VRV - Different All Together Reviews

by Aethergnos

So my review of VRV is more like a review of the homepage because that's as far as I have ever gotten. I have an iPhone XR running the latest version of iOS 12 and I have not ever been able to sign in on VRV . I looked through the reviews and I found someone else with the same problem. Basically what happens is I'll input my email and password (just like I would on any other device) and as soon as I hit enter it says "whoops check your inputs". Now, I open Safari and go to the this app website, input the exact same email and password (even go ahead and save it to my password keychain) and boom! login with no issues.

I looked through the FAQ page trying to find a solution or a form to contact the developer but I haven't had any luck, just a bunch of useless FAQ irrelevant to my issue. The only remedy I've found is linking my this app account to my Crunchyroll account so I can at least watch CR content on my phone, but it would be nice to have the full this app app if I want to watch HarmonQuest or anything else that's not on Crunchyroll. As a paying customer for a while now, I would appreciate it if the developer would at least read this review in hopes that they might be able to rectify the problem... Otherwise what's the point of paying for the service if I can't even use VRV . Might as well switch to Crunchyroll only and save a couple bucks.

by Jgomez22

I downloaded around 300 episodes worth of different anime shows. For the past month when I was a premium crunchyroll member only I had no issues. I recently found that I should cancel my crunchyroll and pay for this app only. Seemed like a no brainer considering all you get so I went ahead and purchased it. In the week since I have been losing subtitles to anime shows I was either already watching or in future episodes I had not watched yet. After refreshing VRV it would seem to work just fine again. I have refreshed 100x now and that doesn’t fix it anymore. Went online to find out this had been a steady issue for over a year now. One solution I found after I couldn’t get any show to show subtitles anymore was to delete the entire app and reinstall VRV . Who would want to do that and lose so many episodes? Well after still unsuccessfully getting subtitles to work again.... guess what this guy did? He deleted VRV and reinstalled. Made sure subs were working again watching 3 episodes back to back. Yay they work again. Downloaded 45 episodes to be on the safe side and have some shows to binge watch on my long train rides to and from work. After the first episode.... every other anime’s subs are broken again. It’s not like I can watch the dubs in time before Funimation is removed on November 1st. Think I may be cancelling my services with this app.

by Dr.Gunkaaa

VRV Is By Far The Worst, The Most Irritating, And The Most Glitchy Official App I’ve Ever Seen, And All Of That Has To Do With The Ads, The Ads Are So Broken, That They Break The Video Itself, First Off When It Reaches The Black Bars It Plays An Ad, But It Doesn’t Just Play One Ad, It Plays Three! And They Start To Overlap Each Other, For Example There Are Some Ads That You Have To Press To Start, But Then There Are The Ads Which You Just Have To Wait Until They Load And Start, The The 6 To 15 Second Ads You Have To Press, But The Ads That Show The Different Shows That They Have On VRV, And That Wouldn’t Be A Problem If The Ads Didn’t Overlap, The Ads That You Have To Press Overlap With The Show Ads, Which Just Start On Their Own, And The Problem With That, Is That When You Press On The Pressable Ads It Pauses The Show Ads And Starts The Pressable Ads, And When They Finish The Show Ads Don’t Continue To Play, And When You Press On Them, They Redirect You To That Show, And When You Come Back To The Show That You Were Watching, It Either Shows Just A Black Screen, With The Audio Playing Still, Or It Either Shows The Video But It Doesn’t Play The Audio Or It Just Jumbles Up The Audio And Plays An Audio From A Completely Different Part Of The Show! So Please Fix This! Everything Else It Perfect But The Ads Just Ruin It! Sorry If This Long By The Way, I Just Wanted To Get My Opinion Out.

by Shamira Wolf

At first i really liked VRV, the subtitles would glitch out sometimes and it was not much of a problem since it was an easy fix and i was able to watch some anime without using premium, but once i signed up for the free trial EVERYTHING went downhill from there. First of all the videos wouldn't play AT ALL, it would go completely blank or it would load forever and nothing would happen which is odd because that didn't happen very often without the free trial. I've tried everything to fix this problem such as signing out then back in, closing VRV and reopening it, turning off wifi them getting back on, uninstalling VRV and reinstalling VRV , there's just no use. I've tried fixing this problem for nearly two hours and still no progress 😤 And now that i am signed up for the free trial i am very worried that I won't be able to cancel because the first time i went to their website it wouldn't load at all, and i would prefer that i am able to see that i am on a free trial in my settings and cancel it from there. I am not sure if i will be using VRV anymore unless these problems are fixed. Thank you for listening.

