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App Aprovvved –
2023-10-18
Version 16.7
3-5 minutes of ads is too much. Half naked girls in hot tubs and body painting streams. They should call this app onlyfans advertising.
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Description
Twitch is where thousands of communities come together for our favorite streamers, for the games we love, for the lulz, for each other, for whatever. Download Twitch and join millions enjoying live games, music, sports, esports, podcasts, cooking shows, IRL streams, and whatever else crosses our community’s wonderfully absurd minds. We’ll see you in chat.
Here’s a convenient list of other awesome things about Twitch:
Everyone is “about” community. We actually are one: Whatever you nerd out about, you can find your people on Twitch.
Give support, get support: Find new streamers and subscribe to your favorites. Plus, unlock exclusive perks for your support.
Start your own channel: The Twitch app is one of the easiest ways to start streaming. Just create an account, go live directly from the app, and bring people together around whatever you’re passionate about.
You never know what you’ll find: Popular games are always live, but so are music festivals, rocket launches, street tours of Tokyo, and goat yoga. Yes, really.
Dark mode: Y’all love this one. Black and purple have never looked this good together.
Twitch's Terms of Service are available at https://www.twitch.tv/p/legal/terms-of-service/
For feedback and assistance, please visit our Support Center: https://help.twitch.tv
Please note: This app features Nielsen’s proprietary measurement software which contributes to market research, like Nielsen’s TV Ratings. Please see http://priv-policy.imrworldwide.com/priv/mobile/us/en/optout.html for more information
What's New in Version 16.7.2
Bug fixes, stability fixes, and app optimizations
Seller
Name
Twitch Interactive, Inc.
Information
Developer
Categories
Version
16.7.2
Size
193.2 MB
Game Center
No
VPP Device Licensing
Yes
Rating
Rated 12+ for the following:
Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor
Infrequent/Mild Simulated Gambling
Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence
Infrequent/Mild Contests
Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
Compatibility
iOS 14.2 or later
Devices
iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (9th Generation), iPad (9th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (6th Generation), iPad mini (6th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (5th generation), iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (10th generation), iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)
Languages
English, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
App Store: Customer Ratings
All Versions
4.7 (2,014,984 Ratings)
App Store: Customer Reviews
Worse with every update
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edittman17 –
2023-10-18
Version 16.7
Newest update puts a massive, non-removable ad at the top of your following feed
Freedom of speech suppression
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kaakoool –
2023-10-17
Version 16.7
Twitch decision makers are helping to spread propaganda and misinformation as well as suppressing the freedom of speech and true events of genocide in the holy land of Palestine.
None
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Twitchingifkicksishere –
2023-10-17
Version 16.7
Its amazing for streaming just its those adds i cant STAND THEM
Great service, mediocre app
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Play-e#r –
2023-10-17
Version 16.7
Great service, mediocre app. Web version works much better.
FRL&B7
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الطباخه المشهوره –
2023-10-17
Version 16.7
انا حملته علشان اتابع باور 💗👽وللامانه لاحضت في بثوث شوي وصخه وانا اسوي لها بلوك المهم التطبيق حلو بس الفتره الاخيره صايره صوره البث ما تطلع لي يعني اسمع صوت بس ومدري وش اسوي وفي شيء قاهرني ان بعض الناس الي اتابعهم مثلا زيد سكلي تصير عنده اعلانات كثيره مزعجهه وهذا الشيء مضايقني وابي له حدد
New features
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litrer –
2023-10-17
Version 16.7
STOP ADDING STORIES AND FEATURED CLIPS. These things clog up the homepage and make it even slower to navigate down to where u wanna go because of course everything takes its time loading as u scroll down as if we’re in 2010 when apps were expected to be slow and bad. Featured clips is a good idea but make that its own tab. Stories however is terrible and idk why that’s needed especially when it takes up half the screen when you open the app. This isn’t snapchat or insta why why why
How do your updates actually make it worse?
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intgroom –
2023-10-17
Version 16.7
Update: Seriously. Not only can you not interact. Now that I am watching a playback it keeps crashing …..Works if you never want to interact but as soon as you tap to comment, frozen.
Yes.
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I LOVE ANIMALSS :D –
2023-10-17
Version 16.7
Favorite app on my phone
App is freezing and crashing after last update
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Marcheetah –
2023-10-17
Version 16.7
App freezing every single time when I’m trying to discover other streamers.
Stop messing with the UI
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vertiroo –
2023-10-17
Version 16.7
I had to unfollow creators because of that ‘featured clips’ nonsense that took up half the screen. Now there’s this ‘stories’ nonsense taking up the screen. Will you stop adding features nobody wants? Or at least add a way to hide it? Everyone is tired of every media app trying to be tiktok or whatever.
More unwanted, unnecessary changes
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drvn2xtrms –
2023-10-17
Version 16.7
I have a huge void at the top of my following tab named "Stories". Make it go away for the same reasons as mentioned below. VeryRecentReviewFollows-----What are these "featured clips" at the top of the following tab? They take up too much screen real estate. Who asked (whined) for this? I've already unfollowed 1 streamer to get this noise out of my way. I honestly can't believe that you think forcing things like this on users is okay.
Fun
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ggdjdjdje –
2023-10-17
Version 16.7
It is a fun app and love being on it
First one thing is
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antoniokimayrth –
2023-10-16
Version 16.7
Vote of that we
Find out how many of your girls
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jansyedameer –
2023-10-16
Version 16.7
Very hard for us but
I CANT STREAM
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Victoria is totally hot –
2023-10-16
Version 16.7
i haven’t been able to stream and every time I try it says “Error cannot stream right now” it’s so upsetting if you don’t fix this im just gonna keep leaving bad reviews. then nobody will want twitch
Twitch
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I eat bread jr. –
2023-10-16
Version 16.7
Get to watch my favorite streamers
Functions taking away
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4hm3d 5413h –
2023-10-16
Version 16.7
The browse tab is now tiktok, no search.
Quit changing the top feed on the app
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Krutonsurfing –
2023-10-16
Version 16.7
Get these stories out of here! Anything twitch puts above my live channels is IN THE WAY. Stop trying to make money off of me and just make meaningful improvements to the app. And get the half naked chicks off here too. We already have a good site for that.
Crashing
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TyssenFury –
2023-10-16
Version 16.7
Anytime I try to keep the video PIP, or in the background while using gps, twitch keeps closing. Literally seconds after reopening my maps. Wasn’t like this until a few weeks ago, increasingly getting worse as the days go by.
BooBoo
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Kilua X –
2023-10-15
Version 16.6
app is complete garbage. Many updates with less fix
Password
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UnaChicaNica –
2023-10-15
Version 16.6
App keeps freezing and crashing!
Latest update broke it
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Sparky6736 –
2023-10-15
Version 16.6
Since the most recent update the app does not work anymore. You can tap on a stream but you will just have a black screen and nothing else. Sat for 5 minutes waiting to see if it would load but it doesn’t. I tried WiFi and cellular data and still won’t load.
ads
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munch215 –
2023-10-15
Version 16.6
is twitch not working in dominican republic? why do i need a vpn to watch
My dream is to become a famous twitch streamer
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wenjie_gamer_twichtv –
2023-10-15
Version 16.6
Twitch is a nice app because I could literally become a famous twitch streamer
Banned for no reason
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Fluxx___ –
2023-10-15
Version 16.6
My other account got banned For no reason so I am going to rate this a 1 star.
