AppleSports 's design is sleek and modern, making it easy to navigate. Its clean layout ensures users can quickly access scores and game schedules. Despite these strengths, AppleSports lacks several features found in its competitors. Notably, the absence of channel listings for games makes it difficult for users to find where to watch their favorite matches. Moreover, AppleSports 's coverage of the National Football League (NFL) and its teams is limited, leaving football enthusiasts wanting more comprehensive updates and analysis. Furthermore, the lack of live activities and notifications for close games or upcoming matches is disappointing. Many users rely on such features to stay engaged and informed about the sports they love. Additionally, the inability to customize the interface color and the absence of a dedicated sports news section based on leagues or teams further detract from the overall user experience.

While AppleSports has potential, it currently falls short of delivering a truly immersive sports experience. With some enhancements, particularly in terms of content coverage and additional features like live activities and customization options, it could better compete with leading sports apps in the market.

by Sports Guy 007

1. AppleSports doesn’t tell you where you can watch the games without launching Apple TV, which sometimes is connected to an app I can watch it on but sometimes not. The ESPN app for example tells you where the game is streaming without even having to select the game, great feature.
2. In order to see league standings you have to select a game then scroll down past the details of that specific game. Doesn’t make sense. It’s nice to see the standings so easily when you’ve already selected a game but it’s weird that there is no other way to view league standings.
Otherwise a pretty smooth app, interface is very on brand with Apple

by Warden8669

It’s a good idea. Looks cool and all but there’s some changes that need to be made.
1. Needs more leagues; I should not have to add every single college basketball conference to see every game. I should just be able to follow the league itself. Also add college hockey, college lacrosse, the champions league, Europa league, etc. basically add every sport that exists.
2. Stats; I should be able to click on a teams logo and view their roster, player stats, team stats, standings, and other news about the team.
There’s are some big changes that need to happen immediately to improve AppleSports .

by AndrewWilson5454

It is obvious this is not a finished product quite yet. There are minimal features compared to competitors, and even those features are limited. For example, you cannot select NCAAB or NCAAWB as a league to follow. You can only select a specific conference. There is also no way to get more details about a team other than their schedule. This means we cannot view team rosters.

The design is very “Apple” which is great. But it also feels like this was released too soon. I’ll eagerly be awaiting updates to it as I am sure once Apple invests more into it, it could easily blow past the competition.

by Ubanks25

I can’t say that AppleSports is ready for launch. First off, you shouldn’t HAVE to pick leagues or teams. Just display the most popular games for the day. If you want to pick leagues/teams, then show those. The fact that you have to pick specific college conferences is not a good route to go either. Give us the AP25 or the whole NCAA.

Lastly, I know it’s out of season, but why in the world is there no American football on there? NFL and College is non existent. That should be a priority from here!

I would take this off and do a complete redesign. This is not ready at all.

by Mikemy

This isn’t a bad idea, other sports apps lack the live features that iPhone supports. This seems like this is a beta product. There is no widget, which seem like a glaring omission. The way the menu works, having to select favorite leagues and favorite teams and not just seeing it all together is odd. Not filling the screen with other information leaves a lot of empty space. Limited number of leagues and sports is disappointing. Has potential to be great but needs a lot of work.

by TheZachAttack16

Doesn’t have many features yet, interface feels unpolished but I am hoping this is the worst it ever is and that they keep working on it. Would love to see not just scores and schedule but standings, news and more. Also, any sports app requires the NFL, which I will assume is coming but as of this review is not here. Also, Motorsport’s coverage, specifically NASCAR and F1 would be great for those of us that enjoy it. In the end, I would very much love a great sports app that didn’t constantly bombard me with either advertisements or an attempt to get me to use their Sportsbook or daily fantasy, so I am pretty hopeful for this.

by Deejaydrew

The UI is beautiful. You can select your favorite leagues and teams, and their games for today or upcoming will appear on a main dashboard conveniently for you. Stats are also shown for the game you select. For soccer specific, I like that it shows me the current team standings, the play-by-play, and lineups for a game.

I’ll add more stars to my review once I see, and like, a section for stats on professional players, news specific to a league, and media. I would assume media right now would be exclusive to MLS since Apple holds the rights, but that will likely expand into other sports / leagues. Apple, you have my attention. What’s next?

by Golden1267

I love how minimal AppleSports feels, however for apple it feels super underwhelming. This really come from the lack of a live activities feature. There are several other sports apps that have the ability to keep your favorite teams score on the Dynamic Island or pinned to the Home Screen, so why is it absent here? This would be passable for a smaller dev but apple makes the kit for developers to integrate these features so how are they missing a core feature like that. I have no doubt they’ll add it later but until then I don’t know how much I will really be using AppleSports.

by Fake_wizdoe

AppleSports in its current form shows a lot of promise. Sleek, modern, simple fits right into the Apple brand seamlessly. Please devs, as soon as possible though, can we get LOCKscreen widget support for select games.

The synergy with Apple Watch is great out the box. It just leaves more to be desired which is a great thing, AppleSports is young. I just feel like the next impactful low hanging fruit would be that lock screen support the Apple way.

