Sling Blue vs Philo: Which is Best?

Channels on Sling Blue and not Philo

The channels that Sling Blue has and which are not available on Philo:

• Bloomberg Television
• Bravo
• Cartoon Network
• Charge!
• CNN
• Comet
• E!
• EPIX Drive-In
• Fox News Channel
• Fox Sports 1 (FS1)
• Fuse
• FX
• HLN
• Investigation Discovery (ID)
• Local Now
• MGM+
• MSNBC
• National Geographic
• NFL Network
• SYFY
• TBS
• TNT
• USA

Channels on Philo and not Sling Blue

The channels that Philo has which are not available on Sling Blue:

• AccuWeather Network
• American Heroes Channel
• Animal Planet
• aspireTV
• BBC World News
• BET Her
• Catchy Comedy
• Cheddar News
• Cleo TV
• CMT
• Cooking Channel
• Crackle
• Crime-Investigation
• Deck the Hallmark
• Destination America
• Discovery Family
• Discovery Life
• FETV
• FYI
• Game Show Network
• GetTV
• Great American Family
• Great American Living
• Gusto TV
• Hallmark Channel
• Hallmark Family
• Hallmark Mystery
• Heroes & Icons
• INSP
• KIN
• Law&Crime
• LMN
• Logo
• Magnolia Network
• MeTV
• Motor Trend
• MTV
• MTV Classic
• MTV Live
• MTV2
• Nickelodeon
• Nicktoons
• Oprah Winfrey Network
• Paramount Network
• PlayersTV
• pocket.watch
• Pop TV
• RetroCrush
• REVOLT
• Revry
• Ryan and Friends
• Science Channel
• Smithsonian Channel
• Start TV
• Story Television
• Sundance TV
• Tastemade
• TeenNick
• TV Land
• TV One
• UPtv
• Vevo 80s
• Vevo 90s
• Vevo Country
• Vevo Hip-Hop
• Vevo Holiday
• Vevo Pop
• VH1
• WE tv

Popularity: Sling Blue is more popular than Philo

Sling Blue has 2,330,000 subscribers whereas Philo has 800,000 subscribers. This means that Sling Blue has 1,530,000 more subscribers than Philo. That's a pretty big difference.

Price: Philo is cheaper than Sling Blue

Philo's costs $25 whereas Sling Blue costs $45. Getting Sling Blue instead of Philo will set you back $20 more every month.

Why get Sling Blue?

If you like channels such as Comedy Central, Cartoon Network, and TBS, Sling Blue is a cheap alternative to cable - costing only $40 a month.

Go to Sling Blue

Why get Philo?

Nothing beats the price: $25 is really cheap, one of the cheapest ways out there to get Live TV. And the fact that you get unlimited DVR -if you care about that kind of stuff- on top of that is kind of crazy. Just as a comparison, Youtube TV offers unlimited DVR but it costs three times as much.

Go to Philo

Devices: Sling Blue is more widely available than Philo

Sling Blue is available on AirTV, Amazon Fire TV, Android, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, iOS, LG TV, Roku, Samsung TV or Xbox.

Whereas Philo is available on Amazon Fire TV, Android, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, iOS, iPhone, Roku or Samsung TV. That's 2 less devices than Sling Blue.

Channel count: Philo has 47 channels more than Sling Blue

Philo's lineup includes 86 channels whereas Sling Blue has only 39 channels. Getting a subscription to Philo will give you access to 47 more channels than Sling Blue. That's quite a bit of channels.

Trial: Sling Blue does not offer a trial

Sling Blue does not offer a free trial.

Find out more on Sling Blue

Trial: Philo offers a trial

Philo has a trial. The trial duration is 7 days.

Find out more on Philo

Sling Blue's specialty

The specialties of Sling Blue are: Lifestyle, News, Science fiction, Soccer, True Crime.

Philo's specialty

The specialties of Philo are: Lifestyle, News, True Crime.

Channels on both Philo and Sling Blue

The channels that are available on both Philo and Sling Blue are:

• A&E
• AMC
• AXS TV
• BBC America
• BET
• Comedy Central
• Discovery Channel
• Food Network
• HGTV
• History
• IFC
• Lifetime
• Nick Jr.
• TLC
• Travel Channel
• Vice

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