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Watch thousands of live events and shows from the ESPN networks plus get scores, on-demand news, highlights, and expert analysis. Subscribe to the ESPN+ streaming service for live sports, exclusive originals, premium articles, fantasy tools, and more.
Watch on ESPN:
• NFL (Monday Night Football) • NBA • MLB • College Sports (football, basketball, baseball, softball, and more) • Golf (The Masters) • Soccer (UEFA Euro and MLS) • Tennis (Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open) • eSports • ESPN Shows (SportsCenter, PTI, First Take, Sportsnation, NBA: The Jump, and more) •
ESPN+ Subscribers:
Stream exclusive live sports and ESPN+ Originals without cable--all in HD.
Sign up for ESPN+ and get access to the streaming service that delivers live sports from the best leagues in the world plus premium articles and fantasy tools. Get live events from the UFC, MLS, NHL, international soccer, college sports, and more. Enjoy the complete 30 for 30 library and exclusive ESPN+ Original shows from the biggest names in sports including Peyton Manning, Dana White, Kevin Durant, Alex Morgan, and more all inside the ESPN app.
Highlights and scores from what you care about. From news about your favorite sports or team playing right now, the home tab has you covered. Fast access to scores for your favorite teams and leagues and the top games of the day in the scores tab. Also, subscribe to your favorite ESPN Podcasts or listen live to ESPN Radio.
ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, SECN, and more are all available to stream live in the ESPN App. Access to live video is determined by your TV provider and package and, in some instances, your Internet service provider.
Due to contractual limitations with certain content, especially play-by-play broadcasts, there are times when the schedule that's on-air won't match the schedule that's online. If you have specific schedule questions, please contact the station directly by visiting their website.
ESPN+ Subscription Terms
-Access ESPN+ for $5.99 monthly, or $49.99 annually. You will automatically be billed for the full amount of your subscription every 30 days if you purchase a monthly subscription, or every 365 days if you purchase an annual subscription.
-Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase, unless you are offered and are eligible for a free trial. If you receive a free trial, you will be charged when your free trial period ends. Your account will be automatically charged for renewal, at the above purchase price, within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. If you cancel prior to such 24 hour period, you will not be charged for the following applicable subscription period.
-Your subscription may be managed, and you can turn off auto-renewal, by going to your iTunes account settings after purchase.
-No refunds for the current subscription period are granted. Cancellations of the current subscription take effect at the conclusion of the current subscription period.
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ESPN+ Subscriber Agreement - https://es.pn/plus-terms
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Please note: This app features Nielsen's proprietary measurement software which will allow you to contribute to market research, like Nielsen's TV Ratings. Please see www.nielsen.com/digitalprivacy for more information. You may also visit Settings in the app to opt out of Nielsen measurement.
Watch on ESPN:
• NFL (Monday Night Football) • NBA • MLB • College Sports (football, basketball, baseball, softball, and more) • Golf (The Masters) • Soccer (UEFA Euro and MLS) • Tennis (Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open) • eSports • ESPN Shows (SportsCenter, PTI, First Take, Sportsnation, NBA: The Jump, and more) •
ESPN+ Subscribers:
Stream exclusive live sports and ESPN+ Originals without cable--all in HD.
Sign up for ESPN+ and get access to the streaming service that delivers live sports from the best leagues in the world plus premium articles and fantasy tools. Get live events from the UFC, MLS, NHL, international soccer, college sports, and more. Enjoy the complete 30 for 30 library and exclusive ESPN+ Original shows from the biggest names in sports including Peyton Manning, Dana White, Kevin Durant, Alex Morgan, and more all inside the ESPN app.
Highlights and scores from what you care about. From news about your favorite sports or team playing right now, the home tab has you covered. Fast access to scores for your favorite teams and leagues and the top games of the day in the scores tab. Also, subscribe to your favorite ESPN Podcasts or listen live to ESPN Radio.
ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, SECN, and more are all available to stream live in the ESPN App. Access to live video is determined by your TV provider and package and, in some instances, your Internet service provider.
Due to contractual limitations with certain content, especially play-by-play broadcasts, there are times when the schedule that's on-air won't match the schedule that's online. If you have specific schedule questions, please contact the station directly by visiting their website.
ESPN+ Subscription Terms
-Access ESPN+ for $5.99 monthly, or $49.99 annually. You will automatically be billed for the full amount of your subscription every 30 days if you purchase a monthly subscription, or every 365 days if you purchase an annual subscription.
-Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase, unless you are offered and are eligible for a free trial. If you receive a free trial, you will be charged when your free trial period ends. Your account will be automatically charged for renewal, at the above purchase price, within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. If you cancel prior to such 24 hour period, you will not be charged for the following applicable subscription period.
-Your subscription may be managed, and you can turn off auto-renewal, by going to your iTunes account settings after purchase.
-No refunds for the current subscription period are granted. Cancellations of the current subscription take effect at the conclusion of the current subscription period.
Terms of Use - https://disneytermsofuse.com/
Privacy Policy - http://www.disneyprivacycenter.com
ESPN+ Subscriber Agreement - https://es.pn/plus-terms
Your California Privacy Rights - https://privacy.thewaltdisneycompany.com/en/current-privacy-policy/your-california-privacy-rights/
Do Not Sell My Information - https://privacy.thewaltdisneycompany.com/en/dnsmi
Before you download this app, please consider that it includes advertising, some of which may be targeted to your interests. You may choose to control targeted advertising within mobile applications by using your mobile device settings (for example, by re-setting your device's advertising identifier and/or opting out of interest based ads).
Please note: This app features Nielsen's proprietary measurement software which will allow you to contribute to market research, like Nielsen's TV Ratings. Please see www.nielsen.com/digitalprivacy for more information. You may also visit Settings in the app to opt out of Nielsen measurement.
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Oct 19, 2020 Great after streaming from 3 separate phones. The first two phones had amazing experiences, especially compared to competitors. The updates, with the espn sportcenter ringtone, unmatched and very personal. The live streaming was an extremely satisfying experience. It felt as though the games were being playing right in my living space. Very personal level, and clear. There were some buffering, but gets better w time. 5 stars!!!!more -
Slow and disappointing
Aug 8, 2018 So far, this app has been great, but there are a few things that make me rate less than a 5 or 4. I primarily use this app for baseball, as football season hasn't started. I just installed this app it to see if it was better that other baseball viewing apps I own. So far, the interface is great and well designed, but the app is SLOW! It takes a long time to start up, and it has a hard time with simple actions in general such as clicking on the details or score of a game. So far, I have had no problem with the live TV viewing aspect of it, but it should be noted that I haven't used it much as I am at home with my TV. The main thing that annoys me the most is that when I click on a player up at bat in the app, it brings me to a glitched version of the app’s website. You are unable to scroll, and have to use a drop down menu to continue on to the stats. Then when you finally get the stats, there is barely anything! In other apps, I can click on the player an instantly get an in-app page of TONS of stats, just like it should be! ESPN, fix this please!more -
Unwanted alerts
Nov 10, 2018 This is everything I want in my sports app. I honestly love it. There is one exception. I don’t know if it’s from app updates or what exactly, but the app continually turns on “Breaking News” alerts. I go to the app settings and turn them off, then sure enough a day or two later they’re turned back on. I take my alerts and notifications on my phone seriously and and very deliberate about what I’ll allow to grab my attention. I like getting updates on my teams, but I absolutely do not want breaking news from espn. Most of it is completely irrelevant to me. It’s causing me to consider turning off notifications from the app altogether and going elsewhere for the updates I want. Please, please stop turning on breaking news alerts!more -
Oct 11, 2020 Might give it a better score if you could block some sports news and articles. Takes your preferences into account but also pushes sports I have zero interest in. Basketball for example, or college american football, I'm sure they have loads of fans in the US but I am on this side of the pond, and not one of them, so would prefer not seeing news about players and teams I dont know and couldnt care less about.more -
Oct 25, 2020 All in all, it's a decent service for the price. I have one complaint: I cannot remove a team once I've made them a favorite. This is a small issue, but frankly it's rather annoying. I looked up troubleshooting on Google and found that this has been an issue since at least 2018.more
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Oct 10, 2020 Update: October 9. Still buffering for pretty much everything. I just download stuff over night and watch offline. Recently, sound is not synchronized with video. Really hard to believe how bad this app is. Original post: Even with measured 200-300mb download speed, the app buffers repeatedly. I don't know if it is a server side issue or the app itself. However, I can only rate my app experience as average, at best. And, compared to services like Netflix, it is far below average.more -
Half great, half brutal
Jul 11, 2020 The streaming availability is fantastic. The amount of sports and games that this app has made available is just amazing. The streaming itself is okay. The quality of the games that are only streamed is very obviously and significantly worse than watching tv, which can be annoying. The camera work is far worse, the announcers are worse, there are fewer and worse graphics. The biggest problem with the app itself is the functionality and ease of use. It’s god awful. If you aren’t looking for the exact sport ESPN is trying to shove down your throat at that particular moment, it can take forever to find it. I’ve had the app for about a year and a half and I still have no idea how to find scores I’m looking for. If I just want to see scores and I’m not looking for NBA, NFL, or MLB scores, i have to constantly search through multiple menus and links to finally find what I’m looking for. And the whole time I see the same streams and leagues that ESPN just assumes I want to see. There is no customization and no recognization by the developers that people may want to see scores from leagues that aren’t the top leagues. And for what it’s worth, I do look up scores from the top 4 US sports daily, as well as many top soccer leagues and tennis tournaments. However, because this app is so difficult to use, I always use Yahoo, the MLB app, or flash score to find those scores instead of this one.more -
