Freeform TV Reviews

by Ms Angie

I use Free to cast to my television through the chromecast device. Free works fine if you watch a show from start to finish and don’t touch anything. However, if god forbid you pause or rewind, you won’t be able to watch that show again. Rewinding it makes it jump at least ten minutes AHEAD and it refuses to rewind once it starts doing that. Every time you rewind again after it’s jumped ahead, it actually starts even further ahead than the last time it decided to go in the opposite direction. If you shut down Free completely, it still remembers where you last paused ....which is where it decided to jump ahead. And that show is essentially locked at a time point you don’t want until Free forgets you ever tried to watch that show. I don’t know how long that takes because it hasn’t happened for me. You spend more time trying to get it to PLEASE EFFING REWIND than you do watching the show. As I’m writing this, I’ve wasted a half hour trying to get through a show I’d only made through 15 minutes of.

So, for now, I deleted Free . I don’t have the patience for this.

by Jackiegringolts

Whenever I am watching a show, Free forgets my progress in the show every single time i sit down to watch, so I constantly have to guess where I left off. To make that even more annoying, every couple minutes I have to sit through 3 minutes of commercials, making it impossible to scroll through and find my place in the show without watching ten minutes of commercials. Even if I lightly tap the screen, the progress bar will go all the way to the end of the episode and I then have to sit through more of these terrible commercials (the same ones every single time) to find where I was. Sometimes Free will even say 2 minutes of commercials, and then it will say 0 seconds left and just play another one. I am giving up on my show halfway through, and I wish I could give Free zero stars.

by Olivia Hieber

I think Free would be fine if I was able to access my TV provider. I logged into my AT&T account through my wi-fi provider, which worked fine, but then it wouldn't stop showing me the error message that my cable provider doesn't have the freeform network. I checked my TV and low-and-behold, I have the freeform network with my TV package. I also tried logging in with the ABC app, which had the same results. I'm not going to contact my TV provider about this because I know that I have the Freeform and ABC channels included in my TV package, so there isn't anything wrong on my provider's end, this is a problem with Free .

by MichelleeRuiz

Never thought another app could be just as bad as the MTV app but here we are. At first i thought it was just because I was trying to cast my show on an older iPad & the first version of the Chromecast. So I decided to try it with my new phone and with my new chromecast to see if that made things better. It didn’t. Everytime the ads start usually only 2 go by and then the screen goes black and stops playing even though its still connected and my internet signal is good. Don’t waste your time with this and just cast it from the website yourself with an adblocker so you get no interruptions because its not like they’re using the money from the ads to better Free anyways. Can’t wait for my show to get cancelled or for it to finally end so I dont have to use this site again.

by Notenteringanickname

Free is disturbingly bad. It’s 2021 and Free might be the worst app I’ve ever used. Playing normal shows is extremely difficult. Can’t FF, can’t rewind, and it just jumps to random stages in the shows, sometimes on a 1 second loop and sometimes not. I restarted my phone, I deleted Free and re installed it, still the same issues. I’ll cast a show to my tv, it will cast properly, but then on my phone there is no way to FF, or rewind, or pause because Free still thinks there is an ad playing. How the company/person who made Free still has a job is mind blowing. It is a tremendously below par app that can’t handle simple functions. It’s embarrassing for this app form. Free is the worst app I’ve ever used.

by Smallss2121

There are so many shows I love on Free that aren’t anywhere else. However, Free constantly crashes or gives me error messages. The Freeform app on my smartTV refused to work so I started casting it to my TV from my phone and that worked fine all week, until now. Right now Free gives me an error when I open it and it won’t even let me do anything. It’s so frustrating. I have emailed support and all I got back is a general response, which I didn’t need bc I’ve done everything, I’ve deleted/reinstalled, my Wi-Fi and connection are fine but I refreshed them anyway, I’ve closed other running apps, I’ve restarted everything. It’s the glitches with Free itself. Guess I’ll be heading back over to the CW because I literally don’t have the patience for this anymore...

by Vivliv

Love the shows on FreeForm however I hate Free . I don’t know if anyone else experiences these issues but lately for shows that I have never watched, it starts the episode either in the middle of the show or near the end. No one else uses my log in so it’s just me using Free. On top of that, it’s nearly impossible to start the episode over or even just fast forward or rewind. The status bar for the episode is awkwardly at the bottom and so close to the bottom that it does even recognize when I’m trying use my finger to swipe back or forward to the point in the episode I want. I can never ever get it to go all way back to the beginning of an episode because of how the bar is placed. The furthest back I can go is 0:22. I use an IPhone 7 Plus so maybe the experience is different for others.

by Please Help Fix This Mistake

Free is great and I have been watching my favorite shows, but when I spent 60 coins on an episode so I can watch without ads it kept saying there was an error and to retry, I’ve been relying for the last 10 minutes and it didn’t work, but when I clicked the other button which says to earn coins by watching ads the episode has no problem downloading and there’s no error and I don’t have to retry but when I go back to the episode where I spent money there’s a problem. Please help fix that mistake.

by Jeot

First of all Free works just fine. If what you’re looking for is to watch TV, you won’t be disappointed. On the iPad however, it’s not possible to multitask. There is no picture-in-picture and it doesn’t let you do split screen, so whenever I want to watch something I can’t really do anything else without. Since most video streaming apps have at least one of those features by now, it feels interrupting to have the video completely pause when I need to do something like check my email.