Finally Lost Me
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Jidjan –
2023-10-15
Version 16.6
This app was the primary way I watched Twitch via an Apple TV (a few gens across the house). The app updated this year to an almost unusable state on every gen except the latest. Recently it started logging me out automatically forcing ads when I pay for turbo and now the screen just randomly goes black during streams and you need to skip forward/back or change video quality to bring it back to life. You win. I quit. This is not worth it.
Trash
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A Suzukis ask –
2023-10-14
Version 16.6
I tried signing in I put all the right things in and then end it says you’re not a legible like that stupid fix that trash twitch
Deven Causby
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daddyshrimp428 –
2023-10-14
Version 16.6
You can’t go wrong on here gives you all the tips and help you need to do your very best if you fail on this streaming platform it’s bc you don’t need to stream
Basic functions very buggy
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disfordeborah –
2023-10-14
Version 16.6
This app crashes constantly, and even when it doesn’t crash, basic functions rarely work correctly. It never remembers where I left off in watching a replay and starts me back at the point where I began watching the previous time so I have to scrub to find my place every single time. Replays I’ve finished watching frequently do not clear from the “continue watching” section because it keeps insisting that my last spot is from some prior point when it crashed or I paused and that I haven’t finished watching, and there’s no way to clear a video from there, and even going in and repeatedly trying to scrub through or jump ahead or even just sit through the end again often don't work. Lastly, I don’t know if this is a bug or how it’s designed to function but I do NOT understand why when I am watching a replay in a collection, it doesn’t play the next video in sequential order but the most recent video.
Used to be great till they took some good options out
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Blunts truths –
2023-10-14
Version 16.6
You used to be able to make the chat overlay disappear if you didn’t want it on your screen now your forced to have a spot for chat and now I’m done with the app chat ruins twitch
Love this app, but there is 1 thing that I don’t like
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4tknite –
2023-10-14
Version 16.6
This app is really good to watch different streams for everybody and every category but they smack you in the face with nine ads and you miss part of the stream because of those nine ads. otherwise, this is a great app.
It’s not saying that I’m live even though I’m streaming
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Vegas live slots is trash –
2023-10-14
Version 16.6
It’s not saying I’m live even though I’m streaming on my ps5
Fun
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Mochifunstuff –
2023-10-14
Version 16.6
Nice amazon game
Only fans twitch.
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Vinman26019543 –
2023-10-14
Version 16.6
Absolutely garbage that they have only fans models basically naked painting their bodies. Apparently twitch’s policy only applies to people who aren’t bringing in viewers. Then she does naked jumping jacks. It’s listed under art. What a joke. She promotes her only fans in a link on her channel. And if your there for the chat she has like 3 total brain cells. Probably from all that d**k on only fans. Keep your kids off twitch. If policy doesn’t matter then settings won’t either.
Don’t Update
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The Critical Reviewer –
2023-10-14
Version 16.6
Most recent update broke my app. Can’t watch any videos as app freezes up as soon as I try. Was great app prior to this though.
Freezing my phone
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bbbbbbblllllllllmmmmmmm –
2023-10-14
Version 16.6
When I push the emote button my phone and app freezes and I have to exit the app also when I try to vote in prediction every thing freezes seems to be after the new updates but I’m really sad I haven’t been able to vote
great app, responsive devs, needs chat customization tools and chat window transparency
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A. Bosch –
2023-10-13
Version 16.6
Besides amazon's choice to pepper streams with ads, Everything works well, responsive dev team. Could use more controls for chat font sizing, transparency, etc. but otherwise can't complain
The new ui is trash bring back the old one
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kado79202 –
2023-10-13
Version 16.6
The new ui is trash bring back the old one
Most recent update
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MusicHeals5 –
2023-10-13
Version 16.6
The most Recent update has messed up my phone when using the app
Great platform
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Yungmula757 –
2023-10-13
Version 16.6
I love the idea & the way this platform is setup & design of different ways you can use it too grow & create content with different people of different walks of life all over the world !!
BAD PLATFORM
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SuperLovely1437 –
2023-10-13
Version 16.6
THE TITLE SAYS IT ALL! CAUSE THERES WAY TO MANY ADS AND PEOPLE NOT LOOKING INTO THE CAMERA ENOUGH! ESPECIALLY CAMERA CAME A THING! SO I UNFOLLOWED AND UNSUB BARBAROUSKING AND DISTORTION2 AS WELL! SINCE THEY CANT LOOK AT THE CAMERA AS WELL! RATHER NOT GO INTO MORE DETAIL BUT THATS ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT! DONT GET WHY CAMERA EXIST THEN IF THEY CANT LOOK AT IT! SO STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLATFORM! ESPECIALLY FEMALES AS WELL!!!!!!!!
No drops?
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JP Goff –
2023-10-13
Version 16.6
As far as I can tell, there’s no way to claim the twitch drops on the app. If there is a way to do it, it would be nice if they made it more obvious. I pretty much never use the app anymore bc of this.
Yup
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ericesam –
2023-10-12
Version 16.6
Theyre sexist
Ads are a problem
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17cooper –
2023-10-12
Version 16.6
Needs to figure out a way to show ads without disrupting whatever stream you’re watching. Will interrupt big events and important moments with 30 seconds of unskippable ads. Also twitch chat is dumb. Otherwise the actual streaming is good.
freezes in PiP mode
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Berry jdkckckckckfkf –
2023-10-12
Version 16.6
100% of the time will freeze in picture in picture mode trying to multitask. amazon has the funds to improve this and should recognize a need for improvement
нн
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podrochi –
2023-10-12
Version 16.6
niger pidr
Browse section, Sort / Filter
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XZD_PR –
2023-10-12
Version 16.6
In the Browse section add the sort / filter option before selecting a category.
Why?
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Otwnraiders –
2023-10-12
Version 16.6
Again why is there an update every 2 days? Can. You all stop with the constant updates. Is there something wrong with y’all app you need a new update every other day?
“Connection Required”
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gamingsans –
2023-10-12
Version 16.6
Hi, I’ve connected my Xbox Account to my Twitch to receive the first drop for overwatch 2 right now and I come back to twitch saying “connection required” I press on it again but it just shows my connections with blizzard and it says my Xbox account is connected, I don’t know if I have to connect my twitch again because I changed the username? Or if it’s just a bug but I would love if you guys can fix this, thank you for reading this
Was Good, Not Anymore
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TheRealAC –
2023-10-01
Version 16.4
The app used to run great on both my phone and tablet but as of late it seems to have some weird latency issues. I thought maybe it was my connection but if I pull stream up on my PC using the same wifi connection I have zero issues. If that were it I’d maybe give the app 3 or 4 stars, but there is just so many odd design choices, more than I care to list. For example, why do the clips of recent streams appear above live channels? How many people go to Twitch to watch VODs/clips primarily? That feature should be moved and honestly for the small screen real estate I have on my small tablet I don’t want it taking space from the content I actually want, so being able to take it away all together would be the best.
The ability to load in default audio only would be nice and maybe some Apple CarPlay integration so I can listen from my car without having to go through unlocking my phone, hitting play in the app, locking my phone, hitting play on my radio just to sometimes have it not work.
ANALYTICS PLEASE!!! FIX THIS!!!