Oct 11, 2020 I have a paid subscription for the Disney plus package which includes Hulu and ESPN plus. Every time I try to watch live TV, it asks for a service provider which I do not have. If I use the app on my phone, computer or Roku on my tv its always the same. Its better to just pay for a service provider instead of dealing with this. Save your money and time. One star is too many when you have spent money and can't get what you paid for.more -
Poor App, difficult to connect/watch
Jan 4, 2020 I honestly have difficulty deciding which is worse, the ESPN app or the website, as far as being able to view live games. Typically, I have to log in and out 5-10 times and independently log in to my cable provider 5-10 times each time I want to stream live games or replays. It’s quite amazing how many times you can be told that your cable subscription does not cover the live stream only to find out, on the 10th attempt, that it does. Considering it’s listed as one of the supported cable subscriptions, I’m guessing the 10th time is accurate. I have considered the possibility that it’s related to my cable provider, but since I experience the same issues with my ESPN+ subscription without going through my cable provider, I’m guessing it’s not. Of note, ESPN+ won’t be renewed. I remember watching ESPN when I was young and have continued to do so as I approach middle age, but the difficulty in accessing programming with more modern technology is quite frustrating and makes me want to find another avenue to watch my football, baseball, etc. Disney, if you’re reading this, you could really help improve the quality by fixing some of these issues before a mass exodus of subscribers who watch on mobile devices or their computers.more -
Oct 23, 2020 Espn radio is the best place to go to listen to commercials. Don't worry they know they are espn and you will listen to them no matter what so they won't bog you down with all that annoying sports talk. On the app you only have to watch a 22 second highlight to 30 seconds or more of an ad. Amazing marketing. I just can't say enough about how much value they put into their sponsors. Thank you ESPN for being the best shopping experience out there!!!more
- Put on your headphones & get right into live national and regional radio game broadcasts & over 100 podcasts
- Get live video streams of all your favorite games from NFL, College Football, Basketball, Baseball, Soccer & on-demand news and highlights
- Why follow only your favorite team? Quickly find out everything you need to know about the opponent for a detailed game overview
Reviewed by Laura S on December 27, 2017
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Oct 19, 2020 Great after streaming from 3 separate phones. The first two phones had amazing experiences, especially compared to competitors. The updates, with the espn sportcenter ringtone, unmatched and very personal. The live streaming was an extremely satisfying experience. It felt as though the games were being playing right in my living space. Very personal level, and clear. There were some buffering, but gets better w time. 5 stars!!!!more -
UFC Content...
Jun 18, 2019 Update: Yay!!! Y’all fixed it, Tysm Devs, if you’re going to change how the content is displayed you should put that in the update notes, not just say that you’ve added an In-App ppv feature & nothing else but bug squashing... I can’t find any of the Greatest (KO’s, Submissions, Rivalries, etc...) videos (if they’re even on there anymore) w/how y’all have changed the landscape, there is no longer a “See All” tappable button to the right of the group heading so you can browse content, you just have to scroll from the right & read each individual title that way until it eventually ends & it seams like they’re not even in there...& as for the group headings that can be scrolled all there is now is Upcoming, Related & On-Demand, but again, no tappable “See All” button to browse anything else that was just there a few weeks ago.?more -
Always Comprehensive & Looking to Improve
Jun 13, 2018 My previous review mentioned that Chromecast support seemed broken, and I tried just about everything I could to troubleshoot the issue (lots of "Not Authorized" errors, despite everything working fine on-device). Since then, I hadn't tried it again, but it appears to be working fine now. That being said, ESPN didn't need to redesign their app, but they did and it's always an attempt to make finding content more user-friendly. I like the changes, and while I may not have ESPN+ all the time, it's nice to see what I could be getting (certain times of year it will come in handy). I've tried other sports apps, and outside of MLB At Bat, ESPN's alerts give the most information.more -
Truly the best sports app
Dec 16, 2019 News is great. Being able to fellow all my favorite teams in one app is the greatest. Game cast tracks the game well on time. It may take 48 hours to watch the last game my team may have played but that’s fine either way. On the Apple Watch I’ll say it’s great to have just my teams and GameTime & even there next game. Not having to scroll through other teams is a time saver. I do wish team standings was on there that’s what I like about the mlb app. So if you want a all in one sports app definitely this is your your only choice. Those with buffering problems all I do is make sure my WiFi is good. Since I do no problems. Also I wish it would give game details in the watch like how the mlb & nhl apps do.more -
Came for the UFC
Jan 20, 2019 Tuned in last night for all the early prelims and all main card fights on the UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs Dillashaw, experienced absolutely no issues with the streaming. I had watched early prelims on both my phone and laptop, and switched to my television using chrome cast, so in my experience the streams were handled well on multiple platforms. This adds up to 4.5 hours of stream time which means it was able to run for a good amount of time as well. The membership is affordable as well at only $5/month. I have heard from other people they had issues with their streams so your experience may vary, but since I had experienced no problems I give the app and the membership 5 starsmore
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Unwanted alerts
Nov 10, 2018 This is everything I want in my sports app. I honestly love it. There is one exception. I don’t know if it’s from app updates or what exactly, but the app continually turns on “Breaking News” alerts. I go to the app settings and turn them off, then sure enough a day or two later they’re turned back on. I take my alerts and notifications on my phone seriously and and very deliberate about what I’ll allow to grab my attention. I like getting updates on my teams, but I absolutely do not want breaking news from espn. Most of it is completely irrelevant to me. It’s causing me to consider turning off notifications from the app altogether and going elsewhere for the updates I want. Please, please stop turning on breaking news alerts!more -
BAMA FEVER
Apr 1, 2019 This is one of my most used apps. I wish that when I get a notification and click on it to open that notification that it will actually play that particular thread smoother. Other than that I love it. Update: the app has gotten slow...really slow. And glitchy. It takes almost a minute sometimes longer for it to open from a notification. Watching a game is null and void now unless I want to watch it in Spanish lol 🤦🏾♂️. Every time it says that I can’t watch it and to call my service provider. I call AT&T and they said that everything checks out on their end. Please fix this?? Baseball season is already here and football season will be coming next and I’d like to be able to watch the games like I used to be able to.more -
I love ESPN but...4 sarcastic stars
May 2, 2019 ESPN the network and the app are great. The app is everything I could ever ask for. The only problem I have is how Steven A Smith has a job there. First because of his remarks against women and then his flip flopping of opinions. He legitimately has no idea what’s going on but runs his mouth then apologizes later that he got it wrong. If this is all it takes to be a ESPN analyst and make 10 million a year then sign me up. I can say .ex:“ the Celtics are out of this series( cause Gianiss had a good game and tied the series.) and there is no coming back. If that’s all it takes is to pick a side then another and offer no insight then really my 6 yo could put Steven A out of s job. Congratulations ESPN on throwing money at a horrible analyst and sexist.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 sarcastic starsmore -
Decent app, crashing issues
Oct 7, 2018 At the time of this review, the app is having major crashing problems. It won’t stay open for more than a few seconds. I didn’t update it, and I’m on the same WiFi I always am, so no idea what’s going on. I’d submit feedback about it, but- you can probably figure out why I’m here instead. When it’s working, the only complaint I have is that you can’t add/remove sports or leagues from the main feed. I literally could not care any less about baseball, but during the playoffs that takes up a lot of the feed. Otherwise it’s solid. Probably the best thing about the app is the 3 minute SVP app segment they upload every morning. Blurbs about the biggest highlights in a more casual format. Great addition.more
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Slow and disappointing
Aug 8, 2018 So far, this app has been great, but there are a few things that make me rate less than a 5 or 4. I primarily use this app for baseball, as football season hasn't started. I just installed this app it to see if it was better that other baseball viewing apps I own. So far, the interface is great and well designed, but the app is SLOW! It takes a long time to start up, and it has a hard time with simple actions in general such as clicking on the details or score of a game. So far, I have had no problem with the live TV viewing aspect of it, but it should be noted that I haven't used it much as I am at home with my TV. The main thing that annoys me the most is that when I click on a player up at bat in the app, it brings me to a glitched version of the app’s website. You are unable to scroll, and have to use a drop down menu to continue on to the stats. Then when you finally get the stats, there is barely anything! In other apps, I can click on the player an instantly get an in-app page of TONS of stats, just like it should be! ESPN, fix this please!more -
Oct 11, 2020 Might give it a better score if you could block some sports news and articles. Takes your preferences into account but also pushes sports I have zero interest in. Basketball for example, or college american football, I'm sure they have loads of fans in the US but I am on this side of the pond, and not one of them, so would prefer not seeing news about players and teams I dont know and couldnt care less about.more -
Oct 25, 2020 All in all, it's a decent service for the price. I have one complaint: I cannot remove a team once I've made them a favorite. This is a small issue, but frankly it's rather annoying. I looked up troubleshooting on Google and found that this has been an issue since at least 2018.more -
Doesn’t really support personalization