Great job so far devs, for users don't except too much at this time and you'll be okay to possibly happy with the results. This isn't replacing your ESPN app on day one though. Bluntly.

by Gingerlystepping

This is great for an MVP sports app. Extremely clean and fast. Most sports score apps take a long time to load. I also love the standings connected to the games.

It’s missing some of the obvious features that would make me delete my other score apps.

1) Notifications
2) Live scores in the Dynamic Island
3) Home Screen widgets

I’m sure those are coming. A few minor enhancements I’d love to see.

1) Be able to jump from “yesterday” “today” “upcoming” with a swipe left and right instead of having to hit the words.
2) play by play having just the scoring plays. I want to be able to quickly see goals and who scored them.
3) In the upcoming section some of the far out games are hidden behind a click when there is plenty of room. If you’re showing games through next Wednesday, show all the games even if it means scrolling.

Good start, can’t wait for the updates.

by StrikerObi

This is a good bare bones sports scores app which is something the iPhone is lacking. All the other options out there are bogged down with stuff that’s not scores and basic stats. I don’t need a bunch of sports news, commentary, endless highlights, etc. in my sports app. I just want scores and AppleSports is designed exactly for that.

The one big problem is the “Yesterday” tab. It’s too literal as it only shows the results of games that actually occurred one day prior. This is really useless for NFL and college football in particular, where almost all the games are played on Saturday (CFB) or Sunday (NFL). If, for example, you go to the “yesterday” tab on a Wednesday it’ll likely be empty. That’s useless!

Ideally the “Yesterday” tab would be reworked into a “Previous” or “Recent” tab which would show the most recent results for a given team / leave regardless of exactly how recent they were.

Also as of 8/21 it appears that CFB lacks standings. Hopefully that changes once the season starts later this week (Go Noles!).

by Anex80

Vey nice and clean interface. Lots of good info such as records, spread, ranks, and others. If you click to open a particular entry you get more info on betting odds, conference records and standings, and physical game location.

One thing I’d like to request is the addition of the TV network on each game entry. It would be great to scroll through a list of games and see quickly which networks they are on.

I haven’t used this to track of a live game yet, but I’ll have plenty of opportunities for that this week with March Madness starting. If the scores keep up and are accurate, I’d say I’ve found a new favorite Sports app!

by Galenk06

I was very excited when I heard about AppleSports. I love the simplicity of it and how it shows the information up front without bogging things down and making it hard to find what I am looking for. I am not sure if AppleSports will offer live activities or play by play abilities within. However, it is still limited with the number of teams available to follow. I know things such as the NFL isn’t available yet, but I wish it had even more teams (or leagues) such as the Champions League or US Men’s Soccer Team etc.

by Mountain Man Paul

AppleSports is off to a good start but has some issues. First, no iPad UI at launch? That seems very un-Apple. Works great on the iPhone though. One major issue is that I’ve added a few MLS teams to my favorite teams and the upcoming games for them this weekend aren’t showing. That’s a pretty big miss for its key value proposition and surprising given that MLS Season Pass is on Apple TV+ (and I’m a subscriber). It also would be great to see what channel/service games can be watched on, like Google does, with Apple TV app integration. Better yet, if it can also show what SiriusXM or local radio station the game can be found on that would be awesome.

by Broigi

It’s amazing so far. I’ve used ESPN for years now to keep track of scores, but having to go back and fourth between teams was annoying. My favorite teams are right there and I can see the scores and stats very quickly. Football play by play works fine, behind sometimes but it works. Some ncaa games it doesn’t show the clock which is odd. But it works amazing for MLB, MLS and nfl. Definity a good replacement for ads ridden apps. A feature that would be cool is if I could click on a team and see their stats for the season. Same for individual player stats. That would make AppleSports five stars. Also for football games it should probably include play clock and for FBS a place to see top 25 rankings

by Noor S. Abbas

NO Champions League, Europa League, Conference league , World Cup, World Cup qualifications and much more not gonna name all I believe the message has been received.
For the development team need to look at FotMob app that I have been using for so many years and make apple sport app same idea and better.
Add widgets and Dynamic Island support, live notifications for favorites team scores.
If I’m gonna continue name all the things it needs I won’t be done writing for few hours
It just need a lot of things to be added. But good start. Thanks!

by W N S T N

AppleSports is great to keep up with your favorite teams and players. The only things that make AppleSports hard to like is the absence of teams there isn’t collage hockey. Two things I would like to see added to AppleSports are for you to be able to select a game to have live scores box on the side of your screen so no matter what app you are in you can have the scores there, like on Disney Plus when you are watching a show and leave AppleSports you just have it playing in small screen on the side. I would also like to have a widget that show live scores of a stared team when the are playing.

by Steventoo

Thank you for providing the option to hide betting odds. I’m a fan of the games themselves and the recent years trends towards an obsession with placing bets on games has been frustrating for fans like me (and perhaps those with gambling addictions too). Having a place to check scores without all the fantasy and gambling noise is so refreshing.

For future updates, would love to also see league standings and perhaps some motorsports categories (IMSA, FIAWEC, and NASCAR in particular!) but this is a wonderful start.