Hallmark Movies Now Reviews

So first HallmarkMoviesNow : HallmarkMoviesNow when all is said and done it’s basically awful. It randomly will drop things off your watchlist—I think it does it if you watch it—but what if you want to save the movie for later viewing because you loved it so much? It doesn’t usually keep track of what movie you were watching in any kind of easy to find format nor does it remember where you were half the time. (Especially true if HallmarkMoviesNow crashed or your battery died) It has series movies and will actually tell you if it is movie nine of 12 but it does not have an easy way to show you what are movies one through nine. Recommended related movies make no sense and appear to be whatever they are pushing.

Now about the service (which is not influencing the stars rating): I was under the impression you would get access to basically every single Hallmark movie there is out there. That is not true. You get access to a small selection, maybe 100, and some TV shows. I don’t know if there’s anything current or not because I don’t know what is current but it’s not like I have months and months viewing material here. Also, many of the movies are off-season, so they are offering autumn movies in May.

As I said, it will allow you to view the movie and for that he gets two stars, but it overall is a very poorly designed app and one I am highly disappointed in as well as the service.

We like the available content - we understood coming in that it wasn’t the same stuff shown on the cable channel.

But I have a couple of gripes about the interface. The big one has to do with the fact that it doesn’t keep you logged in. Having to re-log in after a few hours of inactivity is annoying - most similar apps will keep you logged in or at least let you authenticate with a fingerprint.

It would also be nice to more easily find things that you have “in progress”, so it’s easier to resume what you’re watching, instead of having to dig to find it.

I downloaded HallmarkMoviesNow a few days ago because I wanted to watch when calls the heart. However I’ve already noticed several things about HallmarkMoviesNow that need work. I have to log in to HallmarkMoviesNow every day, and sometimes multiple times a day. Just now it kicked me out in the middle of watching a show and asked me to log in. This is very frustrating! I have a lot of steaming service subscriptions and none of them make log in more than once, unless I try to get into my account details. The way HallmarkMoviesNow is organized is also clunky and makes it hard to find things. Half the time it doesn’t bring up what I was in the middle of watching and I have to go searching for it. Also makes no sense why you would list single, specific episodes of a show as an item on the front page, just list the series as a whole. If you don’t read the fine print in the picture you won’t realize you are starting a specific episode and not going to a page about the series itself. I found that out the hard way. I think whoever developed HallmarkMoviesNow needs to go and look at other streaming platforms and how they have done it. They don’t have to copy anyone, but it might help with ideas for improving the service. I’m not sure yet whether I will keep HallmarkMoviesNow/service.

We are working on cutting the cord and it is hard to find a way to watch current offerings on Hallmark or especially Hallmark Movies and Mysteries channels. I mistakenly thought this would be my answer. Don’t be drawn in if you want anything current. Some of the series are so old that even the picture quality is bad. I love all the mystery movies offered on their Movies and Mysteries channel on cable, but they are nowhere to be found on HallmarkMoviesNow. Another major problem is how clunky HallmarkMoviesNow is. If you start a series, and there are many episodes, it doesn’t pick up where you left off! It takes you back to the start of the series every time, so you have to try and remember which episode you are on. This might not seem like a major problem unless you are elderly and have memory problems, and struggle with using technology, like my mother does. She is the main reason I subscribed to Hallmark Now, and it is totally worthless to her the way it is set up. I wish I had not subscribed to a full year. She cannot watch it unless I am there to help her every time, unlike Netflix and other apps that automatically pick up on the episode you are ready for. I did try to explain this problem to those who are there to help, but they didn’t seem to understand my problem at all. There doesn’t seem to be any help for this. Has anyone else had this problem, or is there something I am missing?