by Jalte7

I have had numerous problems with VRV . From it not recognizing I’m a premium member multiple times. Having to log out log back in and it says ‘’You’re already Premium’’ and still not playing videos because it’s considered ‘’Premium’’ but still doesn’t recognize the account. Now on top of that I am having issues to where I can’t download offline. It starts and waits then immediately fails. Offline viewing was a highlight of this app. What is the point of paying for a service that doesn’t work or simply do what it is supposed to. On top of that I have a new issue where it won’t play the last episode uploaded. Whether it be a new episode for a series or last episode from a completed series, it will not load... I’ve tried everything. Signing out. Restart. Re-installing. I even reset my device and got the same, thing. I loved VRV when I first got into it, but recently it has been nothing but headaches. They aren’t even aligned with Crunchyroll anymore and did not announce it, yet they announce all the ‘news and great’’ companies they are working with. Crunchyroll was on of the main reasons to have VRV and at least as far as I am aware, Crunchyroll actually works. I am extremely disappointed from where VRV was 2 years ago to where it is today. I am hoping to see some major improvement soon or I don’t see my subscription or VRV lasting much longer.

by Q_THE_MAGE

I really like VRV’s selection of anime, as well as it’s more moral business practice than other anime streaming platforms, and I really wanted to like VRV , but between constant app crashes, downloads just not working a solid 70% of the time, and playback failures I simply cannot recommend it. If I download a season of anime an hour before I go to the gym, make sure everything says it’s downloaded but then I go offline try to watch the episode and it stops working half way through the op and for the next hour I have nothing to do. Even online when I browse through the admittedly expansive library when I try to add something to my watchlist VRV crashes, I reload VRV come back and it’s fine... until I add a different show to my watchlist and the same thing happens it’s super annoying that I can’t even browse VRV without it breaking down. Say I manage to find a show to watch, I can’t download it or it won’t work, and I only just got it in my watchlist after having to reload and seemingly out of no where the loading sign comes up and VRV crashes again. I mean seriously these are just bug fixes, with a product as good as this there is no reason to wreck it with these bugs, please please fix this TT

by JimblyJones

It’s probably partially my fault that it’s working so horribly, because I have really awful wi-fi. But it should still be able to work at least relatively well for a streaming service, and it doesn’t. It feels like a game of Russian roulette trying to watch something. Sometimes the ads freeze, sometimes the show does, sometimes the audio cuts out for no reason. Sometimes nothing even loads at all! I can honestly say that I haven’t been able to watch a single thing without one of these issues occurring. It feels like I’m just waiting for something to go wrong, and so I can’t relax and watch my show. And I understand the need for ads to make money, but the ads seem to be needlessly excessive, and they load so horribly that sometimes I have to wait up to five minutes to get back to what I was watching, which compared to the length of the show is a REALLY long time! Sometimes the ad freezes and the show starts running behind it and I can’t pause it, so I have to reload the whole app. The only good thing I have to say about VRV is that nothing in the shows are pixelated, and everything very clear and pleasing to the eye, which is the only reason I’m still using it. But overall, I’m very disappointed with VRV.

by Dismember

I’ve been subbed to this app since AT&T implemented the streaming service option of choice. At the time you had plenty of channels to view but now your streaming service has lost all of the channels initially offered. AT&T is now only offering HBO max so my subscription through them will be ending soon and I am having a hard time seeing why I should continue to pay for your streaming service when that time comes. Your lack of channels is the main reason for that. The user interface is great but without content I might as well just go to Crunchyroll. Will the subscription fee be assessed and lowered due to the lack of available content? Are there plans to bring in new content? I just even realized that Hi-Dive is now gone and they had some interesting titles available. I know Crunchyroll’s app isn’t all that great for the user interface but if all you have is Crunchyroll in your lineup I might as well just start using them. Your service is $10 and I could get theirs for $8 dollars. I hope you bring in new content or revise your subscription cost. At this time your service shouldn’t cost more than $5 for the premium service because lack of content.

by Sesstic

I’ll start off by saying the quality of the content is great. It’s a massive bang for your buck because for $10, you get access to the entire Crunchyroll library as well as Rooster Teeth, HiDive, and others. Considering the regular CR subscription is $8, there is almost no reason not to get the $10 this app subscription which has at least 3 times more content. Video quality is pretty good as well and I like how you can access the user comments section from VRV , unlike CR.

