Get on Play Store"NFL" is the official app of the National Football League, offering a pure football experience for fans. However, the game is plagued by bugs, poor optimization, and frequent ads that can disturb gameplay. Despite these issues, there are humorous elements that add some fun to the gameplay experience.
Phone
Android
Mobile Platform
Tablet
Reviews
- The app provides access to condensed replays of all games at any time, which is a great feature for fans.
- The app has a user-friendly interface that allows for easy navigation when it works properly.
- The condensed replays and highlights are appreciated by users who want to catch up on games quickly.
- The app frequently crashes and displays error messages like 'Oops, connection interrupted' or 'signal fumbled', making it nearly unusable.
- Users report that the app is slow to load, often requiring multiple uninstall and reinstall attempts to function temporarily.
- Many users are frustrated by the lack of customer support and the inability to access their subscriptions, leading to a poor overall experience.
- stability72 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The stability of the app has been widely criticized, with users reporting frequent freezes, crashes, and significant lag during use. Many have experienced persistent technical issues that disrupt gameplay and navigation, leading to frustration, especially given the subscription costs. Overall, the app is described as extremely buggy and unreliable, with ongoing problems that have not improved over time.
“The app is still buggy and slow.”
“Constantly freezes and crashes.”
“This app absolutely sucks; it is so hard to navigate and it glitches out.”
- monetization30 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 3 % neutral mentions
- 97 % negative mentions
The monetization strategy of the app has drawn significant criticism from users, who feel overwhelmed by the excessive number of ads that disrupt their experience. Many report long ad breaks before short video clips and intrusive ads within articles, leading to frustration over slow performance and a lack of value for the subscription fee. Overall, users perceive the app as a cash grab, prioritizing ad revenue over user experience.
“There's big interactive ads in the articles, I just want to read about the NFL, why cheapen the experience?”
“90 seconds worth of ads to watch a 30-second video clip.”
“Awful app, the NFL should be ashamed of this total and blatant cash grab.”
- optimization9 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 67 % negative mentions
The optimization of the app has been widely criticized, with users reporting severe performance issues such as slow load times, stuttering playback, and frequent bugs. Despite a recent UI refresh, the overall user experience remains frustratingly poor, leading to significant dissatisfaction among users who expect better functionality from a major company. Many feel that the focus on adding features has come at the expense of essential performance improvements.
“It would be nice if you focused on making things run smoothly and quickly instead of packing in features people can't use.”
“You'd think a company worth almost $200 billion would know how to make an app that not only runs smoothly, but also connects with your other devices.”
“Besides the performance, it however worked well until this weekend; now I'm unable to stream RedZone or any other game because 'an unspecified error occurred.'”
“The performance of the app is absolute garbage.”
“This app is so poorly optimized that it is painful to use.”
“No matter what device I used the app on, the interface performance is so poor, I spend 15 minutes just trying to get the view to maximize.”
- story3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Users express frustration with the story aspect, highlighting issues such as a persistent nag screen prompting them to join DAZN and difficulties accessing stories due to bugs. Overall, the experience is described as poor and frustrating, detracting from the intended engagement with the content.
“Same old story, different day—why isn't the casting function available?”
“Very poor; it opens with a nag screen to join DAZN every time I click on a notification for a story.”
“Every time you try, it becomes unusable; you can't link to any story on the news page. Bug fixes, my arse.”
- gameplay1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Users express frustration with interruptions during gameplay, particularly noting that commercial breaks can result in significant loss of gameplay time, ranging from 3 to 5 minutes.
“It's frustrating when you watch a full broadcast, go to a commercial, and return to find that the gameplay has lost 3, 4, or even 5 minutes.”
“The gameplay feels disjointed and interrupted, especially with the frequent commercial breaks that cut into the action.”
“I can't believe how much gameplay is lost during commercial breaks; it really disrupts the flow of the game.”
- humor1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Users find humor in the irony of receiving game notifications while being unable to access the app, highlighting a playful frustration with the situation.