Once again logged off after an hour of watching…why won’t you fix this???!
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When will new mysteries be added? ———————————————————————————————Once again the Roku app closed and it was because we had watched for an hour then we were logged out…Why? Why?! Please fix! ——————————————————————————————— So, why oh why does the Roku app log out after an hour of watching?! And why isn’t it being fixed?? Was logged into HallmarkMoviesNow on iPad, an hour later it logged out AND logged out the movie being watched on Roku. Some of the problems noted below from the last review have been fixed, thanks! ———————————————————————————————- Well, the new format is sleek looking and I like some of the reorganization options. There seem to be a few bugs though. The iPad app will not let me save to watch list and it takes a long time to load. The Roku app takes forever to open and every movie, so far, freezes an hour or more in and HallmarkMoviesNow has to be exited and reopened in order to finish watching it. There is too much buffering, which was not a problem before. Just a side note...why so few mysteries? There seem to be so few available yet so many on the cable channel.

We don’t pay for cable and instead opt to pay for streaming services. We have quite a few of them and since I loved watching Hallmark movies and tv shows when we did have cable we decided to get the Hallmark movies now app....I have never been more disappointed in a streaming app than I am in this one. None of the things that I loved watching on the Hallmark channel are available through HallmarkMoviesNow that you HAVE TO PAY FOR. You would think that the thousands (or millions who knows) of people who opt to use streaming services as opposed to paying for cable would be offered the same content but that couldn’t be further from the truth. There’s no When Calls the Heart tv series or movies, Aurora Teagarden, Murder She Baked, Good Witch tv series...the list really is endless of what isn’t available!

Regardless of how much I love the feel good Hallmark movies shouldn’t I have access to everything Hallmark offers since I made the decision to specifically pay to get Hallmark content instead of just getting it with a cable subscription. Doesn’t seem like a very good way to take care of Hallmark customers to me.....Such a shame and a huge disappointment!!

I love finally having access to some of Hallmarks content but was disappointed because I paid for a few months of the service hoping I would get to watch all the Christmas movies. Even if they didn’t want to give us access to all their Christmas movies it was still such a small amount of holiday releases that I watched it all by the first week of December and then only released a few more after that. Also, there should be a feature that shows what you have recently watched because if you start a show or movie and don’t remember the name of it, you won’t be able to find it again without scrolling through all the content again. I would have just appreciated more info about what would be released on HallmarkMoviesNow before I paid ie we love giving you access to our older movies and shows and while we won’t release 2019 movies on here there is enough to keep you happy through the New Year. At least then I would have kept waiting and expecting new content to come out

Every week I am watching a movie from one of your four channels (Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies and Mysteries, Hallmark Drama, and Hallmark Movies Now) that is not listed in your app. It forces me to not only track movies I’ve watched in HallmarkMoviesNow , but also on my cable network. There is nothing more frustrating than getting into a movie that I’ve recorded to find that I’ve already seen it. And Hallmark Movies Now doesn’t keep good records of movies I’ve watched across the different apps. To truly be a value, ALL of your movies should be here for ALL of your channels!

From my point of view, each channel should provide a list of what will be playing in the coming month and it should be added. Frankly, I’d be willing to do this for y’all from home. And I bet I’m not the only one. Or add a feature where users can add a movie to their database and as many details as they can. There are ways to make this inclusive of all of your movies because as we both know...there are a gazillion of them!

I downloaded HallmarkMoviesNow on my Apple TV today and started the free trial. It crashed 5/6 times before I managed to select a movie and watch it. Not great, but at least I saw a movie. I then selected a second one to find out I’d been logged out by HallmarkMoviesNow . I tried logging in again. It wouldn’t accept the password I’d created 2 hours earlier. I tried to log in via my iPhone. Still no joy. So I reset the password. Tried again to log in with the new password. Again no joy. Tried contacting customer service to find out they closed 5 minutes before and won’t be open until tomorrow morning. I created a brand new profile uninstalled HallmarkMoviesNow and reinstalled. Tried to log in with the new profile. Same result. Obviously the server is down. How can customers be expected to wait a full day for service?!?!? This is truly horrible in this day and age. I’ve sent an email as instructed. I got an automated response. I replied with more detail and nothing. If I have to wait a full day, I’m cancelling the trial. Not worth the hassle if it is going to crash regularly and keep logging me out!!!

