FloSports: Watch Live Sports 12+

Ok… but glitchy. Pay service with commercials

The USHL dropped hockey tv in favor of FloSports. This is an improvement as tge streams do appear to be more stable however there appear to be problems with dropped frames that make the service frustrating to use.

As you watch a game you see and hear glitches lasting a fraction of a second to several seconds. In a chat dialogue with the service they blamed tge arena internet service for this. When I pressed them for details so I could check for accuracy tge chat session was disconnected. Needless to say I do not believe the explanation.

Instead I believe FloSports has a capacity problem that could be solved with increased buffering. To their credit they appear to be trying to keep tge stream close to live, rather than producing the lags and outages of their predecessors.

So I think it winds up being with the discounted price offered at tge front of the season. It is, however not worth the full price.

Perhaps the service will improve. If this happens I will revise my review accordingly.

One final point: you have no reason to interrupt the game with your own commercials. I’ve paid for tge service… and would pay more for flawless streaming with no commercials. Do better.

FloSports, I’ll be watching…. For now.

Developer Response ,

Hello Timothy, you've provided some excellent feedback. We are continually making improvements to improve our subscribers experience. We do not offer ad free streaming currently but we try our best not to interrupt the viewer. Thank you for the feedback!

Unreliable Trash

The only positive thing I can say about this service is that they somehow manage to get the rights to some good games. The stream is unreliable and will stop for up to 10 minutes at a time. The strikes, balls, outs, and even inning are frequently incorrect. There is no pitch count or velocity on the screen, and they can’t even update their graphics to show the batters’ stats when they put their name graphic on the screen. Do not waste your money. Hopefully, enough people refusing this service will push their games to anything else.

Update:

They are now covering a basketball game, and it makes me wish they had at least the standard mentioned previously about baseball. The filming would be better quality if they used an iPhone or Samsung phone. It has frequently frozen, and they should have taken a higher seat to give a better view when it does work. It is very reminiscent of watching 90s home videos. They don’t even bother to display the score during play, and when they have flashed the score, both scores and the time were wrong. I am happy spending $50 on food and drinks at a sports bar to prevent these people from getting the $30 they want for the stream (which is another point of absurdity). Hopefully they go out of business so that I can actually watch my team play

ADS on PAID app!?! So many ads during gameplay :(

I subscribed to FloSports so I could watch my child’s college games but instead I’m watching 1-3 ads every 3 minutes. Unbelievable! I’ve missed gameplay because of ADS on a PAID app?
The scoreboard on the app stinks, too. So far the score has been posted incorrectly multiple times throughout the game, no indication of balls and strikes and the inning count lags behind what is actually happening on the field. Because there is only one camera behind home plate it is impossible to see the actual scoreboard on the field or the foul posts on the sides.
All in all a disappointment. FloSports should be ashamed but they have a captive audience so why should they care, right? They could provide better scorekeeping, keep ads to the beginning or end of the broadcast (or totally do away with them on their paid app) so as not to interfere with gameplay. But they don’t. I was excited to be able to watch the games when I couldn’t make it to the field but now I’m just frustrated and wishing I hadn’t given them a single dime.
I don’t believe they care about sports. They do care about taking your money and screw you if you don’t like their poor service.

Developer Response ,

Hello. Thank you for sharing this feedback with us. We are sorry to hear about your experience so far. If you are experiencing technical issues we would be happy to assist! Please reach out to us at ios@flosports.tv. We look forward to hearing from you!