PlayOn Mobile App Reviews

Cool in Canada!!! First for me!!!

Even for free Im very unhappy with this app. Most shows Ive tried to watch say unable to view heres some you may enjoy being 4 min clips. The main thing that upsets me is 95% of the shows are not letting me view.

So disappointed. I have MacBook. So does it mean no Playon for me?

Not sure what problems anyone is having or why. I have this running on my ps3 and my iPhone.sure maybe a few things Arent available here in Canada but theres TONS of stuff to watch anyway plus go to the site and use the links for olivine and scripts for even more to watch.

If more than 10% of the listed content actually worked in Canada. Software is pretty slick and easy to use...but the content...well....it just is not there (at least not yet). The worst part is it lists certain videos as being available, you click on it, wait for it to buffer only to get the dreaded "This video is not available in your geographic area". 2 Stars for effort...but we need to content to add more stars.

This review is about Playon itself not only about this app only. Playon is one of the worst software I spend money on, including play later. 90% of programs not available in Canada and the one available take 5-6 min to load. "Preparing the stream" will appear on the screen up to 5 min, then it will tell you this is not available in your area. "No content in this folder" another message. Wondering why this program is in the market!!

The fabulous support staff are working for an update to the app for iOS 8 So be patient if you cant play videos. The other features still work wonderfully, much easier to navigate on my phone and cast to my roku or record via playlater.

Unless they let us do everything from the ipad or iPhone or any other Mobile device this company will go no were no sorry they will go down I pay I upgrade to plus version $49.99 thinking I will get or do like they but unless i have a PC or Mac On them I can used mobile device is only good to record but even recordings take long. If the developer some changes I know this app have a potential I hope they do something soon.

Requires a WINDOWS PC to work, making it less than useless for Mac users. Shame on you!

In the ad it said that it would work on an iPhone and iPad. Great! Unfortunately you need to install it on a PC FIRST! That could have been made clearer.

Seriously? Windows? This isnt 1997. Get with it. Dont waste your time, and definitely not your money.

Playon is a great app. Ive had it for years now. My only complaints are that there is no AppleTV app and that you have to have a Windows computer to act as your server. Yes you can use a Windows VM, but its laggy and you can use airplay to stream to your AppleTV, but these are work arounds and that keeps it from getting 5 stars. I dont understand the no AppleTV app, they have an iPhone app and an iPad app, why not add it to the TV lineup? I love ad skip, best feature of all.

I installed the server on my of and scheduled recordings fail constantly. I downloaded the iPhone app and it will not connect to the PlayOn server. Dont waste your time.

Works great on all our phones, very happy!

Seamless integration with our Roku and IPhones; weve had no problems with connectivity as others have suggested. Great for my kids who use different viewing platforms. Excellent customer service! Thank you!!

I have the Playon subscription service and the app. I am lucky to get 50% of the recordings I set on the PC to actually reward. The support team has been good about tweaking different settings on my Windows 10 pc, I record straight to a Synology NAS with 20 TB available for recording but still have more failed recordings than success. The biggest problem for me with the app which tends to have a higher success rate of recording is that you must select each individual episode to record, there should be an option to record the entire season, as well as to subscribe through the app. I also ding it very odd that you are limited to 720p definition on recordings. Fortunately my Synology NAS and Samsung UHD 4K tv do a nice job of upscaling when I stream on my network. Decent start, but much work needed to make it much more user friendly.

Great program. Lousy ap. Crashes when videos play.

I like PlayOn for my Roku, but this app never works to play video through my iPhone or iPad. Have tried multiple versions and different versions of iOS. Never works..

Does not work on new ios8 pleas FIX!

After updating to IOS 8, this no longer works. Please fix asap!