Aug 9, 2020 I’ve been using it for many years but it refuses to care about my interests, which through my interactions should be very obvious. They always push their own preferred content to the top. For example, I understand there is a PGA championship going on but I NEVER, ever once clicked on a golf story, but that’s what they’re pushing to the top these days. I’m the kind of fan that follow teams, not individual players, but this app is constantly showing a section to recommend I follow individuals, and the “Recommended for You” choices are a million miles away from anything I show interest in - nobody from the teams or sports I follow, rather just the players in pop culture or who have big contracts. Well, what about the teams I do follow, can I just get a quick glance at what they’re doing? Not really, I have to navigate around and scroll until I can finally find the content I really care about. There’s no attempt to really learn my preferences and show what I want. There isn’t even an option to pay for personalized content or to remove ads. This ESPN app really appears to be about promoting content, advertisements and agendas and we sports fans just have to deal with it. Having said this, once you get to the content you want, there really isn’t a better sports app out there - again that’s why I deal with all the other baggage that comes with it. Oh, and it can be pretty laggy with scores and updates.more -
Content is great...if you can see it
Aug 19, 2020 The amount of choice you have in regards to content makes it a great app. However, I find the video player to be less than desirable...making this an average ho-hum sports app. I try to use the app while I’m at the gym-particularly when doing cardio. I log on to the live version of “PTI” and 30-40% of the time I get error messages. Last night was a “re-authentication error”. So I went to settings and signed out of my cable provider and signed back in. Then I received another type of error...so I rebooted my iPhone X to see if that fixed the problem. It didn’t. So I quit the app and listened to music instead. This happens more than it should from a company owned by Disney. These guys know their tech...but can’t seem to get their player right. So, would I recommend this app? Yes, with the understanding and appreciation that you might not be able to see the content you want.more
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Half great, half brutal
Jul 11, 2020 The streaming availability is fantastic. The amount of sports and games that this app has made available is just amazing. The streaming itself is okay. The quality of the games that are only streamed is very obviously and significantly worse than watching tv, which can be annoying. The camera work is far worse, the announcers are worse, there are fewer and worse graphics. The biggest problem with the app itself is the functionality and ease of use. It’s god awful. If you aren’t looking for the exact sport ESPN is trying to shove down your throat at that particular moment, it can take forever to find it. I’ve had the app for about a year and a half and I still have no idea how to find scores I’m looking for. If I just want to see scores and I’m not looking for NBA, NFL, or MLB scores, i have to constantly search through multiple menus and links to finally find what I’m looking for. And the whole time I see the same streams and leagues that ESPN just assumes I want to see. There is no customization and no recognization by the developers that people may want to see scores from leagues that aren’t the top leagues. And for what it’s worth, I do look up scores from the top 4 US sports daily, as well as many top soccer leagues and tennis tournaments. However, because this app is so difficult to use, I always use Yahoo, the MLB app, or flash score to find those scores instead of this one.more -
How?
Apr 28, 2020 I honestly have no idea how a company with as much money as this has such an awful app. It’s slow, bordering on unresponsive sometimes. My phone is flaming hot after a few minutes of use on the app, although that could just be my phone and not the app. I get a lot of alerts on from ESPN, but when I click on them, it’s about a 50/50 shot of whether or not I get to see what I clicked. Ads freeze all the time, keeping me from getting to a video I click on. Videos also typically start at about 4 pixels on the screen and get marginally better as the video goes on, no matter if I’m connected to my very good WiFi or my cellular data. The amount of content is also a little subpar. When you look at an app like Bleacher Report that produces an insane amount of well-done and free content on an app that actually works, the paywall of ESPN+ is just silly. Streaming from the app is also nearly impossible for me. But the website is just as bad. The content that I actually get to see is usually pretty good stuff, making it a two star rating instead of a one star. Considering the money ESPN and Disney have, they should be embarrassed about the quality of their app and their website.more -
Oct 27, 2020 ESPN used to be great. Every "top headline" that i try to look at refers me to random stories from one of my favorite teams. Along with the top headline issue, half the articles that pop up have to do with espn+. So even if you pay the extra $5 a month you can't read the articles! Time to start learning bleacher report!more -
Oct 18, 2020 The app needs some work especially when casting . It cuts off randomly whenever it decides and you have to recast after closing the app. Not sure why it has this problem but I do not have a problem when using hulu (live events and tv shows), disney +, or youtube. Even at times when I'm just watching it on my phone (tried iphone and pixel) it will randomly just not show whatever I am trying to watch. I either have to close the app or restart phone.more -
Could be great, but won’t save your place!!
Dec 12, 2019 I recently subscribed because of the Disney bundle and there are a lot of things I really am liking about ESPN +. I love all the old programming like all the archived Indy 500 races and Mohamed Ali fights. I also really like all the ESPN original programming like Payton’s places and being able to access all of the 30 for 30 episodes. That for me is probably one of the best things about the subscription. My frustration comes because a lot of those shows are long and I don’t watch them in one sitting You would think that there would be a ‘continue watching’ feature like every other paid, streaming subscription but there isn’t. I contacted ESPN and was told to just “remember where you were.” That seems so silly and unnecessary. Please ESPN, add a ‘continue watching’ feature and I will be a 5 star happy customer. As it is right now I have to scroll back through programming, find the show I was watching, click on it, and try to remember where I was and start fast forwarding which is a huge pain if your like me and watch different shows depending on the mood you are in.more
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Oct 10, 2020 Update: October 9. Still buffering for pretty much everything. I just download stuff over night and watch offline. Recently, sound is not synchronized with video. Really hard to believe how bad this app is. Original post: Even with measured 200-300mb download speed, the app buffers repeatedly. I don't know if it is a server side issue or the app itself. However, I can only rate my app experience as average, at best. And, compared to services like Netflix, it is far below average.more -
Oct 11, 2020 I have a paid subscription for the Disney plus package which includes Hulu and ESPN plus. Every time I try to watch live TV, it asks for a service provider which I do not have. If I use the app on my phone, computer or Roku on my tv its always the same. Its better to just pay for a service provider instead of dealing with this. Save your money and time. One star is too many when you have spent money and can't get what you paid for.more -
Poor App, difficult to connect/watch
Jan 4, 2020 I honestly have difficulty deciding which is worse, the ESPN app or the website, as far as being able to view live games. Typically, I have to log in and out 5-10 times and independently log in to my cable provider 5-10 times each time I want to stream live games or replays. It’s quite amazing how many times you can be told that your cable subscription does not cover the live stream only to find out, on the 10th attempt, that it does. Considering it’s listed as one of the supported cable subscriptions, I’m guessing the 10th time is accurate. I have considered the possibility that it’s related to my cable provider, but since I experience the same issues with my ESPN+ subscription without going through my cable provider, I’m guessing it’s not. Of note, ESPN+ won’t be renewed. I remember watching ESPN when I was young and have continued to do so as I approach middle age, but the difficulty in accessing programming with more modern technology is quite frustrating and makes me want to find another avenue to watch my football, baseball, etc. Disney, if you’re reading this, you could really help improve the quality by fixing some of these issues before a mass exodus of subscribers who watch on mobile devices or their computers.more -
Oct 23, 2020 Espn radio is the best place to go to listen to commercials. Don't worry they know they are espn and you will listen to them no matter what so they won't bog you down with all that annoying sports talk. On the app you only have to watch a 22 second highlight to 30 seconds or more of an ad. Amazing marketing. I just can't say enough about how much value they put into their sponsors. Thank you ESPN for being the best shopping experience out there!!!more -
Oct 17, 2020 [EDIT] Still absolutely horrible. It will almost never play any live broadcast. I tried to contact ESPN but have heard nothing from them. Absolutely HORRIBLE. I installed the app on an Android TV. I registered the app using my DirecTV credentials. The app shows me a long horizontal list of LIVE programming. None of them works. I have not subscribed to ESPN+, but this is not the issue. NO PROGRAM will play. Sometimes, a context menu appears through which I can select a broadcast. But NONE of them play the broadcast. One out of 10 times the Live program will play. But 9 out of 10 times it won't. Even re-installing does not fix it. Simply horrible. UPDATE: It is STILL a horrible app. I was watching a game and all of a sudden it stopped and sent me back to the main menu. In order to get back to the game I had to log out, log in, and reboot my television. It's a horrible experience and I see no way tp contact ESPN support.more
What’s Groovy
I would say once you actually get the ESPN+ app installed it works pretty well on Roku and is easy to navigate with the remote......the big problem is it literally takes a PhD and engineering degree to get the app installed on a non QLED TV which many do not have esp if you’ve purchased a tv prior to 2017.....ESPN also failed to offer a heads up on this so if you have an older tv be prepared for a long set up process.....after about 8 hours and a trip to the store to purchase said Roku device we hunkered down to watch Connor v cowboy....sad to say 40 secs was a huge letdown but it looks like the UFC lineup In coming months looks promising....One other note....the sound was on a 10-15 sec delay which was annoying and unacceptable...I’m wondering if anyone else had this issue....I did appreciate the discounted price for the fight so overall some good and some bad points...work on that streaming being in sync and we’ll be back with another review after the next fight....GO NINERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Too many bugs. Many articles do not load completely and some just load the first few lines and then nothing but vertical lines. It's a mess! The loading issue was fixed, but now the article links take you to the wrong story. Streaming is ok, but it does drop out too much. Update: loading issues fixed but the links are always messed up. Clicking on a story takes you to a completely different story.
