Instagram 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. [R4] Instagram 1/5 · US Random features and useless AI: The AI features and random new additions are so goddamn annoying. We don’t need an AI chatbot, we don’t need AI avatars, and we don’t need whatever “instants” are
2. [R10] Instagram 1/5 · US We're going downhill: I used to love instagram- but with all the new updates, it feels as if AI is being shoved down our throats. I'm ready to just delete it.
3. [R63] 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.
4. [R66] YouTube 3/5 · US Fix your app: YouTube isn’t terrible but I have some complaints 1. Too many adds 2. Bring back the dislike button 3. Lower premium prices 4. Work on moderation I have seen videos and especially adds that should not be on YouTube.
5. [R21] Instagram 3/5 · US Glitches: This app is good and all but, there’s been major glitches lately, you see whenever I open the back I noticed I got a notification from direct messages and I checked there’s nothing there and when I went back to the main section the 5 selection on the bottom is gone I tried to refresh but nothing worked
6. [R33] Instagram 3/5 · US Updates: Great app but its not updating correctly and im missing out on these instances and the gif notes fix this please!
7. [R76] YouTube 1/5 · US App Keeps Crashing: For the past couple days i have had to reinstall the app over and over again to be able to use it, after a couple hours it doesn’t even let me open the app anymore causing me to uninstall it. It has never done this before and whatever is happening needs to be fixed, it’s really killing the vibe. my phones up to date, i’ve restarted my phone everything and it still continues to
8. [R88] YouTube 1/5 · US Crashing: Not letting me open YouTube
9. [R1] Instagram 1/5 · US Mass suspension: Instagram is a really amazing app but the mass suspension going on by the ai reviews is really concerning and frustrating. I got my ig account @au10entiko, perma suspended after it was doing amazing with reels and post. I was getting a lot of views and likes, and one day I get suspended for a reason that wasn’t even close to being true. I hope you resolve this issue, and I hope t
10. [R19] Instagram 1/5 · US They will suspend your account and won't tell you why: Had to finally delete the app after years of using and loving it because they suspended my account for absolutely NO reason! All my memories are GONE! including my PROM PICTURES!!!!!!! I'm incredibly disappointed and will never recommend this app to anybody unless they want to lose all their memories for zero reason
11. [R79] YouTube 1/5 · US Crashing: Currently the app is crashing and I can’t even open it. I have to delete and download again. It happened 5 times in 2 days already. Also, some adds freeze the video and I have to close and open the app again.
12. [R100] YouTube 1/5 · US Crashes constantly: I’ve had to uninstall and reinstall YouTube on my phone at minimum 7 times over the last 3 days due to it just not opening and crashing. Never had this issue before but now, everytime I open it the likely hood of it actually opening is roughly 40%
13. [R11] Instagram 5/5 · US I love IG: Out of all the social medias Instagram is definitely my favorite. I feel it’s very easy to use and is very helpful as a business
14. [R50] Instagram 5/5 · US Excellent Content.: I have more fun here than I do on Facebook
15. [R98] YouTube 5/5 · US YouTube is great: YouTube itself is great. I just wish premium was actually affordable.
16. [R22] Instagram 1/5 · US Support sucks bad: I’ve been waiting for a week to get care minimum help. I am very unhappy with instagram.
17. [R32] Instagram 5/5 · US Instagram: Great community that I only wish had an option to speak to a human for help when it is needed. Customer service is the only thing I think is desperately needed. The app is a truly great way to connect people
18. [R118] YouTube 1/5 · US New Bug: For the last 2 days the app won’t even launch, it crashes immediately when tapping on app, reinstalling only fixes the issue for a few hours then starts again. Restarting iPhone also does not fix. I’ve had YouTube Premium since 2018, please fix this ASAP!
19. [R119] YouTube 4/5 · US Great but buggy: I love YouTube, longtime watcher. However, my app has started freezing on ads on lots of videos and the only way to get it to play is to close the video or the app completely and reload it and that is very annoying. I don’t mind the ads at all, but when the video fails to continue after an ad repeatedly it gets exhausting.