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Description

Watch AFL is the official way to watch every AFL match LIVE & on demand outside Australia.
Watch AFL brings you all the action you love including the 2018 Toyota AFL Premiership Season & Finals Series LIVE and on demand, with loads of new features that put you in control. Plus watch all the NAB 2018 Women's Competition, the full JLT Pre Season competition and the new AFLX Series.
Plus, enjoy all the dedicated AFL TV Shows from Fox Footy, live and on demand any time you want.
LIVE AND ON DEMAND CONTENT ONLY ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA.
Watch it your way
• Pause and rewind LIVE matches or choose where to start watching
• Download matches for offline viewing
• Available on your PC/Mac via the Watch AFL website
• Watch on your TV with Airplay or Chromecast (supported platforms)
Total control in your hands
• Pause and rewind LIVE matches or choose where to start watching
• No waiting around with instant full match replays
• Never miss a match with pre & live match notifications
• Spoiler-free with the ability to turn scores off

What's New in Version 1.6.3

Bug fixes and improvements

Seller

Name

Fox Sports Australia Pty Ltd

Information

Categories

Version

1.6.3

Size

54 MB

Game Center

No

VPP Device Licensing

Yes

Rating

Rated: 4+

Compatibility

iOS 9.0 or later

Devices

iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPad 2 (Wi-Fi), iPad 2 (3G), iPad (3rd Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad (3rd Generation) (4G), iPad (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad (4th Generation) (4G), iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (Wi-Fi), iPad mini (4G), iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (5th generation), iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)

Languages

English

App Store: Customer Ratings

All Versions

 1.5 (68 Ratings)

App Store: Customer Reviews

Terrible App experience

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mdonch5
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2020-03-06
Version 1.6.3
Considering the cost to use the app. The experience is a joke. Just make the AFL live application available overseas for the same price. There’s no skipping functionality. The app drops far to easily in internet that is BETTER an Australia’s.
Whoever owns/ runs this app. AFL/ Foxtel/ Telstra whatever. Get it together. People trying to do the right thing and legally pay for your service shouldn’t have to receive that same experience as those illegally streaming. Just because you have a monopoly shouldn’t allow for lack of customer care.
Sort. It. Out.

Watch AFL

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Milli1969
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2019-11-13
Version 1.6.3
Don’t do it! Beware. After I unsubscribed I was continually charged for the following month, even though I had returned to Australia where content can’t be accessed and the AFL season had finished. I was silently being charged, receiving NO notifications whatsoever. In protest I have now cancelled the family fox sport subscription which I was happily paying for up until now. Now I have read the reviews I can see this type of behaviour is ongoing. DISGRACEFUL.

Most Disappointing

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Gutted A F
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2019-10-09
Version 1.6.3
Having paid for the Grand Final package so I could watch the semis and the final in Ghana, it was most disappointing to find that the video kept dropping out every couple of minutes and that the app had to be restarted every time. Internet speed was not a problem at an average of 15mbps.
I contacted Foxtel and got a few alternative suggestions - unfortunately too late to help and also not much use if you were watching on an iPad.
No chance of a refund either!!!

Watch out for sneaky auto-renewals by FOXTEL

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SnoozRob
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2019-09-28
Version 1.6.3
I subscribed to this service for one month when I was outside Australia last year. I discovered six months later that FOXTEL was still charging me 20 pounds per month. I had Visa refund the most recent three months - that was as far back as they are willing to reimburse. Of course Visa gave FOXTEL the opportunity to prove they were entitled to extract ongoing monthly payments. Apparently they were unable to, as the refund remained on my credit card. There are a number of other critical reviews along this line, so it smells like a FOXTEL business strategy and probably contributes to the poor rating of 1.8 for this service.

Poor app especially when there is a big game on...

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Hawks🧐😍👌
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2019-09-20
Version 1.6.1
There is a common theme about most of the reviews for this app - it provides rubbish coverage for big games if you want to watch it live. I note the price continues to rise but the service remains rubbish. If I could I would get my money back.....

Huge fee for no service

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Natty Dredd
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2019-09-13
Version 1.6.1
Purchased via iTunes. Got the site open to the icon of games I wanted to watch. Tried to look at it. Response ‘not subscribed’. Tried over and over no access despite funds coming out of my Apple account. No one to call all via email. Sent 12 emails. Zero response. Bunch of crooks.