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Great after streaming from 3 separate phones. The first two phones had amazing experiences, especially compared to competitors. The updates, with the espn sportcenter ringtone, unmatched and very personal. The live streaming was an extremely satisfying experience. It felt as though the games were being playing right in my living space. Very personal level, and clear. There were some buffering, but gets better w time. 5 stars!!!!
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Slow and disappointing
So far, this app has been great, but there are a few things that make me rate less than a 5 or 4. I primarily use this app for baseball, as football season hasn't started. I just installed this app it to see if it was better that other baseball viewing apps I own. So far, the interface is great and well designed, but the app is SLOW! It takes a long time to start up, and it has a hard time with simple actions in general such as clicking on the details or score of a game. So far, I have had no problem with the live TV viewing aspect of it, but it should be noted that I haven't used it much as I am at home with my TV. The main thing that annoys me the most is that when I click on a player up at bat in the app, it brings me to a glitched version of the app’s website. You are unable to scroll, and have to use a drop down menu to continue on to the stats. Then when you finally get the stats, there is barely anything! In other apps, I can click on the player an instantly get an in-app page of TONS of stats, just like it should be! ESPN, fix this please! -
Unwanted alerts
This is everything I want in my sports app. I honestly love it. There is one exception. I don’t know if it’s from app updates or what exactly, but the app continually turns on “Breaking News” alerts. I go to the app settings and turn them off, then sure enough a day or two later they’re turned back on. I take my alerts and notifications on my phone seriously and and very deliberate about what I’ll allow to grab my attention. I like getting updates on my teams, but I absolutely do not want breaking news from espn. Most of it is completely irrelevant to me. It’s causing me to consider turning off notifications from the app altogether and going elsewhere for the updates I want. Please, please stop turning on breaking news alerts! -
Might give it a better score if you could block some sports news and articles. Takes your preferences into account but also pushes sports I have zero interest in. Basketball for example, or college american football, I'm sure they have loads of fans in the US but I am on this side of the pond, and not one of them, so would prefer not seeing news about players and teams I dont know and couldnt care less about.
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All in all, it's a decent service for the price. I have one complaint: I cannot remove a team once I've made them a favorite. This is a small issue, but frankly it's rather annoying. I looked up troubleshooting on Google and found that this has been an issue since at least 2018.
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Doesn’t really support personalization
I’ve been using it for many years but it refuses to care about my interests, which through my interactions should be very obvious. They always push their own preferred content to the top. For example, I understand there is a PGA championship going on but I NEVER, ever once clicked on a golf story, but that’s what they’re pushing to the top these days. I’m the kind of fan that follow teams, not individual players, but this app is constantly showing a section to recommend I follow individuals, and the “Recommended for You” choices are a million miles away from anything I show interest in - nobody from the teams or sports I follow, rather just the players in pop culture or who have big contracts. Well, what about the teams I do follow, can I just get a quick glance at what they’re doing? Not really, I have to navigate around and scroll until I can finally find the content I really care about. There’s no attempt to really learn my preferences and show what I want. There isn’t even an option to pay for personalized content or to remove ads. This ESPN app really appears to be about promoting content, advertisements and agendas and we sports fans just have to deal with it. Having said this, once you get to the content you want, there really isn’t a better sports app out there - again that’s why I deal with all the other baggage that comes with it. Oh, and it can be pretty laggy with scores and updates. -
UFC Content...
Update: Yay!!! Y’all fixed it, Tysm Devs, if you’re going to change how the content is displayed you should put that in the update notes, not just say that you’ve added an In-App ppv feature & nothing else but bug squashing... I can’t find any of the Greatest (KO’s, Submissions, Rivalries, etc...) videos (if they’re even on there anymore) w/how y’all have changed the landscape, there is no longer a “See All” tappable button to the right of the group heading so you can browse content, you just have to scroll from the right & read each individual title that way until it eventually ends & it seams like they’re not even in there...& as for the group headings that can be scrolled all there is now is Upcoming, Related & On-Demand, but again, no tappable “See All” button to browse anything else that was just there a few weeks ago.? -
Content is great...if you can see it
The amount of choice you have in regards to content makes it a great app. However, I find the video player to be less than desirable...making this an average ho-hum sports app. I try to use the app while I’m at the gym-particularly when doing cardio. I log on to the live version of “PTI” and 30-40% of the time I get error messages. Last night was a “re-authentication error”. So I went to settings and signed out of my cable provider and signed back in. Then I received another type of error...so I rebooted my iPhone X to see if that fixed the problem. It didn’t. So I quit the app and listened to music instead. This happens more than it should from a company owned by Disney. These guys know their tech...but can’t seem to get their player right. So, would I recommend this app? Yes, with the understanding and appreciation that you might not be able to see the content you want. -
Annoying ads, video at top
My primary usage of this app is for checking scores, getting a quick glance at schedules and stats, and occasional browsing of sports news articles. It is OK. The older version of this app was better. The “new” version has so many ads, including the annoying ones that magically encompass the entire screen when you’re about to tap on scores or an article and therefore force you to mistakenly link to some ad site, that it makes scrolling cumbersome. Also, who wants to see some random video at the top of the screen when logging in that has no context that you mistakenly tap because it is constantly at the top of the page (e.g., scores of the game the highlight is from, or a 30 second clip of an interview that has no additional context)? I don’t!!! It seems like the app intentionally leads you to mistakenly tap ad-related material. -
Apps needs to be cleaner
Two things. I like the app. It gives me updates I need with news and with games. However I wish ESPN+ was its own app (I purchased the subscription because of MLS, EFL) and having ESPN plus as its own (similarly to NBC Sports Gold helps eliminate non subscription content. This leads me into my thing; this is app is very messy to use. There’s no way to filter the content you want so you’re not seeing content you don’t want (I am only interested in soccer and don’t want to switch the UK version in the app because you can’t watch the games). In addition to a messy home screen, attempting to find the sports you’re interested in and their game is difficult and when you do find it those games aren’t listed (even thought that’s what ESPN+ advertise). I like the app, I truly do but I wish it was much cleaner than it is. Hopefully changes come soon.
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Bring back ESPN sports center
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Still the best sports app around!!!
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Excellent fonts + graphics! All the info you'd expect! Needs sort feature for Favorite Teams and players; NFL schedule should show weekly byes like that did last season.
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This app is the BEST MAN Try It Now!
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Automatic video streaming when I open a random hot button.
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Great after streaming from 3 separate phones. The first two phones had amazing experiences, especially compared to competitors. The updates, with the espn sportcenter ringtone, unmatched and very personal. The live streaming was an extremely satisfying experience. It felt as though the games were being playing right in my living space. Very personal level, and clear. There were some buffering, but gets better w time. 5 stars!!!!
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UFC Content...