HallmarkMoviesNow is great and functions well. Easy to navigate, sometimes glitches when I go from watching on my phone to watching on my computer saying I’m watching on more than one device even if I closed out on the other device. Other than that no issues on function. I love watching Christmas movies and came here for just that. I signed up last year and was EXTREMELY bummed to learn that the new countdown to Christmas movies were not on there. This year I’m even more bummed to learn that last years movies are not on there and there are barely any new movies from what was on their last year. I wish that you would do one of two things. Add more new Christmas movies to the movies and mistletoe section or make a movies and mistletoe app so we can pay for just that. I’m even ok if I have to watch them a year behind but currently I don’t get to watch any of them at all and I don’t think that is fair for 5.99 a month. I would love to hear back from someone about this. Thank you for your time in reading.

I would give HallmarkMoviesNow a better review if Hallmark would fix the major bugs. There are two that are very annoying which is caused us from no longer using HallmarkMoviesNow. This bugs refer to the Apple TV version I have no experience with other versions. On the Apple TV it constantly logs off. Multiple time a day I need to login again. The second is more of a nuisance. When watching a series if you try to go to the next episode before the timer runs out you get an error.

The real annoying item is that Hallmark is aware of the problem and still after several weeks they have not fixed the issues. They only thing they have done is send an email saying that there are issues. This is surprising since all my prior experiences with addressing issues with there service have been very responsive. I had expected a resolution in a few days not a few weeks.

So my low rating is for the development team in being so slow to fix the application issues.

I do! I love it! When I had cable, I would watch the Hallmark channel every weekend. The movies are such a feel good, but...
The subscription to HallmarkMoviesNow is very disappointing. I don’t watch the series shows, just the movies and HallmarkMoviesNow is very limited. I assumed, and shame on me that I would be able to watch the same movies that are showing on cable now. Not the case. The movies are old and we are limited on how many new movies come out each month. When I say new, I mean movies that weren’t already showing not current.
I’d like to see more movies, more current movies, less series shows. Every weekend there are movies running all day, new current movies. I can fill my weekend watching Hallmark movies. I can barely fill my night with what is on HallmarkMoviesNow.
My subscription is about to run out. I’m giving it the year, if it doesn’t pick up, I’m out.

It’s been a year, I am about to cut it off. I got on HallmarkMoviesNow this evening and it has logged me out! I haven’t signed in since I first got the subscription. I have tried to get a new password and nothing. Of course customer service is closed. So, now I can’t watch anything.
Seriously the worst app ever! Same OLD movies over and over, absolutely NOTHING NEW!
If you had planned on subscribing DONT! You WILL be VERY disappointed. It really is a shame, I love the movies and don’t have cable, I was hoping I could enjoy those great feel good movies that are on cable, but NO!

I cut the cord a year ago on cable because the amount of television I watched versus how much the bill was costing just wasn’t worth it. The only channel I miss is Hallmark, and more specifically the Countdown to Christmas on the channel. I found out about HallmarkMoviesNow and I was elated!! I quickly downloaded HallmarkMoviesNow and said “here, take my money!” After 7 days of watching HallmarkMoviesNow and feasting on all things mistletoe, I’ve gone through all the content. Now, I don’t binge! I don’t have that kind of time. What I’m trying to say here is, the same 12 movies are all that are available! No new content has changed and with the shear amount of content that is available on the channel, I’m perplexed. How is it that cable customers pay the monthly rate for 100’s of channels and I pay $5 for one and I get very little??? That does not compute. I’m ending my subscription at the end of the month, which is so sad because I would most happily watch Christmas movies all. Year. Long!

I was looking forward to watching more current movies and shows but was okay with what was offered until HallmarkMoviesNow was upgraded and supposedly improved. Now nothing seems to be working right. The changes made were so different from the previous way HallmarkMoviesNow worked that it needs a user’s guide to navigate. It also doesn’t respond very well while trying to use the functions. I find myself frustrated with how clunky it’s become. The other night while watching one of the shows it froze five times in the final ten minutes of the show and said there was a technical issue that I should check in HallmarkMoviesNow settings. Well, I couldn’t find HallmarkMoviesNow settings anywhere in HallmarkMoviesNow or in my settings. This is definitely one of the worst apps I have. It’s really a shame since I love Hallmark’s programming but this is almost making me think of unsubscribing.

