Pittsburgh Penguins vs SteelerNation.com
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Stay connected with your favorite hockey team. Get the latest news, game highlights, and access to ticketing and schedules. Enhance your game day experience with arena information and exclusive fan perks.
- Team news and updates
- Game highlights
- Ticketing and schedule
- Fan perks
- Radio broadcasts
- Arena amenities map
- Concert and event listings
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Welcome to the Pittsburgh Penguins app! Follow along for team news, highlights, ticketing, schedule, fan perks, radio broadcasts, and everything you could ever need when coming to a Pens game (arena amenities map, parking, closed captioning, etc). New for the 2023.24 season, we have an integration with PPG Paints Arena to highlight all concerts and non-hockey events at the home of the Penguins. Thanks for your support. Let's Go Pens!
SteelerNation.com
Get the latest Pittsburgh Steelers news, rumors, analysis, stats, and scores. Stay up-to-date with all the team's happenings from your dedicated fan source.
- Pittsburgh Steelers news
- Rumors and analysis
- Stats and scores
- Fan-focused content
- Team updates
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Your best source for quality Pittsburgh Steelers news, rumors, analysis, stats and scores from your SteelerNation home
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SteelerNation.com at every 2 weeks against Pittsburgh Penguins's every 3 months. SteelerNation.com also leads on rating (3.8 vs 3.4) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Pittsburgh Penguins's advantage is ratings volume (438 vs 16) and chart position (#209 vs unranked). On price, review sentiment, 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.
SteelerNation.com holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pittsburgh Penguins has 438 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 51% and 50% positive.
Pittsburgh Penguins ships an update every 3 months, SteelerNation.com every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pittsburgh Penguins | SteelerNation.com |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (438 ratings) | 3.8 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.9% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 438 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #209 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 202 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pittsburgh Penguins, LP | Justin McGonigle |
Customer experience
Pittsburgh Penguins
SteelerNation.com
Bugs and requests
Pittsburgh Penguins
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes or freezes after recent updates
- Compatibility issues with older iOS versions
- Ticketing and account integration problems
Requested features
4 requests- Bring back the radio button for easy access
- Add live game streaming and video highlights
- Reduce ads or make them less intrusive
- Display team standings and stats within the app
SteelerNation.com
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pittsburgh Penguins
No in-app purchases
SteelerNation.com
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Pittsburgh Penguins free?
Is SteelerNation.com free?
Which has better reviews, Pittsburgh Penguins or SteelerNation.com?
Do Pittsburgh Penguins or SteelerNation.com have ads?
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