Rumble Reviews

by From A Grandma

Update I have deleted Rumble . I’m very disappointed that what once was a good app no longer works after the last update. Plus there’s no where to “complain” to this app about it. Apparently whoever is in charge of it doesn’t care about it any longer. Will have to go to the individual websites to watch the videos of those I had subscriptions to and followed.

Update: Apparently this happened after the last update. Unable to go to subscriptions on iPhone or iPad. In order to watch have to know what channel a video is on and look for it. Deleted Rumble and reinstalled still nothing! If not fixed will just delete app since it doesn’t work! As of today I can no longer go to my subscriptions or those I follow and see their videos. When I click on subscriptions it shows those I follow but there are NO videos. It only gives me a new screen that says it’s Email Notifications. A screen I’ve never seen before. Now to view any videos I am having to “hunt” for their videos. I’ve deleted Rumble and turned my phone off completely but it’s not resolved the issue.

by Ianl212

I love Rumble and everything it stands for. I would definitely five it a 5 stars but a friend of mine who’s a software developer says if you have a complaint people only listen to 1 star reviews. The only complaints i have are that theres no dark mode and that i got a notification saying that someone replied to my comment. When i clicked on it i was taken to the video but was not shown my comment or the reply to my comments. There were thousands of comments so even after a couple minutes of scrolling i couldn’t find it. It would be nice if that feature could be fixed so that when i get a notification that someone replied to me, when i click on the notification it automatically scrolls to where the reply was or brings my comments to the top. Once again, love Rumble and everything you guys stand for, if i see the comment thing fixed I’ll immediately change this review to 5 stars. Dark mode would be nice but i don’t care about that one as much

by @triciafb

I’m thankful for Rumble and it’s intention. However, there are some factors that make it very frustrating when using. First and foremost, why does it not save your spot in the video you are watching? I was trying to watch a 2.5 hour video and anytime I reopened Rumble , it took me back to the very beginning. That’s ridiculous. Also, it doesn’t seem to save videos that you are watching anywhere. I have to go the original creator, scroll through their posts and find the one I was watching. Finally, why does it freeze and just have audio? If there are ways to get around these issues, I haven’t been able to find them. I’ve done a little research and could not find any tips. So my final bit of feedback would be to make Rumble more user friendly and share these tips in Rumble such as the other tips I was given when I logged in such as how to be entered for daily give aways. Hoping there are solutions to these issues so I can continue to watch.

by Me-myself -&-I

Well, since I can’t complain about the bugs within the this app App, here are my comments.

I gave Rumble a two, not because it provides bad material, no, because 1) There is no way to scan what’s out there and then view it. The only choice is to go one by one through the discover tab, unless you know what you are looking for. 2) The subscribed selections do not all show, only the top two. 3) There is no place to suggest that Rumblers like Dinesh D’SOUZA to use two accounts, one for the main Podcast and one for his bits and pieces of his podcast. I hate it taking up all of my time to find other subscribed Rumblers. Better yet, allow us to sort our choice, say by subscription and then by whole show or highlights. Oh, what a novel idea.

this app, you want me to change my rating, then give us a place to provide direct feedback and make the above change suggestions and I’ll consider it.

by Bigdlist

The this app app’s comment function is complete garbage. I have tried to reply to others who have replied to my comments and it is hit or miss whether I can actually reply. When I go to notifications in Rumble and select a reply that I want to look at all it does is take me to the video. I have to hunt for my comment and today when I attempted to view replies the chat window was so jumpy that I was unable to even find my comment. Some times I would try and scroll down and it would jump back up to the top of the chat. I tried scrolling all the way down to the bottom and that took multiple attempts before I got there and then when I got there I had the same problem scrolling back up. The comment thread kept jumping back and forth and I never found my comment. So I have no idea what the responses to my comment were. Please fix your app!!!

by ArizonaGirl81

I came to this app as soon as Dan Bongino mentioned it on his podcast, leaving Screw Tube...but I have a hard time watching it! I am a teacher & mother, trying to fit in vids wherever I can during my daily activities & work. But every time I turn off a reminder or answer a text, or just MOVE my phone, the picture goes away. I love Dan’s expressions & Visual ‘effects’, that’s why I watched him on Screw Tube rather than listening on Apple Podcasts...but trying to listen & live my life makes it difficult! The video doesn’t freeze but be the picture goes away & I can listen, but that’s it. I try to note where the show is, close Rumble , then go back & fast forward to that spot—though sometimes doing so zaps the picture again & I have to start over...it’s a pain! I really hope this will get fixed SOON...or I’ll have to go back to Screw Tube or listen on apple, which I dislike doing, again, because I like the visual! I believe in supporting those who support us, so I don’t want to go elsewhere, but when a 1 to 1 hr, 5 minutes video takes 1 hr 30+, I have to make some changes, even if it’s just for my sanity! I’ll hang on a while longer...but I won’t wait forever.