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Holly Cost –
2023-09-25
Version 16.2
I have a unique situation where I cannot make any money of any type that is taxable or I will lose my SSI. I’m an OIF veteran and retired when I was 22. I stream the “Graveyard Shift” 12-6am. I don’t rely on the viewers you CAN see. I rely on the ones you CAN’T see. Unique Viewer, “lurkers”, Live Views, etc. Also it’s a “Quiet Place”. No chatting or talking. Some how this method works. But it only works if I can see my Analytics while I’m streaming. Last week I could. And then when my channel started jumpin yall took it away or its glitched. Whatever. That email summary is irrelevant to me. I don’t want anybody I there I can see or hear. The analytics lets me know if my viewers are losing interest and helps me decide what is more profitable to stream. I’ve noticed that people (like me) have a short attention span. They dont want to watch 200 hours of Forbidden West. Anyway please fix this. It’s my livelihood. Thank you! OH YEAH and I am not authorized to create or alter my schedule on the app. I have to use Safari to go to the browser and do it. But there’s a “Schedule” on the app… why don’t I have access?
The most recent update is awful.
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Damnit Kyle –
2023-09-01
Version 16.0.2
I tried stalling the update after seeing what was involved, but I could only delay it so long. The most recent update introduced buttons on the side of the screen, and chat on the bottom of the screen when in horizontal viewing. I cannot find a way to toggle this feature off, so it is just stuck there. Twitch probably figured that having these buttons here would increase interactions by making it easier, but instead it’s driving me away from the app.
The problem is that video games, the primary media viewed on twitch, already make heavy use of the sides of the screen. The HUD for video games, and any sort of informative overlay in esports use the sides and bottom to convey important information so that they don’t interfere with the main components of the game. And now, Twitch has decided that on mobile, their stuff is more important than the piece of media I am trying to consume.
This isn’t an ad that ends after time. This isn’t interactivity that goes after not touching the screen for a bit. These are bits/cheers/messages that sit on the screen the entire time, preventing me from seeing the stuff I want to see. If you’re gonna fundamentally alter how users can interact with your platform, at least give us the option to turn it off. If not, I’m probably gonna stop using the app. What’s the point if I can’t see the the game?
Decent
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DanielManning –
2023-08-23
Version 15.9
Two things have been bugging me lately, but otherwise the app is fine. Ads are out of control sometimes. A 4 minute ad break means that a lot of people, myself included, just close the app out and do something else.
Another issue I have is something that bugs me with all tech/product companies in the age of convenience and digital industry... you guys have got to stop tweaking things until they're broken. "Design refresh" is a bullsh!t concept that results in over-design and regression (not to mention it infers a clear focus on money rather than a good product), and the new "recently featured clips" being smacked onto the top of the following page is a prime example. I don't care about those, and it's a dumb place to put it anyway. Stop with the unnecessary tweaking please, things simply do not need to fixed until they are worse than they were before.
Broken App
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ColorfulDarkness –
2023-06-29
Version 15.5
I started having issues with the bonus chests a little while ago, when I tried to claim them it didn’t work and a message would pop up saying “Claim failed, please try again later”. So then after that happened I would just delete and redownload the app and then just keep it open, and it would work fine for a while. But now that’s not working, I just can no longer claim the bonus chests at all. I tried deleting and redowloading the app and I tried logging out and logging back in to my account, but neither of those worked, so then out of curiosity I tried using twitch on Safari and used the desktop version, and on there the chests work perfectly fine but it’s very annoying to use it like that. Oh yeah, and I also recently discovered that when you tap on people’s usernames in the chat it doesn’t bring up their profile and it also brings up an error message, so there are probably other things that are broken that I just don’t know about. Please fix it soon! Like I said, it’s been like this for some time but now there is no way for me to temporarily fix the issue, so I would really appreciate for it to just be fully resolved already!
Nice but app’s update timing…
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Devil U Know –
2023-06-10
Version 15.3
I’m a newcomer over 6 weeks. App has some interesting features for live stream segments with content streamers and chat. But last Thursday after 5pm, I got an update notice during the same time I was trying to get on Sasha Grey’s live stream segment (not a recent one). Held off the update but most of things were affected; her live stream froze and live chat was stuck in limbo. I could not update while on public transit to home. There’s no wifi signal until I got home; I updated the app. I tried getting on an hour left of Sasha’s live segment, I was kept out with a brief message on the lower bottom frame I tried to read, only appeared 2 seconds then disappeared before I could finish reading it. Don’t know why I wasn’t allowed to attend her segment. Either her chat room was full or something else from the update affected the app from letting me attend her live segment(s) I subscribed for 3 months. I’m not that interested in viewing recent streams since users cannot interact with the streamer(s) nor with others in chat. Now I’m considering on dumping this app since the update affected a number of things and most of the content streamers I’m not familiar with.
Streaming, simplified.
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dogemon13468playsroblox –
2023-06-05
I’ve used Twitch for years, and I’ll try to keep this review as un-biased as possible following the fact that I also now dwell into streaming onto this platform.
To start off, Twitch makes watching your favorite streamer fun, whether it be the subscriptions I can purchase to support my favorite streamers in favor for things such as emotes to keep up with the chat hype or using channel points to get the streamers attention, it amazes me how simple it is to keep me engaged in the stream.
Another thing I should mention is how easy it is to keep up with your favorite streamers, on twitch, the following system shows your followed streamers and if they’re active when you boot up the app, and getting into the stream is a click on their icon if they’re live, this makes keeping up with things such as Kai Cenat’s Subathon easier to not miss out on.
Overall when it comes to watching streams and having a overall good time, Twitch is where I reside.
Easy to use, ethically shady
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Elle_Reed –
2023-05-13
I’ll cut to the chase: Twitch pushes a lot of ads onto the user as soon as they open any stream they’re not subscribed to. It can be anywhere from one five second ad to eight thirty second ads. Furthermore, they’ll intermittently push MORE ads from that range (more often than not landing on two or three thirty second ads) unless the streamer is doing it hourly on their own initiative.
The format and the like ability of their streamers is twitch’s saving grace. Unfortunately their current set up makes it almost impossible to willingly discover new people to watch. I’m also not 100% sure on this, but I heard that their creator deals are being lowered to 50% revenue for either side, which is the lowest I’ve heard a social media platform go with their affiliates.
Twitch feels like a money grab and any good community it has, has nothing to do with twitch itself but entirely with the streamer it pertains to. Twitch has demonstrated time and time again an utter lack of care for all its streamers, even their poster children and highest earning streamers.
I’m frustrated with an issue
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gamermay8 –
2023-04-26
I was streaming today for an half of an our filming a craft that I was doing. When I stopped filming I went to check the video and it said it was only 44 seconds long. I just thought that it was a glitch until I watched the video. I had sat making the part two of making a lantern for so long. I had spent 30 minutes making this stream only for it to cut and end up 44 seconds long even though it was way longer than that. It took me two and a half days to make the lantern. I was so happy to show the finished product and the steps it took to make it to my viewers. Now I’m really upset about what had happened. I understand glitches and bugs happen that you guys don’t no about. This is a glitch that can make people leave really bad reviews so I would try getting it fixed as soon as possible but thank you for trying your hardest to keep this app up and running. Other wise I really enjoy using the app.
Thank You!
