Video streams buffer up quick and play without extended stutters. One noticeable change is that, while playing video, on-screen iPad graphics—instead of completely disappearing—revert to a translucent overlay when you bring up playback controls. It’s a small consideration, but one that may prove useful at times, especially when you want to stick with the game you’re watching.

Whether you run it on the iPhone or iPad, is a joy to use. This season, the iPhone version also moves closer to its superior iPad counterpart by adding in a floating linescore at the top of video streams, so you can get a sense of what’s occurring elsewhere in MLB. However, switching video feeds on the iPhone still enables a clunky menu that envelops nearly the entire screen when activated.

Like its iOS brethren, a one-time app purchase gets you audio streaming on any compatible Android phone or tablet. For unlimited video, you have to be a MLB.TV Premium subscriber, and be sure to download the free for Android and then log in with your MLB.com account. Only Android users who haven’t subscribed to MLB.TV Premium should download the , which will also get you one free, pre-selected game a day.