Sling Blue vs Philo: Which is Best?

Sling TV's Sling Blue plan is almost the price of Philo, which makes deciding between the two very difficult. In this page, we hope to help you decide which one is for you. 

Summary

Comparaison Philo Sling Blue
Price $45/month $28/month
Trial No 7 days
Our rating 8/10 8/10
Number of channels 39 86
Unlimited DVR No Yes
Fox Sports 1 (FS1)YesNo
HistoryYesYes
LifetimeYesYes
NBCYesNo
Paramount NetworkNoYes
TNTYesNo

Channels on Philo and not Sling Blue

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

Channels on Sling Blue and not Philo

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

  • AccuWeather Network
  • AMC Plus
  • American Heroes Channel
  • Animal Planet
  • aspireTV
  • BBC World News
  • BET Her
  • Catchy Comedy
  • Cheddar News
  • Cleo TV
  • CMT
  • Cooking Channel
  • Crackle
  • Crime-Investigation
  • Dabl
  • 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
  • MeTV Toons
  • Motor Trend
  • MTV
  • MTV Classic
  • MTV Live
  • MTV2
  • Nickelodeon
  • Nicktoons
  • Oprah Winfrey Network
  • Overtime
  • Paramount Network
  • PlayersTV
  • pocket.watch
  • Pop TV
  • RetroCrush
  • REVOLT
  • Revry
  • Ryan and Friends
  • Scares by Shudder
  • 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: Philo is more popular than Sling Blue

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

Price: Sling Blue is cheaper than Philo

Sling Blue's costs $28 whereas Philo costs $45. Getting Philo instead of Sling Blue will set you back $17 more every month.

Why get Philo?

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 Philo

Why get Sling Blue?

Nothing beats the price: $28 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 Sling Blue

Devices: Philo is more widely available than Sling Blue

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

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

Channel count: Sling Blue has 47 channels more than Philo

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

Trial: Philo does not offer a trial

Philo does not offer a free trial.

Find out more on Philo

Trial: Sling Blue offers a trial

Sling Blue has a trial. The trial duration is 7 days.

Find out more on Sling Blue

Philo's specialty

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

Sling Blue's specialty

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

Philo's accepted payment methods

Philo accepts: Amazon Pay, Apple App Store, Apple Pay, credit card, debit card, Google Pay, Google Play Store, Mybundle.tv, Paypal, Retailer gift card, Roku Channel Store, Roku Payment Method (RPM).

Sling Blue's accepted payment methods

The payment methods that Sling Blue accepts are: Amazon Appstore, Apple Pay, Cash App, credit card, debit card, Google Pay, Paypal, prepaid card, Roku Channel Store, Roku Payment Method (RPM), Samsung Smart Hub, Vizio TV App Store.

Channels on both Sling Blue and Philo

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

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