Why do these apps make bad updates
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TheStruggleIsReal💯 –
2023-03-07
Why do you apps make bad decisions by updating the app to where the notification’s are turned off or can get turned off? Trying to make it even harder for people to receive support from the people that are subscribed to the channels by removing the notifications? Making it where they could get little to no views. These apps make bad decisions and which defeats the whole purpose of having subscribers and defeats the whole purpose of using the app. Just because people miss a few streams doesn’t mean that the app should send the subscribers notifications implying them to turn off the notifications. Which could lead to them unsubscribing to the channel. The app should encourage people to join the next stream. They should stop messing with the notifications and let the people decided on their own whether they want them on or off and the app shouldn’t make that decision for the people. The app should turn on and leave on all notifications.
Amazing, but!
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visij3k –
2023-02-27
Overall, the Twitch mobile app is a great tool for casual viewers who want to stay up-to-date with their favorite streamers on-the-go. The app is well-designed and easy to navigate, with all of the features you need to watch and interact with your favorite Twitch channels. One thing that would improve the app is the addition of a search bar for emotes. While the app allows you to use emotes in the chat, it can be difficult to find the specific one you want without a search feature. Adding this functionality would make it much easier for users to communicate with streamers and other viewers. That being said, the app is near perfect for anyone who wants to watch Twitch streams on the go. The interface is user-friendly, and the app includes all of the essential features such as following channels, viewing recommended streams, and browsing through previously watched streams. Additionally, the app offers a great viewing experience, with the ability to adjust video quality and access full-screen mode, even low latency mode! In summary, while a search bar for emotes would be a nice addition, the Twitch mobile app is an excellent tool for casual viewers who want to stay connected to their favorite streamers on mobile. The app is easy to use, with a clean interface and a host of useful features that make it a must-have for any Twitch fan.
Would be 4 or higher but
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(>*.*)><(*.*<) –
2023-01-26
I have loved twitch for a long time, but when they removed the host option I lost a lot of respect. Simply because they just stonewalled streamers.
Hosting someone was one of the best and easy ways to help a streamer reach people who they might otherwise never have reached. I feel that this is both a power move and to try and save money so they don’t have to pay as many streamers. Sure the share option is still there but that don’t help near as much unless, you as a person, have a big following. Meaning now if you want to help a small streamer grow, you need to have a large following and hope that they are willing to help the streamer you like. Instead of hosting them on your channel and keeping the stream live as long as they’re live. Passive traffic has dropped off due to this. And it’s really sad that a streaming service would do something like this to make it harder for anyone actually trying.
People should only get banned for one day. hear me out
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J-117 –
2023-01-25
Honestly, I enjoy the platform a lot however, me and my younger brother share the same account and he is really immature because he has autism so he would end up saying things really inappropriate thinking. It’s funny in some of my favorite streamers chats and end up getting banned and since we share accounts, that means I am also bad too and he has did this to some of my favorite streamers like defective nutt, frost fox, and even dream. And I know you can appeal your ban but I am still banned. I even gave the peel some time, but my band still didn’t get appealed, so hear me out if someone says something inappropriate and that certain streamer bins them, it should be one day then the next time to get banned it’s 2 day then if they get banned one more time it’s permanent I know some people will disagree with me, but it’s a lot better than having to appeal bans I hope twitch sees this, and if you do, I hope this gets added into the app Goodbye. Oh and if there are some misspellings, I do have dyslexia and I’m not the best at writing so yeah
Lost streams
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amazing pokemon player –
2023-01-14
Version 14.3.2
I been using this app for a long time and its very good but the thing that I'm frustrated about is the streams disappearing or being deleted now if who I'm following is doing that Im fine with that but is twitch is doing that it makes me frustrated cause some people stream for long hours and sometimes I don't have that time and it will take me a while to finish it but twitch rushes you and you don’t get to enjoy the stream cause if you don't watch it “fast enough” its being deleted which upsets me when ever I just started watching a streaming series or the streamer im following start playing something new that I have interest in but then I miss out and others that I missed out on too cause people don’t have 10 hours in a day to finish it so A. Can you make a option where you can bring back any lost streams and maybe to where you can save it for later or B. bring back the streams and let the viewer finish them then you can delete them again later when their done watching, this would help a lot of people and me who are busy in life. also the multiple search bar functions be brought back cause sometimes twitch will bug and it wont let me search anything then I have to close snd reopen it and the one search bar thing is so slow to use when you wanna search multiple things.
Buggy
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metalheavy –
2022-08-12
The new update with that collapsible side menu has brought on a bunch of bugs. The ones that are plaguing me right now are the lack of tag filters (I always have English selected and now no tags show up at all which floods categories with channels I’m not interested in), I always sort by high to low viewers but that is constantly getting reset to the recommended sort, and the search icon sometimes doesn’t work. Usually the search is in the side menu but sometimes it’s replaced with esports in it’s spot and the magnifying glass icon is up in the right corner like it used to be except you can’t actually click on it in the corner. That means I have to close and restart the app any time I want to search (which in turn means another set of ads when I have to rejoin the channel I was watching).
Also I just generally dislike the side menu thing. The user experience on iPad is worse with it.
I do appreciate that the hype train banner was made much smaller though.
I had it but…
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TSM zaiyah –
2022-08-01
So recently around June 19 I was doing a live stream (just chatting) and a couple minutes later my stream just stopped then I went to start it again and it said log in or sign up I was really confused and I was like at first oh I got logged out let me log back in when I did straight to the appeal page if you don’t know what that is it’s where it sends you to submit a request to get unsuspended/unbanned and then I got an email saying my twitch account was indefinitely suspended this is a bit emotional for me to talk about so I’m not gonna say what for but I promise you it’s not anything bad and when I try to make a new account it doesn’t work it’s a I think it’s a hardware ban if you don’t know what that is it’s when you get banned on one account and they send a signal to your what ever your using and ban you from even making an account. well at least I can watch people on my pc, well anyways (8/10) and that’s my review and I actually have to go back to bed it’s literally 4 in the morning #FreeExtremeisaiah?????????? aka my twitch if you wanna check it out see y’all later peace.
Auto-Charging Subscriptions; Irritating and Unethical
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Ijustdidit4therewards –
2022-07-16
I like Twitch, I watch Twitch regularly but they irritate me with this simple problem;
If you subscribe, it should not Automatically Charge next month. Their current system Auto Charges you, unless you unsubscribe as soon as you subscribe. This system has caused me access problems bc im broke and its tough out here month to month, but they make it hard to support my favorite streamers without going through a hassle and it REALLY irritates me. I wish they would make subscriptions month by month. Unless you choose (DELIBERATELY) to set your subscription to ‘recurring’ in the stream’s (OR individual user’s) settings. The way they currently have it is Shady, because Auto-charges unless manually opted for are unethical, in my opinion. I really hope they consider setting Subs month by month, then a setting for opting in for recurring payments if desired. Or AT LEAST adding a preference in the individual viewers settings to only Sub month by month.