by Saffireblue77

I think it’s great that this app is growing! However: since all of the news networks moved to this app practically at the same time, my little videos have been spending at least two weeks in review.
this app is also hard to navigate at times. Once, I realized that I needed to edit my video description while it was in review. After a lot of searching I was able to delete the video, and reload it with the proper description to prove that my video was not breaking a copyright. It was approved a few days later.
I currently have a video that has been in review for a month. I hoped to have it out before Christmas. I realized later that changing the title would be a good thing to do, but I could not edit or delete the video to reload it. It would be nice if This great app was more user friendly for people who download their videos here.

by MamaCherieH

The only reason I have Rumble is to watch my favorite you tubers who were wrongly purged recently. Rumble has a lot of potential to be a great money maker for them and for others, and could be a great place for us to be able to exercise our 1st amendment right to free speech. However, I’ve never wanted to smash my phone more than when I’m trying to watch a video on here! The actual mobile app takes forever for the video to load, and then abruptly and randomly quits working and shuts off, crashing Rumble along with the video. I can use the internet site using my Safari app, but I often have the same problem getting the videos to load.
Please please PLEASE fix these bugs! I will be a faithful user and promoter of Rumble if y’all can get your stuff together!

by Normitajoe

I am new to this app following YouTube’s censorship. I like this app the best of the platforms I’ve followed my favorites to...but there is one issue I haven’t seen addressed here yet. When I’m watching a vid and pick up my iPhone, if I touch the screen everything freezes and all controls disappear. Can’t refresh, can’t close, can’t finish watching vid, change to another channel, nothing. It’s just frozen. Have to swipe Rumble closed and wait several hours until it finally closes the vid on its own and I can go back and finish watching. From the beginning unless that has been addressed. So between now and Dec 7th, I hope that’s something you’re going to look at now that I’ve made you aware of the issue. Fingers crossed, looking forward to many hours of viewing my favs on your platform. 😊
April 2021 Apparently no one reads these reviews. This issue has not been address. So I dropped one star in the rating. Please fix it. I’ll give 5 stars then.

by 69moonmouse

I only use it to watch War Room and it’s good for that but SUPER BUGGY. I also have no idea what it means to “this app” a video. For some reason it’s a boxing glove? Also the remote play button to stream it to a wireless display is broken or doesn’t work. There’s also some features that are extremely buggy or don’t work. Also Rumble is very difficult to navigate. Needs a lot of work and some better coders. It’s so hard and oddly difficult to find particular channels. Maybe they’re banned? It’s easier to google them, then go to their this app profile page, then find their videos. Why? Also for long videos, the audio goes out of sync with video starting about 1/4-1/2 way through the video.

by 1 Gramofalot

Hi, I have loved this app until a recent update; we bought brand new I phones in August (I Pro 12) They have been great. We are in a rural area that has forced us to have Frontier land line and Hughs net satellite to have continuous coverage to our business in the city, plus we have T- mobile on our new phones (Senior package) previously Sprint. The thing I am complaining about is intermittent breaks in service, most of my personal use has been this app so I really noticed when this started. It was about 2-3 weeks ago on the weekend. I finally broke down and allowed the Apple update that came shortly after we purchased our phones(AUG) and then this started. We just had a new update last night which I complied with( resistance is futile) thinking it might make things better but to no avail.

by Tooeasybruh

It’s awesome that this is here for us, now more than ever. It could use some improvements still but it’s fairly new, so it’s understandably not perfected yet. Some suggestions from me to make Rumble more user friendly/bugs that could use some fixing:
- It would be great if it saved a history of what you’ve watched and how far through it you were when you stopped watching it. It’s rather annoying to have to try and remember where you were on an hour long video when someone sends you a link.
- It’s great that it continues playing when you lock your phone, but it doesn’t allow you to pause it without opening your phone as there is no menu to interface with in the lock screen (iOS). Adding this feature would really add a more professionally done feel to Rumble .
- The search feature could use a little bit of work because it usually won’t pull up the video unless you type exactly what the title is, which lessens the ability to find new content related to the original search.

