IGN Entertainment vs Bomb Cyclone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IGN Entertainment
Access the latest gaming news, in-depth reviews, gameplay insights, and trailers for games and movies. Log in to bookmark your favorite content for easy access later.
- Browse news and reviews
- Watch gameplay and trailers
- Bookmark articles and videos
- Login with IGN account
- Simple navigation
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The official IGN app offers simple navigation to make it easy to quickly browse news, reviews, gameplay, movie trailers, game trailers, and more. Log in with your IGN account to bookmark articles and videos to save the news and reviews you care about, and quickly get back to them.
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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bomb Cyclone at 94% against IGN Entertainment's 44%. Bomb Cyclone also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). IGN Entertainment's advantage is ratings volume (20K vs 126) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks). On price and device support 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. IGN Entertainment sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bomb Cyclone asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bomb Cyclone holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IGN Entertainment has 20K ratings behind it against 126, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of IGN Entertainment's written reviews are positive against 94% of Bomb Cyclone's.
IGN Entertainment ships an update every 9 days, Bomb Cyclone every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IGN Entertainment | Bomb Cyclone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (20K ratings) | 4.9 (126 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.5% of reviews | 94.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20K — better | 126 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | IGN Entertainment, Inc. | Conor Mulligan |
Customer experience
IGN Entertainment
Bomb Cyclone
User reviews
IGN Entertainment
From 20K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast app
- 📰 Good source for news and reviews
- 🎮 Useful for gamers
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and crashes frequently
- 🔋 Drains battery quickly
- 💤 Slow performance
- 📺 Excessive ads and auto-playing videos
- 🔍 Lack of search functionality
Bomb Cyclone
From 126 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
Bugs and requests
IGN Entertainment
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login issues and frequent sign-outs
- Video playback problems
- Freezing and crashing
- Inconsistent UI and layout
- Content not loading properly
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to filter and search content
- Landscape mode support
- Improved bookmarking and saving functionality
- Better notification and social features
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
In-app purchases
IGN Entertainment
- Early Adopter Bonus$0.99
Bomb Cyclone
No in-app purchases
Questions
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