Can’t pause or hide chat on twitch app
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Ryłèÿ –
2022-07-14
So when I click onto a stream first thing you get hit with is a 30 second ad. Every time. Going off of that I usually use twitch on my computer and I have the option to pause a stream/hide chat if I wanted to but on the mobile version that isn’t the case I tap the screen and nothing shows up no options to pause no options to even turn on captions or to even change the quality of the stream and say I click off the stream to go answer a text message I go back to watch the stream and it starts it over (I was watching a old stream at the time) so it’s either you sit through the whole stream and god forbid you accidentally click off because when you click back on your at the beginning and can’t skip the stream forward to where you we’re because there’s no screen options :)
It’s super annoying and really inconvenient I just wanted to leave this review before I uninstall this app from my phone maybe some changes will be made for the future but I doubt it
Mobile finally doing well
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Danie728 –
2022-05-07
I love the streamers I watch on twitch. I’m going to watch them regardless of my experience, but the experience can definitely cause frustration when it’s not working. There’s been a lot of headaches (annoyances) over the years on the mobile app and each update that would bring features also seemed to bring some annoying bugs. I say this as someone who will use this app most of my waking hours. Even at work or on a commute I’ll have it running but be listening in only. I’ve realized that the annoyances I’ve been having have significantly improved. I no longer feel like Im missing out by not watching from my PC. Picture on picture mode was a huge improvement. Im not stuck having to stop listening/watching when i need to multitask. Low latency mode brought to mobile no longer makes me feel behind the community in the chat. Ability to do sound only mode is excellent for lower connection areas (perfect while I’m driving!) and even when bugs come with new updates twitch is actually making some quick fixes now. I’m impressed. For years it felt like the app was an afterthought. They’ve turned a new leaf everyone!
This Probably won’t be seen.
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Diddiledum –
2022-02-23
But the advertising is becoming a big issue. Not only there is far too much advertising especially the annoying ones GOD plz atleast choose advertising that is worthwhile to watch. But the advertisements have gotten so troublesome that it is literally causing saved streams to restart from 0:00:00 every time. This advertising has gotten so ridiculous that its about time for someone to revolutionize the way advertisements are handled. So it won’t be as annoying and disruptive as it currently is. I for one appreciate advertisements in the middle of shows, its the same as watching tv. But when it gets this disruptive, this annoying, this detrimental to an actual feature of your product it begs you to question why don’t anyone want to figure out a much better and more consumer-efficient way to show there advertisements. But you know what you wanna keep being this careless with this advertising fine I got plenty other things to watch!
Some kinks but otherwise good
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kittengamer0518 –
2022-01-30
There’s quite a few things that could be implemented that the mobile version doesn’t have yet, but desktop does. I did notice that there is no longer a pop-out version for Twitch anymore and it’s frustrating that I can’t watch streams in a mini pop-up anymore while doing other tasks.
Edit: after several updates the small media pop-out option is still broke and does not work. Twitch also has a glitch where they keep having your stream crash and restart a dozen times, sending a dozen notifs to your followers that can be quite annoying.
Twitch studios software has also bee a huge reason for concern as the last several times I’ve streamed using it, it crashes the stream and then restarts it, as well as the layers I set will often times disappear and I need to reupload them. So I am removing yet another star till atleast some of these problems are fixed.
Bugs and excessive ads
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Braedondos –
2021-12-10
There is a recent bug that causes audio from a stream to keep playing even after it is closed, which results in multiple instances of audio playing at once, forcing a restart of the app.
Also, why did they remove the button to put the stream picture-in-picture mode so you can watch it outside of the app? For a little while, it would automatically put you in picture-in-picture mode when you would minimize the stream. But now, the picture-in-picture stream doesn't stay open anymore when you close the app. For some reason, you can get the stream playing when you close the app, but only if you swipe up very, very precisely with some arbitrary momentum (I'm on an iphone with no home button)
And the ads... man... they are getting ridiculous. Instant 30 second ad after switching streams makes switching to another stream to see another perspective of something happening impossible. And the blocks of 5-7 ads that are all 15-30 seconds long are appearing much more frequently on streams as well. At least get some good ads if you plan on shoving them in everyone's faces. Don't you guys already make enough money from subscribers and turbo?
Optimization
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NanaQ110 –
2021-11-29
Edit: Even viewing the subscribed channel has been dreadful. With audio bug, video bug, random error msgs that force quit stream, after that, loading signs that takes forever. What a performance by the biggest streaming service.
I go on twitch mainly to watch live streaming service and connecting with the gaming community. The current layout makes it impossible to enjoy what twitch offers. On full screen, chat taking half of the screen is okay, but the other buttons such as follow, subscribe buttons and streamer descriptions taking the other screen is just too much, especially when i have already subscribed or followed the streamer. When i open the chat the actual gameplay takes less than 20% of the full screen. As twitch updates its mobile applications it makes me not want to use the app. It becomes more and more inconvenient to users. Also please let users decide what they want to do when the ad is playing. I’m watching the stream at 460p trying to save data and this 5min ad comes out in 1060p. No way to change it. Maybe ill try to subscribe when the ad is playing or follow the streamer but it is not available. These buttons and descriptions that are annoying when people are actually watching the stream will be useful when people are watching the ad.
User interface is TRASH
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watermarksucks –
2021-07-13
The controls are atrocious to use. Can’t fast forward or backward without having to click the screen once where the busy user interface pops up, which serves absolutely no purpose. I already am following the streamer so why is this blocking half my screen as if I didn’t already who this guy I’m following was? Same thing when you pause the video in fullscreen. I pause it because there are things I want to look at but guess what? I can’t because this this thing is obstructing half my screen again. Can’t click it away like you do when it’s not in full screen. Are people who designed this stupid? Also for live, video and clip, only video does NOT have the sort filter out of the three. WHY? You have it on the web version. Why not on the app? The design is all over the place and inconsistent. The only good thing is that it has been stable for me. But everything else is trash. The controls, UI. It’s a mess to navigate through and it’s unnecessarily convoluted. Please fix it or I’m deleting the app. The web version is much easier to use anyway.
Design Problem fixed!
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tooManyNicknamesAreTaken8 –
2021-06-15
UPDATE: the below problem was fixed! Thank you for making hype train stop taking up all the screen on mobile! Keeping the original review below to show that there was a problem but it was resolved. Obviously still not a perfect app, with problems such as implementation of DMCA rules, but at least the UI designers are trying, thanks :)
Please fix this design problem. When I am watching a stream on mobile (iPhone XR) in horizontal mode with chat, if a Hype Train appears, it extends the chat to over half of the screen space. This makes watching the stream harder, as it becomes very small in comparison to the chat.
Please don't force the Hype Train to make chat bigger, or give an option to remove seeing it entirely please! When I am watching my favorite streamers sometimes the Hype Train lasts several minutes and I have to decide whether to not see chat or not see the stream well. Other than that, great app/service.
The app has been made unusable after a recent update
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Aaron Rames –
2021-06-13
While the app has always had problems with stability no matter when you look at it, as of recently it’s been extremely unstable. The slightest wrong move and you’ll freeze the video you’re watching. But not only that, if you close your app and then try to come back to the video and resume progress, your app immediately freezes every time! Another problem exists where if you switch from landscape to portrait, and back again, you’ll cause the dimensions of the video to be out of whack (basically shrinks the picture and puts it in the top left corner and leaves the rest of the space where your video should be blank) and when you try to get the original dimensions of your video back by switching between the two modes, lo and behold, the app freezes! It works as it’s supposed to for pretty much everything else, although i can think of a few minor nitpicks. Like when fast forwarding and rewinding through past broadcasts clears the chat each time instead of the chat simply being synced with the video. As I’m trying to test the app to find these minor issues, my app is now freezing no matter what video or stream i try to watch. It’s truly never been this unstable, but currently, the app is unusable garbage.
