Watch AFL vs DiveBud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Watch AFL
Stream every Australian Football League match live and on-demand, with no ad breaks during play. Enjoy full match replays, downloadable content for offline viewing, and integrated commentary and news. Watch your way with pause, rewind, and spoiler-free options.
- Live and on-demand match streaming
- No ad-breaks during live play
- Instant full match replays
- Download matches for offline viewing
- Pause and rewind live games
- Spoiler-free viewing options
- FOX FOOTY commentary and news
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Watch AFL is the OFFICIAL AFL streaming service for fans living or travelling outside of Australia. Watch AFL brings you all the footy action you love including every match LIVE & ON-DEMAND with no ad-breaks during play, including: - The 2026 AFL Community Series pre-season competition - The 2026 Toyota AFL Premiership Season & Finals Series - The 2026 NAB AFL Women's Competition - Plus enjoy the best in the business FOX FOOTY commentary, news, analysis and entertainment, right throughout the season. Watch it your way Pause and rewind LIVE matches or choose where to start watching. No waiting around with instant full match replays. Download matches for offline viewing. Watch on your TV with Airplay or Chromecast (supported platforms). Spoiler-free with the ability to turn scores off.
DiveBud
Configure your DiveBud diving tracker with this app. Set depth alarms, download dive logs, view detailed dive graphs, and share your diving data with others.
- Add/edit/delete depth alarms
- Download diving logs
- View detailed dive graphs
- Share dive logs
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DiveBud application provides the one-stop configuration console for the DiveBud diving tracker. Use DiveBud app to - add/edit/delete depth alarms - download diving logs from your DiveBud - see the detailed dive graphs - share the dive logs
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DiveBud at 3.7 against Watch AFL's 2.3. DiveBud also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Watch AFL's advantage is ratings volume (88 vs 3) and review sentiment (10% vs 0%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DiveBud holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Watch AFL has 88 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 10% of Watch AFL's written reviews are positive against 0% of DiveBud's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Watch AFL ships an update every 4 months, DiveBud every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Watch AFL | DiveBud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (88 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 88 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fox Sports Australia Pty Ltd | Jettysoft Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Watch AFL
DiveBud
Bugs and requests
Watch AFL
Reported bugs
3 issues- Black screen on launch
- Inconsistent video quality
- Playback issues (freezing, jumping back in time)
Requested features
4 requests- Download games for offline viewing
- Quarter-by-quarter viewing option
- Picture-in-picture mode
- Improved Chromecast/casting functionality
DiveBud
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Watch AFL
No in-app purchases
DiveBud
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Watch AFL free?
Is DiveBud free?
Which has better reviews, Watch AFL or DiveBud?
Do Watch AFL or DiveBud have ads?
Which is updated more often, Watch AFL or DiveBud?
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