Is there a good app for watch live TV channels?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap.
77
Opportunity /100
86
Demand /100
99
Competition /100
80
Execution gap /100
23
Apps serving it
21
Mined complaints
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to watch live TV channels, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| live channels not available | missing-feature | 1 | Not able to get the channels that I watch live such as foodnetwork |
| can't watch live TV | reliability | 1 | I can't watch live tv!! |
| cannot watch local channels | missing-feature | 1 | I can watch a lot of channels but not local channels that I want to watch |
| live channels just repeat same programming | missing-feature | 1 | Most channels repeat the same exact programming every day |
| channels dropped from LiveTV | bug | 1 | Why are channels missing recently on the LiveTV view? Example is Bravo |
| no pause live TV | missing-feature | 1 | No ability to pause live tv |
| can't watch local channels without a provider | price | 1 | you cannot watch anything of your local channels if you gotta have a provider |
| subscription required to watch local channels | price | 1 | Wants subscription to watch local channels ? Why??? |
| channel unavailable error on live viewing | bug | 1 | an error message appears stating "channel unavailable" |
| not all TV channels available in app | missing-feature | 1 | All the channels that are available from the TV are not on the app |
| can't stream live TV away from home | missing-feature | 1 | I can’t stream live tv on my phone...I need to stream when I’m away |
| cannot get local channels | missing-feature | 1 | can’t get local channels |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sling: Live TV, Sports & News | 4.6★ | 239,639 | Free |
| Tubi: Movies & Live TV | 4.8★ | 1,125,396 | Free |
| Spectrum TV | 4.7★ | 554,356 | Free |
| Xfinity Stream | 4.6★ | 242,086 | Free |
| U-verse | 4.7★ | 389,720 | Free |
| Fios TV Mobile | 4.5★ | 331,046 | Free |
| DIRECTV: TV & Movie Streaming | 4.6★ | 573,262 | Free |
| TuneIn Radio: Music & Sports | 4.7★ | 1,107,429 | Free |
Should you build it?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap. Opportunity here scores 77 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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