Updated App Design, It’s a no for me dog
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SuprCoolGuy69 –
2021-06-08
I’m on twitch almost every night and it’s not a huge issue but the new update is slightly annoying/ inconvenient. First world problem but when I go onto twitch I like being able to see who of all the creators I follow are online so I can choose which channel to watch at that time. Now it’s just the top 2 view counts that take up my first view and the scrolling is not as streamlined as picking from a more compact list. Experience of the app itself is worse with the new design. Just my opinion tho so it doesn’t really matter. I mean who’s really reading these things anyway. I could prolly talk about anything on here like hey did you watch the new bachelorette last night. Me neither I was too busy scrolling 5 miles down my screen to see the creator I wanted to watch. Anyways, I digress, is that the right place for “digress”? Is digress to a side thought what digest is to food. Very similar sounding. Anyways, digress, have a good night everybody
App Needs Work for Mobile Devices
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MistMoonTears –
2021-06-01
I have the app for both my phone and iPad. I have never Live Streamed from my Phone, but I attempted a few weeks ago to do a Live Stream from my iPad because of technical issues with my computer. There was no real tutorial process of how much of anything worked for someone NEW to the Twitch app (had the same similar issues with the PC app version) and I could not make heads or tails of if I was actually LIVE or not. It just kept giving me a screen that was my cam, but appeared that it was still loading and this went on for a while.
I also kept accidentally re-setting my stream details, only because I was trying to figure out what everything did (and that’s frustrating when you’ve told your viewers you are going live, only to have it take forever, it feels like, to get things up and going).
The app for mobile devices and non-mobile definitely still needs some work in my book, but thankfully since I’ve been using it for a bit on my PC I have a better handle for it now, but when I first started I did NOT feel it was very New Streamer friendly.
App structure
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MACDERMATRON –
2021-05-03
I think twitch is cool and different than other platforms. I have a couple channels that I follow and browse some others that peak my interest occasionally. There are some issues that I have with it tho. When you open the app, the first thing you see are other channels that are being promoted or match who you are currently following. The channels you follow are at the bottom and you have to scroll all the way down just to get to them. Put the ones I’m following at the top for quick access, please. Also, I understand that the app is for ages 17+ but when you open the app and the channels that are being promoted show up, I’d rather not have a bunch of pages of girls with every part of their anatomy hanging out as the first thing you see. A good 2/3 of the channels are like this. I don’t even follow channels like them; just some gaming channels and a couple where the women actually wear all their clothes and talk about everyday life. Yet they are spread all over my front page in string bikinis in hot tubs. I’d rather not open the app and look like some creep who views those kinds of adult channels when I don’t. It’s like you have to open the app with your phone or tablet covered in case there’s someone else looking by mistake. Maybe I’ll look through the app and see if I can fix things myself or hopefully the app is updated in the future.
Possible bug
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fingersteam –
2021-02-06
I search for correct spelling and defenitions using the text chat feature while participating in a stream. When selecting text a popup > look up > my internet browser appears. When then going back to the twitch app the stream is in a small window. I select to maximize the stream (trying to not fat finger) and it closes the window. Now, my text I was working on is gone and I have to open the stream again. I have found my text to still be in the same stream like cache or something, but not always. Copying my text has been one measure to prevent losing my comment and minimizing the app > opening a browser and searching for the word that way is a workaround. USING LOOK UP TO SEARCH FOR A WORD DEFINITION SEEMS TO CAUSE INSTABILITY WITH TWITCH APP AND CRASHES THE STREAM (not every time, but enough to be bothersome). Hopefully this is making sense - cheers :]
The issue isn’t the app it’s Twitch’s new direction
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Smithy... –
2021-01-27
With the browser version of Twitch we can use extensions to remove things we hate due to the lack of a consistent blacklist on content we will Never Ever Watch. (Don’t drop twitch yet. Watch on chrome with a few extensions)
Twitch, if I told you real talk and music channels are on my Top 3 hated list then please don’t showcase them even if you got paid to. I am not your market. You are wasting that ad-buy.
Put in a real category based Blacklist so you can affiliate and ad-buy like a real deal company and do targeted marketing. All that is happening now is enraging your loyal consumer base to uninstall. Please use some of that recent investment money to get a real marketing team and learn to allow customers to curate their experience on mobile and desktop.
Just because you have a paid for music festival does not mean every single Twitch user should see that first when they sign on. It’s a waste of eyeball time, creates user animosity, and has people turning Twitch off. Look at Steam that put in 10 category tags you don’t want to see in your home page for games being sold. Mimic that but do not limit it to ten IMHO. Do not make it exclusive to lower bar content but include the featured section.
Cow towing to additional advertising and force feeding sponsored content is going to have creators looking for the next twitch alternative.
New update
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A Consistent Twitch Viewer –
2020-12-07
I have been a bit frustrated with the new update for the twitch mobile app. I have an iPhone 10, so the corners of my screen are rounded off and when I go to full screen the top and bottom of the video get cut off, along with things being blocked by where the camera is placed. This used to not be a problem because they left a blank space on each side of the screen so that it all fit in frame, but now especially while watching games like Minecraft where the bottom of the video is very important(the players inventory and the chat box) is impossible to see. This can be frustrating to watch and take away from my overall experience as a viewer. Another bug I have encountered is that often when I start to type in chat it will make the stream lag, causing the video and audio to get out of sync. Reloading/refreshing the page always fixes it, but leaves me waiting through an ad. This makes me less inclined to interact in chat, which is one of the best features of twitch. Besides these two bugs I absolutely love this app and the community that Twitch has created!
Very solid but still loads of room for improvement
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gqerez –
2020-08-24
I have been viewing twitch more and more and honestly the best twitch experience on mobile is this app. But there are a few things that if implemented, would greatly enhance the app. There have been a few times where I wanted to link my twitch and prime accounts but there is no option to do so on this mobile app. It would be great to be able to support my favorite creators with out worrying about missing a chunk of their stream. Overall there are a variety of features lacking on the app that really make me feel like I’m missing out while being a primarily mobile user. The only benefit to getting twitch prime on mobile is the crown symbol next to my name in chat. Besides lack of subscription options there is virtually no customization available except my profile picture. I know it’s not easy giving the pc experience on an app but the iOS app should be equal in features to computer. If they do so I believe many of the user base would prefer viewing from mobile.
Not too shabby! Updated
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Obsidiangel1982 –
2020-08-16
I like the app and they've made some good improvements. The only improvement i can think of would be to allow for viewing when someone first starts streaming or has lower viewership...allowing mobile users to view would help increase the viewership. Edit added 8/2/14: there is an annoying bug that makes the streams freeze for a bit. It's not the internet because i've tested it multiple places. Annoying, but other than these two things the app is fantastic.
UPDATE: Still a very good app. However, I’ve noticed that there are significantly more ads these days. An uninstallable number of ads. I’m sure if I pay/subscribe or use an adblocker I won’t have to worry about it, but it shouldn’t need to be that way. 6 ads is really way too many. That’s unreasonable. I came to the internet to get away from ads. Find a different way guys. Innovate!
Some problems
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Crazykid0416 –
2020-05-26
A bug still exists that has for a long time where when in dark mode, certain movements or actions can cause the app to switch to light mode, which takes a long time and 4 menu pages to flip through to turn it back on which is inconvenient and slightly annoying.
Another issue exists that when you are watching a stream in full screen mode and you double tap to open chat, and you click on a chatter’s name, a menu will pop up that allows you to gift them a sub, or look at their info etc. The problem is that when this menu pops up when in fullscreen (phone sideways), there’s no way to close the menu; you can’t click anywhere to get rid of the menu as it takes up the entire screen, and the only way to close it is to flip your device and go back to non-fullscreen, tap anywhere outside of the menu, and it’ll close. Again, this is an issue that has a solution but requires a lot of time spent to undo which can be annoying for users. A simple fix would be to add a close button for this menu, both in fullscreen and non-fullscreen.
Similar to the last issue, when you tap on emotes in chat, the only way to close the menu is to click outside the menu which can be difficult/inconvenient. The same solution exists where all that is needed for this problem is to add exit buttons to menus.
I love this app but...
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JudeMan123 –
2020-01-21
Let me get this out of the way: almost all the problems with twitch are erased on a computer. Whether on the site or on the app, on a computer everything works perfectly.
However, on the phone it lacks a lot of what it needs. You can’t subscribe with twitch prime for some reason, and it’s much harder to navigate on mobile than on pc. The other problems are the sub tokens they added and buying bits. Why did they add sub tokens? They’re just kind of stupid, why would I buy sub tokens before instead of just subbing to who I want? The last problem is bits. The price of bits makes no sense. Ive been told before it’s about a cent per bit, but then why is it seven dollars for 500 bits? That’s way more than the tax should be, and my only explanation is that twitch gets a little bit too greedy between the viewers and the streamers and tacks on unfair prices, making it harder for viewers to support streamers. Other than that, incredible app, I love watching streamers and talking to the twitch community that you can surround yourself with, it’s really incredible
Needs polish
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lalaleman –
2020-01-20
I love having twitch on my phone, but in its current state, mobile twitch is strictly worse than twitch on PC. There are lots of annoying bugs and quirks that all culminate in making it really annoying to use. For some reason, there is always a delay between the stream and chat that doesn’t appear on PC. In a recent update they made it so your phone itself has to be in dark mode to make twitch dark mode too, instead of just letting you toggle it from settings. This makes it really annoying when you want to switch from one app to another and keep turning dark mode on and off. Also, sometimes when I’m using twitch in light mode, it will magically toggle onto dark mode when I turn my phone sideways and then go back to light mode when I turn it right side up. Another major problem is that you can’t go to a streamers channel while they are live, so if you want to unfollow them or turn off notifications you are forced to watch an ad every time. If twitch mobile actually worked properly then I would give it a 5 star review.
Feedback
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TheRealRawD –
2019-11-26
Needs improvement; Twitch could certainly use some new and fresh ideas in terms of viewers/viewing capabilities, native communication is basic at best yet struggles with latency throughout the app. When asked, the initial response given was from long time users of Twitch, which was great! others not so much mentioning several technical problems from namely the app in and of itself with a few other hiccups here and there as expected however Twitch in it’s entirety is a brilliant platform as well as a great way to showcase any and all of your talents if you will. Continually Twitch will keep providing us with UI glitches more often than not currently there is no way suggest anything aside from writing a long neutral review about said inability, currently there is no way (that I am aware of) to exit a video you’re streaming without closing the app one would think of this to taken care of already and maybe it is or their working on it, if not then the solution is right here, all of which could be provided at a small nominal fee 😉😏
Close to perfect
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Amazon Visa –
2019-09-19
If your into finds my quality content creators especially gaming Twitch is the place to be. The only thing that’s always driven me crazy to the point I almost gave only 4 stars is all the QUALITY broadcasters that are buried in such a saturated market. You must sift through hundreds to find a few hidden gems. “Partner” streams or “Featured” channels have put in the grind and deserve it but some of these other upstarts have no prayer to cut through the noise. With that said the majority of people sitting through directories do not take the time to sift to the streams at the bottom with little to no views. I find that to be the Consoles (XBOX & PS4) fault for making it so ez for any toxic 12 year old with a console can connect and upload toxic trash. So considering at the end of the day it’s not all on Twitch? I went ahead with 5 stars for the app. good for tips, & tricks for any gamer and other IRL streams as Well.
What is going on at Twitch HQ?
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Cored –
2019-09-14
I’ve used the twitch iOS app primarily on an iPad. Each successive update seems to make it worse and worse. I tend to minimize twitch into a window while I work with other apps. In the past, this wasn’t a problem, the stream would keep playing and required minimal attention from me.
Today, September 2019, not so much. The windowed mode of twitch on an iPad frequently becomes unresponsive, such that I need to completely close out the app and restart it. If ads play in windowed mode, I lose the window and have to re-open the stream I had open. A year or so ago, this wasn’t a problem. I could leave a twitch window running all day on my iPad without it crapping out within 30 minutes. Now, I frequently have to re-launch the app when it ‘breaks’. Unsurprisingly, when it breaks, I get to watch ads again.
Please go back to the drawing board on this app. Go back two years, find what made it work so well, and implement it now. Today’s iOS twitch app is just a pile of s*it compared to how good it used to be.
It was great until a recent update kinda ruined it for me
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NinjaMaster21 –
2019-08-09
One of the things that I like about Twitch is being able to clip moments from my favorite streamers, being able to edit and trimming the clips was always fun to do and letting you see how the clip turned out during and in the end of the trimming process was always satisfying. However after I recently updated the app the clips that I, well clipped, weren’t showing during the trimming process making it hard for me to know what unnecessary fluff I need to take out. So I pretty much gotta leave the clip unedited and hope that I timed it right which isn’t fun for me if I don’t know how it turns out after trimming it. I don’t know if I’m the only one with this problem but if I’m not and others have this problem and they can fix that issue that’ll be great and I might give it a 5 star because I actually like the app.
Update: a recent update fixed it, so now I’m happy and will give it 5 stars.
I am an avid twitch user but this app is very frustrating
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Fru1tilicious –
2019-04-17
I on average watch Twitch streamers for 2-3 hours a day and it is my main form of entertainment. So it saddens me that the iOS app is riddled with so many issues.
First off there is an insane amount of delay (15-30sec) which makes it very difficult to be involved in chat. While on my other devices the delay is essentially unnoticeable or very minimal (5-10sec) when I’m on mobile chat becomes separate and I no longer get the full twitch experience where I can be immersed in a community of other viewers.
Having the app play in the background is riddled with issues and is extremely finicky. I can barely get it to play at times when I’d just like to listen in the background. Then when I go back to the app it pauses for a while consistently and then suddenly starts after waiting.
Many times when I click on a stream it will be frozen without the option to press the play button. The only way to fix this is to reload the stream and sometimes it requires completely relaunching the app.
I love twitch and the app isn’t unusable by any means but it could really use improvements. What is really disappointing is that the iOS app has been around for so long yet we still deal with these bugs. Considering a large number of viewers are on mobile it is time some work was put in to polish the app and improve the experience of mobile users.