Disgraceful

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Spezzo43
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2019-08-28
Version 1.6.1
The product and customer service are an absolute disgrace. Be careful because even if you purchase just one month they keep charging you unless you cancel your subscription which you never signed up to in the first place. Thieves

Pathetic

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Bj doinit
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2019-06-30
Version 1.6.0
It claims to have HD live but constantly drops to unwatchable quality regardless of internet connection. Constant crashing, downloading speed is pathetic, games are not available to download around 6hrs after the and doesn’t download when app is open in the background. To charge money for this subscription is a disgrace. Tech support is useless and boarder line laughable. They want to blame everything other than their service. Only use this if you have no intention of watching anything live and can wait 2hrs the next day to download if it downloads at all!

Be aware of the auto renewal!

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auto renewal $$$
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2019-05-28
Version 1.6.0
Customer service does not exist, poor form Watch AFL team.

Scam

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FailedSpaceman
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2019-04-17
Version 1.6.0
This app and company are a complete joke, non-stop streaming issues and a sneaky auto renewal feature. They send you a reminder that google just ads to spam because they are junk. Customer service... “sorry, you paid for it already”. Don’t waste your money and if you do, make sure they don’t steal from you.

Too many problems

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__mc__
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2019-04-13
Version 1.6.0
I pay every year as I live overseas, but this is a poor app. Constant dropouts (my internet is rock solid and has no problems streaming anything else, so keep that excuse to yourself). Terrible interface: arbitrary jumps that I cannot control. So, after dropping out with “stream error”, I come back in and have to try to guess where the play is. Half the time it jumps 10-15 minutes into a quarter and I cannot pull it back except to 20 minutes into the previous quarter. Awful. Oh, and here’s a new “feature” this year: after so many dropouts, full time has passed, so instead of the “from start”/“from live” option, all I get is a play button. Guess what that does? Takes me to live at the end of the game, ruining any enjoyment. This has happened to two games so far. To say I’m not happy with this app is an understatement. Save your money to watch it on a laptop. For what we are paying (189 buck each!), this is really, really shoddy. I had support apologising about the poor video controls last year and they’ve done nothing to fix it.

App Doesn’t work for live Matches

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conzyboy
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2019-03-30
Version 1.6.0
I have been in contact with WatchAFL for 3 weeks regarding the App which after 5 minutes watching the App comes up with an error while watching live matches and you have to restart it.
Although the technical team responds quickly and after checking to see the quality of my streaming which was fine they have indicated they will work on the problem to fix it. But as yet no solution.
I can watch via the browser although quality varies but the current of the iOS App is a bust

No stars

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smoke em if youve got em
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2019-03-28
Version 1.6.0
Terrible service , I brought a 1 year subscription and cannot get 10 mins of live footy without buffering, no refund available either , frustrating watch a game and it stops at the moment it shouldn’t. $189 for this is a waste

It’s alright, but needs to improve

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david debito
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2019-03-28
Version 1.6.0
The fact that you can’t see percentages or any other stats from the ladder is absurd.
And you’d expect an AFL service that covers our great game to have all the AFL related shows but doesn’t.

Don’t buy!

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xxxxfsuvv
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2019-01-10
Version 1.4.0
It keeps taking money from my bank and I cannot find a way to stop it within the app or any where else. They should be reported!

Rubbish

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fairgo123!
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2018-09-08
Version 1.4.0
Shocking. Managed to watch a qtr in total and the rest was buffering. Also, I chose the incorrect subscription and they refused to fix it, choosing to keep my money against my will. That’s got to be against laws. Shocking product and shocking customer service.

Rubbish

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fairgo123!
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2018-09-08
Version 1.4.0
Shocking. Managed to watch a qtr in total and the rest was buffering. Also, I chose the incorrect subscription and they refused to fix it, choosing to keep my money against my will. That’s got to be against laws. Shocking product and shocking customer service.

NFL GAMEPASS

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Mattorme
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2018-09-08
Version 1.4.0
Can’t Fox get together with AFL and copy NFL again, this time with their online services. NFL GAMEPASS wouldn’t sell such a poor product. Just shows how amateur Aussie professional football really is although they try to believe it’s all the go !

NFL GAMEPASS

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Mattorme
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2018-09-08
Version 1.4.0
Can’t Fox get together with AFL and copy NFL again, this time with their online services. NFL GAMEPASS wouldn’t sell such a poor product. Just shows how amateur Aussie professional football really is although they try to believe it’s all the go !

