TVA App vs ESPN Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TVA App
Stay connected with Temecula Valley Astronomers' club activities. Access event calendars, newsletters, equipment sign-outs, and contact information. Features include lunar phases, celestial body positions, and an Orrery.
- Club activity updates
- Event calendar
- Lunar phases
- Celestial body positions
- Newsletter archive
- Equipment sign-out
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The TVA App helps keep Temecula Valley Astronomers connected and informed of TVA Club activities. Keep track of TVA activities including: + Outreach + Meetings + Event Calendar - Lunar Phases to 2051 - Online Events (includes Star Parties) - Position * current latitude and longitude * alt (m/ft) * heading (true or mag) - Orrery (24-month) - Galilean Moon positions - Saturn's rings positions + Newsletter (2014 through current) + Equipment Sign-out + Contact TVA (forum email) + Board Members
ESPN Events
Access your personal ESPN event agenda, sign up for activities, and get directions. View your event pass for easy check-in and receive important updates via push notifications. This app is exclusively for invited users of ESPN hosted events.
- Personal event agenda access
- Activity sign-up and wait-listing
- Event maps and directions
- Digital event pass (QR Code)
- Push notifications for updates
- Offline event information access
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This app provides valid users access to their personal agendas, activity sign-up, maps and directions plus the latest information regarding ESPN Events. Accessing your event information is now at your finger tips. Register, cancel attendance or wait-list for your events using this app. You have access to your event pass (QR Code) for quick and easy access to events that require check-in. Be sure to accept the push notification request so you never miss a celebrity sighting, activity details and venue information related to ESPN Events. *This app is for users that have been invited to an ESPN hosted event with an Event App feature. *You will be required to provide the email you used during registration for your event *This app asks for storage permissions. This is used in storing information about the event you log into so you can navigate offline *This app also asks for permission to send push notifications. If you reject this permission you won't receive notifications about changes to your activities or new activities *This app also asks for permission to access your location, simply to display your location on the map when navigating the map section *This app will only be used in displaying and collecting information about the event you log into and your attendance for that event.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TVA App at every 3 weeks against ESPN Events's every 3 months. TVA App also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). ESPN Events's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). 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 — 5.0 for TVA App against 5.0 for ESPN Events. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
TVA App ships an update every 3 weeks, ESPN Events every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | TVA App | ESPN Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Software Industry & General Hardware | Bright Spot Creative, LLC |
Customer experience
TVA App
ESPN Events
In-app purchases
TVA App
No in-app purchases
ESPN Events
No in-app purchases
Questions
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