Disney Plus vs Netflix - Which streaming service should you choose - Android
While Disney Plus
might not have nearly the volume of content as you’ll find with Netflix,a surprising number of people are actually ditching the established king of streaming for Disney’s new service. Until just recently, Disney actually worked with Netflix, giving the company the rights to stream a selection of its recent movies. Disney also launched a number of original shows on Netflix, including many Marvel TV series that are still available for streaming on Netflix.
That era is over. The team behind Disney Plus hopes its deep family-friendly library of content will draw many people away from Netflix. In addition, Disney Plus has a growing lineup of original shows and movies that are poised to rival anything on Netflix. That includes the Star Wars action series The Mandalorian.
So in the battle between Disney Plus vs Netflix, which one should you pick if you had to only subscribe to one? We will give you our opinion, but ultimately it’s up to you to decide which service will be streamed on your set-top box, smartphone, tablet, game console, or smart TV.
Disney Plus costs $6.99 a month, with a seven-day free trial. Disney is also offering an annual subscription that’s priced at $69.99 a year. The company gave people a chance to purchase a three-year subscription to Disney Plus for about a week in late August and early September for $140.97.
There is also a bundle deal that allows buyers to get Disney Plus, Hulu (with ads), and ESPN Plus for $12.99 a month. That cuts the price of an individual Disney Plus subscription to $4.33 a month. Finally, Verizon Wireless unlimited customers will get one year of Disney Plus for free. That offer will extend to Verizon’s Fios and 5G home internet subscribers.
Netflix is more expensive. It’s lowest price tier for most territories is $8.99 a month, which supports one concurrent stream and 480p video resolution. The second tier costs $12.99 a month, with two concurrent streams and 1080p resolution. The third tier costs $15.99 a month, with four streams at the same time and 4K resolution support.
To be fair, Netflix is experimenting with “mobile only” subscriptions in certain markets. The price for that tier, which is only for smartphones and tablets, is less than $5 a month, where it is available. However, Netflix has not made it available in most of its countries. It looks like Disney Plus wins the price war, at least for now.
Disney Plus apps are available for Android and iOS mobile devices. It also supports Chromecast devices, as well as TVs with built-in Chromecast capabilities. It’s also available for Android TV televisions and set-top boxes like the Nvidia Shield.
Disney Plus can be streamed on a PC on web browsers, but specifics have not been revealed. Disney Plus apps are available for Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PlayStation 4 consoles, too. It will also launch on Roku TVs, streaming sticks and set-top boxes, Amazon Fire TV sticks, and televisions. Samsung and LG smart TVs will have their own Disney Plus app. There’s been no confirmation of a Disney Plus app for the Nintendo Switch, even though a slide from Disney’s investor day event showed the app running on the Switch.
As far as Netflix is concerned in terms of availability, the question is what devices don’t support it. It’s available for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, and it supports Roku and Amazon Fire TV-based devices, Chromecast devices, and TVs with built-in Chromecast. It also supports Android TV-based televisions and set-top boxes. Of course, Netflix is available via a variety of web browsers for PC laptops and desktops.
Netflix is also available on a ton of game consoles. That includes Microsoft’s Xbox One, Sony’s PlayStation 4, and even Nintendo’s Wii U and 3DS. Apps are available for a variety of smart TVs, cable boxes, and even Blu-ray players.
It looks like Netflix wins the platform category, at least during the launch, although Disney Plus could catch up later.
This category is pretty easy to give to Netflix, considering Netflix has had a huge head start on Disney Plus. It’s currently in about 190 countries and territories. Only four countries don’t have Netflix: China, North Korea, Crimea, and Syria. By contrast, Disney Plus is available in the U.S., Canada, Netherlands, Australia, and New Zealand. It will take a while to roll out in other parts of the world, mainly due to older license agreements to Disney content that are still valid by other networks. Disney Plus will expand to the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain starting on March 31, 2020.
Netflix also has a huge head start on Disney Plus in terms of its library. It has a massive selection of older TV shows and movies, and a huge library of original content that’s growing almost daily. Netflix may be losing some of that content in the future content to rivals like HBO Max, Hulu, and Peacock. However, it’s also spending lots of money to fill up its service with tons of exclusive shows and movies.
In 2019 Netflix premiered movies like The Irishman, the long-awaited new gangster movie from director Martin Scorsese. The service also fairly recently launched the first season of the fantasy series The Witcher. Let’s not forget about 6 Underground, the latest big-budget action flick from director Michael Bay and starring Ryan Reynolds. Plus, you can go back and check out older originals like Stranger Things, Black Mirror, Russian Doll, and much, much more.
Keep in mind that Netflix has content, both classic and exclusive, for all ages and audiences.
Unlike another rival service that launched in November, Apple TV Plus, Disney Plus will not have an issue with a lack of content. It will draw upon the vast library of content from its Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic divisions. It will even have some movies and shows it acquired from its purchase of 20th Century Fox. That’s thousands of TV episodes and movies to stream.
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