Update: Yay!!! Y’all fixed it, Tysm Devs, if you’re going to change how the content is displayed you should put that in the update notes, not just say that you’ve added an In-App ppv feature & nothing else but bug squashing... I can’t find any of the Greatest (KO’s, Submissions, Rivalries, etc...) videos (if they’re even on there anymore) w/how y’all have changed the landscape, there is no longer a “See All” tappable button to the right of the group heading so you can browse content, you just have to scroll from the right & read each individual title that way until it eventually ends & it seams like they’re not even in there...& as for the group headings that can be scrolled all there is now is Upcoming, Related & On-Demand, but again, no tappable “See All” button to browse anything else that was just there a few weeks ago.? -
Always Comprehensive & Looking to Improve
My previous review mentioned that Chromecast support seemed broken, and I tried just about everything I could to troubleshoot the issue (lots of "Not Authorized" errors, despite everything working fine on-device). Since then, I hadn't tried it again, but it appears to be working fine now. That being said, ESPN didn't need to redesign their app, but they did and it's always an attempt to make finding content more user-friendly. I like the changes, and while I may not have ESPN+ all the time, it's nice to see what I could be getting (certain times of year it will come in handy). I've tried other sports apps, and outside of MLB At Bat, ESPN's alerts give the most information. -
Truly the best sports app
News is great. Being able to fellow all my favorite teams in one app is the greatest. Game cast tracks the game well on time. It may take 48 hours to watch the last game my team may have played but that’s fine either way. On the Apple Watch I’ll say it’s great to have just my teams and GameTime & even there next game. Not having to scroll through other teams is a time saver. I do wish team standings was on there that’s what I like about the mlb app. So if you want a all in one sports app definitely this is your your only choice. Those with buffering problems all I do is make sure my WiFi is good. Since I do no problems. Also I wish it would give game details in the watch like how the mlb & nhl apps do. -
Came for the UFC
Tuned in last night for all the early prelims and all main card fights on the UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs Dillashaw, experienced absolutely no issues with the streaming. I had watched early prelims on both my phone and laptop, and switched to my television using chrome cast, so in my experience the streams were handled well on multiple platforms. This adds up to 4.5 hours of stream time which means it was able to run for a good amount of time as well. The membership is affordable as well at only $5/month. I have heard from other people they had issues with their streams so your experience may vary, but since I had experienced no problems I give the app and the membership 5 stars -
Best Sports App Around
I think most of the complaints about this app are funny. I haven’t had a single problem with the ESPN App. My favorite teams and leagues are all in this app just like with Fox. They give you alerts based on what you want to see and it’s customizable and I muted news alerts to some leagues I pay less attention to and kept it on with the ones I do follow. I have to say ESPN+ is so worth it. I bought the subscription for more NHL, MLS and college hockey. I get that they have a lot of soccer/football (soccer is real football for the record) but it’s the world's most popular sport weather football and baseball fans like it or not. I’m happy with ESPN+ and glad I have it. Thanks ESPN -
Like the information given
Great information every day. The only problem is ESPN head annalist who for some reason had a problem with UCF football. I wonder what he would say if one of his daughters or sons or maybe grandkids would some day want to go to UCF college since they will have one of the best colleges in 2020 best medical colleges in the world. An they told them they don’t meet the grade to attend UCF. I wonder how he would feel. This college has done so much for college football An the Orlando area. He should not put them down. They are a outstanding college. Maybe he should go look st the college an just see what they are really like. Believe me he would have a different attitude.
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Unwanted alerts
This is everything I want in my sports app. I honestly love it. There is one exception. I don’t know if it’s from app updates or what exactly, but the app continually turns on “Breaking News” alerts. I go to the app settings and turn them off, then sure enough a day or two later they’re turned back on. I take my alerts and notifications on my phone seriously and and very deliberate about what I’ll allow to grab my attention. I like getting updates on my teams, but I absolutely do not want breaking news from espn. Most of it is completely irrelevant to me. It’s causing me to consider turning off notifications from the app altogether and going elsewhere for the updates I want. Please, please stop turning on breaking news alerts! -
BAMA FEVER
This is one of my most used apps. I wish that when I get a notification and click on it to open that notification that it will actually play that particular thread smoother. Other than that I love it. Update: the app has gotten slow...really slow. And glitchy. It takes almost a minute sometimes longer for it to open from a notification. Watching a game is null and void now unless I want to watch it in Spanish lol 🤦🏾♂️. Every time it says that I can’t watch it and to call my service provider. I call AT&T and they said that everything checks out on their end. Please fix this?? Baseball season is already here and football season will be coming next and I’d like to be able to watch the games like I used to be able to. -
I love ESPN but...4 sarcastic stars
ESPN the network and the app are great. The app is everything I could ever ask for. The only problem I have is how Steven A Smith has a job there. First because of his remarks against women and then his flip flopping of opinions. He legitimately has no idea what’s going on but runs his mouth then apologizes later that he got it wrong. If this is all it takes to be a ESPN analyst and make 10 million a year then sign me up. I can say .ex:“ the Celtics are out of this series( cause Gianiss had a good game and tied the series.) and there is no coming back. If that’s all it takes is to pick a side then another and offer no insight then really my 6 yo could put Steven A out of s job. Congratulations ESPN on throwing money at a horrible analyst and sexist.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 sarcastic stars -
Decent app, crashing issues
At the time of this review, the app is having major crashing problems. It won’t stay open for more than a few seconds. I didn’t update it, and I’m on the same WiFi I always am, so no idea what’s going on. I’d submit feedback about it, but- you can probably figure out why I’m here instead. When it’s working, the only complaint I have is that you can’t add/remove sports or leagues from the main feed. I literally could not care any less about baseball, but during the playoffs that takes up a lot of the feed. Otherwise it’s solid. Probably the best thing about the app is the 3 minute SVP app segment they upload every morning. Blurbs about the biggest highlights in a more casual format. Great addition.
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Slow and disappointing
So far, this app has been great, but there are a few things that make me rate less than a 5 or 4. I primarily use this app for baseball, as football season hasn't started. I just installed this app it to see if it was better that other baseball viewing apps I own. So far, the interface is great and well designed, but the app is SLOW! It takes a long time to start up, and it has a hard time with simple actions in general such as clicking on the details or score of a game. So far, I have had no problem with the live TV viewing aspect of it, but it should be noted that I haven't used it much as I am at home with my TV. The main thing that annoys me the most is that when I click on a player up at bat in the app, it brings me to a glitched version of the app’s website. You are unable to scroll, and have to use a drop down menu to continue on to the stats. Then when you finally get the stats, there is barely anything! In other apps, I can click on the player an instantly get an in-app page of TONS of stats, just like it should be! ESPN, fix this please! -
Might give it a better score if you could block some sports news and articles. Takes your preferences into account but also pushes sports I have zero interest in. Basketball for example, or college american football, I'm sure they have loads of fans in the US but I am on this side of the pond, and not one of them, so would prefer not seeing news about players and teams I dont know and couldnt care less about.
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All in all, it's a decent service for the price. I have one complaint: I cannot remove a team once I've made them a favorite. This is a small issue, but frankly it's rather annoying. I looked up troubleshooting on Google and found that this has been an issue since at least 2018.
