Hershey Bears vs Ship Recreation
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.
Ship Recreation
Stay informed about campus recreation programs and facilities. Access details on intramural sports, sport clubs, and other campus activities. This app provides instant updates for students and staff.
- Intramural Sports information
- Sport Club organization details
- Campus Recreation facility updates
- Program information access
- Instant updates
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The official app for Shippensburg Campus Recreation. Stay up to date with Ship Recreation programs and facilities by downloading our mobile app! You will have instant access to Intramural Sports, Sport Club organizations, and much more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ship Recreation at 100% against Hershey Bears's 26%. Ship Recreation also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6). Hershey Bears's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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.
Ship Recreation holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hershey Bears has 30 ratings behind it against 3, 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 100% of Ship Recreation's.
Hershey Bears ships an update every 4 months, Ship Recreation every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hershey Bears | Ship Recreation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (30 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania |
Customer experience
Hershey Bears
Ship Recreation
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
Ship Recreation
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hershey Bears
No in-app purchases
Ship Recreation
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Hershey Bears free?
Is Ship Recreation free?
Which has better reviews, Hershey Bears or Ship Recreation?
Do Hershey Bears or Ship Recreation have ads?
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