Comparison

ISU Cyclones vs BetCircle

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ISU Cyclones

Stay connected with Iowa State University athletics. Access exclusive video content, engage with interactive social media, and get real-time scores and stats for all games. Receive custom alerts for important Gameday information.

Highlights
  • Exclusive video content
  • Interactive social media integration
  • Live scores and stats
  • Play-by-play information
  • Custom Gameday notifications
Features
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Iowa State University, in partnership with SIDEARM Sports is excited to bring you the official ISU Cyclones app that is a must-have for fans headed to campus or following the Cyclones from afar. With exclusive video, interactive social media, and all the scores and stats surrounding the game, the ISU Cyclones app covers it all! + SOCIAL STREAM - View social media content. + SCORES & STATS - All available scores, stats, and play-by-play information that fans need and expect during live games + NOTIFICATIONS - Custom alert notifications to let fans know everything surrounding Gameday

About

BetCircle

Features
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Think you know ball? Lock it in, back it up, and let your record speak for itself. Every group has that guy who says they called it. Bet Tracker is how you prove it, or shut them up. Log your picks in units, track your record, and find out who actually knows ball. Settle It Once and for All Create a private group, invite your crew, and watch the leaderboard update in real time as results come in. Run a season-long competition with custom rules: set a unit limit, choose allowed sports, turn parlays on or off. One winner. Bragging rights included. Every Pick on the Record Log any sport, any market. Straight bets, parlays, spreads, totals. See your win rate, ROI, and net profit in units at a glance. No spreadsheets. No memory required. Follow Live Odds Browse live soccer and NBA matchups with real lines from major US sportsbooks. One tap to log a pick straight from the card. Build Parlays Add legs from the matchups screen, review your slip, and submit in one shot. Group and competition rules are validated automatically. Trash Talk, Backed by Data Group chat, @mentions, pick reactions, and push notifications keep the noise flowing between games. The leaderboard settles every argument. Receipts on Everything Every pick is timestamped and locked in the moment you make it, visible to the whole group. No more "I had that." No more memory holes. When your pick hits, the receipts speak for themselves. More sports coming soon. Free to download. Bragging rights earned, not claimed. --- One thing I flagged last turn still stands: this is only the local draft. If "World Cup" is already live in App Store Connect's actual metadata fields from a prior paste, you'll need to overwrite it there directly — these files don't auto-sync.

Screenshots

ISU Cyclones4 screens
BetCircle4 screens

Verdict

The call

ISU Cyclones and BetCircle are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ISU Cyclones versus BetCircle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterISU CyclonesBetCircle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (386 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews35.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings386 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size271 MB56 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSIDEARM SportsBARTROSE VENTURES LLC LLC

Bugs and requests

ISU Cyclones

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App won't launch or crashes on startup
  • Video playback stuck on loading spinner
  • Screen rotation disabled after updates
  • Login keyboard blocks submit button
  • Streaming stops randomly and restarts from beginning
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  • Radio playback randomly stops mid-broadcast
  • Landscape mode video playback unavailable
  • Chromecast functionality missing despite promises
  • Premium content inaccessible after login
  • App freezes during video playback
  • Slow performance and unresponsive touch controls

Requested features

8 requests
  • Chromecast support for streaming to TV
  • Ability to skip to specific times in radio broadcasts
  • Search functionality by sport
  • Landscape mode video viewing
  • Access to archived/on-demand games library
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  • Reduced ads for premium subscribers
  • Better session persistence (remember user location)
  • Customizable sport preferences and notifications

BetCircle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ISU Cyclones

No in-app purchases

None

BetCircle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ISU Cyclones free?
ISU Cyclones is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BetCircle free?
BetCircle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ISU Cyclones or BetCircle have ads?
Neither ISU Cyclones nor BetCircle shows ads.

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