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Doesn’t really support personalization
I’ve been using it for many years but it refuses to care about my interests, which through my interactions should be very obvious. They always push their own preferred content to the top. For example, I understand there is a PGA championship going on but I NEVER, ever once clicked on a golf story, but that’s what they’re pushing to the top these days. I’m the kind of fan that follow teams, not individual players, but this app is constantly showing a section to recommend I follow individuals, and the “Recommended for You” choices are a million miles away from anything I show interest in - nobody from the teams or sports I follow, rather just the players in pop culture or who have big contracts. Well, what about the teams I do follow, can I just get a quick glance at what they’re doing? Not really, I have to navigate around and scroll until I can finally find the content I really care about. There’s no attempt to really learn my preferences and show what I want. There isn’t even an option to pay for personalized content or to remove ads. This ESPN app really appears to be about promoting content, advertisements and agendas and we sports fans just have to deal with it. Having said this, once you get to the content you want, there really isn’t a better sports app out there - again that’s why I deal with all the other baggage that comes with it. Oh, and it can be pretty laggy with scores and updates. -
Content is great...if you can see it
The amount of choice you have in regards to content makes it a great app. However, I find the video player to be less than desirable...making this an average ho-hum sports app. I try to use the app while I’m at the gym-particularly when doing cardio. I log on to the live version of “PTI” and 30-40% of the time I get error messages. Last night was a “re-authentication error”. So I went to settings and signed out of my cable provider and signed back in. Then I received another type of error...so I rebooted my iPhone X to see if that fixed the problem. It didn’t. So I quit the app and listened to music instead. This happens more than it should from a company owned by Disney. These guys know their tech...but can’t seem to get their player right. So, would I recommend this app? Yes, with the understanding and appreciation that you might not be able to see the content you want. -
Annoying ads, video at top
My primary usage of this app is for checking scores, getting a quick glance at schedules and stats, and occasional browsing of sports news articles. It is OK. The older version of this app was better. The “new” version has so many ads, including the annoying ones that magically encompass the entire screen when you’re about to tap on scores or an article and therefore force you to mistakenly link to some ad site, that it makes scrolling cumbersome. Also, who wants to see some random video at the top of the screen when logging in that has no context that you mistakenly tap because it is constantly at the top of the page (e.g., scores of the game the highlight is from, or a 30 second clip of an interview that has no additional context)? I don’t!!! It seems like the app intentionally leads you to mistakenly tap ad-related material. -
Apps needs to be cleaner
Two things. I like the app. It gives me updates I need with news and with games. However I wish ESPN+ was its own app (I purchased the subscription because of MLS, EFL) and having ESPN plus as its own (similarly to NBC Sports Gold helps eliminate non subscription content. This leads me into my thing; this is app is very messy to use. There’s no way to filter the content you want so you’re not seeing content you don’t want (I am only interested in soccer and don’t want to switch the UK version in the app because you can’t watch the games). In addition to a messy home screen, attempting to find the sports you’re interested in and their game is difficult and when you do find it those games aren’t listed (even thought that’s what ESPN+ advertise). I like the app, I truly do but I wish it was much cleaner than it is. Hopefully changes come soon. -
Good not great
Great place to get scores and info no doubt. It’s just truly ridiculous that you have to watch ads for every single video on ESPN. The worst part is having auto play on videos. You watch an ad watch a video, no problem, watch the same ad immediately and then the actual video buffers. Keep in my mind the ad is longer than the video you are trying to watch. Boom the same ad, another video buffers and the cycle continues. What’s the point of even clicking videos if you’re going to have to watch the same ad essentially on repeat as the actual video buffers, and plays in terrible quality like give me a break. I can deal with one ad, I can deal with poor quality of video. I can’t deal with the same ad before every video while the video buffers then plays in terrible quality, while the ad is basically 4K. -
Chromecast problems & blank screens
When streaming (fast 150 Mbps connection) via Chromecast the video will buffer every few minutes. At least for live shows - I watched The Last Dance series without any problem. Sometimes I’ll miss a key play because of the buffering. For comparison, other apps such as Disney+ work fine but others like NBC Sports have similar buffering issues. Also the app first opens with all black pages (no content) except for bottom menu. Must force close the app and open it again. Then the same problem happens again if I open the app later (not sure how long I have to wait). I usually only open the app on Wifi. This problem started around Aug 2020. Today is Oct and the app updated today. Same problem. Other than that the notifications are nice and interaction is good. CBS Sports has a better widget. -
Frustrating Playback Interface
I’m a big fan of MMA so I had to make the jump to ESPN+. I’ve installed the app on both my phone and PlayStation 4 to see which one works the smoothest. For whatever reason there seems to be hiccup during each broadcast so far when I cast to my TV using a chrome cast. Streaming on my PlayStation works better but the playback controls are a nightmare. When I fast forward using the controller it jumps back before going forward. I hope ESPN looks into this and refines the app rather than bleeding everyone out for the $5 a month and providing a suboptimal app. And pretty please with a cherry on top look at adding a 30 sec forward and backward jump to playback controls a la fight pass. Especially if you’re gong to force me to watch Dairy Queen commercials with my UFC. You can do it ESPN. I have faith in you, kinda.
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Update: October 9. Still buffering for pretty much everything. I just download stuff over night and watch offline. Recently, sound is not synchronized with video. Really hard to believe how bad this app is. Original post: Even with measured 200-300mb download speed, the app buffers repeatedly. I don't know if it is a server side issue or the app itself. However, I can only rate my app experience as average, at best. And, compared to services like Netflix, it is far below average.
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Half great, half brutal
The streaming availability is fantastic. The amount of sports and games that this app has made available is just amazing. The streaming itself is okay. The quality of the games that are only streamed is very obviously and significantly worse than watching tv, which can be annoying. The camera work is far worse, the announcers are worse, there are fewer and worse graphics. The biggest problem with the app itself is the functionality and ease of use. It’s god awful. If you aren’t looking for the exact sport ESPN is trying to shove down your throat at that particular moment, it can take forever to find it. I’ve had the app for about a year and a half and I still have no idea how to find scores I’m looking for. If I just want to see scores and I’m not looking for NBA, NFL, or MLB scores, i have to constantly search through multiple menus and links to finally find what I’m looking for. And the whole time I see the same streams and leagues that ESPN just assumes I want to see. There is no customization and no recognization by the developers that people may want to see scores from leagues that aren’t the top leagues. And for what it’s worth, I do look up scores from the top 4 US sports daily, as well as many top soccer leagues and tennis tournaments. However, because this app is so difficult to use, I always use Yahoo, the MLB app, or flash score to find those scores instead of this one. -
I have a paid subscription for the Disney plus package which includes Hulu and ESPN plus. Every time I try to watch live TV, it asks for a service provider which I do not have. If I use the app on my phone, computer or Roku on my tv its always the same. Its better to just pay for a service provider instead of dealing with this. Save your money and time. One star is too many when you have spent money and can't get what you paid for.
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Poor App, difficult to connect/watch
I honestly have difficulty deciding which is worse, the ESPN app or the website, as far as being able to view live games. Typically, I have to log in and out 5-10 times and independently log in to my cable provider 5-10 times each time I want to stream live games or replays. It’s quite amazing how many times you can be told that your cable subscription does not cover the live stream only to find out, on the 10th attempt, that it does. Considering it’s listed as one of the supported cable subscriptions, I’m guessing the 10th time is accurate. I have considered the possibility that it’s related to my cable provider, but since I experience the same issues with my ESPN+ subscription without going through my cable provider, I’m guessing it’s not. Of note, ESPN+ won’t be renewed. I remember watching ESPN when I was young and have continued to do so as I approach middle age, but the difficulty in accessing programming with more modern technology is quite frustrating and makes me want to find another avenue to watch my football, baseball, etc. Disney, if you’re reading this, you could really help improve the quality by fixing some of these issues before a mass exodus of subscribers who watch on mobile devices or their computers. -
Espn radio is the best place to go to listen to commercials. Don't worry they know they are espn and you will listen to them no matter what so they won't bog you down with all that annoying sports talk. On the app you only have to watch a 22 second highlight to 30 seconds or more of an ad. Amazing marketing. I just can't say enough about how much value they put into their sponsors. Thank you ESPN for being the best shopping experience out there!!!
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How?
I honestly have no idea how a company with as much money as this has such an awful app. It’s slow, bordering on unresponsive sometimes. My phone is flaming hot after a few minutes of use on the app, although that could just be my phone and not the app. I get a lot of alerts on from ESPN, but when I click on them, it’s about a 50/50 shot of whether or not I get to see what I clicked. Ads freeze all the time, keeping me from getting to a video I click on. Videos also typically start at about 4 pixels on the screen and get marginally better as the video goes on, no matter if I’m connected to my very good WiFi or my cellular data. The amount of content is also a little subpar. When you look at an app like Bleacher Report that produces an insane amount of well-done and free content on an app that actually works, the paywall of ESPN+ is just silly. Streaming from the app is also nearly impossible for me. But the website is just as bad. The content that I actually get to see is usually pretty good stuff, making it a two star rating instead of a one star. Considering the money ESPN and Disney have, they should be embarrassed about the quality of their app and their website. -
[EDIT] Still absolutely horrible. It will almost never play any live broadcast. I tried to contact ESPN but have heard nothing from them. Absolutely HORRIBLE. I installed the app on an Android TV. I registered the app using my DirecTV credentials. The app shows me a long horizontal list of LIVE programming. None of them works. I have not subscribed to ESPN+, but this is not the issue. NO PROGRAM will play. Sometimes, a context menu appears through which I can select a broadcast. But NONE of them play the broadcast. One out of 10 times the Live program will play. But 9 out of 10 times it won't. Even re-installing does not fix it. Simply horrible. UPDATE: It is STILL a horrible app. I was watching a game and all of a sudden it stopped and sent me back to the main menu. In order to get back to the game I had to log out, log in, and reboot my television. It's a horrible experience and I see no way tp contact ESPN support.