Now for the bad. The video player itself is weird to me. This might just be personal preference, but it feels cheap, kind of like the old Crunchyroll player. Second, you cannot sort shows by genre!! This is super annoying for me because sometimes I’m interested in a particular type of show, but you can’t search for that on this app. You can only filter by network. Finally, some shows have different versions which are not clearly labeled. In my experience this only affects the HiDive content, but it’s weird to have two versions of the same show, same season, but not know what the difference is.

by Asdk24

I like VRV a lot because it combines everything an anime nerd like me needs. But I have thought of some possible improvements. I’m sure it’s hard to change these things but if it’s possible I think it will improve the quality. If the 30second reversal button was 15 seconds it would be a bit better and if there was ether a 15 second fast forward button as well and/or a skip intro like Netflix has. Also I would like a notification option for new episodes for my favorite shows. This way I don’t have to remember or look through the recommendations every time I’m trying to find my shows. Lastly I would like a change to the mature content. You have a button to allow for it I don’t know if it’s just me but even if I have it on allow I still get censored shows. And if I remember correctly I think I have to pay for premium to get it uncensored. (Btw I have premium)I was surprised to see this because you are paired with Funimation who has the same thing but it works fine. If you can do these improvements it would make my experience much better. Thanks

by SSIntrinity

I can understand that you provide premium users with the benefit of not having to deal with ads, but in the case of free users, the ad system barely functions or at least in my case. I can’t even get started on how many problems the ads cause me.
The developers marked specific parts of the progress bar to show when ads are supposed to be played but yet for some reason, I’ve been dealing with ads that play the moment I start to play a show or have been stopping the show constantly after passing a marked point just to deal with another parade of ads.
Another annoying thing I’ve been dealing with is how two or more ads play at the same time. After going through that, I have not even able to make the screen respond. The play button or progress bar won’t show when I tap the screen. What’s even more annoying is that it forces me to restart VRV and waste even more time rewatching ads before I can continue from where I left off. I won’t lie, this is a very good app but the way the ads play is just unacceptable.
I really hope that the developers can fix this problem soon so that we free users don’t have to deal with such problems anymore.
Thanks!

by Terra Nova909088

Okay don’t get me wrong, VRV is great. It has a lot of classic animes that most platforms don’t have such as all seasons of JoJo and even Nickelodeon shows. But the major issue I have is the downloads. I’m currently on the free trial and I felt this would be great as I would be able to watch a lot of amazing titles during the day. But there are two occurring issues that make this so annoying and frustrating. First off, the subtitles. They either don’t pop up, or have English which is very frustrating as I have to redownload them until it works. Secondly, why does it buffer? It’s downloaded right? So why does it buffer if I supposedly have it all downloaded? It annoys me as I either have to close VRV and enter again and/or it just doesn’t load. I have to skip 10-30 seconds because that certain section does not load. And there are times where it pauses and it goes to black, unable to play the title. This is what’s holding me back from writing a 5 star review as downloading episodes is important for many people who don’t have easy access to internet and such. So please, do us a favor and fix this issue quickly.

by Kuskiekurt

I enjoy the content on VRV, but sometimes it gets on my nerves and is extremely hard to watch anything at all. I personally do not use premium because I only get on every once in a while, but when I do it’s difficult to get the shows to start, and even if I can, the ads will most likely ruin it. Sometimes when I get ads, it plays the same thing four times in a row, never plays at all, plays over the show, suddenly pops up when it is in between ad breaks, plays two ads at a time, or shuts me out altogether. Even if I can get through the ads, I am usually met with more problems. For example, if it does not load an ad it might skip straight to the show, which might be good if it didn’t bug VRV , and make it so that I can’t pause, rewind, or fast forward, or even get out of the show or use settings. Also sometimes i will finish ads and it will suddenly stop showing subtitles on subbed shows and/or randomly pause every few seconds. I have seen that premium works a lot better on VRV , but you should make it more accessible and enjoyable for the people who do not have premium

by Nachitoboy2008

Look im not the type of person to write reviews but whatever.

So I have been looking i around to see what apps I could watch anime on and I found crunchyroll, and I started to look for animes and i tapped on an episode and not even a minute into it I already get at least 2 ads like its getting really annoying and i have been getting a-lot of ads like i can barely watch an episode without 10 ads on each episode.

And another problem is that whenever i get an ad there is always another one but it hasn’t shown so when i think its over i just go back to try watching my show but then it just takes me to some random website. And after an ad is done now the episode is glitched and i keep pressing the unpause button but then it starts playing for two seconds and it pauses again, and I restart VRV and it is still glitched. And now its just in an infinite loop where it unpauses the pauses. And sometimes its because there is an ad but it doesn’t show so when i try to watch it takes me to a website. So PLEASE fix the too many ads and the unpause and pause glitch.

by IdkanythingLm40

I’ve been liking my subscription so far (I am a premium member), however when it’s on mobile videos take forever to load and even then continues to buffer throughout the episode and I am constantly having to pause the video and wait,But on PS4 that is not a problem which is really confusing. Also, I have a lot of difficulty searching for specific and amazing genres that I like because the only searching tool there are based on channel or if you know the actual name of the anime searching for using the genre (I.e. action, romance, etc.) simply isn’t possible. By no means am I saying it is a bad service, however there are some real issues in its own usage as both a mobile and web service.

