Stop drowning in Olympic coverage. All you need is the official app for schedules and your country's broadcaster app for streaming.
The Olympics are a firehose. For two weeks, it's a flood of stories, wins, and losses. Trying to watch everything is impossible. And trying to follow just the stuff you care about can feel just as hard.
You don't need a dozen apps. You need one or two that actually work.
Start here. The official "Olympics" app is surprisingly good. It's a useful hub for the whole event, not just some marketing afterthought. You can pick your favorite sports and athletes to get alerts for the events you actually want to see. If you want to know the second a specific judoka steps onto the mat, this is how.
The app has schedules, live results, and constant updates. Since the games are spread across dozens of venues and time zones, having a schedule that automatically adjusts to your local time is a lifesaver. No more doing math at 6 AM. It also has news, articles, and documentaries about the athletes.
And it’s free, available on basically everything.
This is where things get messy. Broadcasting rights are a nightmare.
In the United States, NBC owns everything. That means you’ll be pointed toward the Peacock app, which streams every event live. You can also watch on the NBC Sports app and NBCOlympics.com, but you’ll usually need a cable or satellite TV login to get most of the live streams.
If you're in the US and don't have cable, you can try services like Sling TV or Fubo that carry NBC's channels.
Outside the US, it's a different story. The UK uses the BBC iPlayer and Eurosport. Canada has CBC Gem. Ireland has the RTÉ Player. Just figure out your country's official broadcaster and download their app.
Watching the events is one thing; keeping score is another. The official app has medal tables, but sometimes you want a cleaner, data-only view. For that, the medal-tracking pages on sites like Sports Illustrated or NBC Sports are usually pretty good.
I remember during the London games, I got so into the medal race I built a massive spreadsheet to track it all. At one point, sitting in my 2011 Honda Civic waiting for a train, I realized I cared more about the bronze medal fencing match between Estonia and Venezuela than what I was having for dinner. It’s easy to get obsessed.
A simple habit tracker can help here. You could use something like Trider to set reminders for the events you refuse to miss. Set a daily reminder for the primetime broadcast or try to build a streak for watching every day of the competition. It’s a good way to stay invested. You can even set up focus sessions to block out everything else when a gold medal match is on.
So here's the simplest setup:
Use the official Olympics app for schedules and tracking your favorite athletes. Then, get the app from your country's official broadcaster to stream the events. That’s it. That’s all you need.
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