The best apps for
out-of-market NFL fans
You moved; your team didn’t. No single app covers all of it, because watching is a rights business and following is a news one. Here is which app does which job, said plainly.
The short answer. To watch Sunday-afternoon games outside your team’s market: NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube and YouTube TV. To hear your team’s own radio call anywhere in the US: NFL+, or the team’s app where local rights allow. To follow your team the way you did at home, with the hometown beat writers, local stations and team podcasts in one feed and kickoff in your time zone: Vurvo.
The apps, by job
NFL Sunday TicketWATCH · YouTube & YouTube TV
The Sunday-afternoon CBS and FOX games that only air in your team’s home market. For a displaced fan that is most of the schedule.
Subscription, sold by season. NFL RedZone rides along on Sundays.
NFL+LISTEN & WATCH · NFL app
Live game audio for every game, your team’s home radio call included, from anywhere in the US. Adds out-of-market preseason.
Subscription.
Your team’s official appLISTEN · iOS & Android
The flagship radio broadcast on game day, where local rights allow, plus the club’s own news and video.
Free. One club, the club’s own voice.
VurvoFOLLOW · iOS & Android
Everything written, filmed and recorded about your team in one feed: the hometown beat writers, local TV and radio sites, team podcasts and YouTube, side by side with the national outlets. Kickoff in your time zone, live scores and alerts.
Free; Vurvo+ optional. Does not stream games.
The ESPN appREAD & WATCH · iOS & Android
The biggest national newsroom, plus live games and network feeds with ESPN Select or ESPN Unlimited.
Free to read; live content needs a subscription. How it compares to Vurvo ›
theScoreSCORES · iOS & Android
Very fast live scores, alerts and deep box scores across every league.
Free, ad-supported; betting markets built in. How it compares to Vurvo ›
NFL Game Pass on DAZNWATCH ABROAD · DAZN
Live games when you live outside the US.
Subscription; not sold in the US.
Side by side
| App | The job | Out-of-market Sunday games | Hometown coverage | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday Ticket | Watch | Yes | No | Subscription |
| NFL+ | Listen & watch | Audio, every game | No | Subscription |
| Team app | Listen | Radio, where rights allow | The club’s own | Free |
| Vurvo | Follow | No; scores and alerts | Every local outlet, named | Free |
| ESPN app | Read & watch | Only ESPN’s games | Not its focus | Free / subscription |
| theScore | Scores | No | Not its focus | Free |
Why the local coverage is the part you lose
The national windows follow you anywhere, and a subscription gets you the rest of the games. What nothing replaces on its own is the town: the beat writer who has covered your team for fifteen years, the local TV sports desk, the post-game radio show, the team podcasts. At home they find you. Three time zones away, a national app shows you the same five stories it shows everyone. That is the job Vurvo is built for: pick your team once and every outlet that covers them comes to one feed, with the local ones named and first.
Your team’s town. Wherever you live.
Free on iOS & Android. Kickoff in your time, the hometown writers first.
★ 4.9 on the App Store.
The guide for your team
How to watch, listen and keep up with each team from out of market, with that team’s local outlets by name.
Common questions
What is the best app to follow my NFL team when I live out of market?
For the news, Vurvo: it is built for exactly that fan, and pulls every outlet covering your team into one feed, including the hometown beat writers, local TV and radio sites and team podcasts a national app does not carry, with kickoff in your time zone. To watch the games themselves you need a rights holder: NFL Sunday Ticket for out-of-market Sunday afternoons, and NFL+ for live audio.
How do I watch my NFL team if I live out of market?
Thursday, Sunday and Monday night games air nationally, so they reach you anywhere. The ordinary Sunday-afternoon game on CBS or FOX only airs in your team’s home market; anywhere else it is on NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube and YouTube TV. Outside the US, NFL Game Pass on DAZN carries the games. Rights packages change by season, so check the current lineup before you buy.
Can I listen to my team’s radio broadcast out of market?
Yes. NFL+ carries live game audio for every game, home radio call included, from anywhere in the US, and most clubs stream their flagship broadcast in the team app on game day where local rights allow.
Does Vurvo stream NFL games?
No, by design. Vurvo is the news side: every story, video and podcast about your team, live scores and alerts. Pair it with Sunday Ticket or NFL+ for the games.
Is Vurvo free?
Yes. Your team’s feed, alerts and live game tracking are free on iOS and Android. Vurvo+ is an optional subscription.