Comparison

MiLB vs Brookstone Cougars

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MiLB

Your official guide to Minor League Baseball, covering all 120 clubs. Access live game updates, news, highlights, and purchase tickets and merchandise. Enhance your ballpark experience with digital tickets and personalized notifications.

Highlights
  • Follow local teams and events
  • Buy tickets and merchandise
  • Digital tickets and check-ins
  • Live game updates and news
  • MiLB news, highlights, and prospect info
  • Pitch-by-pitch updates and live scores
  • Access to live games with subscription
Features
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The MiLB app is your official companion for Minor League Baseball, including all 120 clubs, from Triple-A to Single-A. • Follow your local team and never miss a game or event. • Buy tickets, browse merchandise, and find promotions from your team tab. • Enjoy a seamless ballpark experience with digital tickets and check-ins. • Personalize your app experience with live game updates and breaking news. • Explore MiLB news and highlights, catch the latest on top prospects, or search teams and players across the league. • Follow the action with pitch-by-pitch updates on Gameday, along with live scores, stats, video highlights and notifications for all 120 teams. SUBSCRIBE & GET EVEN MORE More than 7,000 live MiLB games and complete archives are available with your MLB+ subscription. Your MLB+ subscription now includes audio streams for all MLB games & other live programming, available with log-in on MLB App and MLB.com. Terms of Use: https://www.milb.com/about/terms Copyright © 2026 Minor League Baseball. Minor League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are the property of Minor League Baseball. All Rights Reserved.

About

Brookstone Cougars

Stay connected with Brookstone School Inc. Athletics. This app provides location-based messaging for gameday attendees and sends notifications about events and offers. Manage your settings and opt out of features anytime.

Highlights
  • Location-based messaging for gameday
  • Event and offer notifications
  • Customizable settings
  • Official athletic information
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The Official Brookstone Cougars application is your home for Brookstone School Inc. Athletics! Whether you're on campus or on the go, this app is a must-have for ALL Cougar fans. The Brookstone Cougars app requests the use of location services to provide attendees with location-based messaging on gameday. Additionally, this app uses notifications to keep you informed of events and offers from Brookstone School Inc.. You can manage your settings and opt out of these features at any time.

Screenshots

MiLB4 screens
Brookstone Cougars4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Brookstone Cougars at none against MiLB's 2. Brookstone Cougars also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). MiLB's advantage is ratings volume (41K vs 2) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MiLB sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Brookstone Cougars asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Brookstone Cougars holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MiLB has 41K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MiLB ships an update fortnightly, Brookstone Cougars every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MiLB versus Brookstone Cougars: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMiLBBrookstone Cougars
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (41K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings41K — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB117 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMLBThe Brookstone School, Inc.

Customer experience

MiLB

All ratings40,665 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews463 reviews
Positive35.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative55.3%

Brookstone Cougars

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

MiLB

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Inability to access purchased tickets
  • Standings and scores not updating correctly
  • Gameday feature not working consistently
  • App crashing on launch for some users
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Picture-in-picture support
  • Ability to track minor league stadiums visited
  • More detailed player stats and profiles
  • Improved integration with MLB app
  • Notifications for game updates and live scores
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  • Apple TV app support

Brookstone Cougars

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MiLB

Subscriptions2
  • MLB+ Monthly$5.991 Month
  • MLB+ Yearly$59.991 Year
None

Brookstone Cougars

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MiLB free?
MiLB is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brookstone Cougars free?
Brookstone Cougars is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MiLB or Brookstone Cougars?
Brookstone Cougars is rated higher. MiLB averages 4.7 out of 5 from 41K ratings, while Brookstone Cougars averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do MiLB or Brookstone Cougars have ads?
Both MiLB and Brookstone Cougars show ads.
Which is updated more often, MiLB or Brookstone Cougars?
MiLB ships an update fortnightly, and Brookstone Cougars every 2 months. Most recently, MiLB was updated on November 9, 2026 and Brookstone Cougars on October 31, 2026.

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