iQIYI - Dramas, Anime, Shows Reviews

by Freedomtrekker

After the updates and in general you play more and more and more ads! It is awful that you add more ads even doubling them now, though they are the same McDonald’s ones every time. You also no longer remember where I was last watching as you used to, and now play 2 ads every single time I have to leave iQIYI for any reason, all of which ruin the viewing experience. If you want people to upgrade don’t make the experience horrible for free watchers who are checking out and forming opinions of your app. I hated the experience of watching on your app and would try to avoid as much as possible in the future. I am glad you offered backstreet rookie though.

by Hong Tao Kai

I would have given iQIYI a 4.5 a month ago, now it’s only 1. Why? I pay for VIP membership (now it’s used to pay). The shows were good, captions well done, and until a couple weeks ago, there were no ads in my no-ad-promised viewing. Then, they changed things.

Now they display advertisements on the home page, logos in the top left corner of the screen the ENTIRE time you’re viewing, and on the loading page. If they had raised rates, I would have been willing to pay more per month to not have ads in my face the ENTIRE time I’m using their app.

Now, this app has lost a customer. They can’t pay me enough to stay for the current situation. Before you ask, I did contact customer service and asked about the ads, providing screenshots of them. The response was that I pay not to have commercials in the middle of viewing shows. That’s not what the promise was; they state no ads on their VIP membership benefits list.

by Ingenue1004

Though I had paid for VIP benefits, iQIYI suddenly said I did not have VIP privileges. So I tried to recover my VIP privileges through their Recovery Process multiple times and also contacted their tech support. After 8 emails, sending screenshots of my Apple payment per their request 3 separate times, they finally recovered my VIP rights.

I requested a prorated refund or credit for the 5 days I didn’t have access and they didn’t give it to me. iQIYI is flawed in that a live person has to reinstate your access instead of it being automatic after completing the recovery process. I have other apps where occasionally this happens, like after an app update, but once I click Recover, my access is reinstated.

by Alicefalldown

I got charged twice in one month when I switched from Gold to Diamond. I have the latest Apple TV and no matter how many times I log in and out of my account, the tv app refuses to recognize my Diamond VIP status. It’s very frustrating to have paid more for this perk so I could watch it on my tv and then have it not even work. I’ll likely cancel the VIP if I continues to not work. No point in wasting money on a product that doesn’t even work. Be wary if you’re paying extra to watch it on TV! You may also be charged twice in one month only for iQIYI to say you didn’t pay yet the VIP status works no problem on my account on my phone. Very disappointing! I can’t even figure out a way to contact the developer except to write this review.

by Jo2mo

I am a VIP user and lately your content have great dramas so I have been watching thru your app esp I’d the drama is exclusive for this app only.
It is very hard and confusing to navigate on which we’re new ones and old ones. When I go back the next day, the folders have move around. It’s very hard to find the drama I was watching a few hours ago or a day ago.
Under your continue watching, when I clicked on it, it takes me back to ep 1 when I am already in ep 20. Most times I don’t remember what ep I was on so if it goes back ep 1, i have to check all the ep where I left off. Sometimes, I watched on my laptop and I can’t find the continue watching folder.
Most times, I do airplay because I don’t like to watch on my phone and it doesn’t continue to next ep. or if I want to rewind, it doesn’t show as being airplay but I am watching it on my tv. I have to airplay again to my tv to override what’s currently showing on my tv.
This is very frustrating as there doesn’t seem to be any continuity if you pause on phone and go back later. It starts over again.

by Sony25t

I watch a lot of c-dramas and this would be my go-to app if it actually worked. iQIYI doesn’t let you scroll, or navigate through tabs and recently it has even stopped allowing searching. Every time I open iQIYI there is already a title in the search box (i didn’t type it in) and when you try to clear that and type the title you actually want it won’t let you. I mean its frozen. The work around I have found is to go to the iq site search what I want and then have that show redirect to iQIYI .
Another issue would be as a VIP user I still sometime have ads pop in and I have to force shut iQIYI and launch it again, log out and log back in to get the ad free service I paid for. I honestly love most of the content on iq but iQIYI is really not user friendly at all and only ends up making me frustrated.

