Cablecast vs BEK TV+
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.
BEK TV+
Access live and on-demand sports, news, and commentary broadcasts. Never miss your favorite high school sports or news reports with convenient streaming from anywhere, anytime.
- Live sports broadcasts
- On-demand content
- News and commentary
- Watch from anywhere
- Subscriber access
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BEK TV+ is the go-to streaming app that gives subscribers instant access to not only BEK TV’s LIVE sports, news, and commentary broadcasts, but previously recorded broadcasts too! Can’t watch it live? No worries! Never miss the action of your favorite high school sports team or a special news report when you watch ON-DEMAND. BEK TV+ makes it easy to watch from anywhere at any time! Privacy Policy:https://www.bektv.plus/privacy-policy Terms Of Use:https://www.bektv.plus/tos
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cablecast at 100% against BEK TV+'s 0%. Cablecast also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, device support 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. BEK TV+ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 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 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Cablecast's written reviews are positive against 0% of BEK TV+'s.
Cablecast ships an update every 3 months, BEK TV+ every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cablecast | BEK TV+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | 2.4 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 32 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 219 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cablecast Community Media LLC | BEK Communications |
Customer experience
Cablecast
BEK TV+
In-app purchases
Cablecast
No in-app purchases
BEK TV+
- Monthly Plan$9.991 Month
- Annual Plan$74.991 Year