Great App..The worst Customer I’ve ever seen
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Jamalprince –
2019-03-25
Looking at the app from a developmental standpoint, the app is terrific. Outside of little things like not being able to change your profile picture, everything seems to run smoothly. However after having the app for a while I noticed that my email for some reason wasn’t linked to my profile. I tried to fix it from The Xbox app on the console but no luck. Then since I was already logged in on my phone,I tried it there, still no luck. I then logged out and that’s when I really started to get upset. My password and login info stopped working once I logged out then the reset emails weren’t sending and kept saying my account doesn’t exist. I thought I would email and it would be a 2 day fix...wrong! I’ve sent roughly 10 emails in almost 2 months and nothing from them at all. I received a bot reply saying I hope the problem fixed itself, when prompted to email back if it isn’t. They again just ignored my emails. The brand new game I wanted to stream is now 2 months old and I don’t even want to play it considering now no one wants to watch it. Twitch Customer Service officially ruined playing my games while streaming.
This must be out sourced to people who never used apps
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Barbblerelf –
2018-12-14
I love how I can sync accounts like twitch to my discord. That’s how you get into sub only discord’s and this app makes it so easy! Oh wait no it doesn’t. You can log into your twitch but it won’t show you ANY DISCORD CHANNELS. ok fine. I’ll log in online. Sorry no login screen on the home page of discord while on mobile. Fine I’ll dig in even more and find the most hard to find link online to log in. Now I need to spend 30 minutes clicking buses on a “I’m not a bot” window more times than it takes to log into a major bank account or credit report monitor. Awesome, now I should be logged in right? Nope. An error saying you’re on the wrong type of discord. Why do I need to log into a computer to check or join “connections” discord’s. Has no one in the company ever been a human. It’s insane. Use the app. More than just once. Try things normal people want to do. Fix the website. Realize mobile browsers aren’t flip phones anymore and give actual full features on the site instead of less than the app even gives. If discord didn’t have a monopoly I’d wonder how the hell theyre still in business
Unstable as of late
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Shane247 –
2018-11-25
I used to never have problems with twitch, it was one of the apps I used to always get on and just watch a stream for fun. After a while I left because had life things to handle. But recently I decided it was a good time to get back on twitch. Was I wrong, yes and no. While the audio is fine without video, I’ve had troubles watching a stream and have audio at the same time. While the video plays just fine, it’s the audio that don’t work well on the stream. While I’ve been thinking maybe it could be my end, but when it’s been constant, I just don’t see the point in watching anything. Another thing, you removed the option to switch from 720 to something like 480, how can you test something to make sure it’s not your end if you actually take away a feature that was fine to begin with. I get the times are changing and technology is getting more and more advanced, trust me, I was born in the age of technology’s very beginnings of taking over. Just fix the stability of the app please, is that so much to ask. And please just add back a 480p button just for the users who can’t watch in 720.
A major suggestion
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MoonlitSkyPaintingBlue –
2018-11-22
I did not know this app defaults to auto play. Not to say there’s anything wrong with auto playing streams themselves but I was not aware of it and as a result I assumed a stream would end if I let the phone be. Halfway through a late night stream, I fell asleep without worries. However, I woke up and found my phone went from 100% to 13%. The streams stopped it from naturally falling into sleep mode after I unplugged it and set it to low power mode. This night of nonstop video playing no doubt harmed my phone battery’s maximum capacity, meaning it will be quicker to drop to 0% in the future and I did not intend for that.
My suggestion is that you please make a pop up for mobile that stops the stream, live or otherwise, and asks the viewer “Are you still there?” after one or two auto plays have already occurred without outside input. If there’s no further response, the phone can fall into sleep mode. If there is someone still watching, they’ll tap ‘Yes’ and keep watching.
Anyway, I’ve turned off auto play in settings, so this problem won’t happen for me again. But I still I wouldn’t want any people starting out with this app to make the same mistake I did.
Twitch prime running ads
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Miezejeski –
2018-10-23
I used to get so many hours of enjoyment out of this app as a twitch prime member. I could channel surf with ease and go back and forth between all of my favorite streamers. I loved the freedom of being able to watch any streamer I wanted for 30 second or 30 minutes. Now that they have introduced ads to twitch prime members, it makes this app almost unusable. To watch a 30 second ad almost every time I switch channels completely ruins the experience for me. I literally hesitate to open the app every time I want to watch one of my favorite streamers. I previously used this app for multiple hours a day and since the change I have only used it maybe 2-3 times. There needs to be an premium option to remove ads! Subscribing to individual channels doesn’t help. What I liked about twitch was the ability to watch more than a dozen streamers in a 30 minute watch session, freely surfing between channels. Please do something about this!! I want to use twitch again without ads! I would pay a similar price to what I pay for a Netflix or Sirius radio subscription to watch ad free.
Previous version better
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Jason6210001000 –
2018-08-26
The previous version was better in that it would remember games I last viewed. Now, I have to scroll to find the game. Though I did hate that it always showed most recent and it was all or none when deleting them, but oh well on that. If it’s possible to creat a favorites games list I haven’t looked for it, but apparently it doesn’t stand out either, for me anyway.
I hate the new continue watching feature. I understand some might like it, but the only reason I watch a rerun is because I can’t find anything live I’d like to watch. And the only way to remove the continue watching is to watch them, fast forward to the end, then go back or to watch the remaining part. Why can’t I just delete items while they’re in the continue watching area. Plus, I have something stuck in continue watching because I apparently need to subscribe to watch it, so I can’t go into it and watch it or fast forward to get rid of it. Either let me disable continue watching or give me the ability to delete from that area, not by having to go into the video.
Missing Key Functionality
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Krahnin –
2018-06-27
So, no issue with streaming performance, but either A) there is a LOT missing from the app, or B) it’s super un-intuitive and these things are impossible to find. Missing features include:
- The ability to subscribe to a channel via mobile.
- The ability to see existing subscriptions and when they expire.
- The ability to change your profile picture.
- The ability to easily get to a channel’s home page if they are live. (I am forced to go into the live video, often causing blaring audio even when my phone is silenced, and then have to poke around to find a way to get to the channel’s home screen and THEN I have to terminate the still playing video).
- A means to set subscriptions to auto-renew. (Unable to find this on the web version either - maybe just a missing feature?).
All in all, forcing me to log into the site severely inhibits the app’s on the fly functionality. I’d think these item would be a priority as the easier it is to manage things, the more likely people are to download/open the app. While not a huge amount of competition in this market, it just takes one competitor doing it better to start stealing people away. If these features are missing, I’d recommend adding them. If they are just hard to find, I’d recommend either re-thinking the layout or adding an overlay tutorial that walks through functionality for users. Something that launches initially for brand new users and can be launched at will for people needing a refresher.
Great idea, horrific experience
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Tomatitto291 –
2018-05-15
I absolutely love live streams, and twitch in general. I’ve been on the twitch bandwagon for longer than most, but can’t help to notice these extremely common, frustrating bugs. I will play live streams or VODs, and the audio will just go out. I used to be able to close out stream, change video quality, or close out app to fix it, but that is no longer the case. The only fix I have been able to find as of late is to completely uninstall and reinstall the app. I am now doing this 10+ times per day, and that’s unacceptable. If this issue isn’t solved by the end of this week, I’m just going to go watch someone else re upload one of your creator’s livestreams. Which mean that’s neither you, or the streamer you pretend to help will be making any money off of me, and I will cancel my multiple subscriptions.