Cablecast vs RoastCats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cablecast
Stream live and on-demand content from Public, Education, and Government Access channels in HD. Catch up on local news, city meetings, and sports events conveniently on your mobile device.
- Live and on-demand streaming
- HD quality broadcasts
- Local news and city meetings
- Public, Education, Government channels
- Location-based station suggestions
- Recently watched station saved
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Watch local news, city meetings & more on the go with this mobile streaming app. This app aggregates live and on-demand shows from Public, Education, and Government Access channels and streams them in HD to your mobile device. Now you can catch up on last week's City Council meeting or see the Wildcats win in overtime whenever and wherever it's convenient for you. Enable location services for the best experience. This app features stations from all over the country. If you enable location services, the station closest to you will appear at the top of the list. Your most recently watched station will be saved as a default the next time you open the app. You can pick a new channel from the list at any time. Cablecast is a streaming service provider for the stations featured in this app. If you have questions or comments for an individual station featured in this app, please contact them directly.
RoastCats
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Post images from around the internet or react to trending content, then create hilarious roasts using animated cartoon avatars and voice effects. No camera pressure, no face reveals—just creativity, timing, and laughs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: RoastCats at every 6 days against Cablecast's every 3 months. Cablecast's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Cablecast ships an update every 3 months, RoastCats every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cablecast | RoastCats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 367 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Cablecast Community Media LLC | Snaap, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Cablecast
No in-app purchases
RoastCats
No in-app purchases
