Bomb Cyclone vs HEINetwork
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bomb Cyclone
Stream Giant Bomb's extensive video library and live content on your mobile device. Receive notifications for new episodes and broadcasts, and enjoy features like offline viewing and seamless TV casting.
- Browse entire video catalogue
- Watch livestreams and archives
- Push notifications for new content
- Airplay and Chromecast support
- Save videos offline
- Personal watchlist
- Continue Watching widget
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Bomb Cyclone is an app for a website about video games. Watch Giant Bomb on the go. Get notifications for new episodes and livestreams. Watch on your TV using Airplay or Google Cast. Pick up where you left off with the Continue Watching widget, and stay up to date with the Live & Upcoming widget. FEATURES: - Browse Giant Bomb's entire video catalogue. - Access to premium videos and site archives for subscribers. - Get push notifications for new videos, livestreams, and show episodes. - Watch on your TV using Airplay or Google Cast. - Save videos offline to watch later. - Add videos to your personal watchlist. - Search for videos by name, show, date range, and more. - Use the Continue Watching widget to quickly resume a video. - Stay up to date with the Live & Upcoming widget.
HEINetwork
Access a unique comedic cinematic universe and a satirical take on American culture. Stream every season and special from a popular movie review show, exclusively on this independent network.
- Exclusive access to On Cinema content
- Stream all seasons
- Watch Oscar Specials
- Comedic cinematic universe
- Satire of American culture
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The Official HEI Network App - Your portal to On Cinema at the Cinema, a comedic cinematic universe, a grand satire of America itself. Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington’s On Cinema has built a dedicated cult following as a sprawling comedic soap opera masquerading as a disastrous movie review show. Join the On Cinema Family and watch every Season, every Oscar Special, and much more content, exclusively on the independent HEI Network.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: HEINetwork at 15.1 against Bomb Cyclone's 26.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 — 4.9 for Bomb Cyclone against 4.8 for HEINetwork. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 121 and 50 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Bomb Cyclone's written reviews are positive against 89% of HEINetwork's.
Bomb Cyclone ships an update every 5 weeks, HEINetwork every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bomb Cyclone | HEINetwork |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (121 ratings) — better | 4.8 (50 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.1% of reviews — better | 89.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 121 — better | 50 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Conor Mulligan | On Cinema, Inc. |
Customer experience
Bomb Cyclone
HEINetwork
User reviews
Bomb Cyclone
From 121 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Excellent user interface
- 🚀 Seamless video playback
- ❤️ Essential for premium users
- 👍 Great for Giant Bomb content
- ✨ Works perfectly for needs
Room to improve
- 🐛 Older videos inaccessible
- 🐛 Newer videos freeze
- 🐛 Broken links for videos
- 🐛 Crashes when casting to TV
- 🐛 Videos cut out after 8-9 mins
HEINetwork
From 50 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🍿 Certified Popcorn Classic
- 🍿 Bags to stars conversion
- 🍿 Film buffs rejoice!
- 🍿 John Greatman of apps!
- 🍿 5 bags of popcorn
Room to improve
- 😞 Terrible app created by an incompetent businessman/criminal
Bugs and requests
Bomb Cyclone
Reported bugs
15 issues- Older videos inaccessible
- Newer videos freeze
- Broken links for videos
- Crashes when casting to TV
- Videos cut out after 8-9 mins
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- Newer episodes of Albummer not loading
- Stuttering or timing out
- Refuses to download
- Old UPF videos won't play
- Stuttery on 6th gen iPad
- Airplay and downloads don't work on XR
- Live streams stuttery
- Doesn't resume progress
- Starts video from the start
- App crashes after update (fixed)
Requested features
6 requests- Native Apple TV app
- Download sizes in downloaded shows list
- Share prompt for direct video file link (for Roku)
- Add comments
- Quality selection for live streams
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- Tip jar/donation feature
HEINetwork
Reported bugs
1 issue- Confusion with Heineken EN
Requested features
1 request- Ads and HEI points bonuses and betting
In-app purchases
Bomb Cyclone
No in-app purchases
HEINetwork
No in-app purchases
