Gambling Apps Reviewed & Rated
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Skybet Mobile App

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  • Bet £5 get a £20 free bet.
  • £5 free bet every week if you bet £25.
  • Live streaming available.
£20 bonus
Overall impression
Graphics - 79%
Usability - 84%
Bonuses - 93%
Promotions - 86%
Summary:

A quality betting app with plenty of reasons to stay loyal. New players can bet £5 to release £20 in free bets.

85%

How Good is the Skybet Betting App?

With plenty of investment and support coming from sister company Sky Sports, there should be no surprise that Skybet’s app is one that is well-designed and highly functional. The app has excellent speed and usability, especially for new and occasional customers, rates highly in terms of in-play betting and has an accessible if not overly generous joining bonus.

Joining bonus

skybetbonusNew Skybet customers can enjoy a £20 free bet which is awarded if they place an initial £5 wager on a single or each-way market at odds of evens or greater.

This £20 free bet from Skybet is a little less than that provided by most of their competitors, but considering that it is not a matched bet and in fact provides 400% more than the size of the qualifying bet, it is still suitably generous.

Bet £5 and get £20 free now!

Speed and usability

SpeedThe main page of the Skybet mobile app presents the user with a raft of different ways in which to find the sports, events and markets that they want. This is reflective of the overall user-friendly nature of the app that makes it really quick and easy to navigate, even for brand new users.

Intuitive features like the attractive drop down menu and ability to open an alphabetised list of sports add to the excellent functionality, as does the simple to use and quick to load bet slip for actually placing your bets.

Live streaming and in-play betting

Live StreamingWhere the main Skybet website provides no live streaming, their mobile app does offer a good service in this regard but only for a handful of sports. These include most notable horse racing and tennis, which both have a large number of events available to view on a daily basis on a page which also includes available markets and live odds.

For those events which aren’t streamed live but do have in-play betting available, the Skybet app presents users with a very attractive interface that includes the markets and odds, live scoreboards and a host of additional graphics and statistics.

Compatibility

CompatibilityThe Skybet app is readily accessible across the whole range of mobile devices and tablets, including iPhones, iPads, Android phones and Blackberries.

There is no app to download for Android devices, with these having to access the mobile site via their web browser. IOS/Apple devices do however have the choice of doing the same or downloading their specific version through the App Store.

To see Skybet’s offering on any mobile or tablet go to: http://m.skybet.com

Full Details of Bonuses and Promotions

Both new and existing Skybet customers are presented with a selection of promotions and bonuses when they choose to use the Skybet mobile app for their sports betting:

Skybet Welcome bonus

If a new customer opens a Skybet account and places a £5 single or each-way bet with the company they are rewarded with a £20 free bet, just as long as the qualifying bet was at odds of evens or greater.

That £20 free bet is also eligible for single or each-way markets and any winnings from it will not include the return of the free bet stake.

Bet £5 and get £20 free now!

Free Bet Club

An excellent ongoing promotion for regular gamblers, Skybet’s ‘Free Bet Club’ provides a weekly free bet of £5 just as long as you stake £25 or more every week. Only settled bets at odds of evens or greater count toward that £25 threshold and if you fail to reach that mark one week, you have to stake £40 the next to re-qualify for the ‘Free Bet Club’.

Enhanced prices and price boosts

Skybet often provide their customers with specific enhanced odds bets across a variety of different sports, and price boosts on individual competitors in races or matches.

How Does the Skybet Mobile Compare?

Skybet is unquestionably a well designed and well produced app that has functionality and ease of use at its heart. The intuitive features and simple layout make it very quick and easy to navigate, and are a real plus for any new users and occasional punters.

The attractive in-play sections of the app, which feature an excellent range of markets and live odds along with clear and useful scoreboards, graphics and stats are another real plus with the app.

The app is not perfect however, as its overall appearance – and especially that of the main page – is little bit too busy and means that Skybet’s offering is certainly not as attractive or stylish as the apps of many of their main competitors.

Live streaming is also a slight issue as you’d have to describe it as a reduced service. That said horse racing is covered extensively and tennis and football are included.

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