For those who want to say there’s another Hallmark app to use, you must have a cable or satellite provider to access it, so...it’s kind of missing the point.
I don’t have cable or satellite or SlingTV anymore because it seemed pointless to pay for it primarily to watch Hallmark movies at Christmas and mystery movies in the spring. But apparently that is really my only option if I want to watch *any* of their popular, recent movies or series. I find this really frustrating and immediately cancelled my trial membership when I discovered this. I don’t know why you would even offer an app with a monthly fee for your mostly old and not-so-great movies and shows. I was led to believe I would have access to Hallmark’s *entire* library of shows, whenever I wanted, and that’s the only reason I signed up.
I’ve never left an app review in my life, and this annoyed me so much I was compelled to share. Why is it so highly rated?! HallmarkMoviesNow/subscription isn’t worth the money.

I love the content; that’s why I bought a subscription and downloaded HallmarkMoviesNow . Unfortunately, I keep having problems with it on the technical front. I have NEVER gotten it to work on my phone (unless I unhooked it from WiFi and used up all my data for the month), while it works on our iPad, and both are connected to the same WiFi! Customer service did give me lots of suggestions, they just didn’t work. :(

Also, several times I have logged in on the iPad (the working device), to be told the server isn’t working right now. I don’t have this problem with my Netflix apps; but I would rather watch the Hallmark content!

So while I like what they offer, it is a real hassle for some reason for me. I hope it is not for you! The membership price is great so you could always give it a try, and they sometimes offer a free month.

Hallmark Movies Now (HMN) features some of the older movies (approx 1998 to 2015, I’d say). And has great movies for Christmas and other holidays. It also features comedy, romance, and drama series that I haven’t seen elsewhere.... For the kind review titled “I Don’t Get It”, you may be interested in Hallmark Channel Everywhere (HCE) which is another Hallmark app — it features their newer movies. So you get to choose your venue by choosing your app.... Customer Service is Excellent! Each time I’ve had an issue or question, they replied and fixed it in 24-48 hours. So... the Hallmark movies I want to see, and prompt courteous service, all for $5.99 a month. I’m Blessed! Thank you for creating Hallmark Apps! 🦋✝️🌸🌼🌸😀 Elizabeth

Love the concept of HallmarkMoviesNow , but it doesn’t work very well and I’m disappointed with the selection of shows/movies. If it were free, I would understand why only older shows and movies are available to view through HallmarkMoviesNow . But it’s not free. Sure, I’m not paying for a full cable service here. Nonetheless, I still expected better. Set aside the poor choices available, and I’m frustrated with the performance of HallmarkMoviesNow . Fast-forwarding or rewinding is an issue. HallmarkMoviesNow often locks up, so I have to close out of it and reopen to get the movie to continue playing, and certain selections won’t play at all. The screen goes dark and a notification that “playback isn’t working” pops up. I checked for app updates, and none were available. I’m glad I opted to only pay for one month to try it out, versus paying for an entire year in advance.

I absolutely enjoy watching feel good, clean romance. It is well known that Hallmark is where you find this! However, my complaint is I subscribed to this for just that. I wanted an app that I felt I could pretty much click on any title and enjoy a clean movie without sorting through the garbage on other streaming services to find something decent. I have been shocked to say the least at how many movies I quickly have to exit out of and put on the “no watch” list because of language. Adding a couple of curse words doesn’t make the movie better. It’s very unnecessary. If the movies could all be CLEAN or at least noted that they have language in them, that would be nice. IMDb doesn’t always have the parents guide on every movie on HallmarkMoviesNow. Thanks for your consideration!

