Odysee Reviews

by BOOMHS<3HB

this app is aws. Odysee is ok. PRIVACY - Odysee collects a LOT of data... all linked to you... Full on MegaCorp style. SHAME. Lots of bugs and lag. Missing lots of website functionality (due in part to the UNETHICAL Apple Corporation). Tiny stupid buttons. Stupid spam load lists. Crap forum without proper threading. Super picky on vid format. No stream control, full HD only (UX), smh. Thumbnails are wastefully high resolution. Sometimes PiP works, sometimes no. Serious cache/buffer issues that result in blank video or app crash. No ability to see/search in any effective way. Even your list of subs is CENSORED by this app... they might not think it is censorship... but forcing curated lists is censorship, Not allowing people to see their subs, not giving a chronological list, allowing false tags (Tech category is spammed to uselessness), and the Apple lvl curation of the 'home' list is all censorship- info control- mind control.

Reduced to 1star because it has gotten MORE buggy. smh. The meritocracy is dead, completely inverted.

by Illmeth

Odysee stinks, or the site stinks, or both. But if you fast forward, or rewind, the sound will disappear. You may or may not get it back 15-30 seconds later, but if you do, it will not be in sync with the video. Beyond annoying if you listen, like I do, while doing other things, and sometimes need to go back to verify what you heard, or hear something you missed. As is, Odysee is close to useless to me.

by Joe Westminster

1. If I fast forward through a video, I lose sound. The only way I can watch something with sound is to watch from the beginning. This is a problem if I’m watching a long form conversation

2. When picking who I want to follow, other content creators were automatically selected. If I deselected the unwanted content creators the wanted ones also were deselected.

3. I now can’t unfollow anyone.

by Mike Manu

I love the interface on the mobile website more than Odysee . I also don’t like the video player of Odysee, it feels like a mix of IOS’s native player and something under it just to give it the ability to swipe down. the website does it better, and there’s also speed control, auto play switch etc. Also there are still bugs on Odysee especially whenever I follow someone new.. the whole app crashes every time I follow someone new. Hope the apps interface changes to be more like the mobile website. Until then I’ll be using that more than Odysee 👍🏼

by Highly_viscous

Not a ton of content, but a great place to explore and grow. Needs speeds (1.5x, 2x, etc), time skipping (double click for 15/30 seconds forward or back) cuz as soon as you touch the time it shoots forward minutes and not seconds and then you’ve forgotten where you were. If these things change I will consider upping my rating. :)

by AngryEagle

New user, and right at the start there are a couple obvious bugs, and a few things that could be improved on:
- Audio frequently becomes unsynced with the video.
- Detaching the video so you can view it while doing something else on your phone doesn’t always work correctly. Sometimes the video goes somewhere off screen and the only way to get it back is to go back to Odysee and “re-home” the video.
- There isn’t a way to quickly advance the video while in full screen mode. To jump forward 10 seconds, you have to get out of full screen, tap the button, and then go back in to full screen. YT addresses this perfectly by allowing you to double tap on the right or left side of the video. Something similar would be a welcome change.

All in all it’s a great start for a new app. I’m in it for the long haul, and I’ll be eagerly looking forward to improvements as they happen.

by Smstew92

There quite a few bugs I’ve noticed in Odysee on a fresh install.

1) In the sign-in menu, when entering the password, the iOS keyboard pushes the on-screen menu in on itself, so the “sign up” menu option is partially covering the password field, making it hard to actually see what password you’re typing in. This only resolves if you tap away from the keyboard to close it.

2) Many video thumbnails refuse to load. Most of the thumbnails on the initial screen on any menu (home, following, etc) are empty, black squares where the normal thumbnail would be. This is not the case on the this app website, as all thumbnails are displayed normally. Scrolling down far enough on Odysee makes some thumbnails appear for other videos, but it doesn’t fix the ones above. There are just large, empty thumbnails, which is quite an eyesore.

3) Please enable an in-app option to file bug reports.

by KenCrum

Well the main thing that makes it hard to use is the lack of a back button. I find a channel I like click to follow and then can’t get back to the main feed without restarting Odysee . It really really needs the back button or at least have the tabs at the bottom of every page not just the homepage. A search function would be great too..

by Phlash65

I love this app, the website is great, I love that it’s an actual free speech platform unlike the Tube, however, it seems to only have an iPhone app and nothing else.

Will you be making native iPad and AppleTV apps? I find I don’t use this app nearly as much as I’d like simply because it’s not available where I usually watch videos. I would really love getting this on AppleTV and iPad for sure, I’d watch it all the time.

by A2PVJ

Love that we can get information banned from big tech giants (tyrants) on this platform. Would give you 10 stars for that alone. Please Please add speed variability. I think more people would use Odysee if they could get through video content at the speed they prefer.

by ThisAppWontInstall

I’ve been using Odysee for a week or so now and it’s been good, but there’s been a bug or two and some additions I’d like to see.

Regarding the bugs, when I tap the “follow” button, it follows the creator but then immediately closes Odysee . And this morning upon opening it’s forcing me to create a channel name, but when I type in the name it won’t let me proceed, with no error information, such as the name already being chosen.

It would also be great if it gave the option to save watch history and allow me to pickup where I left off.

