Fighting Illini vs Channel1450.com
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fighting Illini
Stay connected with your favorite university sports teams. Access live game audio, exclusive video content, and real-time scores and stats. Engage with social media feeds and receive custom alerts for important team news and athlete updates.
- Live game audio
- Exclusive video content
- Social media stream
- Scores and stats
- Custom notifications
- Student athlete updates
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The official Fighting Illini app is a must-have for fans headed to campus or following the Illini from afar. With free live audio, exclusive video, interactive social media, and all the scores and stats surrounding the game, the Fighting Illini app covers it all! Features Include: + LIVE GAME AUDIO - Listen to free live audio for football games and other sports throughout the school year + ON DEMAND VIDEO – Exclusive coverage of your favorite teams + SOCIAL STREAM - View social media content + SCORES & STATS - All available scores, stats, and play-by-play information that fans need and expect during live game + NOTIFICATIONS - Custom alert notifications to let fans know important news + FOLLOW STUDENT ATHLETES – Be updated anytime your favorite student athletes have news, stats, and other updates. Follow us @IlliniAthletics for updates or visit FIGHTINGILLINI.com.
Channel1450.com
This app provides sports news and entertainment for the central Illinois region. Stay informed and entertained with local sports coverage.
- Local sports coverage
- Information and entertainment
- Central Illinois focus
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Channel1450.com is the sports voice for the central Illinois area. For information, entertainment and everything in between, the Channel1450.com app has you covered.
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Verdict
Fighting Illini and Channel1450.com both sit at 4.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 67% of Channel1450.com's written reviews are positive against 21% of Fighting Illini's. Channel1450.com also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Fighting Illini's advantage is ratings volume (124 vs 6). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Fighting Illini against 4.2 for Channel1450.com. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fighting Illini has 124 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 21% of Fighting Illini's written reviews are positive against 67% of Channel1450.com's.
Fighting Illini ships an update every 2 months, Channel1450.com every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fighting Illini | Channel1450.com |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (124 ratings) | 4.2 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.1% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 124 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 271 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SIDEARM Sports | InterTech Media, Inc. |
Customer experience
Fighting Illini
Channel1450.com
In-app purchases
Fighting Illini
No in-app purchases
Channel1450.com
No in-app purchases
Questions
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