# Pennlive: Penn State Sports — user reviews > 66 indexed App Store user reviews of Pennlive by PennLive LLC, rated 4.74/5 from 3,575 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pennlive-penn-state-sports/id458448785/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pennlive-penn-state-sports/id458448785.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,942 · 4★ 476 · 3★ 80 · 2★ 27 · 1★ 52 ## What do users think of Pennlive? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Great for PSU football news - 🚀 Keeps me well informed - 💡 Wonderful coverage with lots of sideline info - 🚀 Awesome way to get info from many sources for free **Cons** - 🐛 App crashes a lot - 🔒 Most articles now require a paid subscription - 🔒 Used to be free, now $5.99 per month - 👎 Non-football content is terrible - 👎 Frustrating with new subscription model **Commonly reported bugs** - App constantly crashes while reading articles - App feed stopped just before the Ohio State game - Can't read non-subscriber articles due to paywall popup **Most requested features** - More video coverage - Improve navigation and ability to go back to main page - Fix technical issues like login screen freezes and incompatibility with older devices ## Newest reviews (12 of 66) ### 2/5 — App Crashes A lot! *2021-10-10, version 4.1.9* Content is great but the app constantly crashes while I’m reading an article. ### 4/5 — What happened????? *2020-01-09, version 3.8.12* Why all the sudden I can’t read any articles at all without a monthly subscription of $15.00? None of the articles are available to read. Even the ones that don’t require the subscription. ### 3/5 — Frustrated with new subscription model *2019-09-10, version 3.8.8* I have been an avid penn state football fan for over 15 years and when I found this app a few years back it changed the way I followed penn state football. This app would be the first I would open in the morning to read while I enjoyed my coffee and the last I would open to check for any new updates before I went to sleep. The writers do an excellent job and the countless hours of work that they put in covering the team during both the regular season and the offseason does not go unnoticed! I appreciate how connected to the team and fan base I feel when I am able to log into this app immediately after a game and read the rapid reaction, or log in during the middle of summer and read about the latest news on our recruiting of Julian Fleming. This being said, I can’t help but feel frustrated with the new subscription model. I watch every game live on tv, purchase a ticket and travel to at least one game a year from out of state, and buy plenty of penn state gear for myself and family members. All of this attributing to the more than $100 million of operating revenue (and over $10 million of profit) that the university takes in year after year. I can’t help but wonder why the hard working journalists who make this app possible can’t be funded from this pocket of money and instead decide to turn to the fans who make this profit possible and charge an additional $5.99 a month. Before the new subscription model update, this app made me feel closer to the team. It fueled my fandom for all things Penn state football and surely attributed to my penn state football spending habits, albeit in an indirect manner. Now that this model has been implemented I can’t help but feel slightly taken advantage of. I am not taking a shot at any of the journalists and hard working folks that make this app possible, rather hoping that you will reconsider the manner in which the application and journalist are funded! Last note on a more technical side. There is an issue for me because I do not pay for the subscription. When I try to click on non subscriber exclusive articles, the app does not allow me to read them because of a pop of saying that I must subscribe by Pago g the $5.99 a month. I think this is a technical bug that should be looked at. I appreciate you taking the time to read my review and hope that you take these thoughts into consideration.....WE ARE! ### 1/5 — The lay out and all the subscriber content *2019-08-25, version 3.8.7* I don’t understand the non PSU football content on here and now all the subscriber content. I get it, as a businessman someone has to make some money but just not a fan of all these changes. ### 3/5 — Latest update is a downgrade *2019-08-20, version 3.8.7* Disappointed by latest update. Used to be one of my favorite Penn a state football apps. New version requires subscription for many articles and has non-football related stories intermingled. ### 1/5 — Not paying for this *2019-08-17, version 3.8.7* No way I’m paying for this app every month. I can get the same information other places for free. