DAZN review: Is the sports streaming app worth it?

The more sports you’re into in Australia, the bigger the headache you have for a growing list of subscriptions. Kayo Sports is still the all-rounder, despite losing rugby union to Stan Sport and global cricket events to Prime Video. There’s also Optus Sport, Paramount Plus, BeIN Sports and Apple TV Plus to add to that list.

Nowadays, you can also add DAZN, but only if you’re into boxing and MMA, plus don’t mind forking out extra for enticing add-ons like the DAZN NFL Game Pass. If you love the main sports DAZN is spruiking, a subscription is worth considering. But if you’re only casually interested, the boxing-loving streaming service is going to have a much harder fight getting you to pay for and maintain an ongoing subscription.

DAZN offers a free account with limited content but there’s no dedicated tab to find all the free stuff. Instead, you have to keep an eye out for any content that doesn’t have a padlock on it. In terms of prices, it starts out straightforward before it gets complicated and potentially very, very expensive. For the basics, DAZN costs $179.88 per year at its cheapest or $29.99 per month for a pricier alternative.

The catch with the DAZN monthly plan is you have to give 30 days’ notice, which means you’re effectively up for an extra month of DAZN if you want to cancel. Time your exit accordingly if you go for a monthly plan. DAZN has pay-per-view (PPV) fights for around $40, but there’s also a stack of monthly or annual add-ons for NFL, FIBA (basketball), Rally TV (racing) and National League TV (soccer), the latter of which also has a $19.99 weekly pass. The DAZN NFL Game Pass also has last year’s content available for $14.99 a season at its cheapest or $20.99 for the Pro Ultimate upgrade.

If you wanted to pay for a year of everything, you’re looking at around $1,500+. Yikes. For a fights and footy-focused streaming alternative, there’s really only Kayo Sports. Kayo Standard costs $25 a month, while Kayo Premium is $35 a month. The variety of sports on Kayo justifies the extra cost, as does the fidelity bump: up to 4K streaming, while DAZN is stuck at 1080p max. Occasionally DAZN may offer a free trial, but there wasn’t one at the time of writing. In short, unless you’re satisfied with the free content, DAZN ain’t cheap, and the more you want to watch, the deeper you have to dig.

If you go by what DAZN promotes, it’s a sports service targeted at five specific things: boxing, NFL Game Pass, FIFA Club World Cup, National League and X Series. Boxing is promoted most heavily because that’s the main reason you’d sign up to DAZN, with heavy promotion around 185+ fights still to come in 2025 at the time of writing. There’s also a massive back catalogue of older bouts.

If you read the previous section, you’ll know that NFL Game Pass costs extra, so it’s not technically part of a subscription, though there is some limited DAZN NFL content for free subscribers. There is some murkiness around content for free users, though; I clicked on a supposed full replay for the 2025 Super Bowl only to discover it was a six-minute replay. You’ll get the full dealio, though, with an NFL Game Pass.

Given soccer (sorry, football) is a seasonal thing, FIFA Club World Cup is really only relevant between June and July (at least in 2025). National League TV, like NFL Game Pass, is a premium extra, which you won’t get with a base DAZN subscription. Outside of DAZN promoting its live channels, that just leaves X Series, which is more boxing and related content.

As far as I can tell, DAZN does a mostly solid job of getting global sports streaming content to Australia. That said, All Elite Wrestling and the PGA Tour Fast Channel are at least two missing options Down under. Here’s a list of all sports categories available on DAZN:

The DAZN app is available on loads of devices, including some of the best streaming devices , so you shouldn’t have any trouble watching at home or while out and about. Note you can reportedly “connect up to five devices” per DAZN account and stream on two simultaneously.

Here’s a list of compatible devices for the DAZN app:

• Samsung TVs
• LG TVs (all LG webOS models since 2015)
• Sony TVs
• Panasonic TVs
• Hisense TVs (all models since 2018)
• Philips TVs (Android models since 2015; SAPHI models since 2022)
• Android TVs
• Amazon Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Cube
• Apple TV
• Chromecast (excluding TVs with inbuilt Chromecast, first-gen Chromecast
• Roku
• Nvidia Shield TV
• Amazon Fire Tablet
• Android phones and tablets
• iPhones and iPads
• Xbox One, One S, One X, Series S and Series X consoles
• PlayStation 4, 4 Pro, 5, 5 Pro consoles

Navigation wise, DAZN is a bit overwhelming from the home screen even if I do appreciate seeing the prominence of live content. You’re better off familiarising yourself with the specific sports categories and jumping to areas of interest. The more prominent the content, the better the playback features.

If, say, you head over to esports and watch a full PUBG replay, you’re greeted with an intimidatingly long nine-hour playback as your only choice. But boxing, NFL and other prominent sports have a welcome spoiler toggle. It’s off by default, but toggle it on and you’ll get the bigger moments marked as a highlight on the playback timeline. Certain fight replays have dropdowns to jump to specific bouts and even rounds, while other content lets you select from full replays or highlights, all of which are welcome inclusions. It is a shame that not all PPV replays are included after the bout has wrapped.

Content pages did lag at times during my testing, but playback generally happens within five to 10 seconds of hitting play. Admittedly, that content is only available in 1080p resolution at best, which is good enough that I didn’t have any issues with tracking scores or other text-based elements. Still, it’s lacking behind its 4K peers on Stan Sport and Kayo Sports, though it is on par with Prime Video’s sports streaming.

If your sporting interests happen to align with what’s available on DAZN, particularly boxing, there’s enough to justify the base price of admission. But greater versatility comes at a potentially massive premium. Combine those potential costs with an interface experience that lags behind Kayo Sports—not to mention the all-year-round sports on offer—and DAZN’s value is more likely found in month-long bouts.