Varsity Network

The layout of the app is clean, straightforward, and accessible. I’ve never ran into an issue of a stream listed but not working. There are, unfortunately, a lot of universities whose games you simply cannot listen to but if you don’t have access to ESPN plus or on the go you can access most of the big games and you can do it for free which is always a bonus. The main issue with the app is that even when you’re not using it it’s an absolute battery drain. With this app streaming a game a brand new iPhone should not go from 100% battery to 30% battery in the course of three hours is the only thing on the phone is a stream from this app playing in the background while the phone is locked. Even when the app is not in use and closed it still drain the battery so when I know I’m not going to be using it for an extended period of time I simply have to uninstall it. There’s no reason why an app, that otherwise works phenomenally, that only offers radio streams for college games should take so much battery. Something is clearly not working right on the back end.

Trying to listen to ISU vs Tennessee in NCAA tournament. Tennessee feed is available, ISU stream hangs.

Awful UI makes it difficult to find anything and search is incredibly slow. Worse, the actual audio streaming is incredibly unstable. It’s baffling that an enterprise whose primary asset is audio content does not invest in decent technology.