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Quality of Articles
I use the app for updates on scores mainly. The content in terms of writing, is often old, and without substance that would differentiate from merely the score. Redundancy seems to be the theme with ESPN. Let’s just write and speak the same things over and over regardless of the audience be it on an app or television. I miss Peter Gammons and his writing, but I will compliment Buster Olney for his piece on the Red Sox. ESPN needs more of that, and less of the redundancy. Return to the daily writing of yesteryear! Do some actually research and writing! There’re stories out there, and one of them is the return of “heat, cheese, hard-ball” through a proliferation of hard throwing relievers and starting pitching that has brought baseball back full circle. Spinning is still statistically important, but good old country hardball has returned! Here it is, hit it if you can is what every fan wants to see! Nathan Eavoldi showed the world that, of the many players in today’s game who have had Tommy John Surgery, a return to, and in some cases, new found power pitching is possible. So, country hardball, and Hope should be the theme to talk about in much more depth. Seek out minor leaguers, follow them as well, and shed light on what’s the biggest development in baseball today. -
ESPN used to be great. Every "top headline" that i try to look at refers me to random stories from one of my favorite teams. Along with the top headline issue, half the articles that pop up have to do with espn+. So even if you pay the extra $5 a month you can't read the articles! Time to start learning bleacher report!
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0 stars if i could
this is hands down the WORST app i’ve ever had the misery of dealing with right along side with the UFC Fight Pass app. as a fight fan- losing connections risks missing a finish or knock out so i live in constant fear of even looking at the ESPN app once i’ve finally gotten it to connect to literally anything like a smart tv or chromcast and even on playstation. it’s awful. just tonight i’m in the middle of the main event fight when the stream begins to freeze and buff and drop quality for no good apparent reason whatsoever, so of course this means i have to deal with opening the app and reconnecting which is a good 5-10 minute process, no less than 15 seconds later the phone disconnects from the chromecast and begins playing on my phone screen revealing one of the fighters celebrating his victory that i had just missed seconds after the stream froze for no reason. this isn’t even the first time either i’m just finally so sick of it i refuse to stream any fight or sports event through their app or website. it’s no wonder illegal streams are dominating that portion of the industry, everyone’s tired of wasting their money on things that work better for free. 86’d this sh-t from my phone and all other devices. saves storage space.
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Complete RIP off. No live sports, and can get all information free online. I feel duped as I thought I was getting ESPN channel ala carte.
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Can't log in on other devices and it freezes mid video when streaming to tv. sucks that I paid for one year.
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Some columnists are very over the top and seem to be out of touch with reality. Exaggerating cultural issues does nothing to move this world forward.
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It's so bad. So so so bad. The streaming service cuts off randomly. The app have a serious buffering problem there. Come on, you are ESPN, you can do better.
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No funciona
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Dont politicize sports you jackasses the dumbest people in the world athletes but yet we are supposed to listen to your jackass opinions. . Goodbye ESPN I give two years.
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NEVER LOADS ANYTHING, SO SLOW!
I used to love this app, at some point they made the business decision to make it ten times slower to lose customers. I have incredibly fast internet and never experience any issues with any devices or apps, but this one NEVER wants to load to show anything. When I want to check scores I don’t have ten minutes to wait for it to fire up and finally start showing something. I usually end up exiting out of it frustrated, I’m sadly finally at the point where I’m probably going to delete it and use someone else. -
Horrible App
This app is horrible, only thing that shows up on the screen is the black background -
Replays and watching is very inconsistent
I am an ESPN+ user, and I like to watch Serie A and Bundesliga games. However, I live in a different time zone than Europe, so mostly I cannot catch the live games, leaving me with the on-demand videos. That’s great and all, but what actually loads on the app can be very inconsistent. Sometimes, it will load up just fine, however, at other times the app will show you a loading circle and then proceed to not load anything. I have never had this happen to me on the website, and I am on a strong internet connection, so this has to be an issue on their side, on mobile specifically -
ESPN+ NO Monday Night Football!
The description of this app is misleading. Buying ESPN+ does not give you Monday Night Football. Very disappointed and cancelled immediately. I’ve requested a refund as well and will update this if they let me. You need a TV provider to watch it. A smaller point is that the sign up failed repeatedly with my Disney account after purchasing through Apple on my iPhone app. It only worked when going through Roku.
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Half great, half brutal
The streaming availability is fantastic. The amount of sports and games that this app has made available is just amazing. The streaming itself is okay. The quality of the games that are only streamed is very obviously and significantly worse than watching tv, which can be annoying. The camera work is far worse, the announcers are worse, there are fewer and worse graphics. The biggest problem with the app itself is the functionality and ease of use. It’s god awful. If you aren’t looking for the exact sport ESPN is trying to shove down your throat at that particular moment, it can take forever to find it. I’ve had the app for about a year and a half and I still have no idea how to find scores I’m looking for. If I just want to see scores and I’m not looking for NBA, NFL, or MLB scores, i have to constantly search through multiple menus and links to finally find what I’m looking for. And the whole time I see the same streams and leagues that ESPN just assumes I want to see. There is no customization and no recognization by the developers that people may want to see scores from leagues that aren’t the top leagues. And for what it’s worth, I do look up scores from the top 4 US sports daily, as well as many top soccer leagues and tennis tournaments. However, because this app is so difficult to use, I always use Yahoo, the MLB app, or flash score to find those scores instead of this one. -
How?
I honestly have no idea how a company with as much money as this has such an awful app. It’s slow, bordering on unresponsive sometimes. My phone is flaming hot after a few minutes of use on the app, although that could just be my phone and not the app. I get a lot of alerts on from ESPN, but when I click on them, it’s about a 50/50 shot of whether or not I get to see what I clicked. Ads freeze all the time, keeping me from getting to a video I click on. Videos also typically start at about 4 pixels on the screen and get marginally better as the video goes on, no matter if I’m connected to my very good WiFi or my cellular data. The amount of content is also a little subpar. When you look at an app like Bleacher Report that produces an insane amount of well-done and free content on an app that actually works, the paywall of ESPN+ is just silly. Streaming from the app is also nearly impossible for me. But the website is just as bad. The content that I actually get to see is usually pretty good stuff, making it a two star rating instead of a one star. Considering the money ESPN and Disney have, they should be embarrassed about the quality of their app and their website. -
ESPN used to be great. Every "top headline" that i try to look at refers me to random stories from one of my favorite teams. Along with the top headline issue, half the articles that pop up have to do with espn+. So even if you pay the extra $5 a month you can't read the articles! Time to start learning bleacher report!
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The app needs some work especially when casting . It cuts off randomly whenever it decides and you have to recast after closing the app. Not sure why it has this problem but I do not have a problem when using hulu (live events and tv shows), disney +, or youtube. Even at times when I'm just watching it on my phone (tried iphone and pixel) it will randomly just not show whatever I am trying to watch. I either have to close the app or restart phone.
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Could be great, but won’t save your place!!
I recently subscribed because of the Disney bundle and there are a lot of things I really am liking about ESPN +. I love all the old programming like all the archived Indy 500 races and Mohamed Ali fights. I also really like all the ESPN original programming like Payton’s places and being able to access all of the 30 for 30 episodes. That for me is probably one of the best things about the subscription. My frustration comes because a lot of those shows are long and I don’t watch them in one sitting You would think that there would be a ‘continue watching’ feature like every other paid, streaming subscription but there isn’t. I contacted ESPN and was told to just “remember where you were.” That seems so silly and unnecessary. Please ESPN, add a ‘continue watching’ feature and I will be a 5 star happy customer. As it is right now I have to scroll back through programming, find the show I was watching, click on it, and try to remember where I was and start fast forwarding which is a huge pain if your like me and watch different shows depending on the mood you are in. -
The app can be very glitchy and it has trouble loading when you don't have absolutely perfect service. I've encountered technical errors during live events and oftentimes during replays it will freeze completely and I have to restart it. My biggest issue is that for some reason I need to have cable to watch certain shows on demand? What's the point of paying for the premium service and putting videos in the ondemand section of the premium service IF I CAN'T WATCH THEM? Absolutely asinine.