by Angel2515

I am a VIP subscriber and I love iQIYI overall, with great variety of dramas and movies - my favorite is usually the fantasy costume period dramas. However, iQIYI could be better if it has the ability to preview/read synopsis without playing the show, in addition to more user friendly interface on iPad. You can the watch the using landscape, but looking for dramas and writing this review, I had to turn my iPad to portrait style. I love the ability to download to watch at certain locations without good internet connection. Please keep up the good work. Thank you!!

by Mrs Patao Head

Hello! I don’t usually give reviews but I think iQIYI definitely deserves one. I gave this 4 stars because some episodes are skipped like episode 6 of “begin again” And I also would really appreciate it if you guys added a search bar on the roku tv.. I’ve also seen lots of people complaining about that. Next I would like for you to guys to understand even though iQIYI has a lot of glitches it has so many dramas that you just can’t watch on any other app! My experience is amazing so far and I can’t wait for you guys to make more updates! Keep up he great work!😊 (Please respond I need a link for episode 6 of begin again)

by B-Diddy

I have been using iQIYI and subscribed to be a VIP user. I like the ability to DL episodes and watch offline. I also like the ability to opt for surround sound. One drawback that I have come across is the instant play when you click on an show. Rather than giving you the ability to read the synopsis and who are the actors, the show immediately starts with episode one or the movie. It would be nice if the user has more control over the start/play of the show. A key features I would like it to have is the ability to do Airplay. Watching on a small screen isn’t always convenient.

by Ningdoo

So I have been using this app for about a year now and this hasn’t happend. I was watching LEGEND OF AWAKENING on my computer and phone it used to be vip then it wasn’t so I started to watch it I left in ep 25 or 26 then after one day I decided to go back and continue watching it after that I discover it was vip again I got so sad and I know it seems childish but I began to cry I am still very angry I don’t know if it was a glitch but I hope it doesn’t happen again because it is very upsetting I also hope in the future iQIYI is free because to many users is upsetting like me pls upgrade it and if it’s possible can you make LEGEND OF AWAKENING free again? thank you❤️❤️ other way I Loveeeeeeeeeeeeeee iQIYI

by Ncofan

I like iQIYI a lot. Interface is simple to use and there is good variety of movies and dramas. There are 2 things that could make it even better:
1) option to change subtitle appearance because the white small font is sometimes hard to read on a small screen
2) It works great on my iPhone but not on the iPad Pro 10.5, even though it is included on the list od compatible devices. I would really like to enjoy iQIYI on the iPad’s bigger screen.
Still, I am enjoying the variety and already paid for a quarterly membership. Hoping for improvements.

by Silverfox8668

Another update: I am a VIP subscriber, your front page is freezing up, it does not allow us to scroll / browse. This happened after I updated iQIYI .

Also, why are advertisements still popping up? I thought VIP subscribers are supposed to enjoy ad free shows.
Please fix both issues, thanks

Updated review: you guys are great listeners, I commented below on your caption / subtitles which were so difficult to read. I noticed you just changed to bolder fonts. Now it’s perfect. Thank you! Love this app. More romance dramas please !👍

Previous message:
I just subscribed and starting to watch tv series. I am glad you are now an official screening company for hard to find channels that showcase dramas.

Glad that you have English subtitles really fast. But one recommendation if you can consider: please change your font format. Example of your competitor: Viki’s subtitles have white fonts with black background, makes it easier to read. Whereas yours has white fonts with no background. These fonts tend to disappear especially when the screen is showing a lighter color of props or clothing materials.

