IGN Entertainment vs YouTube

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R3] IGN Entertainment 3/5 · US Love IGN. Hate the app: Man oh man… I love IGN. I love the content. I love the hosts of all the shows and podcasts especially Beyond & NVC. Love the reviews, on sale sections, news, events. But boy is this app bad and keeps getting worse. It crashes all the time. I have to log in almost every day. The videos don’t play or play and then crash… 5 stars for IGN content/creators and 0 for the app
2. [R6] IGN Entertainment 3/5 · US Missing out on some great features: I really like the IGN PC and mobile site. The app is severely lacking in quality features (including IGN playlist). I was hoping I would be able to access checklists and tasks on the app because the mobile site only works well 50% of the time and it’s obnoxious. PLEASE add guides checklists and maps to the app!!! They’re so helpful when you’re trying to find the
3. [R10] IGN Entertainment 1/5 · US Major L: As a gamer and avid fan of IGN this app sucks! I’m constantly being logged out and the in app browser crashes every time. Also the “for you” section is useless really. I should be able to edit the pages to my liking I don’t want to see my “page” immediately I want the latest news.
4. [R21] IGN Entertainment 3/5 · US No wiki guides in app: It’d make a lot of sense to have the wiki guides for various games available in app - it is a real shame this isn’t supported.
5. [R1] IGN Entertainment 2/5 · US Just ok: This app is fine for articles and news, but if you want to comment on anything good luck, I’m logged into my account and every time I try to comment it asks me to log in again.
6. [R2] IGN Entertainment 5/5 · US Comments are basically broken: Every time you try to make a comment, or even like something, it’ll ask you to sign in… Even though you are already signed in. And then, if you try to sign in again and make the comment, it’ll ask you to sign in yet again… basically you could never make a comment unless delete app and uninstall it every damn day, sometimes multiple times a day. I’m done with it.
7. [R7] IGN Entertainment 1/5 · US Login is broken: App says I’m logged in. Try to add a comment and it asks me to sign in. Sign in fails silently.
8. [R4] IGN Entertainment 1/5 · US Jwt Malformed: Been locked out for a year. Wouldn’t be terrible if I wasn’t constantly asked to login to a portal that doesn’t work.
9. [R9] IGN Entertainment 3/5 · US Ads take over: It is annoying when video ads pop up without being clicked on, and I don’t understand why whatever audio I am listening to on my phone has to turn off from just opening the app. I don’t even try to watch/listen to anything on the ign app. It just turns off my music/podcast. It’s annoying.
10. [R12] IGN Entertainment 3/5 · US Good content marred by a poor app UX: I like IGN as a news source and the app used to be much better. Now it’s plagued with technical issues other reviews have mentioned. Ads that go full screen just by scrolling on/past them, no edge swipe to go back navigation, and a login feature that’s almost completely broken. Please fix these things IGN
11. [R15] IGN Entertainment 3/5 · US Could be better: Love IGN and I’ve used the app for years. The ads can be pretty annoying. I understand they are the chief source of revenue, but sometimes (and idk if this is a glitch or purposeful) when you scroll past them, if you even just touch it, it opens the ad. It’s very annoying and feels buggy compared to other scrolling apps with ads like instagram. Also, when you are trying to find ar
12. [R18] IGN Entertainment 3/5 · US Frustrating UI: I love the content, but the constant reminders to log in are annoying. When you do log in, the app logs you out and the reminders continue. Also the ads: video playback of advertisements happens even if you scroll past them. I just scrolled through about 20 stories and watched 6 iPhone 17 advertisements even though I didn’t even click on them.
13. [R28] IGN Entertainment 1/5 · US Can’t log in: Can’t log in, can’t interact with the comments and click on the polls they put in their articles. Basically only have the app for the news, but once I find another medium I’m done with this app. When I log in, it tells me to log in again and again, tried to update the app, tried to uninstall and reinstall and same issue. And the fact that this is going on for so long, shows IGN doesn
14. [R34] IGN Entertainment 1/5 · US Bugged permanent ads!: They will never fix this. You will have ads permanently even if you pay to remove them like I did then the app will be malfunctioned and if you try to scroll, it’s gonna skip multiple pages and revert you back to the top because of you paid to remove the ads don’t give them any of your money you’ve been warned. I have suffered many years and there is no fix. I’ve contacted t
15. [R40] IGN Entertainment 1/5 · US Atrocious Performance: This app is atrocious, and while they keep adding new tabs and ways for the algorithm to cater to your viewing preferences, it hasn’t fixed any of the fundamental issues the app has had for going on a decade now. Eventually, it can take 30 minutes since install of 2 weeks after the last install date, it will begin logging you out automatically whenever you change pages or
16. [R43] IGN Entertainment 1/5 · US Still broken where VoiceOver is concerned for accessibility: Why is it that when IGN comes out with an app update the login screen still is broken? Plus when I try to sign in with my credentials I am told at the login screen that everything is incorrect? However I know that it is not. I have written about accessibility issues before and IGN has not addressed the problem or problems within this app
17. [R64] YouTube 1/5 · US Application keeps crashing: Noticed about 2 days ago the app started crashing again and again. Only fix I have found is uninstalling and re-installing the application.
18. [R67] YouTube 2/5 · US Keeps crashing: Why does it keep crashing every time I open it? I have to uninstall the app and keep reinstalling it. I’ve had to do it at least 20 times in the past three days.
19. [R70] YouTube 1/5 · US YouTube crashes: YouTube crashes immediately upon opening. Deleting and reinstalling the app only resolves the issue temporarily for a few hours before the crashing recurs. Environment: OS: iOS 18.7, App Version: YouTube 21.26.4
20. [R73] YouTube 1/5 · US App doesn’t work: For over a week, every day i have to redownload the app because for some reason, it won’t even let me open the app. It just crashes immediately.
21. [R23] IGN Entertainment 4/5 · US I like it but not very much.: It is really good, the only problem is that the website has game walkthroughs on it but the app just doesn’t really have what I am trying to get whenever I use IGN and that is video game walkthroughs.
22. [R42] IGN Entertainment 3/5 · US It could be better: Sigh i wish there was guides like on the website it wouldn’t be that hard to implement
23. [R63] YouTube 3/5 · US Ads freezing the video: Since the most recent update, any time an ad plays the video ends up freezing. I have to close the app and restart it in order to watch the video. Fix this.
24. [R72] YouTube 3/5 · US ?: The app is buggy and too many ads
25. [R74] YouTube 5/5 · US Too many Commercial: Enjoy my time on YouTube but too many ads ( I know that’s how they make money) still good stuff
26. [R78] YouTube 3/5 · US Too many ads: WAY too many ads for one video, especially to the longer videos like every 5 minutes there’s an add and the tiny ad box that appears in the corner when you skip one is just taking away from the experience of watching. It’s getting tiring but overall, I love the app and just see the ads as a little too excessive.