Breakaway

A brand new iOS app for NHL hockey. Developed by @brett_0

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Looking for a new app for NHL scores, news, and stats?

Check out Breakaway for iOS, available in beta on TestFlight: https://t.co/4fCUbeFkbq

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It doesn’t, which was why we clarified with Apple. Here’s their response:

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@MaxyJprime We contacted the developer of a similar app and they said they pay for a stats service which gives them rights to the logos.

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The underlying issue is that we don’t technically have permission to use the logos, they’re property of the NHL/some entity. It’s either not possible to get rights to them or very costly.

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So, uhh… thoughts on how Breakaway looks *without* team logos, since Apple won’t allow them?

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@MaxyJprime @connorbetts_ Yup, we pointed that out and they said on occasion there are apps on the App Store that may appear to not be in compliance and that it takes time to identify them, but that isn’t a reason for our app to be out of compliance.

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It’s looking like we’ll be releasing updates to Breakaway exclusively via TestFlight for the foreseeable future since Apple is rejecting us for using 3rd-party logos.

Having said that, 1.0.1 is out now (which we had intended to release a couple weeks ago):

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@dw0rd4 I’m guessing it’s either way. They basically said we need to provide documentation that proves we have the rights to display the images 🤷‍♂️

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Welp.

We've been trying to get 1.0.1 out with some bug fixes but Apple doesn't seem to like that we're using NHL logos, even though 1.0 somehow got approved 🙃

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Looks like a fix was done server-side by the NHL, but we’ll still handle this properly in a future update.

Everything appears to be good – for now!

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Things seem to be mostly back up and running now, aside from some game previews not loading, which might require a fix from us.

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Heads up that the NHL's API appears to be struggling today, so naturally Breakaway will suffer a bit.
You may see some slowness, missing data, and failures around player profiles, team pages, standings, and more.

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Heads up that the NHL's API appears to be struggling today, so naturally Breakaway will suffer a bit.
You may see some slowness, missing data, and failures around player profiles, team pages, standings, and more.

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Looks like the NHL’s standings are down… and that means they’re down in Breakaway too.

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@stroughtonsmith Breakaway has finally launched on the App Store! Come get it if you're a hockey fan! https://t.co/waR2MW6i5m

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Looking for a new app for NHL scores, news, and stats?

Check out Breakaway for iOS, now available on the App Store: https://t.co/6oBPW02Y9d

[Breakaway @Breakaway_App]

Looking for a new app for NHL scores, news, and stats?

Check out Breakaway for iOS, now available on the App Store: https://t.co/6oBPW02Y9d

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Breakaway is live on the App Store Check us out! https://t.co/6oBPW02Y9d

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One change that was made since the last beta is the app will refresh automatically when you reopen it from the background, so you won’t see as much stale data.

We plan to keep improving this mechanism so things are up to date as often as possible.

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Breakaway has been submitted to the App Store and is currently under review!

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Not much new in the release build compared to the final beta (we're busy people with lives!), but rest assured we haven't forgotten about Breakaway and will continue adding features and fixing bugs.

We've gotten some good feedback from TestFlight users & would love to hear more!

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Beta 6 is now available through TestFlight! A few additions to Stats and some tweaks and crash fixes: