Tubi 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. [R56] Tubi 5/5 · US Great movie selection: This app is great it has a ton of movies to chose from yes there are ads but there not over the top. Definitely manageable.
2. [R14] Tubi 5/5 · US Keep it Secret. Keep it Safe.: Tubi really is an incredible app! Can’t believe the library on here, looks like they change around movies every few months but it allows for some heavy hitters! - okay with shows, mainly cartoons and classics, could use a few sturdy US Sitcoms… but love love love. Please keep it a secret, the amount of ads for a free app is great also!
3. [R68] YouTube 5/5 · US Its just amazing: Its just amazing with all content and others its not just videos there could be games, editing, even other types like youtube tv and regular also even music on seperate apps
4. [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.
5. [R3] Tubi 3/5 · US Lots of Bugs: The app is fully up to date but for some reason it consistently crashes or fails to play videos beyond 30 seconds. When it does work I love the app it just rarely happens.
6. [R19] Tubi 1/5 · US So Disappointed What Happened Tubi?: This has been my go to streaming app for years. This year something happened. I can’t even use this app anymore on my Ipad. It freezes and/or just won’t load anything for no apparent reason. It seems like when they added the commercials, which I really don’t mind, it has steadily gotten worse until now it’s pretty much not watchable. I am so disappointed becaus
7. [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.
8. [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.
9. [R1] Tubi 1/5 · US Trouble playing video: My Netflix, my Disney+, my Amazon, hbo, A&E, even pluto work flawlessly on my phone through cellular data no problem whatsoever. But Tubi?? Good lord no. You can start a video and it will play the first 10 to 20 seconds right away and then it always buffers and it will never correct itself unless you close the app and start again. And then it just repeats that same process
10. [R4] Tubi 1/5 · US Buffering, freezing, error codes 10.26.0 sucks: Version 10.26.0 the recent update sucks ever more. All the videos still buffering the whole time. Whoever works on this app needs to fix this issue now!!! I am so frustrated with you guys. This is a free app and I’m having more trouble with this than any other app. Just do an update and fix the buffering!!!
11. [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.
12. [R118] YouTube 1/5 · US Crashes Constantly: The last few days the app has crashed every time I try to open it. I have to reinstall the entire app, which sucks because it deletes your preferences every time, so it’s just a pain. Deleting and reinstalling only works for a couple hours before you have to start over again. My phone is up to date and I clearly have the newest version of the app, so I know it’s not a client si
13. [R24] Tubi 3/5 · GB Hmmm: I like Tubi, don’t get me wrong, but I hate how it’s free tv but WITH adverts. Like I’m trying to watch my tv show and every 20 mins is 5 adverts in a row. Just make it free without adverts?!
14. [R41] Tubi 4/5 · US Great but too much ads.: It has ads, I get why but usually I’m really focused into a show and then the ad pops up. It annoys me because it gets good.. then an ad…. Sometimes the ads are long. They are annoying! As well as I don’t want to watch shows in Japanese. Please add dub. Add more sorta of animes, I look forward to an interesting anime but it’s not there.
15. [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
16. [R115] YouTube 1/5 · US YouTube premium prices insanely high: I would hope for something I’m paying THIS much money for would be a better product. I HATE how often it auto plays the same video over and over and over and over again. I’ve had the same stupid drew gooden video(that I’ve already seen) auto play like 10 times. Now it keeps autoplaying the same wendover productions video over and over and over again. It’s so a
17. [R37] Tubi 1/5 · US Buffering, freezing, error codes 10.26.0 sucks: Version 10.26.0 the recent update sucks ever more. All the videos still buffering the whole time. Whoever works on this app needs to fix this issue now!!! I am so frustrated with you guys. This is a free app and I’m having more trouble with this than any other app. Just do an update and fix the buffering ASAP!!!!!!!
18. [R112] YouTube 1/5 · US Recently having trouble: So I have been using the app for YEARS and has been great, but recently when I open the app the app closes immediately. I have deleted and downloaded twice now and it works for like a day and the back to the same problem
19. [R91] YouTube 2/5 · US Fix your bugs!: This app can be so terrible at times. I was trying to update my YouTube page through the app. Started at like 630pm last night. Gave up cause a "failed to update" message kept popping up every time I submitted what I wanted as a banner. I tried again the next day and the same thing kept happening until I chose to go online. What's the point of the app if I still have to go online