High confidence · Latest 100 of 5.4M total reviews analyzed

Frustrated

Recent user voice shows a frustrated sentiment. Users appreciate content library and simulcast availability, but report aggressive monetization and technical bugs and performance.

Rating: 4.8

Reviews: 5.4M

Confidence: high

How did the latest release land?

Overall
4.7/ 5
(5.4M)
Current version
4.8/ 5
+0.0 vs overall
(1.4M)
Main signal post-update: content Library.

Sentiment over time

Weekly average rating and review volume across stores, last 90 days.

Not enough recent reviews to plot a sentiment trend.

Review themes

Praise

What users love

  • Content Library
    • It is an heaven for people who love anime.
    • Crunchyroll is by far one of the best anime platforms out there.
  • Simulcast Availability
    • I love having access to the simulcast of these amazing shows at the same time they are showing in Japan.
Complaint

Common complaints

  • Aggressive Monetization
    • Everything I click on is premium... you can’t watch anything without a subscription anymore
    • offensive fullscreen ads... even if subscribed to max tier
  • Technical Bugs and Performance
    • Videos are not playing continuously or smoothly
    • The app consistently crashes... multiple episodes have audio issues

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