Comparison

PromoNight vs What Channel?

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

Head to head
About

PromoNight

This app helps sports fans find and plan attendance for games featuring special promotions like giveaways, theme nights, and food deals. It consolidates information from multiple sources into a personalized calendar, with an optional game day guide for venue insights.

Highlights
  • Personalized promo calendar
  • Giveaway and theme night details
  • Food and drink deals
  • Game Day venue guide
  • Push notifications for promos
  • Cross-league support
Features
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PromoNight shows the giveaway and theme night schedule for the teams you follow, so you can pick the game worth going to. Star your teams and PromoNight lists their upcoming promotions: bobblehead nights, jersey and shirt giveaways, theme nights, kids days, and food and drink deals. Each promo shows the date, the opponent and the start time when the team lists them, what you get, and who gets one when the team says, such as the first 10,000 fans. PromoNight covers baseball, basketball, football, hockey and soccer teams. Promotions come from team announcements. Teams can change or cancel a promotion, so check with the team before you go. WHEN IS THE NEXT BOBBLEHEAD NIGHT? Open your team to see its upcoming promos by date, its schedule with game times, and its venue. Or search Discover by team, giveaway, city or venue, and browse collections of bobbleheads, theme nights, jerseys, food and drink, and kids and family events. REMINDERS Turn on reminders for your teams and PromoNight sends one around 9 a.m. on the morning of each promo game. Limit them to highlighted promos, mute a team, or tap Remind me on a single promo from any team. WIDGETS Add a PromoNight widget to your Home Screen to see your next promo, or the week ahead, at a glance. Tap it to open the promo. GAME DAY Game Day counts down to your next home game and gives you a checklist for the trip. At venues we have checked, it shows the bag policy, parking lots and accessibility details taken from official venue and team pages, with a link to each source and the date it was read. Where we have them, food and drink stands are listed by level and section, so you know where to eat before you go. Get directions, find parking, or switch to another upcoming game for your teams. FREE, WITH A FEW ADS PromoNight is free. It shows a small number of ads, marked Sponsored, and may earn a commission when you buy tickets, parking or fan gear through its partner links. No account or sign-in is needed. Works on iPhone and iPad. Terms of Use: https://getpromonight.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://getpromonight.com/privacy

About

What Channel?

Find out where your favorite teams are playing with this app. It consolidates game-day information, including TV channels, streaming services, and radio listings, into a single, easy-to-navigate view. Get to the action faster without searching multiple sources.

Highlights
  • Follow favorite teams
  • Browse games by sport and date
  • Find TV, streaming, and radio listings
  • Link to provider apps/websites
  • Check live and final scores
  • Access boxscores
  • Find tickets and promos
  • Set game-start reminders
Features
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Stop hunting across apps, tabs, and provider pages. What Channel brings game-day info into one clean view so you can find where your teams are playing and get to the action faster. Follow your favorite teams, scan every sporting event by sport and date, and see the channels, streaming providers, radio listings, scores, tickets, promos, and boxscores that matter for game day. What Channel helps you: - See your favorite teams first - Browse games by sport and date - Find TV channels, streaming providers, and radio info - Open provider apps or web links from game cards - Listen through linked radio station listings when available - Check live scores and final scores - Open boxscores without losing the schedule - Find tickets and home-team promos from one place - Set game-start reminders for favorite teams Built for fans who just want the answer: what channel is the game on? Broadcast schedules, regional availability, radio links, promotions, and provider access can vary by market and provider. Always confirm availability with your provider, league, team, venue, or ticketing partner before game time.

Screenshots

PromoNight4 screens
What Channel?4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: What Channel? at none against PromoNight's 2. What Channel? also leads on ads (none vs shown). PromoNight's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. PromoNight sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per year. What Channel? asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

What Channel? holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PromoNight ships an update every 4 days, What Channel? fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PromoNight versus What Channel?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPromoNightWhat Channel?
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB33 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMATTHEW DAVID KOVALIKJR Hobbs Group

Customer experience

PromoNight

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

What Channel?

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PromoNight

Subscriptions2
  • Single Sport$5.991 Year
  • All Sports$9.991 Year
None

What Channel?

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PromoNight free?
PromoNight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is What Channel? free?
What Channel? is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PromoNight or What Channel??
What Channel? is rated higher. PromoNight averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while What Channel? averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do PromoNight or What Channel? have ads?
PromoNight shows ads; What Channel? does not.
Which is updated more often, PromoNight or What Channel??
PromoNight ships an update every 4 days, and What Channel? fortnightly. Most recently, PromoNight was updated on October 31, 2026 and What Channel? on October 31, 2026.

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