Is there a good app for follow live sports scores?
The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it.
68
Opportunity /100
78
Demand /100
87
Competition /100
88
Execution gap /100
11
Apps serving it
15
Mined complaints
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sports team scores no longer update | bug | 1 | the teams I follow no longer get their scores updated like they used to |
| no live score updates for chosen teams | reliability | 1 | even when you choose your favorite leagues and teams, it fails to provide live updates |
| 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 |
| no live score widget | missing-feature | 1 | Still no live score widget ?!?! They took this feature away about a year ago |
| 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 do not stream | bug | 1 | when you tap live sports, nothing streams |
| live sports constantly buffering | performance | 1 | Cannot watch live sports. App constantly buffering |
| 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 |
| live scoreboards delayed and wrong | reliability | 1 | Scoreboards are intentionally delayed and misleading |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| theScore: Sports News & Scores | 4.8★ | 836,505 | Free |
| ESPN: Live Sports & Scores | 4.6★ | 4,051,684 | Free |
| NBC Sports | 4.6★ | 438,144 | Free |
| CBS Sports: Live Scores & News | 4.7★ | 829,168 | Free |
| Bleacher Report: Sports News | 4.6★ | 332,732 | Free |
| The Athletic: All Sports News | 4.8★ | 234,899 | Free |
| NCAA March Madness Live | 4.7★ | 608,284 | Free |
| theScore Bet Sportsbook Casino | 4.8★ | 218,866 | Free |
Should you build it?
The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it. Opportunity here scores 68 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.
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