P.s. I know the anime libraries consist mainly of subtitled animes, however a feature for sorting dubbed and subbed would be a nice quality of life feature as well as a channel sorting feature since the same show could be available among different channels and offered in different manners like an anime being subbed and dubbed on Hi-Dive but only subbed on CrunchyRoll

by Johnathan Wolfbane

Been using VRV for some time now, and at first I was satisfied. Moved from crunchyroll over, and was impressed by the line up at the time. But then as years passed, creators have been somewhat soft. I understand that there are limitations or boundaries, but why, and this is figurative speech, castrate artistic ability. There have been gems here and there that have been worthwhile and satisfying, but anime as whole should be limitless. It’s matter of escapism to tell stories, experiencing emotions, to create memories. Our opinions alone , are “our opinions”. They shouldn’t force a creator into a narrative they don’t want. People will agree or disagree, but in the end let not one person’s opinions be casted for everyone, but rather hear the collective of opinions from the actual people who go the mile to enjoy the content of the artist. I definitely see VRV having potential if the people running it would not let their personal or political bias ruin it for the rest.

...Oh and some the functions for seasons of a series are not working (I.e One Punch Man). It says that it has three seasons, but only shows season one without being able to change it. Have yet to try on other viewing platform other than IOS, but an update or fix would be nice.

by Wolfboy9

I’m normally one to never complain or do many of these reviews. So if your reading this then you can know this is my honest option. When I found this app I was unsure what to think so I went and did the premium because I have been wanting the ability to download stuff videos I could see on the go. The no ads was a bonus. I have been using VRV for about two weeks and have loved it. I found VRV though a bit weird at first it was very geared to keep things separate and not throw everything into a pile to dig throw. It’s made finding some of my favorite anime’s and shows very easy. But being as I got this for the ability to download I for some reason being the bumbling dork I unknowingly found one big bug. Since I am on the move a lot with my blue tooth head phones find that every so often I am drawn phone is off in my pocket to un-pause it with my head phones pushing the button. Well if I do my Apple Music app turns on. And if I am to open my phone while this app is on and I’m watching something I downloaded it will stop working all together I have tried just about everything so far the only way to fix it is to unload VRV then re-download it I have tried to delete the shows and re-download them. That didn’t seem to work. So if you do get VRV be aware of this so you don’t end up at the airport or on that road trip with nothing because Apple Music decided to turn on and break everything.

by RexTortuga

So to start off I don’t want to bag on VRV it does have a great selection of shows, movies, etc. that you can browse through, and I would’ve gone to the support page to explain the situation there that I’m having but there’s no real way to let them know on it or in it for that matter so you basically have to come to the review page and hopefully they read these to figure out how they can better make that app for everyone so I’m really here just to let them know or let whoever cares and know that you’re missing the seven deadly sins series from Crunchyroll on this this app app and probably a lot of other ones that don’t come to mind or haven’t looked up yet, and the application on my phone is where I started my Premium account but as I tried to use my premium account on my game console (PS4) it was making me get a premium account on my PlayStation 4 when I already have a one, so do I have to have separate premium accounts for every device I have or is that just a bug in the system? but all in all I really enjoyed VRV, just those small minor things also “30 seconds forward” option wouldn’t hurt as well LOL

by Extreme Beastboy

Ignore the idiots complaining about the ads if you don’t want them pay the 4 dollars dollars a month like I did it’s worth it I have used VRV for around 2 years now and although some channels have been removed like funimation,shudder,and nicksplat I’m not mad a app like this is bound to lose its rights to certain platforms I’m just glad I still have a place to watch anime using hidive and crunchyroll and now that crunchyroll is dubbing more I am even more happy to own VRV it’s way easier to use than the normal crunchyroll app would recommend if you love anime and cartoons they have some great content here I hope they continue to update and keep VRV up because it’s been a life saver for me I get early access to crunchyroll exclusives thanks to it and all the new anime that releases I’m super glad they still update new anime to VRV and haven’t abandoned it some new channels would be cool but other than that 10/10 streaming service crunchyroll did a great job making VRV.

