MaxPreps vs Athletic.APP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MaxPreps
Stay informed about high school sports with scores, schedules, and athlete updates. Receive push notifications, track favorite teams and athletes, and contribute live scores. Coaches can manage rosters and statistics.
- Push notifications for teams and athletes
- Athlete career profile updates
- Live score contributions
- Customizable scoreboards
- Coach roster and stats management
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The MaxPreps app is essential for athletes, parents, and coaches to stay informed. Offering the most timely and comprehensive high school sports information available, the MaxPreps app is the go-to resource every high school sports athlete, parent, fan, and coach needs to keep up with their favorite teams. • Stay up-to-date on your favorite teams and athletes with exclusive push notifications • Update your career profile and follow your favorite athletes • Contribute live scores when attending games • Create custom scoreboards by sport or location • Coaches can manage the roster, schedule, and statistics Do you have questions or feedback? Feel free to email us anytime: support@maxpreps.com. MaxPreps is the largest national database of high school information, but not every team or school participates at the same level. The more information your favorite team or school provides MaxPreps, the better your experience will be.
Athletic.APP
This app connects track and field and cross country teams, athletes, parents, and fans through a communication and management network. It also facilitates participation in virtual meets with tools for result submission, including video and GPS tracking.
- Team communication network
- Virtual meet participation
- Result submission with video/GPS
- Customized team pages/profiles
- Private group conversations
- Athlete/team following
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The AthleticAPP syncs with your Athletic.net account to create a communications, management and engagement network for Track & Field and Cross Country teams, athletes, parents and fans. Additionally, it provides the platform for competing in Athletic.net virtual meets, including features for finding virtual meets and submitting results with video, photos, and GPS run recording tools. Coaches: - Create specific private conversation groups for your various athlete types. Talk to sprinters, jumpers, throwers, distance runners, or any sub-group of athletes you deem necessary - Post videos, news, events, photos, and results to your customized team page - Featuring push notifications so that athletes see your messages - Invite athletes on your roster to connect with your team using the app and create their own accounts - Secure and private; you decide who receives your content Athletes: - Post videos, news, events, photos, workouts and results to your customized profile - Enter into and submit your results for virtual meets and challenges - Start private conversations with your teammates and coaches to discuss results, upcoming races, technique, and workouts - Follow your favorite athletes, teammates and teams Parents and fans can also use the app to follow their favorite team's and athlete's news and updates, and can communicate with coaches regarding upcoming team events. Athletic+ https://www.athletic.net/features/athletes Terms of Service: https://www.athletic.net/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://www.athletic.net/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MaxPreps at 4.8 against Athletic.APP's 3.7. MaxPreps also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (163K vs 271). Athletic.APP's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and update cadence 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. Athletic.APP sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. MaxPreps asks for nothing beyond the download.
MaxPreps holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MaxPreps has 163K ratings behind it against 271, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of MaxPreps's written reviews are positive against 29% of Athletic.APP's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MaxPreps | Athletic.APP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (163K ratings) — better | 3.7 (271 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 39.6% of reviews — better | 29.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 163K — better | 271 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #30 — better | #110 |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | MaxPreps Inc. | Deker Net LLC |
Customer experience
MaxPreps
Athletic.APP
User reviews
MaxPreps
From 163K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly
- 🚀 Provides up-to-date scores and stats
- 💡 Allows following favorite teams
- 🚀 Notifications for game results
- 👍 Easy to track player and team performance
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent score reporting and updates
- 🔍 Navigation can be cumbersome
- 🔍 Difficulty finding certain team/player information
- 🔍 Cluttered UI with too many ads
- 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
Athletic.APP
From 271 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⏱️ Fast results notification
- 📊 Useful for tracking times/scores
- 🏅 Great for personal bests (PRs)
- 👍 Easy to navigate interface
- 💬 Smooth communication features
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constant glitches and freezes
- ❌ Cannot log in frequently
- 🚫 App won't open or load
- 📉 Lacks website functionality (rankings, data)
- 📱 Redirects to website often
Bugs and requests
MaxPreps
Reported bugs
4 issues- Scoring functionality not working properly
- Incorrect game information and rankings
- Compatibility issues with iOS 16
- Difficulty reporting and correcting errors
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to follow entire schools, not just individual sports
- More frequent score and stat updates
- Customizable notification settings
- Improved search and navigation
- Paid version to remove ads
Athletic.APP
Reported bugs
17 issues- Cannot log in, stuck in a loop
- App constantly signs users out
- Screen freezes
- App does not allow upgrades
- App stays on loading/start screen
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- App won't open
- Login issues after updates
- Automatically logs out after login
- App doesn't load or display content
- Account reset or linked incorrectly (Facebook login)
- Birthdate selectors are hidden behind the notch on iPhone 13
- App won't record runs or parts of runs
- App gets stuck saving runs
- Logged into another user's account via Apple login
- Updates from events take too long to post
- Virtual meet video posts showing wrong videos
- App gives someone else's profile when logging in
Requested features
12 requests- Include national and state rankings in the app
- Allow viewing rankings on the app
- Add live streaming and results support
- Enable push notifications for team posts and comments
- Allow viewing other users' times on the feed
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- Make app functionality match the website
- Add dark mode option
- Support Apple Watch notifications for meets
- Allow coaches to register athletes for meets
- Display meet details on the team page
- Show more data on the app like the website
- Allow users to see other people's times on their feed
In-app purchases
MaxPreps
No in-app purchases
Athletic.APP
- Athletic+ Monthly$9.991 Month
- AthleticTV Yearly$49.991 Year
- Athletic+ Yearly$95.001 Year
