Is there a good app for manage my streaming subscriptions?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap.
69
Opportunity /100
84
Demand /100
44
Competition /100
80
Execution gap /100
3
Apps serving it
19
Mined complaints
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to manage my streaming subscriptions, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| can't manage subscription in app | ux | 1 | I can’t actually manage your subscriptions in the app. To do so it takes you to website where it is purposefully slow to load |
| cannot manage subscription in app | other | 1 | I can’t manage subscription in the app |
| can't find subscriptions despite bank access | missing-feature | 1 | the app can't find any even though it needs to sign into your bank account |
| need additional apps/subscriptions to watch content | price | 1 | you will also need other apps that to watch movies or games and also pay extra |
| hard to find cancel/manage subscription | ux | 1 | They hid the “manage subscription” button on the website version |
| no in-app subscription management | missing-feature | 1 | there is no option to manage your subscription in the app |
| hard to cancel or manage subscriptions | ux | 1 | Terrible company to delete trials and or renew services. Functions are not clear |
| hard to find subscription pause/update controls | ux | 1 | difficult to navigate, filled with useless info to distract you from what you actually need to use to pause or update a subscription |
| hard to find subscriptions list | ux | 1 | I just wanted to see what subscriptions I have and it is very difficult to find |
| subscription not shown in manage plan | bug | 1 | when I go to Manage my plan, it doesn't list a subscription |
| can't watch despite active subscription | reliability | 1 | App shows my ESPN unlimited is active, yet I can’t watch the games I want |
| existing subscription lost, re-charged | price | 1 | after this new update my subscription disappeared and now it’s making me pay more |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sling: Live TV, Sports & News | 4.6★ | 239,639 | Free |
| Spectrum TV | 4.7★ | 554,356 | Free |
| The Roku App (Official) | 4.7★ | 5,644,505 | Free |
Should you build it?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap. Opportunity here scores 69 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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