It’s well on its way but these were just a few of my particular tweaks I would try and make if it were up to me. Overall great job and keep up the great work!

by Thj4

They had a cute concept pitting little short videos against another in a “this app” and then promoting popular videos. Now, they’re doing a good job as a YT clone. Pros: can change the speed of playback and resolution simply while a video is playing. Con: can’t change to Audio only, to help conserve bandwidth over a mobile connection.

Much of the content that comes in too hot for other providers shows up here first (podcasts that can not be downloaded over Google Podcast app — for whatever reason) usually are here 2 hours before.

by TBinLA

Thank God this app app is fixed! A previous update about 3 weeks ago broke Rumble on iPad. Both mine and a friend’s this app app on iPad got stuck on the page that asks about frequency of notifications. I sent screen shots to developers and thankfully they have fixed it. Now there’s a way to access podcasts from that page. Thanks to all who worked on this. Once again this app is the very best App to access the best podcasts out there. I have one request or suggestion: could you please give us a “Hold” or “Lock” button? It’s so annoying when I’m walking the dog and listening to a podcast and my hand happens to accidentally touch the screen and I’m taken to another podcast. I have to stop and find what I was listening to and find my place again. Just put in a button to touch that holds you from loosing your connection to a podcast. Then we touch that one spot again when we choose to release that podcast and move to something else on purpose. Thank you.

by RaveynAngel

UPDATE: I found the way to sync my Roku app and my phone app!! Thank you!

I like the phone app. It’s not quite 100% user friendly, but it’s decent. The Roku version app is a flat zero stars. Please add the ability to sign into our accounts so that we can find the channels we subscribe to without always having to go to the search option. I have a channel that I follow (X22 Report) that when I search for it on my phone, I see all of the reports, but on my Roku, I can’t even figure out why you have some listed but not all.

Thank you for the alternative, it is much appreciated, but please make improvements on the Roku version this app app.

by Cowgirl Singer Belinda Gail

FINALLY ... A place to go to search out unfiltered and uncensored ideas!! I am now able to actually find the people I want to listen to and hear ALL of their content !!! I can’t tell you how refreshing it is to be able to watch conservative content with out all the propaganda and erroneous ‘Fact Check’ banners all over the place. And I was sick to death of any post that was remotely connected to the election or any post by President Trump having the huge post underneath trumpeting Biden as ‘President Elect’ and that fraud in our elections is extremely rare! They treat us like her have no intelligence whatsoever!!! Thank you this app for creating a platform for us to make our own decisions and think for ourselves!!!
God Bless you!!!!

by Hosbrook

OANN is what NBC did 50 plus years ago ! In fact, the other competitors CBS and ABC had talented, intelligent, professional broadcasters who delivered the news without overplaying a personal bias. They relied on the viewer to digest the facts and decide their own impression of a news report . When they interviewed someone of National stature, they posed important questions that drew the attention of people sitting in their living rooms. Their guests were from many different walks of life and work ethic which related to the viewers watching.
I tune to Newsmax and FOX ......but watch more of OANN than any other network and cannot bear more than a minute of the “those” performing in the toxic-drama mainstream-media.
Thank you, for broadcasting Mike Lindells ‘ Election Fraud Documentaries and all of the hearings involving the suspect states. I’m following the official, forensic Maricopa Recount . Thank you for covering that revealing, historic event, as well !

by PSquiggly

I LOVE that this app offers an alternative video platform for content creators without the censorship of other social media platforms. Thank you! For that alone, you get ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Keep up with smoothing out the kinks and bugs, and Rumble will be a solid force to be reckoned with.

Room for improvement:

(IPhone)
- Please add “full function” video controls with skip and rewind.
- When you turn your phone horizontal to go full screen, if you lay your phone down (or even tip it too far) it closes the video.
- Would prefer that videos could use the new iOS feature where you can continue to watch a small screen video while using other apps on your phone.

(Roku - I know, this is for phone app reviews, but IDK where else to mention this.)
- PLEASE allow to sign in so you can also watch your subscribed channels on your tv.
- Search results are not great if you know what you want to watch.

(General)
- I wish I understood the vote/this app(?) concept better. It’s confusing.
- I think it would be good to add categories if you are going to rate videos. Pick what you are in the mood for: animal videos, stunts/bloopers/fails, comedy, sports, beauty & fashion, music, politics, etc. Maybe a “surprise me” random choice. Keeping with a theme would be more engaging. It’s too random by default now.

