# ESPN Player — user reviews > 39 indexed App Store user reviews of ESPN Player by Disney Electronic Content, Inc., rated 4.60/5 from 1,861 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/espn-player/id578584077/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/espn-player/id578584077.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,443 · 4★ 268 · 3★ 57 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 82 ## What do users think of ESPN Player? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Great for U.S. sports fans living overseas - 👍 Good selection of games - 👍 High-quality videos **Cons** - 🐛 Unreliable, crashes, and glitches - 🚫 Not available in certain regions/areas - 🚫 Limited game coverage, especially for certain teams/conferences - 🚫 Slow streaming and poor video quality - 🚫 Flaky casting and playback controls **Commonly reported bugs** - Replay list doesn't update - Commercial breaks disrupt playback - Sudden stops during on-demand viewing **Most requested features** - Apple TV app - Improved search and navigation - More categories and ability to follow specific shows ## Newest reviews (10 of 39) ### 1/5 — Not enough games *2020-11-07, version 3.5* Only a spattering of games. Your team, especially if in the big ten, will only be on a couple times a year. How hard is it to cut a deal and show all the games? Very frustrating. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2020-08-02, version 3.5* I couldn’t even watch anything it said doesn’t work where you live. I live in Iowa so I wonder how much more states can’t do it either ### 1/5 — Does not work *2020-03-31, version 3.5* It does not work for my area idk why, I don’t have ESPN so I can’t watch sports ### 1/5 — Does not work anywhere like the message says!! *2019-12-18, version 3.5* I was excited to find this app and download in Singapore and it worked. I just arrived in the Philippines and got the message not available in my area Need to change the messaging and tag line ### 1/5 — No Games I Want *2019-11-27, version 3.5* I am an Oklahoma Sooner fan. They had like one game the whole season available for viewing. Such a waste of money... ### 1/5 — Pirate the streams *2019-11-09, version 3.5* I hoped to watch college sports on this app. However the resolution is horrible—I can watch streams on pirate sources much clearer. I’ve reached out to customer service several times with no response. In this case, bootleg is better ### 1/5 — It’s Horrible *2019-11-01, version 3.4* It never works!!! 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼 ### 2/5 — Slow streaming in Vietnam *2019-10-26, version 3.4* Streaming speeds needs to be improved in Vietnam. ### 1/5 — Blackouts for APPS? *2019-10-26, version 3.4* “This APPLICATION is not currently available in your area.” SERIOUSLY??? Nothing else to be said. ### 1/5 — Boo this app boo *2019-10-23, version 3.4* This doesn’t show the NBA, the only reason why I want to get this app. I want my money back, I just want to watch the NBA games. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Slow and obnoxious *2022-12-31, version 12.0315* Gave this a spin while on vacation abroad. Hard to find the game. Terrible video quality on quality Wi-Fi. Even the commercial break message was illegible. Casting was flaky at best. Felt like a pretty hard waste of $14. ### 1/5 — Replay list doesn’t update *2022-09-05, version 12.0315* This app has gotten very poor. No replays available for any college football now in the last 3 days. Don’t waste your time. Very disappointing ### 1/5 — College football 2022 *2022-09-04, version 12.0315* I’ve been long awaiting college football’s new season and now I see that the app (ESPN Player for Europe) is not functioning as it always has. There is no longer a Football Live and upcoming section as there has always been and as there still is for other sports. I can’t find the best games that I want to see. I can’t find college game day. Is this a sign of how the app will be from now on? Has there been some changes this year? Will it be this way for college basketball as well? Or are there updates that need to be made? Or am I supposed to switch to ESPN + for Europe?? Please help!! This is very frustrating!! ### 1/5 — Does not deliver *2022-05-25, version 12.0315* 80% of games are fine. I have had several instances where promised NHL games are not available, games are only available in Spanish and after multiple instance and complaints the response from Customer Service is sorry but no refunds. Maybe no problem with other sports, I use primarily for NHL as I live internationally. ### 1/5 — Can’t access in my state when I should be able to *2022-02-05, version 11.1206* SO frustrating. I’m an ESPN+ subscriber, I live in Brooklyn, NY and iPhone app says it doesn’t work in this region, yet I have no issues watching ESPN+ via my Roku on TV. Please fix this ASAP, have the reason I have this subscription is to watch games on-the-go. Such a fundamental issue to fix. ### 1/5 — European ESPN+? More like ESPN- *2022-01-02, version 3.5* - Video crashes repeatedly when streamed to Apple TV which you have to do as there’s no Apple TV app - The schedule of live events is rarely ever correctly synced, the replay library leaves much to be desired - College sports being shown on ESPN2 isn’t always available - Horrible live play controls (don’t try to rewind or hold your place if you have to go do something) Not sure why this isn’t comparable to ESPN+ ### 1/5 — Joke *2021-11-13, version 3.5* “Watch anywhere” is not true at all. I have the subscription, but after downloading it says “application not available in your area.” ### 1/5 — Unavailable in US *2021-06-16, version 3.5* According to the app, it is not available in the United States. There does not appear to be a functional ESPN app for the US as the other app is not in US either. ### 1/5 — Unreliable *2021-01-09, version 3.5* Unreliable ### 1/5 — Don’t Bother *2020-11-18, version 3.5* Subscribed to watch golf while out of the country. Didn’t work as advertised. Never did get to watch any golf... then tried to cancel subscription. Extremely poor cancellation procedure. Tried to cancel in August, still getting billed in November. Had to resort to complaining to PayPal. Junk! Would have given zero stars, but have to have at least one to review. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Apple TV App *2022-09-05, version 12.0315* You need an Apple TV App!!! ### 5/5 — Great but… *2021-10-11, version 3.5* Works great love keeping up with my sports. Would be nice to have more categories or be able to follow certain shows ### 5/5 — Was working great. Now won’t load. *2021-10-02, version 3.5* Says unavailable in your area even though it was fine ### 5/5 — Great for U.S. Sports Fans Living Overseas *2020-01-13, version 3.5* The app is a great way for me to stay connected to sports back home. I especially enjoy using the app to watch college football. ### 5/5 — Wow! *2019-11-09, version 3.5* I’m already impressed! ### 5/5 — University of Kentucky in the House!! *2019-10-23, version 3.4* Great app. Well worth the money. I view live and delayed games. I’ve never missed UK-Kentucky play basketball or football. For Americans living abroad who like college sports....look no further. Keith ### 4/5 — More PAC 12 and Big 10 *2021-09-11, version 3.5* If most of my choices are to see SEC, then I’ll probably cancel ### 4/5 — Women’s at the bottom *2021-03-28, version 3.5* Wish I didn’t have to scroll all the way down For women’s sweet 16, while men’s is at the top ### 4/5 — Good but hard to navigate games *2019-11-17, version 3.5* Good with high quality videos past and present with a good selection of games. My main suggestion is to improve the search capabilities on the iOS version (the web site version search is easier). I’d like to be able to search for a team that is on now and not past history. They seemed to have fixed another problem where the game video stream would not always restart after a commercial break. Overall thanks ESPN for this service. ### 4/5 — 50/50 *2019-11-06, version 3.4* Have used it since launched. Have high speed internet. Live event glitch.. Whenever the event goes to a timeout or commercial break,the screen prompt says the event is on commercial break but does not return to the event unless you reload. A big glitch --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*