As you may know, we have a free Trade Rumors app for both iOS and Android. The app allows you to set up custom feeds and notifications for any combination of sports, teams, and players across MLB Trade Rumors, Hoops Rumors, Pro Football Rumors, and Pro Hockey Rumors.
Just to be clear, the app is something you download from Apple or Google’s app store and it puts an icon on your phone, similar to how you might have the Uber or Instagram apps on your phone. But we also have a good mobile website, for the many people who simply type mlbtraderumors.com into their phone’s browser (such as Safari). The mobile website is easier for our developers to update, which is why it has steadily progressed over the last ten years.
Anyway, back to the apps. A few months ago, notifications somehow broke on the Android app. Today, we put out an update that fixes that. If you’re an Android app user, please download that update from the Google Play store. I want to give a shoutout to Dan B. and the many other Android power users who have written in about this issue and responded to my emails to verify notifications are now working!
Aside from the notifications, the app allows for easy scrolling and swiping between articles. You can create a multi-sport experience tailored to your specific interests, or you can limit your app entirely to one sport by removing the others.
Seeing as how we initially released this app a decade ago, it’s time for a revamp. A lot of that has to do with the coding and is beyond my understanding. We’ll also spruce up the graphics and make other improvements.
Our developers are in the process of putting together a quote for this project, and all I can say for a projected timeline is that we expect it to be finished in 2025.
It’s been ten years since we came up with the basics of this app. If you’ve used it and have ideas that you’d like to see implemented, they’re welcome in the comments!
