Comparison

D1 Baseball vs Cyclone Insider

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

Head to head
About

D1 Baseball

Stay updated with Division I College Baseball. Access real-time scores, conference standings, and game schedules. Personalize your experience by favoriting teams and receiving push notifications for game alerts. The subscription covers the entire season, including playoffs.

Highlights
  • Up-to-date scores
  • Conference standings
  • Game schedules
  • Favorite teams
  • Push notifications
  • College World Series coverage
Features
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D1 Baseball Full Season This app requires the user to buy an in-app subscription on an annual basis. This subscription enables use of the D1 Baseball app which provides up-to-date scores, standings, and schedules for Division I College Baseball. Once subscribed, you will be able to view information about your favorite Division I College Baseball teams. While viewing team standings, by conference, you can select teams as favorites. Games for your favorite teams will show up first in the scores view. You can also receive alerts, in the form of push notifications, for selected teams. The subscription lasts for the entire college baseball season, including playoffs through the Division I College World Series. The subscription will remain active until right before the next season begins. An active subscription enables all features of the app. The price of the annual subscription is $7.99 US. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase and the subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. To set team preferences, simply tap on a team that's listed in the Standings view. From there you can set a team as a Favorite (gets displayed first in the Scores view) or Notify (gets push notifications sent to you for this team). For our Terms of Service please visit D1 Baseball.com at https://d1baseball.com/terms-service/ For our Privacy Policy please visit D1 Baseball.com at https://d1baseball.com/privacy-policy/

About

Cyclone Insider

Stay updated with Iowa State Cyclones news, scores, and analysis. Access exclusive content, live game coverage, photos, and videos from a trusted local source. Manage your subscription easily through your device settings.

Highlights
  • Latest news and headlines
  • Live game coverage
  • Exclusive commentary and analysis
  • Award-winning photos and videos
  • Scores, stats, and rosters
  • Tweet integration
Features
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Coverage of the Iowa State University Cyclones has never been better. Catch all the latest news, headlines, opinions, live game coverage, photos, videos, tweets, scores, stats and rosters for the Cyclones — all in one place, brought to you by the authoritative source of the best local coverage, The Des Moines Register. With exclusive commentary, insider analysis and award-winning photos and videos from The Des Moines Register’s team, the app is your one-stop shop for all coverage of the Cyclones. • This app is free to download and all users can access a sampling of free articles every month. • Subscriptions are charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and automatically renew each month or year, unless turned off in your iTunes account settings at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your iTunes account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. See "Subscription Support" in the app's Settings for more details and customer service contact information. MORE INFORMATION • Terms of service - https://cm.desmoinesregister.com/terms/ • Privacy Notice/Your California Privacy Rights - https://cm.desmoinesregister.com/privacy/ • Help Center: https://help.desmoinesregister.com

Screenshots

D1 Baseball3 screens
Cyclone Insider3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cyclone Insider at 64% against D1 Baseball's 8%. Cyclone Insider also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.7) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). D1 Baseball's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. D1 Baseball sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per year and Cyclone Insider sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cyclone Insider holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cyclone Insider has 1.1K ratings behind it against 168, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of D1 Baseball's written reviews are positive against 64% of Cyclone Insider's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

D1 Baseball ships an update every 3 weeks, Cyclone Insider monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and July 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
D1 Baseball versus Cyclone Insider: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterD1 BaseballCyclone Insider
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (168 ratings)4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews7.5% of reviews63.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1681.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB184 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperD1baseball Holdings, LLCGannett

Customer experience

D1 Baseball

All ratings168 ratings
Positive13.1%
Neutral6.0%
Negative81.0%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive7.5%
Neutral11.3%
Negative81.3%

Cyclone Insider

All ratings1,140 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative36.4%

Bugs and requests

D1 Baseball

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Cyclone Insider

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App not working on iPad
  • Loading errors on various devices

Requested features

2 requests
  • Restore play-by-play updates
  • Make all articles accessible without subscription

In-app purchases

1 purchases

D1 Baseball

Subscriptions1
  • D1 Baseball Full Season$7.991 Year
4 purchases

Cyclone Insider

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Month of App Access$3.991 Month
  • Cyclone Insider3 Months trial$9.991 Month
  • 1 Year of App Access$35.991 Year
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  • 1 Month of App Access1 Year trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is D1 Baseball free?
D1 Baseball is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cyclone Insider free?
Cyclone Insider is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, D1 Baseball or Cyclone Insider?
Cyclone Insider is rated higher. D1 Baseball averages 1.7 out of 5 from 168 ratings, while Cyclone Insider averages 4.7 from 1.1K ratings.
Do D1 Baseball or Cyclone Insider have ads?
Cyclone Insider shows ads; D1 Baseball does not.
Which is updated more often, D1 Baseball or Cyclone Insider?
D1 Baseball ships an update every 3 weeks, and Cyclone Insider monthly. Most recently, D1 Baseball was updated on September 14, 2026 and Cyclone Insider on July 26, 2026.

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