by Bella From Jersey

I love Free. Im giving it 4 stars because the adds are very inconveniencing... even the quicker option is a hassle. Take away the adds and maybe include if there will be more seasons of each show or the good ones like shadow hunters etc. once the adds are toned down or gone (because let's face it no one watches them anyway) then I will give a 5 stars. Also be sure to change the quality of the beginnings. It goes from fuzzy to regular but you have to restart Free a couple times which is inconveniencing. Thanks a lot! Love you freeform !

by Heart102271

I use the freeform app on an iphone 8plus. Free is easy to use, with no issues regarding playback or buffering. In fact the ONLY reason I didn’t give it 5 ⭐️ is because episodes contain ads. You earn points by watching shows with ads, which you can then exchange to watch ad this app episodes. I can watch my freeform show on demand without ads... but a few episodes seem to be missing, forcing me to use Free . Free links to my television provider, so I don’t see why if it’s on demand this app on my tv without ads... I have to sit thru ads on Free . The best work around for this is to have something else I’m doing at the same time (a book I’m reading, a craft project, use the ads as a bathroom break, grab a snack etc.). I can understand the need for ad revenue, without having to like ads being forced on me.

by Vvaaleriiaa

Free is great especially since I really wanted to watch Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists. The first two episodes were unlocked but since I don’t have a tv provider I cannot see the third episode. I’m a 7th grader and we have spectrum but not cable so I can’t watch another episode. This makes me upset because not only was the show getting interesting but I can no longer watch shows that need a tv provider. Not everyone has a tv provider and most shows require a tv provider. Overall Free is great.

by Personal/Honest

Freeform is a great app that lets you stream a bunch of different shows, but what’s annoying is how Free has many commercial breaks. And the commercial breaks are longer than needed or necessary. It’s also upsetting that you can’t watch all shows but besides that Free is great otherwise. And it does not require you to pay which is also great, and partially makes up for the adds, but still is a huge con regarding Free . Great for steaming shows if your tired or don’t have access to Netflix or HBO. Free is great but could use some work.

by Lex Sitto

I love Free especially because quite a few shows got removed from Netflix and I see that they’re on here now so that’s so awesome that I can watch my shows and my favorite channel is freeform so I can watch it on my phone instead of watching it on my TV because my TV isn’t working right now so now I can watch it anywhere and anytime on my phone. But I do not like the constant adds, I understand there has to be adds. The ads are ridiculously long but besides that the ads freeform rocks there is no glitches or no difficulties with Free except for the ads so I suggest you guys get Free it’s awesome!

by Ana._.LeeLee

Free has amazing shows and everything but the thing is that I don’t have cable. I’m in 8th grade so it’s pretty self-explanatory that I cannot afford to pay bills. So I’m just saying that most of the time people who watch shows are mostly teens, correct me if I’m wrong (didn’t do any research) if their ‘rents don’t have cable there should be an alternative option for them. No offense, but the shows and movies that someone can watch without a Tv Provider is kinda lame. So if the company could come to an agreement where if someone doesn’t have cable they can still watch good shows. I hope y’all actually look at this and take it into consideration. Thanks :)

by Teenwolfannoyed

As you saw from the title I think Free is great, no negative comments about anything because I haven’t been on it for very long. One thing that I think multitaskers like me would want is to be able to exit Free but still have the show they are watching in a small box like Netflix uses. I would watch a show and be drawing at the same time or texting friends about the show.

by Blondiebiz

I watch more commercials than I do my actual show. I use Free daily but it is so aggravating to watch the show for a second it seems then the commercials last twice as long. I understand commercials are going to be there but limit them so we can enjoy the show. Honestly the commercials repeat every time so I get the point. Free is amazing and has all my favorite shows so I still say it’s a 5 star just aggravated over to many commercials.

by Fruties123

I like Free but and again I don’t here’s why I don’t Free . I don’t have a TV Provider and so don’t other people. In my opinion there’s only 2 good shows that are unlocked which is “Baby Daddy” and “The Secret life of the American teenager”I’ve rewatched these shows so many times and it getting boring SO I THINK WE SHOULD GET RID OF THE TV PROVIDE. The Second reason is that it gives us TOO MANY COMMERCIALS I understand the commercials but 2 or 3 would be good not 6 and 7.

by Ruby Winter 1411

I think u have a bug again when I try to hit the next episode of the series I am watching it says please try again later. And if this problem persists contact u on via the in-app feedback under help.

I love Free I get to watch my favorite series ever and the only issue I have is there way to many ads but other then that it’s an amazing app to watch series on

by Bella_rozee

Free allows you to watch your favorite shows for this app all you have to do to unlock the shows is put in you cable info and if you don’t want to do that it comes with at least one this app episode out of all the shows if you like Freeform and your not at home this is a simple way to watch your favorite shows on the go so if you travel a lot or don’t have time to sit and watch is on the tv then Free is great for you I would suggest to watch cloak and dagger it’s one of my favorites

by Regbro1

So when I’m watching my shows, I start a new episode and i finish it. There has been a couple times where I’m done watching my shows for the night and I go to bed. The next day, I go into Freeform and I try to pick up where I left off on my shows and it won’t let me watch them. This has been going on for about 2 and a half weeks now and I’m getting very frustrated with this issue because some of the shows I watch, I can’t view anywhere else because all the other TV apps don’t carry the same shows. So I’m done with Freeform until this issue has been solved. 1 star.