BBC Sport Downloads & RevenueBBC Sport - News & Live Scores · Google Play
BBC Sport - News & Live Scores gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
BBC Sport - News & Live Scores is #4 in Sports Free on Google Play in United Kingdom and charting in 1 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
BBC Sport - News & Live Scores update history & changes
Last change · 10 events since 17 Sep 2026Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 10 events
- 📦BBC Sport - News & Live Scores updated to version 9.25.0.32547This release contains general bug fixes and improvements.
- 🚀BBC Sport - News & Live Scores: now shown next to Sky Sports, CBS Sports: Live Scores & News, TNT Sports: News & Resultsthe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 📦BBC Sport - News & Live Scores: now updating weekly4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦BBC Sport - News & Live Scores updated to version 9.23.0.32495This release contains general bug fixes and improvements.
- 📦BBC Sport - News & Live Scores updated to version 9.22.1.32297This release sees the Sport app's new Video Carousel, to bring you the best highlights of the sporting action.
We are also saying goodbye to the Live guide, due to ongoing technology changes this page will no longer be updating so we are removing it from our bottom and side navigation.… more - 📦BBC Sport - News & Live Scores updated to version 9.22.0.32282This release contains general bug fixes and improvements.
- 📈BBC Sport - News & Live Scores entered the top 10Top Free · Sports · GB
- 🆕BBC Sport - News & Live Scores first spotted by AppInsiderUnited Kingdom
- 📦BBC Sport - News & Live Scores version 9.21.0.32160This release contains general bug fixes and improvements.
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Sports FreeBBC Sport - News & Live Scores at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-11. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
The official BBC Sport app provides news, live scores, and streaming for major global sporting events to fans seeking comprehensive coverage of football, cricket, rugby, and other sports. Currently ranked #3 in the GB Sports Free category, it stands out as a high-volume platform with over 216,000 ratings and a strong 4.71 average score.
Similar apps: ESPN, Sky Sports, The Athletic
BBC Sport - News & Live Scores on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v2.3.2.11112, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
BBC Sport - News & Live Scores downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where BBC Sport - News & Live Scores's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Business model: Ad-led
How BBC Sport - News & Live Scores makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | SportsFree | #4 |
Apps near BBC Sport - News & Live Scores on the chart
Sports Free, around #4.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about BBC Sport - News & Live Scores
From the 123 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users appreciate the app's speed and lack of ads for checking scores, but recent updates have caused significant frustration regarding navigation and functionality. Complaints focus heavily on perceived editorial bias toward specific football clubs and technical regressions like broken comments or slow loading.
Mixed but leaning positive (68% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and being useful. The main complaints are about the design, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Ease of use: “Quick and easy to find results”
- Useful: “Would recommend to a friend”
- Updates: “great football app to keep you updated”
- Ads: “And best of all - not an advert in sight!!”
Common complaints
- Design: “Useful app but utterly dreadful menu design”
- Price & subscription: “it should be free no tv licenses to pay”
- Connection & sync: “ridiculously slow in loading every page even on WiFi and 5g”
About BBC Sport - News & Live Scores
BBC Sport brings you some of the world's biggest events - Olympic Games, UEFA Euros and FIFA World Cup football, Wimbledon, Commonwealth Games, Six Nations plus Premier League football, cricket, golf, rugby league, the NFL and much more.
SPORTS NEWS
The BBC Sport app brings you all the breaking news across the world of sport including football, cricket, rugby union, rugby league, F1, tennis, golf, athletics and much more. Read all of the latest headlines, football gossip, transfer rumours and league action as the stories unfold. You can even share news stories and sports results with your friends and followers across your social channels.
SPORT RESULTS
Never again do you have to miss any of the latest action. The BBC Sport app offers in-depth results, analysis, live scores, match stats and text commentaries – keeping you up-to-date with all the action when you’re on the go.
MY SPORT
Create a personalised “My Sport” page to bring together the stories, results and fixtures for the sports you love. Choose from over 300 different topics to follow including your favourite team or sports.
TOP FLIGHT FOOTBALL
As well as our football and Premier League pages, each team in England's top flight also has their own page - a one-stop shop for all the best digital content about that club, including insight and analysis from journalists and pundits across the BBC, plus the best of social media.
And, of course, you also get your fixtures, results, tables and player stats.
Want the biggest news and match updates from your team sent direct to your phone or tablet? Then download the BBC Sport app and sign up to notifications.
With news notifications for all 20 Premier League sides, you will have the biggest stories and the best content about your club at your fingertips.
ALERTS
Receive personalised notifications that get delivered directly to your locked screen. Set notifications for top sports stories, plus more than 400 football teams, dozens of cricket and rugby teams and every Formula 1 race!
LIVE SPORT
Watch major sporting events live or catch up with on-demand highlights straight to your mobile or tablet device.
AROUND THE BBC
Discover the best sporting content from around the BBC via the BBC Sport app including podcasts through BBC Sounds, exclusive content on BBC iPlayer and more.
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Please note a network connection and a BBC Account are required to access content. https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/account/
Supports Android 7+.
If you install this app you accept the BBC Terms of Use at https://www.bbc.co.uk/terms. Find out about your privacy rights and the BBC’s Privacy and Cookies Policy at https://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy.
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