Hershey Bears vs AHL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hershey Bears
Access all the official information for the Hershey Bears, including schedules, real-time game stats, photos, and videos. Stay connected with your favorite players through bios and statistics, and never miss a moment with live game audio and notifications.
- Official Hershey Bears information
- Game schedules
- Real-time game statistics
- Live game audio streaming
- Player bios and statistics
- Game notifications
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Official App of the Hershey Bears! Your ultimate source for Hershey Bears information. View the Bears schedule, real time game information, game photos, videos and more. Plus, you can stay connected with the Bears! Stay up to date on your favorite players in our Team section, including player photos, bios and statistics! Best of all, you can LISTEN to all Hershey Bears games LIVE from ANYWHERE! You’ll never have to miss a game – no matter where you are! The Game Day view provides real time statistics for live games, and post game information including the three stars. Game notifications - get notified during games with goal and period updates as the game progresses! Control your desired notifications by enabling them in the settings for the app.
AHL
Follow the American Hockey League with real-time scores, game summaries, and player statistics. Stream live and on-demand games directly within the app. Access past scores, future schedules, and team standings.
- Real-time scoring data
- Complete box scores
- Up-to-the-minute player stats
- AHLTV streaming
- Past scores and future schedules
- League standings
- Player and goalie statistics
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The official mobile app of the American Hockey League, featuring real-time scoring data direct from each arena. Follow every game in real time with complete box scores, game summary and up to the minute player stats. Watch AHLTV from within the app. The AHL app also features past Scores, future Schedules, Standings and both player and goalie stats.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hershey Bears at 3.6 against AHL's 2.5. Hershey Bears also leads on review sentiment (26% vs 15%). AHL's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, 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.
Hershey Bears holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AHL has 192 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of Hershey Bears's written reviews are positive against 15% of AHL's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and August 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hershey Bears | AHL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (30 ratings) — better | 2.5 (192 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.3% of reviews — better | 15.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 192 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company | American Hockey League Inc |
Customer experience
Hershey Bears
AHL
User reviews
Hershey Bears
From 30 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great app for Bears fans
- 👍 Provides team news
- 👍 Allows listening to games
- 👍 Good for following players
- 👍 Free to use
Room to improve
- 🐛 App frequently does not work
- 🐛 App keeps crashing
- 🐛 Push notifications not working correctly
- 🐛 Audio stream issues
- 🐛 Incorrect score reporting
AHL
From 192 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Comprehensive app for following AHL
- 🚀 Decent performance when it works
- 💡 Ability to watch games live and on-demand
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 🔍 Outdated and clunky user interface
- 📢 Excessive ads and pop-ups
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🔍 Lack of optimization for newer devices
Bugs and requests
Hershey Bears
Reported bugs
60 issues- App does not work
- App crashing
- Push notifications not working
- Audio stream issues
- Incorrect score reporting
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- App not optimized for iPhone X
- White screen on launch
- App not updated
- Live radio not working
- App doesn't update in a timely manner
- Push notifications don't always come through
- Updates aren't always live
- Store leads to a blank page
- App doesn't refresh
- Radio feed does not work
- App does not provide current scores
- App does not provide score updates
- Current game does not update
- App stuck on old dates
- No longer usable on iPhone 6+ iOS 10.0.02
- Won't load after update
- Radio feed almost never works
- Layout of features is terrible
- Unresponsive to user
- Has to be manipulated to update
- Extremely frustrating to use
- Never has the right game or updates
- Frozen app
- Doesn't have up to date info
- Games, Roster changes, standings etc. doesn't update
- Audio keeps going off
- Game day needs to update to current game
- In app summaries are from a game ago
- App crashing on iPod touch
- Phone shows game not started, another shows 7 minutes left
- Scores in schedule view are never correct
- Live game audio doesn't work anymore
- Scores don't update
- Crashes frequently
- Items don't load properly
- Several pages seem to be non functional
- Live game audio is pretty much gone
- Radio part keeps dropping during the game
- Radio part doesn't work at all
- Live game audio went silent
- Cannot restart live game audio
- Cannot listen to live games
- Game audio hasn't worked since update
- Game score hasn't worked since update
- Game audio keeps cutting out
- App crashes when going to schedule
- App crashes every time schedule link is clicked
- Live stream not working
- Cannot listen live since last update
- Radio doesn't play
- Cannot listen to the radio feed since last update
- App doesn't respect vibrate setting
- Scores were never updated
- Roster doesn't work
- Little problems with app functionality
Requested features
8 requests- Fix push notifications
- Improve game update accuracy
- Optimize for newer devices
- Add ticket purchasing
- Add score notifications
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- Add Calder cup standings
- Add multi-tasking while listening
- Add iPad version
AHL
Reported bugs
3 issues- Blank screens and loading issues
- Incompatibility with certain devices/OS versions
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between tabs
Requested features
5 requests- Allow following multiple favorite teams
- Add option to hide scores for on-demand viewing
- Implement landscape mode support
- Improve navigation and back button functionality
- Provide better customization options (e.g., team logos)
In-app purchases
Hershey Bears
No in-app purchases
AHL
No in-app purchases