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2019-08-16, version 3.8.7* With so much information online for free PennLive felt it necessary to charge for this information about Penn State that can be found anywhere for free. I loved the old app but will go back to google searches like the good ol days. Bad move Penn Live. The ads that come through on the old app should more than pay for expenses for the app. ### 4/5 — Tether to PA *2019-06-09, version 3.7.15* Born & raised Berwick PA. Avid PSU Football/ Wrestling fan. Been in SC for 11 years now. Your app keeps me close to home even though I am 600 miles away. Thank you! ### 4/5 — Signing day *2018-12-19, version 3.7.11* Coverage for signing day is lacking much more information on Bleacher Report ### 3/5 — PSU football on penn live isn’t working *2017-10-31, version 3.7.7* What is the problem ???? ### 2/5 — Too many slide shows!!! *2017-04-24, version 3.7.4* Title says it all! ### 3/5 — Good app, but hate slideshows! *2016-11-11, version 3.6.1* This is a good app; but I hate when they use "slideshows" as a presentation method. Please just put the content on one page ... Please!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Subscriber Scam *2021-01-13, version 4.0.6* This app used to be the best free app for psu football fans and now almost every good story is a subscriber exclusive that you have to pay for. I use the app mainly for the alerts on new stories and then go elsewhere to read about it. I’m not paying $5.99 a month to read two good stories. Complete rip off! ### 1/5 — Will miss the “BIG SHOW “ in 2020-2021 *2020-08-25, version 3.9.3* It is WRONG to have kept the $ which accompanies the ticket price for NO football this year!!! 1975 PSU Proud graduate! ### 1/5 — Why no longer free *2020-02-01, version 3.8.12* It used to be free. I got all my penn state news before. Now you 6.00 A MONTH! ### 1/5 — PennLive *2019-12-23, version 3.8.12* By seeing the pennlive articles, but not being able to open and read them is very frustrating. Only articles that can be read without charge should be placed on this app. ### 1/5 — PSU football *2019-11-15, version 3.8.11* I use the app and can only read select articles, must pay for other. ### 1/5 — Too expensive *2019-10-16, version 3.8.10* I used to use the app all the time before you started charging for it. But I can still get the content for free on twitter. Doesn’t make sense. ### 1/5 — Penn Live App *2019-09-09, version 3.8.8* So I understand that it cost money to cover Penn State football but I also understand greedy people! Maybe David Jones can do an article on GREED! ### 1/5 — Terrible update *2019-08-28, version 3.8.7* Used to be the best app out there. The non-football content is terrible and there’s no reason to pay for the football content when you can find it elsewhere without paying for it. Bad move. ### 1/5 — Used to be the best. *2019-08-28, version 3.8.7* Once it was my go to App for Penn State Football , now Im deleting it. Most articles now require a paid subscription now and most of the other articles don’t even have anything to do with Penn State. ### 1/5 — Was the best football info *2019-08-27, version 3.8.7* Greedy. Now must pay $5.99 a month ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Go Penn state *2025-01-26, version 4.4.25* Great news for PSU ### 5/5 — PSU football *2019-11-04, version 3.8.10* Enjoyed the article on sports all purpose synthetic fields ### 5/5 — Penn State Football...” Outstanding “ *2019-08-24, version 3.8.7* Love the app. We live in Maine from May / Oct & this is the BEST WAY TO keep informed... ### 5/5 — We are psu *2019-07-05, version 3.7.15* Great good stories. ### 5/5 — Review *2019-06-03, version 3.7.15* Great up to date info ### 5/5 — Great source of information *2019-05-26, version 3.7.15* I look forward to checking the app on a daily basis. Informative articles and videos give me my Football fix. A must for Lion fans. ### 5/5 — Feed stopped before Ohio State Game *2017-11-02, version 3.7.7* As a few others have noted the app feed stopped just before the (2017) Ohio State game. The articles are still available on the PennLive news site, however. IOS issue? ### 5/5 — broken *2017-11-01, version 3.7.7* uhhhhhhh wth is wrong with the app ### 5/5 — Good app *2016-11-07, version 3.6.1* Enjoy it ### 5/5 — Best Way to Keep up with PSU Football! *2016-11-06, version 3.6.1* Keeps me well informed of everything going on with the team. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-04.*