Duke Athletics vs Pack Pride
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Duke Athletics
Stay connected with your favorite university sports teams. Access real-time scores, in-depth stats, and engage with social media feeds from the team and fellow fans. Receive custom alerts for important news and updates.
- Social media stream
- Live scores and stats
- Customizable notifications
- Team and fan feeds
- Game day information
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The official Duke University Athletics app is a must-have for fans headed to campus or following the Blue Devils from afar. With interactive social media, and all the scores and stats surrounding the game, the Duke Blue Devils app covers it all! Features Include: + SOCIAL STREAM - View and contribute to real-time Twitter, 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
Pack Pride
Stay updated with NCSU sports news, including game updates, recruiting information, and breaking news alerts. Access team stories, commitment lists, and social media feeds directly from your device.
- Read sports stories and features
- Follow football and basketball recruiting
- Access commitment lists
- View recruiting features
- Connect to Twitter and Facebook
- Receive breaking news push notifications
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Keep up on all the latest with NCSU sports! With Pack Pride's app you can: - Read stories and features just like on a regular browser. - Follow football and basketball recruiting by accessing our commitment lists and read recruiting features for both sports. - Access Pack Pride's Twitter account and Facebook page. - Receive push notifications on the latest breaking news, such as football and basketball commitments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Duke Athletics at 3.8 against Pack Pride's 3.1. Duke Athletics also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (120 vs 17). Pack Pride's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Duke Athletics sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Pack Pride asks for nothing beyond the download.
Duke Athletics holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Duke Athletics has 120 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Duke Athletics's written reviews are positive against 43% of Pack Pride's.
Duke Athletics ships an update every 4 months, Pack Pride every 13 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Duke Athletics | Pack Pride |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (120 ratings) — better | 3.1 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 120 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 271 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Duke University Athletics | Jeff Furr |
Customer experience
Duke Athletics
Pack Pride
Bugs and requests
Duke Athletics
Reported bugs
23 issues- App repeatedly crashes
- Post game interviews show ad, video doesn't play
- Cannot figure out how to see past schedules/scores
- Populated iPhone calendar with all events
- Video content will not load
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- Radio feature no rewind/resume
- Login prompt disappears behind keyboard
- Credentials fail despite working on website
- New version stopped working
- Blank screen, cannot get anything
- App not loading any content, blank
- Updating message, never loads
- Post game interviews will not load and play
- Paying for video that cannot be accessed
- App only plays sideways
- Add to calendar function broken
- Rate this app link goes to wrong app
- Cannot set game alerts
- Small text difficult to read
- App crashes when looking at rosters
- Cannot hear audio
- App has become a rip-off
- Deceptive advertisement for 'Fan game'
Requested features
12 requests- Redesign for easier navigation
- Ability to favorite teams
- Filter for preferred sports
- Set game alerts
- More timely score updates
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- Improved streaming of big games
- Add statistics for teams
- Ability to set favorite sport as home page
- Fix expandable pages
- Import all games into calendar
- Reminders for specific events
- More photos from events
Pack Pride
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Duke Athletics
- Unlimited VOD/Video on Demand Access$2.99
- Unlimited VOD/Video on Demand$4.99
- Unlimited On Demand / VOD2 variants$4.99
Pack Pride
No in-app purchases
Questions
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