We analyzed 23 negative reviews from the top 5 Anime apps on the App Store. Here's what users hate most.
Ranked by frequency — how often each complaint appears in negative reviews.
61% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"There were SOOO many ads and whenever I tried to watch the anime it gave me an ad and I couldn't even watch the anime at all"
"I just tried watching ONE show and it just gave me adds not even a second of the show"
35% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"They have what I want to watch but I can't watch it and it sends me to an add and then goes back to the page. I find it very annoying"
"It is not letting me watch I don't recommend this to people with the same problem too much ads and when I try to watch it does not let me.."
26% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"I really want to watch all the seasons of my hero academia I was on season four because of Netflix, but then there was nothing else of Crunchyroll or Hulu"
"Good but dosent have all epilike in JJK have only S1 and only has 61 ep of One Piece"
22% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"It's good but there is no picking if something is sub or dub. I speak English and would prefer to be able to understand the anime"
"This needs translation captions so i can actually understand."
13% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"I tried watching episode 4 of Naruto shippuden and when lady tsunade talks it freezes for the whole time"
"Literally it tells me an error but every time I try to refresh it it just pop up 3 ads every time and I find that really annoying"
4% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"I don't like that it says 4+ but in reality when you watch a series it's tooooo inappropriate for a kid to watch"
Design and usability issues driving negative reviews.
Users cannot start videos because clicking play triggers ads that redirect back to the video page without playing content
"They have what I want to watch but I can't watch it and it sends me to an add and then goes back to the page. I find it very annoying"
Users cannot choose between dubbed or subbed versions of anime, forcing them to watch in languages they don't understand
"It's good but there is no picking if something is sub or dub. I speak English and would prefer to be able to understand the anime"
Excessive waiting periods before users can access the app content
"Haven't even gotten in the app yet cause the waiting time to get is hours long"
Get the complete Anime market intelligence report — including missing features, pricing insights, build recommendations, and competitor weaknesses.
View Full Report — $9.9930-day money-back guarantee