PBS KIDS Video Reviews

We absolutely love and support public TV and radio in our household. Thank you for providing free access to quality shows for our toddler, like Daniel Tiger! Unfortunately, I can only get PBSKIDSVideo to work maybe a quarter of the time. We pick the episode and cast to the TV, and it starts to load, but all we get is a black screen with the PBS Kids logo in the corner. We’ve tried rebooting the Chromecast and using other HDMI ports, but the issue persists. Other apps work fine, so there’s something with PBSKIDSVideo that causes an issue. And I definitely can’t pause or change anything about the video once it is playing, or I’ll get the same black screen. We love Daniel Tiger - please help!

This is a wonderful app. It can get glitchy at times but usually is resolved with an appletv restart. My only complaint is the rotation of available full episodes. Maybe there are contractual conflicts or something else but it seems like even when new episodes are rotated on, they are the same episodes that were just rotated out. If your kiddo only watches 2 or 3 shows this gets old pretty quickly. We are a curious George house and the howlin Hal episode has been playing for years. When my kiddos have screen time options I want them to want Pbs kids, but that is getting less and less likely because the same episodes of their favorite shows have been in heavy rotation for over a year and sometimes two.

We are a PBS home for sure, we love almost all of the shows for kids that are offered. All but one. I have no doubt that a certain character has popped into the heads of other parents watching this before I even name him. The one thing I wish PBSKIDSVideo could do is give me the option to remove Caillou from the lineup. Not only do I loathe that little monster from the depths of my being, it turns my three year old into a whining monster as well. We will be having a good day and when things turn, you can be sure to hear her singing "I'm Caillou, Caillou". I would pay good money for the option to obliterate Caillou while keeping the other shoes we know and love that don't affect my child's behavior in such a negative way. Please strongly consider adding this feature. For my sanity and the sanity of parents far and wide.

App works great, couple suggestions below to make it even better!

1. When you exit a show and go back in, it starts over. Would be great to have the option to resume.
2. Sometimes after leaving all open for awhile the background noises start to play while the show plays. So you have the sound and video track from the show you watch (Daniel or curious George) and also the sound track from the home screen. Only way to fix is to force quit PBSKIDSVideo and restart.

So I’m Latine and want my kids to grow up speaking Spanish so I watch a lot of cartoons in Spanish on Disney+ or Netflix. We still use the PBS Kids app a lot and even donate to PBS cause my kids love Daniel Tiger, Alma’s Way, Molly of Denali, Pinkalicious, Clifford, basically everything on PBS. But like, I can’t get PBSKIDSVideo to stream in Spanish most of the time? I pick the language but the audio won’t actually change. And even if it does work and I try to cast it to my Chromecast it just changes back to English and I can’t change the language anymore which is a huge disappointment. Would love for my kids to watch these shows in Spanish! Overall I love the content but PBSKIDSVideo does need some attention.

Before your most recent update, I didn’t have this issue. I could go to Wild Kratts for example and when I tapped the arrow, it would just go to the next Wild Kratts video. Now that I updated PBSKIDSVideo , when I tap the arrow, it goes to a different show. And when I select a show, it doesn’t stay selected. It’s frustrating for me to have to pause at just the right moment and select the show I want to watch for every single episode of it.

I don’t like this intertwining of the shows with the arrow and the show that I want to watch not staying selected. If I wanted that, I would just go to the live TV and I don’t. And I can’t go back now with the update. Other than this issue, it’s a good app.

I think PBSKIDSVideo is great with one exception, there are no show restrictions, I love PBS and how they have educational shows but I don’t feel like all of them are appropriate for my 3 year old. I would like to be able to restrict access to certain shows. Such as Cyberchase for example (I really don’t see how educational that show is at least for his age) or to have the ability to add certain shows so that he’s only watching what I’m okay with him watching. Other than this I love PBSKIDSVideo , it’s convenient, he can flip through he shows and watch Daniel Tiger and if he’s bored with that he can switch to Sesame Street, etc.

I love PBS. We are PBS supporters. I love this PBS kids app. We mostly watch Daniel tiger and Sesame Street. However, sometimes PBSKIDSVideo doesn't work. Today is one of those days where the "wheel of death" just keeps spinning around and around and around with no loading of any kind. Other times when it doesn't work, it's more of a connection problem for casting to the TV. Most of the time if I have PBSKIDSVideo on the background of my phone, casting to the TV, while I do other things like make phone calls etc, if I open PBSKIDSVideo again it completely refreshes and causes disconnection with what was already play on the TV (it'll start the episode over again or go to live TV or even the wheel of death comes on the TV because it's getting mixed signals). This is annoying. But not enough to make me hate PBSKIDSVideo , just disappointed. 4 ⭐️ because I LOVE PBS but PBSKIDSVideo needs a bit of tweaking.

