LA Kings vs ESPN LA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LA Kings
Stay connected with your favorite hockey team. Get real-time news, scores, exclusive content, and listen to live game broadcasts. Manage your tickets and participate in exclusive auctions.
- Real-time news and articles
- Exclusive content and videos
- Live game audio broadcasts
- Scores and statistics
- Mobile ticketing
- Game night auctions
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The new official app of the LA Kings Download the new LA Kings App! The central place for all your news, podcasts, scores, stats, exclusive content and videos, ticketing and access to game night Kings Care Foundation auctions. Plus, free to play games, and listen to every game live! Create a user profile to customize your app, receive exclusive content, and enter to win prizes. Opt-in and customize your push notifications so you get all the LA Kings news you want. Features include: NEWS: Real-time breaking news from your LA Kings, news and articles from a variety of sources previews, recaps and more MEDIA: Photos, Press conferences and player interviews, podcasts. SCHEDULE: Schedule of upcoming games, scores/stats of previous games, ticket purchases STATS: Real-time statistics and scores from the official NHL stats engine, head-to-head live stats of game, player stats, box scores STANDINGS: Division and conference standings HD RADIO: Live streaming 24x7x365 LA Kings Audio Network Crypto.com Arena: Mobile Ticketing, and ways to improve your in-person experience Plus many more features added over time!
ESPN LA
This app brings you live and local sports talk from LA's Mega Sports Station. Get your daily dose of sports news and analysis with top personalities discussing your favorite local teams.
- Live sports talk radio
- Local sports coverage
- Morning sports show
- All-day sports talk
- Lakers, Dodgers, Rams coverage
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ESPNLA 710 is LA’s Mega Sports Station with Keyshawn, JWill and Max in the morning, starting your day with the biggest stories in sports. Followed by LA Sports Talk All Day Long! The best Live and Local personalities in the Southland talking Lakers, Dodgers, Rams, and all your local teams.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: LA Kings at every 2 months against ESPN LA's every 5 months. LA Kings also leads on review sentiment (52% vs 39%). ESPN LA's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 — 4.8 for LA Kings against 4.7 for ESPN LA. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 593 and 1.5K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 52% of LA Kings's written reviews are positive against 39% of ESPN LA's.
LA Kings ships an update every 2 months, ESPN LA every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LA Kings | ESPN LA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (593 ratings) — better | 4.7 (1.5K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.1% of reviews — better | 38.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 593 | 1.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Anschutz Entertainment Group | GOOD KARMA BROADCASTING LLC |
Customer experience
LA Kings
ESPN LA
User reviews
LA Kings
From 593 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Great app for Kings fans
- 📢 Keeps fans up-to-date with team news and updates
- 🎧 Ability to listen to live radio broadcasts
- 🗓️ Downloadable schedule
- 🏆 Covers team's championship runs
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 🔍 Difficult to navigate and find information
- 🔔 Annoying push notifications that can't be turned off
- 🚫 Essentially just a link to the NHL app now
- 🗺️ Location services issues
ESPN LA
From 1.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Quick and efficient
- 👍 Easy to navigate
- 🎉 Great for LA sports fans
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and issues
- 🔇 Audio quality problems
- 🔁 Repeating content
- 🚫 Unavailable features (e.g. Rams postgame)
Bugs and requests
LA Kings
Reported bugs
3 issues- Video playback issues
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
- Incorrect or outdated information
Requested features
5 requests- Live game updates and box scores
- Ability to stream games
- More customization options
- Improved social media integration
- Downloadable content like wallpapers
ESPN LA
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not opening
- Live stream issues
- Ads stacking up
Requested features
3 requests- Add app on Apple Watch
- Improve background playback
- Link volume with device
In-app purchases
LA Kings
No in-app purchases
ESPN LA
No in-app purchases
Questions
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