Using iPhone XR

by DarkHorseFan

this app/LBRY has such a much more original idea than bastardizing and amalgamating commercials into centralized advertising. It’s called LBC, and it allows you to support who and what You Want to support — donate to the creator or boost the individual piece of content — actual innovation!!!

by Ineedmoneysp

I’m so glad that there is finally an app for this awesome platform. Odysee works great too. I haven’t had any problems using it so far. Great work. So glad I don’t have to go through my browser all the time now and there an app I can watch videos from. This is a great day. Hahahaha

by Heatxfer

A free an open, decentralized hosting system that anyone can link to using crypto yo further enhance creator payment and support , while viewers are rewarded for their time instead of being spoon fed commerce to satisfy the big tech giants greed & pimp out creators for pennies. The creator of this app makes no bones about his desire for
Others to create their own app to link to lbry. He created this app to demonstrate its ability and capability, but sadly it’s about too good and I haven’t seen or heard of any news projects. I expect this app will
Become a household name in a few years.
I still use the browsers (brave and quant) because Odysee needs some work. When you watch a video and desire to go back out to the Home Screen, you’re stuck in the feed you selected and then have to restart Odysee . I’m positive this will be corrected, and am eagerly waiting Odysee to be used and YT app deleted.

by Byanymeansbruh

I love Odysee but it would be nice to access the daily rewards through Odysee . Not have to go through safari. I do love Odysee overall though and how you can see your wallet amount. Just wish it had access to rewards.

by Bachzarnes

So many apps either have audio or force you to watch video only while Odysee is open. Love that you can switch between apps or lock the phone while listening but still have the option to unlock and watch certain parts all seamlessly.

by Karen0000000020

Thank YOU for being here at a time when diversity of thought is under attack. We need a place to go to share our opinions, thoughts, ideas and information - especially if those ideas are in direct contrast with the elite narrative. Thanks for working so hard to scale up and replace the public square.

by Ali..........

One on iPad the keyboard doesn't go down lots of problems biggest flaw. two for some reason can't comment or see most comments I'm happy that it does work however and this is likely going to be patched in the future just a bit annoyed with that for now I recommend using website more seems better designed but I think it's going to be a great app in the future.

by Deepze

I used software Mobile throughout the beta period on iOS and I have been an avid user through desktop browsers for quite awhile. The degree of polish in Odysee at release is quite impressive. There are obviously some features that are missing from Odysee but with the rate the platform itself is growing its a forgone conclusion that they will be added on mobile in the near future. Distributed systems are the future.

by Hedgeclip

Decentralization moves you away from the reach of the Big-Tech overlords, and crypto rewards are fun to earn. This network is great and content is edgy and original. It’s part of web3.0 and it’s like being online was back in the 90s and 2000s. It actually enjoyable again.

by Cls929

For all intents and purposes, your app is just another YouTube. Your service is intentionally centralized, and therefore you are required to comply with DMCA takedowns.

What happened to the decentralization? You can and do censor videos. Stand up for your principles and write software that cannot be censored, such as bittorrent.

by ChucCandy

Keyboard blocks sign in button with no way to remove keyboard to press the button unless it is oriented vertically.

by Davmey

The corporate enforced domination of YouTube is one of the most appalling travesties of modern tech. It’s encouraging to see that Apple is actually allowing this on Odysee Store.

by This Is Arcadia

I’m so glad you guys finally have an app. Moved to this app because of Salty Cracker. I’m tired to YouTube and ready to help grow this platform. 🦾🦾🦾

by Cheeky Prickster

Odysee is 1000% better than YouTube!!! Make sure to download Odysee. Pays creators better than YouTube, and also does not censor people for expressing ideas... this is way better than YouTube and the future of online video.

by Lord Zoltan

As a member of the salty army and a follower of The Salty Cracker and The Salt Queen, I am obligated to tell you Odysee is a must for everyone who is tired of YouTube. The parallel economy is being built as you read this. It’s all about the BDE!

by America Floats

LBRY is genius.
this app allows you to support your favorite channels directly using LBC, does NOT censor or monitor content unless it’s illegal, and actively helps users with issues porting everything from their other channels.

Yes, you heard that, your account can be moved from YT to this app very simply, if you’re a creator. All your videos will sync and be available to view.

Enjoy!

by Gforce1645

Been waiting for them to release the ios app. Great app so far!

by CDizzie

Odysse (the LBRY Network) is going to hurry YouTube and their censorship.

Finally

by Salty Chris

I want to thank Salty Cracker for introducing me to this app. It is the best Free Speech platform out here and I can’t wait to see what it becomes!

by BoxcarRacer808

Happy they were finally able to have an app for iOS

by Hollywood-29

Needed to get Odysee. ASAP. seemed to work good. Glad to see Odysee work right out of the box. Can’t wait for the livestreams to begin. The Salty Cracker is Legion

by Seanytree

Thank you to the development team for bringing this app to Odysee store. Odysee feels and works great, the animations are very smooth.

For me at least there appears to be a bug:
When clicking on the comment section Odysee crashes.

My Device: iPhone 6s Plus

All in all a great app that I look forward to updates from. Keep up the good work

by Jdiddy84

So glad to see this come to iOS finally! Only thing I’ll say is please make Odysee for the Apple TV as well so I don’t have to airplay to the tv. Thanks!

by Traptedmind

I love Odysee! Thank you for making it happen!