Our family loves PBSKIDSVideo. Especially with the addition of casting to our TV via Chromecast. We use it on our iPhones and iPad. One problem we experience: if we have a program castes to our TV, and PBSKIDSVideo is open on my iPhone, when I unlock the screen, it restarts/reloads the show that is playing without prompting. Quite annoying to the one watching it on the TV! Is there something I can change? Also, adding a feature to turn off the auto-play would be amazing. I want my kiddos to enjoy PBS programming without becoming TV zombies!

Hi I’m Meredith a mom of 3 girls Priscilla Ammonia and Lilia. My youngest daughters Priscilla and Ammonia have begged me for PBSKIDSVideo since forever and they really enjoy playing on PBSKIDSVideo. I got all episodes unlocked for them. They enjoy watching episodes of their favorite shows and sometimes I even watch along with them. PBS kids helps me get the stuff I need to get done well they watch tv on their tablets. PBSKIDSVideo is very educational and will help my girls in the future! You can play games, watch shorts and even watch you’re favorite shows! PBSKIDSVideo is going to help my children learn and grow throughout the future. They can learn social skills and more skills that will be successful for them. You can watch shows anytime and anywhere. I use to love PBS when I was little and I’ve passed it off to my girls and then new generations will always like it! PBS is like my childhood donation! I have many memories of this! I still have PBSKIDSVideo so I can interact with my daughters and teach them more so they can get ready for the school year!

My 1yr old son absolutely LOVES the PUBS show, ‘Dinosaur Train.’ He gets so excited when I put his show on. I don’t let him watch tv much, but when I do PBS is one of the only stations that I approve of! I can tell that he learns from this show because after watching it he will say new words. Which is an awesome feeling to know that my child is actually learning from the shows on PBS. I am pleased with PBSKIDSVideo & the apps performance. The PBS app has improved over the course of 6-8 months since I downloaded it. I love being able to ‘Cast’ (to ChromeCast) from PBSKIDSVideo as well. 👍🏼

I appreciate the content on PBSKIDSVideo and it can run for 24/7 on a Chromecast. I love having the opportunity to share with my kids some of the great shows I watched as a kid such as Arthur, Maya & Miguel, Cyberchase, and Clifford the Big Red Dog. The PBS kids network has always had a special place in my heart and PBSKIDSVideo has made my life so much better, it truly has fun shows that kids can get social awareness on or animal learning. Other science and technology adventures. I would hope they bring much more memorable shows back !

My favorite show is odd squad it’s so much fun to watch because it has so much detail and the costumes are so amazing so back to PBSKIDSVideo , This is a really good app because if you’re really into shells like those you will really like them. If you have the PBS Kids games app there is the PBS Kids mascot just click on that and tap on the games and then I’ll bring you to the game section and there’s so many games you can play in the same process if you want to go back to the videos just click on the PBS Kids mascot click on the video and then you’ll be back there

So like one when I’m trying to watch a show and then I want to go to a different show it shows me a little bit of the previous show and then moves on no big problems just like this to be fixed. And also when I’m trying to squirrel down and I’m trying to watch a show at the same time it will just kind of bring me to the school screen instead of leaving me there no big problems again just I want that to be changed. Overall PBSKIDSVideo is amazing and I
really hope you make more PDFs apps fan of PBS forever.

I’ve been using PBSKIDSVideo for over a year. And every Saturday morning me and my little one wakes up and watch GO LUNA, Wild Krats, Molly and now Eleanor. But last night and this morning I keep getting an error message that I can only view in the UNITED STATES... clearly I’m in the US we live in DC. I emailed the address that was given to me in the message and the problem still hasn’t been fixed. The link in the email is only works for PBS not PBS KIDS. so I’ll just delete PBSKIDSVideo off all my devices and won’t use it anymore. Yes this makes me sad and I feel like I’m letting my child down but it’s above me now.

This has helped me a lot .its really fun but 3-9 any more than that it seems childish great videos app down load right away but there is some thing you can fix.i would really love if you put allllll the episodes of each channel pls do this pls do this pls do this pls do this pls do this pls do this pls do this pls do this pls do this pls do this pls do this pls do this pls do this pls do this pls do this pls do this pls do this plssssss this video app has really helped me when I was sick 🤒 when I had nothing to do I whent to this lovely app pls download now😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

Number 1. When I want to watch odd squad or something like that and I want to watch my favorite episode it ALWAYS starts in the wrong part of the episode like for example when I want to watch something it will start in the middle, Why? Number 2. What if I had a friend and they speak Chinese, how would I be able to Change the language in PBS kids? Number 3. I would like to have a quick way to get to PBS games. If you would take some of my suggestions it would be great to see at least one of my ideas in the PBS video app so if you agree with one of my ideas please respond to my review. Have a nice day!