Please improve on this. Otherwise, I really enjoy using this app. Keep up the good work.

by KarnerB

I’m in the US and a standard VIP member. The most recent update crashes (using iphone and ipad). Also I have done everything I could to reclaim rights for the standard VIP- I’m still getting ads and haven’t enjoyed my VIP benefits. I logged in and out, deleted iQIYI and re downloaded it, logged in again and reclaim the VIP rights and still no success. Please give some assistance to this issue. Also the front page on the ipad and iphone freezes up and I couldn’t click a single show or even do searches. I had to do close iQIYI and restart again several times.

by 迷你世界✨蜜桃

我可以用这个来看我想看的！不过那个VIP的和要收钱才能看的需要改一改，如果你这里来了一个穷人的话他没钱，那么他想看的那些花钱的，但他又没钱看，那他是不是要等猴年马月才能看啊！我觉得如果你把我刚刚说的改一改的话，你的app的星星会更多！但是虽然是这样，我还是要给你五颗星，因为你们做个app不简单，作为鼓励，加油吖～

I can use this to see what I want! However, the VIP and the ones that need to be paid to watch need to be changed. If you have a poor person here, he has no money, then he wants to see the ones that spend money, but he has no money to watch, then he wants to Wait for the year of the monkey to see it! I think if you change what I just said, your app will have more stars! But despite this, I still want to give you five stars, because it is not easy for you to make an app. As an encouragement, come on~

by XBarbie_girl

Looks like this is a great app but the biggest problem I have is that I cannot airplay this to my tv. I don’t plan on watching great film cinematography on a smart pad or phone. I want to be able to watch on a large screen. So many other apps allow you to do this so if there’s no solution than mirroring which I hate i won’t have any reason subscribe on a permanent basis 😔..... is there something I’m not aware of .... disappointed......
Updating my review ..... although I’m unable at this time to air play I find mirroring works well although not my preferred.... I found that I was able to contact the company on line and received a quick response about airplay. I really have no complaints

by BadWolf1817

Pro: great app with early access and free ability to edit subtitles (which I enjoy because I can fix spelling/grammar errors).

So far I have had only 1 major issue. I signed up to be a VIP member. It is a fair price and they claim to automatically renew membership every month. Except, the VERY NEXT DAY, I can no longer access VIP privileges and the status of my membership says it has expired.

So, I try their VIP recovery option....twice....nothing. I contacted them on the issues through iQIYI as well and have yet to hear back from them.

It really disappoints me, because if it was not for this issue, I would have been a five star review and a very loyal costumer.

Update: Once their costumer service contacted me, they quickly found the solutions to my problem.

by Dawnkc

I was drawn to this show because I’m an international “Blink” of Blackpink and when I saw that Lisa was on the show I was ecstatic. While watching my very first episode “subtitled” in English, I fell in love with all of the mentors! They are all fabulous and extremely talented. It just shows that just because a person doesn’t come from where you are from does not mean that they aren’t talented. I am open to learning about other countries and cultures. Plus I love to watch dancing and singing being a musician myself I am automatically drawn to it. It’s an awesome show!

by MarcyRay

I love the variety of dramas available on this app and also appreciate that I get episodes faster here than on VIKI. However, the home page has started freezing up, making it impossible to watch the newer shows. Yet older programs on other pages of the website work fine. I tried deleting iQIYI and replacing it. That worked until I walked away from a drama I was watching. By the time I returned, the page was frozen again. Hopefully this will be fixed soon, as my patience runs short!

by Punkin53*

I’m a big fan of Asian movies and series. Of all the apps I’ve downloaded to be able to watch these foreign shows the this app is BY FAR the best app out there. The ability to pause and rewind is sooooo easy. Subtitles move at a VERY readable pace. Not like other apps where they just flash across the screen and the pause and rewind are next to impossible. Only complaint is it doesn’t have all the same shows/series/movies on the English app that it does on it’s Asian counterpart. I hope this gets fixed really soon. Other than that iQIYI is FABULOUS!! I ♥️ IT!🙂😁👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼✌🏼

by Deviantislander

I love the contents in iQIYI. All the dramas you can’t watch on other platforms. They are slowly adding more Korean and I thought I saw a Filipino drama. My only two gripes is the main one is on iPad, when you turn the screen on its side the page doesn’t go horizontal. So when you pick a drama you have to adjust to full screen view so you can watch it properly. The second and smaller complaint is the 10 second back/forward buttons are too close to the play button and manual fast forward buttons. These are all iPad related complaints. Other than that and it’s great.

