ESPN Chicago vs Publinx
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ESPN Chicago
Stay connected with Chicago's vibrant sports scene. Engage in discussions and debates about local teams with popular hosts. Experience the pulse of one of the nation's most talked-about sports cities.
- Live sports talk radio
- Interactive host discussions
- Debate latest team news
- Chicago sports coverage
- National sports stage updates
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ESPN 1000 is Chicago’s Home For Sports! Our hosts talk about the topics of the day and let you interact with them to discuss and debate the latest with our teams. Chicago, one of the largest, most talked about sports cities in the country, is frequently on the national stage.
Publinx
Discover and book tee times at Houston's public golf courses. Features live pricing, price-drop alerts, and real scorecards. Find playing partners and track your game.
- Live tee time booking
- Price-drop alerts
- Real scorecards
- Find playing partners
- Track rounds and handicap
- Money game tracking
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Publinx is the home of public golf in Houston. Find and book tee times across 24 public courses, with live pricing and price-drop alerts so you never overpay or miss a cancellation. • Live tee times across Houston's public courses, with good-deal badges and a 14-day price view • Real scorecards — per-hole pars, stroke index, and USGA course handicap for every tee • Find a playing partner or fill your foursome, with reliability ratings you can trust • Money games done right — Nassau, skins, wolf, and automatic settle-up (IOUs only; settle on Venmo) • Track your rounds, handicap, and saved courses • Driving ranges, simulators, and Topgolf with live pricing Publinx never automates bookings or holds your money — booking links open the course's own site, and side games track IOUs only.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Publinx at none against ESPN Chicago's shown. Publinx also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 10 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). ESPN Chicago's advantage is ratings volume (3.4K vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Publinx holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ESPN Chicago has 3.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ESPN Chicago ships an update every 10 months, Publinx every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ESPN Chicago | Publinx |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.4K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GOOD KARMA BROADCASTING LLC | AIDAN LANE CONNOLLY |
Bugs and requests
ESPN Chicago
Reported bugs
4 issues- App randomly activates and plays audio
- Podcast episodes not playing in order
- Content disappearing from the app
- Buffering and connectivity issues
Requested features
3 requests- Podcast playback in chronological order
- Pause and rewind functionality
- Improved auto-play behavior
Publinx
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ESPN Chicago
No in-app purchases
Publinx
No in-app purchases
Questions
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