Big Game Coverage vs Houston Baseball
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Big Game Coverage
Stay updated with Texas high school football scores and game information. Find stadiums, follow your favorite teams, and catch up on the latest headlines from top sports reporters.
- Texas high school football scores
- Stadium finder
- Favorite team tracking
- Game headlines
- Sports reporter updates
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Big Game Coverage sports reporters can be found at football games all over Texas. Count on them to bring you updated scores and so much more. Our app includes: • Texas high school football scores • Find the stadium where your team is playing • Follow your favorite team or alma mater • Catch up on all of the other Big Game Coverage headlines BGC is powered by the sports teams at KPRC 2 Houston and KSAT 12 San Antonio.
Houston Baseball
An unofficial fan app dedicated to the Houston Astros, providing news, opinions, score updates, schedules with TV information, player statistics, and MLB standings. It focuses primarily on the Astros while also covering general baseball news.
- Astros news and opinion
- Score updates
- Schedule with TV info
- Player stats
- MLB standings
- Baseball and minor league news
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Follow the 2022 World Series champion Astros with Houston Baseball, an unofficial fan app. We keep it simple, with Astros news and opinion, score update, schedule with TV info, player stats, and MLB standings. While we check in on what's happening around baseball and the minors, we focus on the Astros. Houston Baseball is always free, with no sign-in ever required, no in-app purchases, and no nag screens. Note: This application is not affiliated with Major League Baseball or the Houston Astros.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Big Game Coverage at 4.6 against Houston Baseball's 3.6. Big Game Coverage also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 47 months) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 14). Houston Baseball's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 28%) and iOS requirement (14.5 vs 16.6). On price, ads, 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.
Big Game Coverage holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Big Game Coverage has 1.4K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 28% of Big Game Coverage's written reviews are positive against 50% of Houston Baseball's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Big Game Coverage ships an update every 5 months, Houston Baseball every 47 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Big Game Coverage | Houston Baseball |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.4K ratings) — better | 3.6 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.1% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 47 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Graham Media Group, Inc | Appness |
Customer experience
Big Game Coverage
Houston Baseball
Bugs and requests
Big Game Coverage
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unable to change coverage area
- Scores not displaying properly
- Streaming issues on various devices
Requested features
3 requests- Expand coverage to more regions
- Improve score update timeliness
- Add video highlights and final stats
Houston Baseball
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Big Game Coverage
No in-app purchases
Houston Baseball
No in-app purchases
Questions
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