NFL GAMEPASS

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Mattorme
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2018-09-08
Version 1.4.0
Can’t Fox get together with AFL and copy NFL again, this time with their online services. NFL GAMEPASS wouldn’t sell such a poor product. Just shows how amateur Aussie professional football really is although they try to believe it’s all the go !

If there was any other option I would use it

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Scott_Bombers
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2018-09-07
Version 1.4.0
App and website fail every time there is a big game. As witnessed during the first final Rich vs Hawks. Poor customer service which only sends generic responses. Happy to take subscription fee but service is not consistently delivered.
Wish there was another provider.... this is the problem with monopolies.

If there was any other option I would use it

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Scott_Bombers
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2018-09-07
Version 1.4.0
App and website fail every time there is a big game. As witnessed during the first final Rich vs Hawks. Poor customer service which only sends generic responses. Happy to take subscription fee but service is not consistently delivered.
Wish there was another provider.... this is the problem with monopolies.

What a messy experience

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Mattorme
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2018-09-06
Version 1.4.0
Trying to subscribe while it flicks you from web to app, trying to start watching gotta go thru numerous avenues before it decides to start streaming, freezes all game long so forever trying to keep it live. Better off listening to radio or just watching scores tick over on the Sports Mate Footy app

Sneaky subscription overlay.

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JRockAustralia
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2018-08-18
Version 1.4.0
You can’t just sign up for 1 month without it rolling over for another payment. I missed out by 1 day to unsubscribe and they charged me.
Sneaky Fox Sports! I’m on holidays don’t make me panic about unsubscribing. I’m glad your loosing market with your archaic profit tactics.

Frustrating

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AFL frustrated fan
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2018-07-28
Version 1.4.0
If you are planning on watching the footy channel live, good luck. The app crashes and continues to struggle whenever there is a big game on.
It’s ok if you are planning on watching a game 5 hours after it has finished.
I reported this issue and was told to use the website as the app isn’t reliable and they were aware of issues. Three months later nothing has changed.

Poorly constructed app

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steve6663
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2018-07-22
Version 1.4.0
It is difficult o find the portal to join subscribe as every button takes you to a Log in screen

Works well, but watch out for auto renewal

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LongTimeUserFirstTimeReviewer
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2018-05-27
Version 1.3.1
The stream worked great for me and had it running through chromecast onto 55inch tv with no buffering.
The reason for my low stars rating is purely that it auto renews your subscription. Now I had a feeling this may be the case so I searched the app for anywhere to that I could turn this off but couldn’t find one. So I assumed there’s nowhere to turn it off so it must not auto renew. Just arrived back in oz to see it’s still charging my account, then read through TOS to discover the only way to cancel is through the website.
Hmmm....seems a bit dodgy that this setting cannot be found within the app itself. Some would even go as far as to say that this is on purpose 😏

Trash

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Cookamunda
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2018-04-25
Version 1.3.1
It's okay when you want to watch stuff live, but god forbid you want to watch a replay the next day, the app has been in a woeful state recently, if I'm paying 200 dollars for it, it should be a lot better then this.
Fix ur crappy app thanks

Nice, nice

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Hareclark
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2018-04-12
Version 1.3.1
For those times I can't catch a tram to my favourite ground.

Waste of money

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MurphyLee23
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2018-04-01
Version 1.2.2
AirPlay will no longer work and support team are lousy

Awesome

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Planet Naturopath
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2018-03-27
Version 1.2.2
I bought a subscription for the 2018 season and watched two games so far. One game was live and one on replay and the quality was perfect. I watched one on my computer and one using my phone which I streamed to the TV using apple tv.
I don't normally bother to write reviews but I was surprised at so many negative comments, we have fast internet which helps. It is not cheap but still works out at less than $10 a week so for me well worth it when they only show one game a week in Canada at 2am

Guilty pleasure

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Skunner
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2018-02-15
Version 1.2.2
Need to subscribe but it’s been worth it. I travel around a bit, and it’s good quality normally. Lifesaver and guilty pleasure for a footy addict!

Every finals series - same issue

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gutteroonee
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2017-09-23
Version 1.1.4
Rubbish. App jumps backwards in stream while watching match. Always crashes on big matches.

Do not waste your money!

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Dutch_fan
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2017-09-10
Version 1.1.3
Always struggles to play top live games.
Last time I bothered to lodge a ticket. The response was basically we know there was an issue, you can now watch the replay.
I just had the same issues attempting to watch the 1st elimination final. And I won't bother watching the replay as next weeks games are already displayed.
Save your money if you were considering weekly passes for the finals!