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Everything Except Streaming is Great
ESPN, I have been all ESPN ever since I was old enough to care about sports. The writing and reporting is phenomenal, and I love to be the one in my family to break the biggest sports news. The app is great with notifications on your favorite teams and leagues as well as breaking sports news. The radio streaming and podcasts are great especially my favorites (Lebatard Show, Golic and Wingo, and 30 for 30). I will continue to use this app for all of those reasons. I do however wish you guys had full game highlights online, but I digress. The only bad thing I have to say is how god awful the streaming is. Tried to watch the ECF between cavs and Celtics and it lagged throughout the entire game when casting it to my chrome cast. It did the same just trying to watch on my phone and I have gigabit internet. I don’t know why that has always been an issue for ESPN. It has sucked since the first release of WatchESPN. PLEASE FIX THIS!!!! I’m begging you because the wife kicks me out of our tv room when I’m trying to watch the games! Thank you ESPN, and keep up the good work! -
Suggestions and complaints
This is a great app. I am, however, disappointed in a few key things. 1. I had my favorite teams selected in “favorites,” and one day I opened the app only to find that there was no “favorites” setting visible, and that my favorite teams scores notifications were turned off even though I never turned them off. 2. I’ve said this in previous reviews, and I’ll say it again; I really really wish you’d put AHL hockey in here. The AHL is a minor league, but it’s got a strong enough following, and I absolutely love it, and I’d love to be able to more easily access the scores/news/stats for it here as opposed to having to go to the AHL website every time. 3. NCAA hockey, both men’s and women’s, are listed as sports on here, but whenever I check I never see them updated or covered as much as the games are happening. For example, I’m a Penn State fan, and I never see the scores for my school. Hockey is big, as is college hockey, so this is disappointing and surprising to me. Thank you for your time, and I sincerely hope that my suggestions will be taken into consideration. -
Great Streaming / Content; Horrible UI and customization
If there’s an event to watch or immediate sports news, the ESPN app is the place to watch and stay up to date. If you don’t want to know everything about the most popular sports and the sports that espn is most actively advertising, this is not the app for you. Especially if you’re paying for ESPN plus - not worth it. They do a great job from a business perspective of holding content captive but, once you’re forced to get a membership in order to watch a UFC PPV, and you think “oh cool, I’ll get some awesome content” - think again. With the lack of customization, it’s utterly disappointing. You get a lot of content but, if you’re a fight fan, the amount of content available is abysmal. Beyond that, it’s a nightmare to search for the content you want or to see specific news and updates unless that happens to coincide with whatever espn is pushing. It’s seemingly impossible to customize your feed and, even tho you pick favorites, there doesn’t seem to be an easily accessible favorites feed. I’m pretty disappointed. -
Confusing Battery Killer
The user interface doesn’t make any logical sense. Content is just kind of randomly scattered everywhere. It’s not clear where to go to watch a game and there’s no central schedule. You can see an individual team’s schedule, the most popular games in a specific league or cup (but not always in chronological order), or the big games in a sport (neither in order nor a complete list). And the order seems to change while you’re using the app! But the worst part is the battery draining while streaming. I wanted to watch a soccer game and started with 50% battery, so I plugged my phone in. By half time—with my phone plugged in and charging—the battery level had *dropped* to 18%! So I put it on low power mode, dropped the screen brightness, closed some background apps, turned off cellular and Bluetooth to use Wi-Fi only, and let it recharge during the fifteen minute break. I was able to watch the end of the match, but the battery had *continued to drain* and was at literally 3% when the final whistle blew. How is that even possible?
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Update: October 9. Still buffering for pretty much everything. I just download stuff over night and watch offline. Recently, sound is not synchronized with video. Really hard to believe how bad this app is. Original post: Even with measured 200-300mb download speed, the app buffers repeatedly. I don't know if it is a server side issue or the app itself. However, I can only rate my app experience as average, at best. And, compared to services like Netflix, it is far below average.
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I have a paid subscription for the Disney plus package which includes Hulu and ESPN plus. Every time I try to watch live TV, it asks for a service provider which I do not have. If I use the app on my phone, computer or Roku on my tv its always the same. Its better to just pay for a service provider instead of dealing with this. Save your money and time. One star is too many when you have spent money and can't get what you paid for.
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Poor App, difficult to connect/watch
I honestly have difficulty deciding which is worse, the ESPN app or the website, as far as being able to view live games. Typically, I have to log in and out 5-10 times and independently log in to my cable provider 5-10 times each time I want to stream live games or replays. It’s quite amazing how many times you can be told that your cable subscription does not cover the live stream only to find out, on the 10th attempt, that it does. Considering it’s listed as one of the supported cable subscriptions, I’m guessing the 10th time is accurate. I have considered the possibility that it’s related to my cable provider, but since I experience the same issues with my ESPN+ subscription without going through my cable provider, I’m guessing it’s not. Of note, ESPN+ won’t be renewed. I remember watching ESPN when I was young and have continued to do so as I approach middle age, but the difficulty in accessing programming with more modern technology is quite frustrating and makes me want to find another avenue to watch my football, baseball, etc. Disney, if you’re reading this, you could really help improve the quality by fixing some of these issues before a mass exodus of subscribers who watch on mobile devices or their computers. -
Espn radio is the best place to go to listen to commercials. Don't worry they know they are espn and you will listen to them no matter what so they won't bog you down with all that annoying sports talk. On the app you only have to watch a 22 second highlight to 30 seconds or more of an ad. Amazing marketing. I just can't say enough about how much value they put into their sponsors. Thank you ESPN for being the best shopping experience out there!!!
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[EDIT] Still absolutely horrible. It will almost never play any live broadcast. I tried to contact ESPN but have heard nothing from them. Absolutely HORRIBLE. I installed the app on an Android TV. I registered the app using my DirecTV credentials. The app shows me a long horizontal list of LIVE programming. None of them works. I have not subscribed to ESPN+, but this is not the issue. NO PROGRAM will play. Sometimes, a context menu appears through which I can select a broadcast. But NONE of them play the broadcast. One out of 10 times the Live program will play. But 9 out of 10 times it won't. Even re-installing does not fix it. Simply horrible. UPDATE: It is STILL a horrible app. I was watching a game and all of a sudden it stopped and sent me back to the main menu. In order to get back to the game I had to log out, log in, and reboot my television. It's a horrible experience and I see no way tp contact ESPN support.
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Quality of Articles
I use the app for updates on scores mainly. The content in terms of writing, is often old, and without substance that would differentiate from merely the score. Redundancy seems to be the theme with ESPN. Let’s just write and speak the same things over and over regardless of the audience be it on an app or television. I miss Peter Gammons and his writing, but I will compliment Buster Olney for his piece on the Red Sox. ESPN needs more of that, and less of the redundancy. Return to the daily writing of yesteryear! Do some actually research and writing! There’re stories out there, and one of them is the return of “heat, cheese, hard-ball” through a proliferation of hard throwing relievers and starting pitching that has brought baseball back full circle. Spinning is still statistically important, but good old country hardball has returned! Here it is, hit it if you can is what every fan wants to see! Nathan Eavoldi showed the world that, of the many players in today’s game who have had Tommy John Surgery, a return to, and in some cases, new found power pitching is possible. So, country hardball, and Hope should be the theme to talk about in much more depth. Seek out minor leaguers, follow them as well, and shed light on what’s the biggest development in baseball today. -
0 stars if i could
this is hands down the WORST app i’ve ever had the misery of dealing with right along side with the UFC Fight Pass app. as a fight fan- losing connections risks missing a finish or knock out so i live in constant fear of even looking at the ESPN app once i’ve finally gotten it to connect to literally anything like a smart tv or chromcast and even on playstation. it’s awful. just tonight i’m in the middle of the main event fight when the stream begins to freeze and buff and drop quality for no good apparent reason whatsoever, so of course this means i have to deal with opening the app and reconnecting which is a good 5-10 minute process, no less than 15 seconds later the phone disconnects from the chromecast and begins playing on my phone screen revealing one of the fighters celebrating his victory that i had just missed seconds after the stream froze for no reason. this isn’t even the first time either i’m just finally so sick of it i refuse to stream any fight or sports event through their app or website. it’s no wonder illegal streams are dominating that portion of the industry, everyone’s tired of wasting their money on things that work better for free. 86’d this sh-t from my phone and all other devices. saves storage space. -
It has been ruined
The ESPN app has been my go-to app for sports news, scores, and recaps for a long time. But it has been ruined with the latest updates and redesigns. The app is almost unusable these days. Even when I am at home, on wifi, with nothing else running on my phone, the app is slow and crashes often. Don’t even think about using it at a game or anywhere your connection isn’t perfect. They have overburdened the app with video, ads, and cookies that slow it down to a crawl or even just prohibit you from even being able to open the app at all. Today I finally jumped onto the apps “text support” to see what I could do to improve my experience. Unfortunately the ESPN support rep proceeded to first accuse me of having a bad connection. I pointed out that he was incorrect and the rep then informed me that the app stores a lot of cookies and I should just delete the app and reinstall it. This is an annoying suggestion but I did it anyway. There was no improvement. And the tactless interaction with the rep definitely did not help the situation. The point is, you can do better. Go find another app that works and was designed by a company that still cares about their user base. -
Absolute worst app for streaming live sports. The fire stick app buffers every snap of MNF. Luckily once I'm 3 plays behind due to buffering the app on my phone alerts me to scores that I haven't seen yet, because...buffering. You're the world wide leader in sports, how are you not prepared for people to use the app to watch sports. Fox flawless, Sling flawless, ESPN...my response is still buffering. Terrible experience.
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Logging out is unbearable. Have to log back in on a same device, even just after 2 days. Maybe you can look into other apps that figured it out, like netflix or prime video, where you stay loggen in for exrended period of time. Hire developers that actually know what they're doin'. And yes, I'm using espn+, paid subscription. If the game was available buy another provider, I would switch
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Reviewed by Laura S on December 27, 2017
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