Google Chrome 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. [R16] Google Chrome 1/5 · US New update BUGS: Recent updates have caused my chrome browser to start saving search history and websites browsed even though settings are all turned off. I verified settings were off, updated the app, and it is still happening. This just started this week. What is going on????
2. [R27] Google Chrome 3/5 · US Crash: Google Chrome “unexpectedly quits” a lot
3. [R28] Google Chrome 1/5 · US Keeps freezing: The app freezes when I exit it to reply to a text and then I swipe back to the app, it freezes and doesn’t want to work unless I close it completely and reopen it
4. [R31] Google Chrome 2/5 · US UGH: YOU GUYS DELETED MY BROWSERS AND I KNOW DIDN’T DO THAT, THOSE WERE SOME IMPORTANT STUFF AND I CAN’T GET IT BACK THERE WAS SOME UNKNOWN GLITCH THAT MADE THE APP CRASH AND KNOW ALL THOSE BROWSERS AND ALL THAT RESEARCH INTO THE GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5. [R1] Google Chrome 1/5 · US Scrolling Tab Groups: This is still an issue as of 7/9/26 - Taking away the ability to scroll through tab groups when you’re trying to add a link to the them was not a good decision. I can’t for the life of me think of any reason why anyone would think it was.
6. [R6] Google Chrome 3/5 · US NOT BAD: I don’t hate it but o don’t love it. My main issue is the home page, The news story’s and other things. That to narrow make wider. NOT BAD,
7. [R7] Google Chrome 1/5 · US New Update: This new update is infuriating. I don’t want Gemini at the bottom of my page, or anywhere near me. I don’t want the search and tabs bars to be disjointed. The fact we cannot return Chrome to how it was before the update, or remove Gemini from our bar!, is awful. Please give us the option to return back to the previous version of Chrome.
8. [R10] Google Chrome 2/5 · US Too much AI: I am sick of AI trying to guess what I’m thinking all the time. It tries to correct my technical word spellings (incorrectly of course) of course). Or suggests words that pop up and have no relevance and interrupts my train of thought that wastes my time. I feel like it’s gathering information from me so that it can “learn” but I don’t feel it’s my responsibility to be a teacher to t
9. [R40] Google Chrome 1/5 · US drains battery on iphone se 2nd: its super laggy and drains battery making phone hot
10. [R45] Google Chrome 3/5 · GB Is Chrome Becoming Too Sophisticated: As an app Chrome offers features most users want, including reliability and the ability to render almost any webpage you visit. However, the way it handles users’ data behind the scenes is not at all transparent, which can be a concern. It increasingly pauses when asked to search, which may be a sign of it bidding for advertisers to sponsor what we see, or hun
11. [R60] Google Chrome 5/5 · US Great web browser: I love chrome it’s fast sufficient and it gives a lot of information
12. [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.
13. [R18] Google Chrome 3/5 · US Decline of Google: Google was once THE Best source for obsure information. Now I get shunted to Reddit, which answers questions that it thinks I should have asked, often really irrelevant to my search. Or AI, which disclaims accuracy right up front. Or Utube with random unknown accuracy. Sad loss of a once valuable tool. Now mostly ads, not information.
14. [R21] Google Chrome 3/5 · US Ad city: Ad central
15. [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.
16. [R72] YouTube 3/5 · US ?: The app is buggy and too many ads
17. [R9] Google Chrome 3/5 · US Account hacked?: Cannot access my account with trillions of chips! She emailed me once. I still cannot access my account. Please find someone who can help?
18. [R12] Google Chrome 3/5 · US “Parental controls” as a 32 year old with a compromised iPhone: Same thing I’ve said - malicious. Malicious. Malicious. With intent. And withholding information, preventing any actual way to reach someone without wire fraud or transferring calls or even not stealing PI from me or anyone else I know or their group of those involved.
19. [R17] Google Chrome 5/5 · US CHROME: I prefer Chrome over other platforms. For me it feels safer, more secure.
20. [R34] Google Chrome 1/5 · US Ai option: There should be a way I can disable the AI setting in the app.
21. [R57] Google Chrome 1/5 · US AI: The use of AI has ruined this app.
22. [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
23. [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.
24. [R75] YouTube 3/5 · US Crashing on launch: This has happened to me several times now and the only way I’ve been able to (temporarily) fix it is by deleting and reinstalling the app. This didn’t used to happen.
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.