The best sports apps to try out
Smartphones and apps are part of our everyday lives. Whether it’s your doorbell, shopping, heating, or holiday, there’s an app for it. Sports fans aren’t left out either, with hundreds of apps available to keep people updated with all the latest news, scores and odds on their favourite teams and players. We’ve done the hard work and rounded up the best sports apps you need to download now.
DraftKings
DrafKings is one of the most popular sports betting and fantasy sports apps in the world and it’s easy to see why. There is a huge variety of sports available here, with an impressive number of stats that make this not just one of the best sports apps around, but also the best betting app too.
The interface is very user-friendly and easy to understand, making it simple to navigate and find what you’re looking for. Whether you’re after the latest scores, fantasy football news or the most up to date NFL point spread, the DraftKings app has it all.
The app also has the added bonus of offering over 300 casino games, world leading fantasy sports, a welcome bonus for new sign ups, and fast payouts.
What we like:
- Betting-specific stats
- Huge variety of sports covered
- Excellent user interface
- A casino with over 300 games
- Large Welcome Bonus
- Easy Deposit Methods
- Fast and Reliable Payouts
Bleacher Report
The Bleacher Report mobile app will keep you up to date on all the latest sports news no matter what your sport is. Basketball, hockey, MMA, boxing, MLS, American football, you name it, it’s all here. You can even follow your favorite teams to receive up to date scores and bulletins, as well as link your fantasy team account if you have one.
The most impressive aspect of this app however, is the access to in-depth articles, rankings, and forecasts on nearly all the major sports and leagues. Users can also bookmark articles to keep track of stories they want to save for later.
What we like:
- 10 million downloads across all platforms proves
- Personalization to allow following of favorite sports, leagues, and teams
- All the breaking news and score updates
- Access to top quality sports journalism
LiveScore
The impressive LiveScore has been providing real-time game scores and stats since 1998. This sports app was one of the inventors of live score updates, and continues to lead the way with its score flashes for multiple sports, including football, tennis, basketball, cricket, baseball, soccer, and hockey.
Despite its multi-sport coverage, soccer is what makes LiveScore so popular. There’s detailed live commentary on matches, including goals scored, assists, corners and cards, plus exclusive analysis from their very own soccer experts, covering everything from insights to post-match reviews and upcoming fixtures. With over 50 million downloads across all platforms, the app is trusted by millions of users worldwide.
What we like:
- Worldwide sport coverage
- Customizable notifications
- Breaking News
- Fixtures calendar
- Live commentary
CBS Sports
Backed by the might of CBS, it’s no surprise that the CBS Sports app is on this list. It’s one of the best live sports news apps around and provides users with customized updates on scores, stats, and analytics. There’s also live sports streaming for multiple sports, including, USWNT and USMNT, NCAA Basketball, NFL, PGA Tour and more.
You can customize your own feed to get the latest highlights, scores, and news on your favorite team and players. If that’s not enough, you can listen to CBS Sports Radio for live broadcasts and podcasts and stream live sports from CBS, Paramount+ and CBS Sports Network (available with a subscription).
What we like:
- Personalized sports news and video highlights from your favorite teams, leagues and athletes
- Breaking news
- 24/7 live news with CBS Sports HQ
- On-demand highlights making it one of the best sports clips apps on the market
- User-friendly interface
Yahoo Sports
The Yahoo Sport app is a great way to access live scores, stats, news and standings for your favourite leagues, teams and players, with personalised and real-time coverage of every major football league, including Premier League, Champions League, MLS, Bundesliga, Italian Serie A, La Liga and many more.
Plus, there’s full coverage of other sports such as NFL, NBA, Boxing, Cricket, Tennis, Cycling, MMA, NASCAR, and F1. You can also watch some live games without a subscription.
Why we like it:
- Exclusive curated content from blogs and news articles
- Customizable notifications for your favourite teams
- Enhanced coverage of all major football leagues
- Clean and user-friendly interface
Honourable Mentions
These are so many great sports apps out there it’s hard to list just a few, but we think our choices are fantastic options for people looking for the best sports news, scores and odds. However, with so much choice out there, we feel we need to mention a few that didn’t quite make our list, such as theScore, ESPN and Sofascore. So, why not give them all a try and see which is the best one for you.
