truTV vs Prospects
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
truTV
Stream live sports, full episodes of popular TV shows, and movies on demand. Sign in with your TV provider to access content from truTV and enjoy entertainment anytime, anywhere.
- Watch live sports
- Stream full TV episodes
- Enjoy blockbuster movies
- Sign in with TV provider
- Access truTV originals
- Watch anytime, anywhere
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ALWAYS HERE FOR A GOOD LAUGH The truTV app makes watching live sports, full episodes and movies easy! Sign in with your TV Provider to catch live sports like Mountain West football, MotoGP, MLB, NHL , and classic truTV originals like Impractical Jokers, Tacoma FD, Adam Ruins Everything, and more. Watch anytime, anywhere with the truTV app. Plus, enjoy blockbuster movies -- on any screen. The truTV app supports most TV Providers, including AT&T, Spectrum (incl. Time Warner Cable, Charter & Bright House), Comcast XFINITY, Cox, DIRECTV, Dish, Optimum, Suddenlink, Verizon, and many more.
Prospects
Follow the careers of your favorite Minor League Baseball players. Get real-time updates on promotions, injuries, and game performance. Perfect for tracking drafted players or those from your hometown.
- Follow favorite players
- Receive career updates
- Track promotions and transactions
- Get game performance notifications
- Curate lists for favorite MLB teams
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The Prospects app is the easiest way to follow your favorite Minor League Baseball players. We've made it easy for you to keep up with that college player you cheered for, the hometown kid who was drafted out of high school, or the young man you used to coach. Follow players as they move through the minor league levels and receive updates on what's happening in their career. On a daily basis, you'll be able to quickly check on your favorite players and receive notifications about any transactions that may take place. You'll know if they've been promoted, released, placed on the injured list or had a great game! For those MLB fans looking to follow the guys in their team's farm system, this app is for you as well. Curate your own list of players drafted by your favorite Major League team and follow their journey through the minors on their way to the show!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Prospects at none against truTV's shown. Prospects also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 16%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). truTV's advantage is ratings volume (14K vs 7). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for truTV against 4.6 for Prospects. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: truTV has 14K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 16% of truTV's written reviews are positive against 50% of Prospects's.
truTV ships an update every 3 months, Prospects monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and June 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | truTV | Prospects |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (14K ratings) | 4.6 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.2% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. | FocustApps LLC |
Customer experience
truTV
Prospects
Bugs and requests
truTV
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes when trying to watch episodes
- Freezes and becomes unresponsive
- Login screen issues and inability to sign in
- Video playback problems and constant buffering
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to turn off closed captions
- Implement Chromecast/AirPlay support
- Add a 'continue watching' feature
- Improve overall app stability and performance
Prospects
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
truTV
No in-app purchases
Prospects
No in-app purchases