This app is terrible

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pmul1021
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2017-08-26
Version 1.1.2
I rate this zero because not a single live game has completed all season without having to restart it multiple time. To take money from anyone for this services is disgraceful.

Pretty much unusable

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sikiskk
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2017-08-18
Version 1.1.2
It's pathetic how little effort has gone into this app. Crashes all the time and the stream is always slowing down and changing quality. Pity we have no other choice to watch games overseas

Terrible app

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kjsmw
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2017-08-12
Version 1.1.2
Can watch a thing! Not worth the effort

Solid app

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Bunks_84
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2017-07-17
Version 1.1.2
Works fine at my end, with no adds like previous reviews say. It's good how the app auto changes the quality instead of buffering, so it works great with lower speed internet. Recommend it for the AFL lovers abroad.

Offer chrome cast and doesn't work... well or as expected

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Chric02
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2017-06-24
Version 1.1.2
I feel embarrassed and ripped off that the features offered by the app don't work. Really should get my money back since what's offered doesn't work. Australian consumer protection hope you are looking into it!!!!!!

Works fast in China

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Maximum_Hoff
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2017-06-15
Version 1.1.2
Massive improvement over the previous rabble who ran this service. Still want to see the price come down. Please make an APP for Apple TV!!!

Generally good

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andrew.deridder
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2017-05-26
Version 1.1.2
The audience at my house includes small children. Could we have an option to disable betting ads? Gambling is not something that my family should be exposed to while trying to enjoy a game.

No Downloading of games... bring it back!

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Gee912
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2017-05-24
Version 1.1.2
DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY LIKE I DID!!!
I need to be able to download games to watch offline... please bring it back! I do not have streaming ability most of the time and need this feature. If it is not available I will not be buying the subscription next year.
Disappointed!!!!
Update:
After emailing Watchafl they said they were reviewing the download feature due to popular request. But after another month, nothing has changed.
What a waste of money and makes me angry. No wonder people seek out ways to download for free, as the service providers just dont get it. Not everyone has fast internet all the time... I used to be able to download games to watch on flights etc.
They have no intention of adding this feature, so unless you have super fast internet don't waste your money.

No download??

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daveintheshade
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2017-05-20
Version 1.1.2
Like a lot of people are saying... the ability to download quarters to watch later on is paramount..this was by far the most important feature for me. I travel a lot and I used to watch games on the plane etc.. please bring this back or I'll be looking for a refund. I only resigned today and I'm so disappointed!!!

WARNING - this is an automatic subscription

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Hidden Renewals
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2017-04-25
Version 1.1.1
Be Warned.
Regardless of what package you sign up for you are entering into an ongoing subscription and will be billed accordingly.
Money hungry grubs!

So frustrating!

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JacW74
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2017-04-15
Version 1.1.1
Since the last update, the app has been so much worse than before. Numerous crashes and errors. When it does work, it's only for 30 seconds at most and then freezes starting the whole crash/errors regime again. The Internet in China is frustrating enough as it is without the expensive app not working. Last years global pass was much better. Disappointing.

One important feature missing, otherwise good

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David Muldred
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2017-04-09
Version 1.1.0
The "download and play later offline" is a very desirable feature. Please add this to your app.
This allows many who wish to watch a match during travel or in other offline situations to do so.
I am one of quite a few who have mentioned this in reviews.
Everything else about your app seems good.
David.

Fox have Ruined a Great App/Product

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mriksman
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2017-04-01
Version 1.1.0
WatchAFL was great before Fox came along and destroyed it. I wouldn't pay for it unless you have a high speed connection ALL THE TIME.
Fox; try and develop it with the thought that not everyone in the world has fast and reliable Internet. Let us choose what quality we want. Let us Pause and allow it to buffer if we want. Bring back download per quarter, and allow download resume if our connection gets disconnected, so we can download overnight, and watch the game offline later.
Think. Think. Think. WatchAFL is for the International people, the travellers, the expats working in foreign countries - we need these features so we can watch the game on our own terms.

Stopped working

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Fionakate20
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2017-03-31
Version 1.1.0
App stopped working and gave a black screen. Had to reinstall the app. Many of the fox programs aren't uploaded quickly to watch which is frustrating.

Crashes crashes and crashes

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Even writing reviews crashes
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2017-03-29
Version 1.1.0
Paid good money and got an app that crashes every time I try live streaming. Need to fix this Fox and now!!!