by Alxcybergal

Hi There, I just downloaded your app and wanted to watch Qu Chu Xiao in My Fair Lady, the English subtitles are kind of off, you can’t follow the story..also in the first few scenes on episode 1, there is someone a female voice over who is talking but there is no English subtitles to follow what she is saying. Can someone pls kindly correct and make sure that the English subtitles are actually accurate? I will change my star review to a 5 once this is updated. Thank you

by PinkSayuri

I literally bought vip earlier in december. Than it says im not vip a couple weeks later and with my bad memory i thought they were right and got vip again but felt something was wrong. 1 week later today i go into iQIYI unable to use vip and it says i need to buy it again and that my subscription ended on december 29... r they trying to scam me. They trying to make me pay vip 3 times in a month. And ive used the same google email account the whole time. And arent they supposed to auto renewal my vip why do they keep saying im not one. Anyone else with same issue?

by CHUDONTKNOWME *bambam Poses*

I really think iQIYI is really good but in “another me’s” episode 16 about halfway through the subtitles are messed up I don’t know if it the same for the other episodes but it’s been quite some time since the subtitles aren’t correct. I really hope you can fix it otherwise iQIYI is very good. I just need the subs fixed thanks

by Kaim86

I like iQIYI and appreciate the English subs. But I like watching these dramas with my wife and their isn’t any Screen Mirror or ChromeCast support. If they can add a way for us to cast too our tv then I’d give iQIYI 5 stars for sure.

by B.pickle.95

Just downloaded iQIYI since it has some shows I can’t find anywhere else, I know the American version of iQIYI is new so I the lack of overall options in shows and the AI translations I will deal with(for now) but hopefully they can get people to translate all the shows soon once they get enough support...I’ll say 3 month wait/test period for me to see if it improves before I decide to pay monthly or not.

by Sasy23

iQIYI was great until the last update it doesn’t work nothing. Please fix this problem. Thanks for the attention.
After the update iQIYI keeps crashing and freezing the video quality is not very good. It doesn’t show what’s VIP or not, the front view doesn’t work either. Please fix this problem. Thanks for the attention.

by LizetteNYC

App is great and so many things to watch BUT the subtitles need to be in standard yellow/ larger/ semi-opaque background (or have options to change them) : can't read them on apple TV (fine white print is horrible) and barely on Ipad- will have to cancel if doesn't get fixed as I need the subtitles to understand...

by Shell Sembrano

Im really enjoying iQIYI in terms of the dramas and movies. However, most of the variety shows on iQIYI don't have eng sub. Only about a handful do, really disappointed about that. The whole point of why I'm paying monthly is so that i can watch all the shows with english sub. I hope they can find people to translate soon. Also it would be better if the color of the subtitles are not white because its hard to read.

by Babygirl419

So far I have ran into one problem but I fixed it👌
But if you like watching drama or reality tv you’ll like iQIYI this app it reminds me of iQIYI Viki.

There’s one thing I like to see is the improvement of any subtitles especially English subs for me, because I was watching a drama and this poor character/actor had 3 (translational problems) different names like ash/a**/and some other name even know they we’re saying the same name but comes up in different names🤦‍♀️😂
And it’ll will be nice to see subs for reality tv

by Ning936294

Love iQIYI with most of the new shows up to date! My only problem wish the FOND of the engsub in different color not WHITE. Having hard time reading the sub. Too blended to the background.

by Melidebebe

I like iQIYI very much. It steams variety of dramas and movies. However, I tried to cancel my auto subscription but I couldn’t be able to. I downloaded it from my apple store and I went on my Apple ID as instructed to cancel the subscription, but it doesn’t give me the option. Could any of you help me?

by Jrt0050

I really like iQIYI and lots of dramas to watch. I just hope you add an option to change subtitles. I think there should be at least 5 different types of subtitle font so people can choose what they like. Everything else is perfect

by Eiri Y.

I love iQIYI however it has stopped working tried downloading again and there is nothing there ( VIP member) if you can fix the problem you will remain a 5 star.

by Koolgoirl

This is user friendly and has lots of drama however for arsenal military they still haven’t posted episode 45 but episode 46 is out. And episode 47 and 48 should also be out by there but there not :/