Setanta Sports: Sports TV App

Review by eFreeware

Setanta Sports is a sports streaming app from SetantaSport, built around live events rather than around news or scores alone. It is free to download, carries no ads, and offers in-app purchases, and the developer describes the service as subscription-based with round-the-clock access to live sport. For anyone who follows soccer across several countries and also wants UFC and tennis in the same place, that combination is the main reason to consider it.

The catalog the developer lists is broad: more than 5,000 live streams, soccer from the English Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, the Ukrainian Premier League, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League, plus UFC and Bellator, tennis, cricket, Formula 1 and basketball. On the store it sits at a 4.6 average from just under 50,000 ratings, with more than a million installs since its release in August 2021.

What appeals to me here is the shape of the thing: one app for live soccer, fight nights and racket sports, with replays and on-demand material filling the gaps between events. It is not a scores-only companion, and it is not a general entertainment service with a sports section bolted on. The subscription is the center of the offer, and the rest of the app is arranged around it.

Live soccer across a long list of leagues

Soccer is the clearest priority. The developer promises live matches in HD alongside live scores, so you can follow a game as it happens rather than waiting for a result. The league list covers the big five European competitions plus the Ukrainian Premier League and the two main UEFA club tournaments, which means a fan of more than one domestic league can plausibly keep up with all of them in a single app.

The scores side matters as much as the video. Setanta Sports is designed to show live score data prominently, so checking the state of a match you are not watching takes little effort. If you follow several teams across different countries, that mix of live streams and running scores is the most useful part of the package.

Replays cover the obvious gap. When a match kicks off while you are at work, or when two fixtures you care about overlap, the app is built for going back to the broadcast afterward. Match highlights, reviews and interviews are included too, which suit the nights when there is no live game but you still want something to watch.

UFC, tennis and the rest of the schedule

The fight coverage is not an afterthought. UFC and Bellator events are named in the app's lineup, which is the practical detail that matters most for anyone in a different time zone. A main card that runs past midnight is easier to commit to when you know you can watch it the next day.

Tennis gets its own billing, and the wider catalog reaches cricket, Formula 1 and basketball. That spread suggests an app for people who watch sport generally rather than one sport exclusively, and it gives the subscription more to justify itself across a calendar year. A quiet week in soccer does not leave the app empty.

The on-demand layer is where the extra value sits. Documentaries and original programming sit alongside the live events, and the app carries exclusive footage and interviews as well. None of this replaces a live match, but it fills the hours between them, which is often where streaming subscriptions either prove themselves or gather dust.

Getting set up and shaping what you see

A subscription model gives access to live sport around the clock, so the expectation is that you sign up before the live streams open up. Downloads are free and the app shows no ads, with in-app purchases handling the paid side. If you are weighing it up against a dedicated service for one league, the deciding factor is likely to be how much of the listed catalog you would actually watch.

Personalization is part of the setup. Those choices are meant to shape tailored flash scores and streaming suggestions, so the home screen reflects your interests rather than a generic schedule.

The interface is described as built to surface the most relevant live score data, with leagues and matches easy to find. That is a sensible design goal for an app where the useful information changes by the minute. The most recent update is a maintenance release covering performance improvements and minor bug fixes, which suggests the developer is still tending to the app rather than leaving it alone.

A fit for year-round sports watchers

This looks best suited to people who already pay for sport and want more of it in one place. If your viewing week includes a Premier League fixture, a Champions League night and a UFC card, the breadth of the catalog is the argument. Following clubs in more than one country strengthens it further, since the league list is unusually wide.

It also suits viewers who cannot always watch live. Replays, highlights and interviews mean the subscription keeps working when your schedule does not line up with the broadcast. For someone who mostly wants scores and headlines, a free scores app would cover that ground; the value here is in the streams and the on-demand material behind them.

The narrower case is the single-league fan. If you follow one competition and nothing else, the breadth that makes Setanta Sports attractive to a general sports watcher matters less, and the subscription has to be justified by that one competition alone. That is a question of your own viewing habits rather than a fault in the app.

What to weigh before subscribing

The cost is the main consideration. The app is free to download and ad-free, but the live coverage sits behind in-app purchases tied to the subscription model. That is a recurring commitment rather than a one-off, so it is worth deciding how many of the listed leagues and events you would genuinely watch before signing up.

Breadth cuts both ways. A catalog that spans soccer, UFC, tennis, cricket, Formula 1 and basketball is a lot to keep up with, and a viewer with narrow tastes may find that most of it goes unused. The upside is that there is usually something on; the downside is paying for a schedule you only partly watch.

The store signals are encouraging without being decisive. A 4.6 average across nearly 50,000 ratings and over a million installs points to an app with a settled audience, and the recent maintenance update suggests it is being kept in working order. Those numbers tell you the app is widely used, not that it will carry the specific competitions you care about.

The case for installing Setanta Sports

Setanta Sports makes sense for the viewer who wants live soccer, UFC and tennis under one subscription, with replays and on-demand programming to cover the hours when nothing is live. The league list is long, the scores are part of the package rather than a separate app, and personalization keeps the schedule relevant to the teams and players you follow.

I would point it toward people who watch sport most weeks and follow more than one competition, especially those who cannot always be at the screen when an event starts. If your interest runs to a single league and nothing else, the subscription is a heavier commitment than the app's breadth would reward. For everyone in between, the mix of live streams, replays and highlights is a coherent offer rather than a pile of features.

What's new

The latest version of Setanta Sports: Live Scores TV contains performance improvements and minor bug fixes.