I am writing this as a review of two Hallmark apps. I am putting this her as they removed the other app. I had both HallmarkMoviesNow and the eCards app. A few years ago I had issues signing in on HallmarkMoviesNow. I contacted Hallmark and got told it was an Apple issue. I contacted Apple and they explained why it wasn’t their problem but really Hallmarks. Contacted Hallmark again and no help and a refusal to return my money. I canceled my subscription. Fast forward to now and they eCards stoped working correctly. I wrote a review asking for help (and I had just renewed my subscription). They then removed HallmarkMoviesNow and contacted me. After having to answer sever emails I just got a reply that basically made it all facebooks fault that it didn’t work so once again “passing the buck” to make it not their fault and no offer to return my money. Completely disappointed in this company and their lack of support.

I love HallmarkMoviesNow. I have seen so many reviews and comments about the content being older, but what do you expect? Why would Hallmark have their newest shows and movies on an app? Other networks do the same thing, it’s a business, which I understand. I love catching up on movies and shows I have not seen in years. It is absolutely worth the price, but probably won’t keep it long because there is so little content, it will not take long to get through what I want to watch. But no contracts so it is worth it!! I would love to see older tv shows on here, much like Sue Thomas. There are other family shows I would like to see them purchase and have on here, like Doc and Promised Land. They could offer more of their older movies, but they have a decent number of them. My only complaint is around functionality. It does not save the place where you left off watching a show so you have to scroll through to remember what episode you were on. It also fast forwards and rewinds weird. It skips over huge blocks of time and you cannot see scenes as you’re going so hard to find the specific spot you want. I have had it crash a couple of times, too. So far it always reopens, but it looses my spot and finding it again is hard with the way it fast forwards. Again, totally worth the money even though it has room for improvement.

Todays movies is full of violence, sex, and disappointment. Hallmark brings happiness, joy, and entertainment to there movies. I love Home and Family. Yes most of the time I will know the ending of the movie and that Is ok. I would like a little more mystery for their Movies and Mystery series so I can not figure out the ending. Nevertheless, I have had a lot of sadness and stress this past 2 years. I am sure a lot of other people have too. I turn to Hallmark Channel when I feel down and sad. Try it, you make think the same. If not, fine something that brings you happiness. Thank you Hallmark for being there for me.

We decided to cut the cord on our expensive cable bill. My favorite channel was Hallmark. So we signed up for Hallmark Movies Now. There was very little information about HallmarkMoviesNow & they gave it wonderful advertisement without telling you how limited it is. While all the movies we have watched have been very good, they are older & some even outdated. None of the newer movies we thought would be included are there. HallmarkMoviesNow is difficult to figure out & move around in. Some of the movies don’t save your place if you stop midway & then have to find your place when you come back in. Some have been difficult to find again. Both HallmarkMoviesNow & selection need work but since it is my only choice without cable, I will hang in there. It can only get better.

I’d pay in a heartbeat if they had ALL their content on this. However, barely any of the movies they air on this. There’s a bunch of old stuff. And they barely have any new original content on it. Not worth it. I also didn’t appreciate their stunt of pulling in the Key of Love off air last minute and putting it here instead. Then they plan to air the first two episodes of When Hope Calls to lure us into a subscription. I’d pay for it, but as I’ve said, nothing else is on here. I’ve been a loyal Hallmark viewer for years and I don’t appreciate the way the are trying to make an extra buck. I work too hard to throw away the little money I make. Please Hallmark, do better, make it worth it and I’ll pay!

Ps - what happened to a new movie every Weekend?

We recently made the switch to internet based live tv and I was missing my Hallmark Christmas movies and was stoked to find this. Unfortunately these movies are all old and seem to be the cast off movies. If you’re paying for content, Hallmark should be giving you its newest movies too. Hallmark missed the mark big time on this one!

I was given error messages during the setup process and told that my payment wasn’t accepted for the ‘trial’ of HallmarkMoviesNow. I wasn’t able to set up HallmarkMoviesNow for use with my device or my internet tv device. Just over a week later I received a $5.99 charge to my credit card. Hmmmm... I wasn’t too bummed because I was excited to have Hallmark movies again. UNTIL I REALIZED THEY WERE OLD MOVIES!!!! I promptly canceled. Sad that I was charged for a bogus app. Definitely NOT worth $5.99.