Hail State vs Kosciusko Whippets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hail State
Stay connected with Mississippi State University athletics. Follow your favorite teams with real-time scores, stats, and social media integration. Receive custom alerts for important news and updates.
- Social media stream
- Live scores and stats
- Custom notifications
- Facebook and Instagram integration
- Real-time game information
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Mississippi State University, in partnership with SIDEARM Sports is excited to bring you the official Mississippi State athletics app that is a must-have for fans headed to campus or following the Bulldogs from afar. With interactive social media, and all the scores and stats surrounding the game, the Hail State app covers it all! Features Include: + SOCIAL STREAM - View and contribute to real-time Facebook, and Instagram feeds from the team and fans + SCORES & STATS - All the scores, stats, and play-by-play information that fans need and expect during live games + NOTIFICATIONS - Custom alert notifications to let fans know important news
Kosciusko Whippets
Stay connected with the Whippets community, families, and fans. Get real-time scores, schedules, news updates, and team rosters for all participating Whippets teams and organizations. Receive push notifications for important game results and news.
- Follow teams for news and scores
- View team schedules and photos
- Browse rosters and player profiles
- Push notifications for news and results
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This app is intended for the Whippets community, families, and fans everywhere! The Whippets app is provided and operated by Kosciusko High School and features scores, schedules, news updates, and rosters for all participating Whippets teams and organizations. The Whippets App features: + Follow teams for news and scores + View team schedules and photos + Browse rosters and player profiles + Get push notifications for news, game results, and more Go Whippets!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kosciusko Whippets at 5.0 against Hail State's 4.3. Kosciusko Whippets also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Hail State's advantage is ratings volume (205 vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Kosciusko Whippets holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hail State has 205 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hail State ships an update every 2 months, Kosciusko Whippets every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hail State | Kosciusko Whippets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (205 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 205 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 271 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mississippi State University | BallFrog.com, LLC |
Customer experience
Hail State
Kosciusko Whippets
Bugs and requests
Hail State
Reported bugs
29 issues- Purchase tickets option not working
- Schedule not displaying accurately
- Videos not playing
- Radio broadcast on demand hit or miss
- App won't open
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- Terrible playback of games (hard to fast forward)
- App ignores sport preferences
- App can be slow
- Audio cuts off mid-game
- Hard to log in
- App doesn't rotate on iPad
- Schedule tracker not available/working correctly
- Player info missing (height)
- App is slow
- Too many screens for information
- Latest update made app useless
- App crashes
- New update is not user-friendly
- Featured ad does not always function
- Cannot find rosters
- Shopping cart portion missing
- Ads on top of listed games
- Radio broadcast doesn't play
- Xfinity ad runs on repeat
- Live updates/scores/radio feed not working
- App won't open at all
- Schedule part lacks details
- Football game dates wrong
- App keeps crashing
Requested features
23 requests- Fix purchase tickets option
- Accurate schedule display
- Working video playback
- Reliable radio broadcast on demand
- Fix audio playback issues (dropping, volume)
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- Allow pausing live audio
- Make it easier to access past game broadcasts
- Respect user's sport preferences
- Fix app not opening on older iPhones
- Fix app not rotating on iPad
- Keep schedule tracker updated
- Add player height information
- Option to change app logo
- Improve app's 'wow factor'
- Make live updates/scores/radio feed reliable
- Provide more game details (time, station)
- Allow contact with the University through the app
- Revert to previous version's usability
- Improve user-friendliness
- Fix featured ad functionality
- Display rosters
- Fix ads placement
- Improve news content comprehensiveness
Kosciusko Whippets
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hail State
No in-app purchases
Kosciusko Whippets
No in-app purchases
Questions
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