NBC Sports
The NBC Sports app is currently experiencing significant issues with streaming reliability, frequent login requirements, and a frustrating user interface, despite some users appreciating its coverage of specific sports like the Olympics and women's basketball.
Recent reviews for the NBC Sports app indicate a sharp decline in user satisfaction, primarily due to widespread technical glitches, persistent login problems, and an intrusive ad experience. While the app has a high lifetime rating, the current user feedback suggests a negative trajectory, with many users unable to access content they pay for.
What users like
What users complain about
- Frequent and mandatory re-authentication with TV providers is a major frustration.R13R17R18R27
- Live streaming and video playback are unreliable, often resulting in black screens, audio-only, or 'video unavailable' errors.R3R4R11R20
- The user interface is buggy, difficult to navigate, and prone to crashes.R6R8R9R19
- Excessive and intrusive ads frequently interrupt content, even after minor interactions or during live play.R24R25R27R28
- Content availability is limited, with many events requiring additional subscriptions (e.g., Peacock) or being region-locked.R1R2R5R14
- Spoilers are often displayed prominently, ruining replays for users not watching live.R35R179
- Language settings can get stuck, with content remaining in Spanish after watching one playback.R7
- Fullscreen mode for videos can be zoomed in too far, cropping out important parts of the screen like scoreboards.R249
- Some users report political commentary from hosts that detracts from the sports content.R12
Latest update · v10.20.0
What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):
Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements
Recurring themes
Who it's for
The NBC Sports app is for users who primarily want to watch specific sports like the Olympics, women's basketball, or local team coverage R15R64 and are willing to tolerate significant technical issues, frequent logins, and intrusive ads. It is NOT for users who expect reliable streaming, a smooth user experience, or access to all content without additional subscriptions R3R13.
Evidence note: The recent reviews overwhelmingly highlight negative experiences, particularly regarding technical issues and login problems. While there are some positive reviews, they are significantly outnumbered and often less detailed, leading to a strong negative sentiment in the recent sample. The lifetime rating of 4.56 suggests a positive history, but the recent trajectory is clearly negative.
Frequently asked
Why do I have to keep logging in to the NBC Sports app?
Does the NBC Sports app have a lot of ads?
Can I watch all sports content for free on the NBC Sports app?
What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R15] Give credit where credit due, great teamwork: Women’s Basketball, great game skills ladies
- [R53] Great job: Fantastic yes there are live broadcasters at the event to get the permission to broad cast in another country is amazing live people at the Events
- [R64] The best!: Best Olympic coverage ever! Thank you,
- [R92] Amazing Athletes, Stellar Coverage: I love the coverage, and especially the fantastic app. Easy to see everything and migrate from one sport to another seamlessly. Great job so far!
- [R13] Useless: This app doesn’t work at all. I try to sign in to the TV provider and it will not let me. Especially when I am trying to watch something live. It’s useless don’t even download it. And take this from a guy who NEVER leaves reviews on anything.
- [R17] Lazy: NBC needs to do better. Years ago it was all I needed to watch most of my games (which is how they advertised it). Then they said I had to get peacock to watch the other half of games. And now only a handful on each and they want me to pay for other services. You’re really just screwing over paying customers at this point. Oh and lastly, the app is the worst. It makes me sign in every time I
- [R18] A terrible app: This is the only app that REQUIRES me to sign in on a l daily basis. It’s exhausting, frankly. Either the app, NBC or both are broken. A total pain.
- [R27] Works but barely: This app is such a pain in the. To watch your team, each game you have to relogin to your service provider. Why do I have to do this daily? Just keep me logged in. And the other problem is any small change in the app, say you accidentally leave and come back it’s a 30 second ad. Even if you barely push the app up. I don’t mind getting one ad but every time you leave drives me cra
- [R3] Doesnt work: Tried watching World Cup games and only a black screen. Garbage!
- [R4] This app sucks: App sucks can’t load anything
- [R11] Glitchy streaming: Constantly getting 10+ second pauses and it’s brutal. This happens on my home WiFi where every other video streaming app works perfectly well.
- [R20] NO COVERAGE: NO COVERAGE EVERY TIME I TRY AND WATCH ANY GAME IT GIVES ME AN ERROR MESSAGE
- [R6] Gets worse with every update: This used to be a good app, especially for the NFL coverage, but has gone into the toilet with each update. I want to read the articles, not get bombarded with stupid pop up conversations with idiots who never played the game. This has turned into the most pathetic, unusable, and basically worthless app. Once again a 3rd grade student can produce a better app than
- [R8] Awful app: This app is awful, there’s no way to return to articles unless going back to the main page. Awful,NBC needs to get a better update
- [R9] Please Improve Navigation Functionality: I love the information on this app, especially PFT. However, it is possibly the least navigable app I have ever used. If you want to read an article and want to read another one you have to click on “Home” then go back to “Articles” and start your scrolling all over again. Video clips will also randomly play while I am reading and will restart after closing
- [R19] Awful user experience across devices: The app says you receive credits for watching “locked content” but you often don’t have the ability to use the credits on the locked content because the option doesn’t present itself. Slow loading, clumsy UI, and no way to watch the content you want to see.
- [R24] Ridiculous App: If you want your app to be read. Why do you interrupt it with pop up video every 5 seconds? This app sucks! Total trash! Mike Florio should be ashamed of this terrible app! I’m deleting it now!
- [R25] App Is Getting Worse: Please, for the love of god, let me read an article without the videos popping up over the text every 3 seconds. It makes the app unusable when I have to swipe the video away constantly
- [R28] Please fix your app: Can’t get to read stories without pop ups of unrelated stories from florio and sims morning show I just wanna read the articles!
- [R1] What happened to the full Tour de France: What happened to the full Tour broadcast? I looked forward to watching the full broadcast and taking a bit out of each day to relax and riding along. Highlights are no substitute
- [R2] No complete tour coverage: A mediocre app. Covers only the most inane sports like soccer or basketball. To watch something meaningful, like the Tour de France, it’s nearly nonexistent. You can only get segments of it. And then it’s very difficult to find those as you have to hunt all over the app. I do not recommend this app.
- [R5] WNBA: It says that the WNBA game is streaming on the app but the game is nowhere to be found. I paid for WNBA league pass and I am unable to watch
- [R14] Not available: Every time I want to watch anything, I get hit with “not available in your area “ I have given up!!
- [R35] Spoilers everywhere!: Don’t bother using this app if you’re not trying to watch live. It will always put spoiler scores and thumbnails right next to the only way to play your game. Inexcusable. Also, the app is just glitchy and makes me sign in over and over again.
- [R179] New build is a little better: Please hide the highlights! Or make it easier to get to replays! I just scrolled to get to replay to watch a match and I saw that my team scored on the highlights row. Ruined my watch expertise @nbcsports please add a option to “join live” or “start from beginning” option for live sports. And make the live event avail for replay as soon as live is over..
- [R7] Doesn’t go back to English: I watch one playback in Spanish, and then EVERYTHING is in Spanish. How do I get it to change back to English?
- [R249] Fullscreen is Zoomed to Far In: I only use the app for soccer and now that Premier League is back, I realize the full screen zoom crops the top of the playing screen. You can’t see the scoreboard and the field of play is slightly cropped. Basically ruins the game experience
- [R12] Political Chris simms: Can no longer stomach watching Chris Simms. He’s so political it’s disgusting. I always watch him for the football now I can’t even do that. He ruined his own show. I guess he just couldn’t help himself.
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store