Is there a good app for follow live sports scores?
Poorly Executed: 93 apps already serve this, and 28 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it.
Data refreshed July 20, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
Live and sports streaming rights cost billions and are locked up by the leagues and ESPN/DAZN/Netflix/Amazon, then delivered behind DRM. The product is the rights deal, not the app — there is nothing for a solo dev to build here head-on.
Moat: the licensed catalog is the product · why: sports/live rights cost billions · exclusive league deals + DRM · no external interface to the content
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to follow live sports scores, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| live scoring feature | missing-feature | 1 | doesn't have live scoring so you can follow along |
| live feed ~30s behind, spoils sports scores | performance | 1 | I wish the lag from the live feed would not be about 30 seconds behind that I have apps spoiling the sports score |
| live sports stream closes out | reliability | 1 | how many times when watching a live sporting event it will close out |
| no women's live scores in scores tab | missing-feature | 1 | please include live scores for the women's tournament games in the scores tab |
| live sports constantly buffering | performance | 1 | Cannot watch live sports. App constantly buffering |
| NBA live sports streaming | missing-feature | 1 | It well be better if it let me watch the Detroit pistons game |
| no live scorecard | missing-feature | 1 | No scorecard, like other IPL apps |
| lag during live sports | performance | 1 | Guaranteed lag observed |
| live score glitches showing wrong score | bug | 1 | the score glitches often it’ll say your team is up 20 when your team is down 14 |
| laggy live sports with black screens | performance | 1 | Live events are laggy and randomly display black screens. Has been like this for several years |
| free score display | missing-feature | 1 | won't even show your score that other free apps will show |
| live scoreboards delayed and wrong | reliability | 1 | Scoreboards are intentionally delayed and misleading |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 365Scores: Live Sports Scores | 4.6 | 116,339 | Free |
| 365Scores: Live Scores & News | 4.5 | 2,162,507 | Free |
| Live Football TV : All Matches | 4.5 | 3,017 | Free |
| LiveScore: Live Sports Scores | 4.8 | 47,743 | Free |
| LiveScore: Live Sports Scores | 4.5 | 584,419 | Free |
| Live Score: Football Result | 4.5 | 207 | Free |
| Football Live Scores, Fixtures | 4.3 | 929 | Free |
| NoslenScores | 5.0 | 3 | $0.99 |
Should you build it?
The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it. Opportunity here scores 62 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
Who has tried building this
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| onurmorcagok/Fanatic_Mobile_Sports_App | stale | 5 | HTML |
Open-source projects that attempted this task — active ones show today's bar; abandoned ones are a signal to validate why earlier attempts died.
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