Now 體育 vs My SmartPLAY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Now 體育
Stay updated with live scores, news, and analysis for major sports leagues like the Premier League, La Liga, and NBA. Customize your feed with favorite teams and players, and receive breaking news alerts.
- Live scores and match data
- Breaking news alerts
- Customizable favorite teams/players
- League standings and rankings
- Professional commentary and analysis
- Video highlights
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《Now Sports》a 24-hour worldwide sports news tracker on your palm. The brand new version of “Now Sports” provides all major sports and football leagues latest news, video highlights with Cantonese commentary, live score, fixtures, match results and Now TV Sports Channel details. Special features include Teams and Players customization options, Match Centre live scores, plus notification reminders. This one-stop platform keeps you in the game with the latest sport news. Features & information include: ◎ The Timeline mode allows you to track down news from Premier League, La Liga, UEFA Champions League, Hong Kong Premier League, World Cup, European Championship and more ◎ The Timeline mode also covers updates from NBA, Grand Slam (ATP & WTA), snooker, badminton (BWF), golf (PGA & LPGA), Formula 1, local sports and more ◎ Match Centre improve users experience by providing fixture, start time, head-to-head, recent form and livescore of major football leagues, NBA and more ◎ Now Sports professional commentators, celebrities and sports fans give you first hand pre-match analysis and post-match reports ◎ Building up personalised favourite teams and players list helps you keep up on the latest news and performance ◎ Standings of NBA and all major soccer leagues & World Cup ◎ Notification reminder of breaking news, video highlights, important matches and results * If you have any comments on Now Sports App, please email us at pccwmediaiapps@pccw.com * If you have any comments on the “Now Sports App - Live Match”, please email us at cs@store.now.com
My SmartPLAY
Book sports facilities and enroll in recreation programs offered by the Hong Kong government. Create an account, manage your profile, and easily find and reserve services.
- Book leisure facilities
- Enroll in recreation programs
- Create user account
- Update user profile
- Enquire about services
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"My SmartPLAY" (app) developed and maintained by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides a safe and convenient way to enjoy LCSD booking sports and recreation services. Apart from creation of a SmartPLAY user account and update user profile information, SmartPLAY users can also enquire about and book leisure facilities as well as enrol in recreation and sports programmes through the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Now 體育 at 3.0 against My SmartPLAY's 1.7. Now 體育 also leads on review sentiment (11% vs 0%). My SmartPLAY's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Now 體育 holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of Now 體育's written reviews are positive against 0% of My SmartPLAY's.
Now 體育 ships an update every 5 weeks, My SmartPLAY every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on August 30, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Now 體育 | My SmartPLAY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 11.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Now TV Limited | Leisure and Cultural Services Department |
Customer experience
Now 體育
My SmartPLAY
In-app purchases
Now 體育
No in-app purchases
My SmartPLAY
No in-app purchases
