Hoop Group vs SLAM.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hoop Group
This app serves as a comprehensive guide for sporting events, providing real-time schedules, standings, and notifications for coaches, players, parents, and fans. It offers quick access to team information, venue directions, and essential event documents, ensuring everyone stays informed and connected.
- Quick team search
- Up-to-the-minute schedules
- Live standings and brackets
- Immediate game notifications
- Venue directions
- Team rosters and live results
- Event documents and messages
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The Hoop Group app is your all-encompassing guide for sporting events, meticulously crafted to cater to the needs of team and college coaches, media, players, parents, and fans. Designed to bring every essential aspect of the event to your fingertips, this platform ensures you stay connected and well-informed. Key Features: • Quick team search and user-friendly shortcuts. • Up-to-the-minute schedules to keep you on track. • Live standings and brackets for real-time updates. • Immediate game notifications so you never miss a beat. • Venue directions for easy navigation. • Access to team rosters and live results with box scores (when available), all at your fingertips. • Essential event documents, messages, and contact details for complete guidance. • Information on event sponsors for additional insights. With the app, every detail of the event is conveniently at your fingertips, ensuring an immersive and comprehensive experience for everyone involved.
SLAM.
Shop the latest basketball apparel and accessories with exclusive discounts and early access to new collections. Enjoy easy browsing, secure checkout, and app-user-only offers.
- Exclusive discounts
- Early access to launches
- Easy browsing of new arrivals
- First-to-know notifications
- Secure and fast checkout
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Download the SLAM Media app to access exclusive discounts, early access to collection launches. Everything you love, right at your fingertips. EASY BROWSING Shop the freshest new arrivals across our entire catalog. EXCLUSIVE ACCESS Be first to know about exclusive offers and launches through first-to-know notifications and app-user-only early access. SECURE CHECKOUT IN A FLASH Tap, swipe, shop and secure your new products in an instant with our super easy checkout.
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Verdict
Hoop Group and SLAM. both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of Hoop Group's written reviews are positive against 40% of SLAM.'s. Hoop Group also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3.9K vs 327). SLAM.'s advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, rating 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 — 4.8 for Hoop Group against 4.9 for SLAM.. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hoop Group has 3.9K ratings behind it against 327, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Hoop Group's written reviews are positive against 40% of SLAM.'s.
Hoop Group ships an update every 2 months, SLAM. monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hoop Group | SLAM. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.9K ratings) | 4.9 (327 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.9K — better | 327 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 3 Step Sports LLC | Slam Media Inc. |
Customer experience
Hoop Group
SLAM.
In-app purchases
Hoop Group
No in-app purchases
SLAM.
No in-app purchases
