I am so frustrated... paid $150 for full subscription. The advertisements SAY you can watch all Blackout games but that's not true! it's not even May yet and it seems at least once a week Apple TV or victory TV or some other sports station has paid money to get exclusive rights to the Rangers games. It's not right. if I pay that much, I should be able to watch all the games. STOP advertising that you can watch all the games, even blackout games.
Reviews for MLB
I have to uninstall then reinstall the app on my phone every time I want to watch a game, otherwise I get an error message saying streams can't load. Horrible. Also, MLB clearly manipulated this app's rating because it was at 2 stars a few weeks ago, and problems have clearly continued to persist. Not to mention customer support is clearly just AI, and if you do manage to luck into a real person, they go out of there way to not be helpful.
It's nearly impossible to look up stats. There's no info on delays other than saying the game's delayed. And the radio prices are outlandish. Gameday is OK for checking scores but you have to click through to the box score to see who scored when and how (unless you want to scroll for a looong time). Alas, for info, just about any sports site is better than this app.
Works great... when it works anyway. There are still some "out of market" games that won't play... and the price keeps jumping up every year. it's at $50 now... and I don't see an audio only option anymore, which is what I used to prefer anyway. This is def not worth the price at this point anymore.
Update for 25.16.0.57. Dropping to 1 star. More final scores spoiled. Was just in the bottom of the 6th and the box score on the bottom of the screen gave me the FINAL. Absolutely SHODDY from a subscription that costs so very, very much money. You'll take your single star and THANK me for the blessing, MLB. It's only because 0 stars isn't an option. Shame on you.
I'd think that for the amount of money that I pay for an MLB TV subscription, I could tune into a game when I want to, but it's so incredibly buggy. I tune into the live stream but immediately get kicked out. Happening once is one thing, but it's been like this for several months now. (This review is mainly for MLB TV, not so much the rest of the app)
Fine for viewing stats and standings, but I mostly listen to game audio when I can't listen live and the experience is very poor. The Audio selection screen is a huge spoiler because it lists the number of innings for extra inning games (like "F/11"), instead of just listing "Final" like the other games. Please fix that! Also the in-app audio player frequently closes itself if you switch out of the app or pause, so you have to try to figure out where you were. Super annoying. Devs, please fix!
Allowing me to hide the score does not help when the highlight videos show what happened as you open the app. I should be able to set what I want shown on my home screen. Every time this app is updated, there are more steps to get to the game feed. And more opportunities to see what's happening. Same issues. However, now, multiple games are cut short on archived games!
The quality depends on what platform you watch it on. I have no issues watching a game from my Samsung phone, but God forbid I try to watch a game on the MLB at Bat App on Roku. Every time three game goes to commercials, there's a "network error" or the black screen with spinning ball that doesn't go away. I've reset everything, wifi is fine, roku apps are up to date. it only happens when the game pauses and goes to commercial. very frustrating. happens at least 18 times per game.
I typically watch 4-6 games a week. Pros - I love being able to watch or listen to several games a week from across the league. As I don't have a "home" team, I follow players more than teams. In general I love baseball! Cons - 2 things have me questioning my membership. 1) Paying for a full membership and yet having games broadcast on Apple TV exclusive is a slap in the face to members. 2) Not having a home team yet still not being able to watch games due to local blackout restrictions.