by Cyrich

VRV itself is a 5 star app. I noticed a lot of complaints about the ads. Now for those who are just complaining that they do three ads per break that's been Crunchyroll (the company that own this app) thing forever. Now the ones complaining about how the ads work and the overlapping that's a legit complaint/problem that they should address but since I pay for no ads I've never had this issue. That's why I give VRV 5 stars. Not my biggest and really only complaints deal with the service. I really would like for this app to offer a yearly subscription model like they do for Crunchyroll and the other partnered subscription Funimation. It makes it so much easier the just pay $50-$60 once a year and get all the anime I want for the year. A lot of times I'll forget about the monthly renewal and spend the money on other bills or food before they charge me. So I'd really like to see that feature ASAP. Also I know it's not ALL this app's fault but I wish the process of getting everything on Funimation over the this app was quicker or at the very least like you can link your account to Crunchyroll or vice versa I feel like it should be an option to link you account to funimation. That way I don't average to pay for multiple services due to this app not having all the content that is currently available on funimation.

by Zeusg89

So my review of VRV is more like a review of the homepage because that's as far as I have ever gotten. I have an iPhone XR running the latest version of iOS 12 and I have not ever been able to sign in on VRV . I looked through the reviews and I found someone else with the same problem. Basically what happens is I'll input my email and password (just like I would on any other device) and as soon as I hit enter it says "whoops check your inputs". Now, I open Safari and go to the this app website, input the exact same email and password (even go ahead and save it to my password keychain) and boom! login with no issues.

I looked through the FAQ page trying to find a solution or a form to contact the developer but I haven't had any luck, just a bunch of useless FAQ irrelevant to my issue. The only remedy I've found is linking my this app account to my Crunchyroll account so I can at least watch CR content on my phone, but it would be nice to have the full this app app if I want to watch HarmonQuest or anything else that's not on Crunchyroll. As a paying customer for a while now, I would appreciate it if the developer would at least read this review in hopes that they might be able to rectify the problem... Otherwise what's the point of paying for the service if I can't even use VRV . Might as well switch to Crunchyroll only and save a couple bucks.

by Ticky55

this app brings some of the best shows and films to the table, particularly in terms of the deliciously obscure. But the feast is somewhat spoiled by its train wreck of an ad system. While the content this app provides is worth sitting through a few ads, I’d really rather not watch the same ad 8 times in a row, or ads with nothing but static, laughter and ominous piano music, or ads that play simultaneously with each other or with the show. At one point I had the audio of two separate ads playing over the video of a third ad. All this combined with the fact that ad breaks are rather frequent (three scheduled in a half hour show, not bad compared to cable) and unpredictable (often cutting in with an ad and a half nowhere near the ad marker, and always leading with ads when you come back to an episode you put on hold). Ok well, I’ve gone on a little long about the negatives, but I really want to stress, I love VRV! The offerings are just too good, and since paying for yet another subscription just isn’t in the budget, I’m still here, beating my head against the table. But to be honest? I don’t know how much more blunt force trauma my skull can take.

by 1jerry5

It’s a fine app and it’s free so there is little to complain about as far as VRV itself is concerned, but I’ve run into a persistent bug recently. Whenever I select an episode to watch the show will, after a few seconds, stop showing subtitles and sometimes freeze the video all together while the audio continues playing as well as making VRV unresponsive to touch (I am on an iPhone 7) so I can’t pause/cancel/back out at all, and whenever I try to close VRV or turn off my phone in order to restart it my phone will freeze in the process of closing VRV again with the audio continuing to play in the background while my phone struggles to handle whatever VRV is doing to it. Even still after my phone unfreezes and VRV fully closes the audio STILL plays for several seconds even with VRV closed! I probably wouldn’t notice or care that this was a bug if it didn’t disable subtitles and make VRV completely unresponsive. Please fix this because I doubt I’ll continue using VRV if the bug persists.

by Iritig

So first off, I really love VRV. I have the premium bundle, so I am not experiencing any of the advertisement related problems that I have been reading. Most of the time it works perfectly, although there are some bugs that I would like to talk about, mostly
concerning the offline downloading function. For example, if I close VRV after downloading videos, the content will not play at all when I re-open it, and it will only show a black screen. I’m not sure if it is supposed to do this, but it is very annoying. Also, when I downloaded some anime from Crunchyroll, when I wanted to watch it offline the subtitles didn’t appear for any of the episodes I had downloaded. These are the only problems I have experienced, other than some times where I have been logged out of my premium account unexpectedly. All in all, I still think this is a great app, and I find the premium bundle is worth the money. Definitely recommend it!