Cablecast vs WHOU.live
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.
WHOU.live
Stream live and archived sports and events from Maine. Access thousands of videos covering over a decade of broadcasts, with a focus on high school athletics.
- Live sports streaming
- Archived event videos
- High school athletics coverage
- Maine-specific content
- 10+ years of broadcasts
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Maine high school and college sports, live and on replay. WHOU.live streams games from across Maine: football, basketball, hockey, soccer and more, plus special events. Missed a game? Thousands of replays are ready any time. • Live games and this week's schedule • Replays by sport, season and school • School pages with upcoming games and recent finals • AirPlay and picture in picture • One WHOU.live account on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV Some games are free. A WHOU.live membership unlocks the live games and replays that need one, on every device you sign in on. Already a member? Sign in with your WHOU.live account. The membership is an auto-renewing monthly subscription, bought in the app. The price is shown before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. It renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and the renewal is charged within the 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account's subscription settings. Terms of Use: https://new.whou.live/terms Privacy Policy: https://new.whou.live/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cablecast at 100% against WHOU.live's 20%. Cablecast also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 9). WHOU.live's advantage is ratings volume (39 vs 10). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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. WHOU.live sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $13.99 per month. Cablecast asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cablecast holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 39 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Cablecast's written reviews are positive against 20% of WHOU.live's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cablecast | WHOU.live |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | 2.4 (39 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 39 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cablecast Community Media LLC | Northern Maine Media, Inc. |
Customer experience
Cablecast
WHOU.live
In-app purchases
Cablecast
No in-app purchases
WHOU.live
- WHOU.live Monthly$13.991 Month
- WHOU.live - 799$7.99
- WHOU.live - 999$9.99
- WHOU.live - 1299$12.99
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- WHOU.live - 1499$14.99
- WHOU.live - 1599$15.99
- WHOU.live - 1999$19.99
- WHOU.live - 2499$24.99
- WHOU.live - 4499$44.99
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