Melbourne Storm vs Essendon Official App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Melbourne Storm
Stay connected with your favorite rugby league team. Get breaking news, live scores, in-depth stats, and exclusive video highlights. This app provides comprehensive game day information and team updates, ensuring you never miss a moment.
- Breaking news updates
- Live scores and stats
- Match highlights
- Full team lists
- Pre, live, and post-match coverage
- Player highlights
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Welcome to the brand new Official Melbourne Storm app. Our completely redesigned experience gives you access to your favourite team and favourite players - plus you'll get breaking Melbourne Storm news, live scores, stats, game day information and match highlights. It's everything you need to know about the Melbourne Storm, no matter where you are. With its updated interface and improved navigation, the Official Melbourne Storm app is packed with features and content, including: • Full team lists • Extensive pre, live and post-match coverage • Video, including match and player highlights. The Official Melbourne Storm app will keep you in the front row. Download now and never miss a minute of the greatest game of all!
Essendon Official App
Stay connected with your favorite team through exclusive content, live scores, and instant alerts. Plan your game day, manage tickets, and access in-depth player and team statistics all in one place.
- Game day planning
- Ticket management
- Exclusive video content
- Instant alerts
- Live scores and stats
- Player profiles
- Team news and reports
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The Essendon Official App keeps you close to the team, whether you’re in the stands or following from home. Plan your game day with fixtures, results, ladders, and pre-match guides, and manage your tickets without leaving the app. Watch exclusive videos, from match highlights to press conferences, and get instant alerts for team announcements, breaking news, and match starts. Get the latest news, match reports, and season highlights, plus live scores, stats, and team selections as they happen. Dive into detailed player profiles, explore in-depth team stats, and relive every key moment of the season. All the latest, straight to your pocket, with the Essendon Official App.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Essendon Official App at none against Melbourne Storm's shown. Melbourne Storm's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 64%) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.5). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Melbourne Storm | Essendon Official App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (94 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.6% of reviews — better | 63.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 94 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 183 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | National Rugby League Limited | Telstra Limited |
Customer experience
Melbourne Storm
Essendon Official App
User reviews
Melbourne Storm
From App Store reviewsWhat we love
- 👍 Great app for fans
- 👍 Well laid out and easy to use
- 👍 Keeps fans updated
- 👍 Contains all necessary information
- 👍 Useful for news and stats
Room to improve
- 🐛 App stopped working after upgrade
- 🐛 Fails to connect to live feed
- 🐛 Unusable at the moment
- 🐛 Pathetic new app
- 🐛 Size doesn't fit phone
Essendon Official App
From 94 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great visuals and news
- 👍 Informative and up-to-date
- 👍 Good merch access
- 👍 User-friendly navigation
- 👍 Helpful stats
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inaccessible membership tickets
- 🐛 App not working on older devices
- 🐛 Removed widgets
- 🐛 Difficult to navigate
- 🐛 Clunky interface
Bugs and requests
Melbourne Storm
Reported bugs
18 issues- Stopped working with upgrade
- Failing to connect to live feed
- Unusable at the moment
- Size doesn't fit phone size
- Unable to press buttons for pages
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- Notifications glitch (repeating notifications)
- App stuck on date of birth, greyed out
- Throws user out when clicking 'skip for now'
- App Support link redirects to app which then throws user out
- App locked
- Stuck on notification preferences, save button disabled, cannot scroll
- Latest news is 8 weeks old
- App locks after asking for DOB
- Cannot enter DOB information
- Videos don't rotate to full screen on iPhoneXR
- Images not showing up on news page or article
- Hard to load and sluggish on 3GS
- Features redirect to non-mobile optimized website
Requested features
7 requests- Make app for iPad
- Make app for other teams
- Allow wallpaper downloads
- Videos to rotate to full screen on iPhoneXR
- Improve merchandise store access and player feedback
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- Make app universal for iPad compatibility
- Update app for iPhone 5
Essendon Official App
Reported bugs
22 issues- Cannot see membership card (iOS 17+ only)
- App no longer works on iPhone 8
- Widgets removed in latest version
- Cannot access app on older phones
- Cannot access mobile membership barcode
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- Member tickets error
- App constantly glitches and won't load membership tickets
- Rarely download ticket on first attempt
- Online membership card doesn't work
- Videos loading but pausing and exiting not working
- Galleries slow to download
- App not easy to negotiate
- Inaccessible member ticket function
- Connection to Ticketmaster is broken and confusing
- Cannot access mobile membership through the app
- Terrible app for accessing mobile membership
- App not giving access to membership tickets
- App crashes on iPhone
- Notifications not sending
- Player statistics removed
- Constantly asked to sign back in, resetting passwords
- No landscape mode on iPad
Requested features
8 requests- Bring back widgets
- More video content
- Separate WAFL from AFL teams
- More behind-the-scenes content
- Article on lucky member
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- Improve font size and screen reader accessibility
- More content for men's team
- More news on player fitness
In-app purchases
Melbourne Storm
No in-app purchases
Essendon Official App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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