Even tho this isn’t my Apple acc it’s my dad’s so I’ve always loved PBS Kids since I was younger and it’s what I grew up with. It’s a great app but sometimes crashes maybe because my internet but even if it was PBSKIDSVideo ’s lag I’d still rate it 5 stars. Not only did I use it when I was younger but I still sometimes go on here to watch, and it’s great because I have younger cousins that I babysit sometimes and there 2 and 4 years old and I showed the older one PBSKIDSVideo and he loves watching all the videos and sometimes when he comes over I help him get into PBSKIDSVideo and watch some videos with him sure I am getting older but it brings back memories:)

Hi, My name is Jovan Gradina, I am 10 years old, I don’t have my own Apple so I am using my dad’s. I REALLY am a big fan of PBS Kids shows (with some favorites including Arthur, Peg + Cat, and Hero Elementary, plus many others) but it could use some improvements, First, lets start with PBSKIDSVideo , #1, Why isn’t there an option to resume where you left off? #2 When I click on Ready Jet Go!, the theme song audio is a little low, even when I turn the volume up. Can you guys fix this? #3, How come Peep and the Big Wide World isn’t in the on demand section? Next, is some questions about the channel/block itself
#1: Why were the E/I bugs removed
#2: Why is the TV rating bug outside the 4:3 safe zone?
#3 Is Esme and Roy coming to the block anytime soon?
Overall I like PBS Kids and its app and channel but I hope you guys can answer my questions and take my suggestions into consideration, Bye!

- Jovan

EDIT: I have one more question about LIVE TV. Is PBS Kids going to air Nature Cat and Wild Kratts in 15 min slots on July 17 at 1:30 and 1:45AM? This is pretty confusing, PBS usually NEVER does that on the main and PBS Kids channel! Is this an error? My TV guides show the same thing!

How anyone could give this less than five stars beyond me. The content is unbelievable, and it’s FREE! Like really free. Like as in no ads, no banners, no pop-ups. There is literally nothing to purchase ever, and no way your child could accidentally wrack up charges like literally just about every other kids app that exists. All the content is completely wholesome. You will never, ever have to worry about what your kids are watching. The only people who are giving this low ratings are doing so for odd reasons like they can’t get it to cast properly to other devices, or it’s closing out PBSKIDSVideo when a phone call comes in, etc. All things that they could fix if they understood the settings on their devices. These are not issues caused by PBSKIDSVideo itself. Overall, I can’t imagine a more perfect app for kids.

Normally, PBSKIDSVideo works great but this last update has serious issues when casting to a tv using Chromecast. I use PBSKIDSVideo on my iPhone and my iPad mini and they both have the same issues.

1) PBSKIDSVideo will continue playing sound on my phone or iPad after casting onto the Chromecast. The only way to stop the sound from continuing on my devices is by closing PBSKIDSVideo .

2) PBSKIDSVideo has issues with live tv. It takes forever for PBSKIDSVideo to properly cast what’s supposed to be live onto the tv. For example, PBSKIDSVideo kept playing a different cartoon instead of playing what was live for my region (which I selected). I kept pressing the live tv “button” but it kept playing the cartoon over and over again. It only resolved after I closed PBSKIDSVideo and tried again.

Both these issues have made PBSKIDSVideo really difficult and cumbersome to use. I exclusively use Chromecast to use PBSKIDSVideo since we always cast pbs on our tv for our toddler to watch together as a family.

Please review these bugs and update in the next patch.

Within a video, when it’s half way through and one returns to it and it reloads, why can’t the user navigate within the video to the part where they left off?!
It’s so annoying to have to start all over and I’d have to use more data to watch parts or show parts that an older child can be bored of because they just saw it... now a week or 2 later they may want to see it all over again but not usually in that same hour. At least mine don’t.
But they don’t want to wait a few days week to watch it again when they’re not so easily bored of the part they already saw.

The updates to this are terrible. My 3 year old used to love being able to go through all the shows available and pick out what he wanted. It helped him find new shows to like and made him able to do it himself. Now neither he or I can figure out how to use PBSKIDSVideo . It seems all you can do is watch live tv or download episodes separately in PBSKIDSVideo Store? This is a terrible change. We might as well delete PBSKIDSVideo now.

UPDATE: There was a technical problem and the developer was kind enough to reach out to me. Thank you PBS my son is again very happy with PBSKIDSVideo .

We use PBSKIDSVideo constantly and really love it. However, on the Apple TV, the audio is a little funky. When you open PBSKIDSVideo , a video will auto play above the list of shows. Once you click into a show and start watching it, the audio from the main menu video continues alongside the audio from the episode you’ve chosen. It’s a little frustrating because you have to close and reopen PBSKIDSVideo to solve the problem. Any chance you could look into this, developers? Aside from that, great app!

I was downloading the game because I’ve seen a lot of people download it seems good so then once I download it and look through the show and I decided to see Mr. Rogers and then I cried when he said his dog Mittys died and it got me felling it was so sad and I enjoy it because it teaches kids about deaf and about feelings if feels so good to see one of this shows pop up in the greatest kids advertisement in the world thank you PBS Kids so much for this entertainment I love you with all my heart and with all my childhood I like to thank you