Thank you for creating this alternative platform!

by Wmwjr

I’m trying to support this platform and the channels on here. I would like to upload videos and refer others to this including my family, but NONE of your videos load, clunky controls, and WORST OF ALL IT CRASHES. I have a brand new iPhone 12 Pro with plenty of memory. All the improvements suggested above are great and need to be incorporated.

However I can’t even watch ONE video or channel of my choosing. Email me if you get it fixed. I’m so frustrated I may just delete Rumble altogether. Totally unacceptable that it crashes on EVERY video. If you’re making money with this better improve it ASAP or it’s going be deleted forever. This is so embarrassing since I am inclined to support this platform. Let me know when you fix it if you care enough about Rumble , the users, & content providers, including me eventually. It’s a waste of my time and this is the first negative review I’ve ever given. It’s scathing for a reason. Fix it!

by Oscars RevenG

I Adore Dan da Man Bongino! Deleted everything ‘google’. You guys have the potential to be Rumble ! You could bury YouTube...Over a year later, doesn’t seem like much has changed.
I was wondering what it was that turned ppl off to this app? Well...
Many of us can not leave comments on any posts. I have had 3 accounts on 3 separate devices...All we get is ‘Verify your email’! Dismiss.
Categories. Let’s say I wanted to see the infamous squirrel water skiing. I would have to either know the name of the person who posted the vid, or spend time scrolling thru ‘like’ videos that populate below the one I picked. This could take days! (Yes, the squirrel is posted on this app!).
Whether I’m in Discover, days picks, or ‘My Videos’, the choices are Large and require ‘time’ to scroll thru. Shrink the icons, say 2 side by side, and present ALL the text describing that video!
None I’ve talked to who use this app would mind more advertising if it means generating cash to hire programmers that help put google Out Of Business!
Finally, sent Tucker Carlson some flowers. Aside from Dan da Man and Steve B, Tucker is the only person that said ‘this app’ to a large audience! (What Floored me was he’s Never heard of it...His guest posted here.
Godspeed

by Longearsaz

Rumble was unable to do anything, play, play video, search. Thoroughly disappointed.

by Mrbill999

Video battles? Is this a gaming app?

by Whocares009

It’s clunky and hard to know exactly what it is. If I can’t figure it out In less than 5 minutes, it’s gone!

Rumble overall appears to somehow tie into YT and/or other garbage social media sites and its money based which changes the whole flow. (Anyone remember when YT was good?)

I deleted pretty quickly and realized it was a good choice when I found myself spending more time writing the review than I actually did using Rumble !

by Bobby Perritt

Conservative content such as Dan Bongino and Devin nunes not showing up

by Misskac

When I first downloaded it, it seemed fine. Had a hard time finding someone to follow. Opened it up yesterday and it said I’ve watched all videos. I hadn’t even opened it for a couple days. I also didn’t have the ones I followed either. I deleted it and downloaded it again but that didn’t help.

by Jkchapco

If this is to be a good alternative to uTube...needs to be more user friendly. Make getting to interest related videos the focus not this other aspect of swiping videos.

by Nsala58

I find it stupid. I’m trying to delete my account, but can’t find where

by RoscoTailcritter

It’s not really a streaming service like YouTube or Vimeo but rather a game for small video clips that’s always timed and feels rushed. I was hoping this was the alternative to YouTube but it’s not. The swiping reminds me of tinder, hot or not, etc. It’s just a weird jumbled mess in my opinion.

by Ssbbgo

Rumble will not let me create a username and password to open an account.
Please fix this!!

by Ordinary Lady

How do I find specific people to follow?

by J - Feet

Cool videos, but I can’t get anything done in my profile and videos continue to play even after I’ve swiped away from them

I’ve tried three times now to fill out the information for my profile, but Rumble won’t let me update my info until it all has been filled out. And as soon as I select my country, everything clears out. Fix Rumble, I want my money. I’ve earned five dollars so far, and though that may not seem like a lot, it’s a lot to me because I’m broke.

by 123456789conservative

I love this app and this review is not in any way meant to discredit the company, and it works great on desktop, but for me Rumble keeps crashing.

by RexRat

I like that this app does not censure content because of political bias. It is great to hear people speak freely without fear of being blocked.
Bravo!!