Anghami: Play Music & Podcasts Reviews

by MohamedHassanEG

Anghami has some technical issue for long time now
Firstly, when I open my friend's music activity and move from one friend to another, usually the last track from my previous friend stuck on loop and keeps playing. The only way to stop this loop is by close the music activity area.
Secondly, If I left the status "Music Activities", there's no way to go back and open it without close the entire application and open it again.
So if I would like to listen to my friend's last played songs. A track can stuck on loop. if I exit the status/Music Activities, I can’t go back "It's just not open" the only way to open it again is by restart the entire application. It's very annoying and what makes it worse is these issues here for a long time now.
Also, there's no way to open the application on the landscape mode. I can understand the reason why there is no landscape mode on iPhone "All users usually use their iPhone on portarit mode except for games and watching videos" but not on the iPad. I and many users prefer iPad on landscape mode but because of your lack of support, I can’t use Angami on iPad.

by EMjsX

I want to revert back to the older this app version, Anghami is crappy. I preview songs before actually playing them, and it shows on my feed that I’ve played them... this is very very disappointing! I expect to have the same old lovely look this app had. I got a new device, and forgot to turn off the automatic updates so Anghami got updated before I even said so... this app used to be Anghami everyone looked up to, I myself let go of the music app in my iPhone just to have the music all in one place, regardless of some exclusive and unreleased material of my favorite artists that I keep in the Music app this way to save space. I advise you to please bring back the old sleek look Anghami had, or at least not let songs you just preview a second or 10 of only show unlike before, when you actually play a song and it shows on the recently played. All users must not update at all!! This is very disappointing. I gave it two stars when it deserves a measly one and even half a star now, two just for the music updates. But hence IT ONLY JUST DESERVES HALF A STAR. BRING BACK THE OLD this app ASAP AND STOP SHOWING PREVIEWED SONGS ON THE FEED AND RECENTLY PLAYED WTH!!

by M2A_vip

I have been paying for subscriptions for years now, and I got an offer months ago to add family members to my plan, I have added only 1 account out of 5, a month later I received an email saying you’ve added all your 5 family members! I thought my account got hacked or something, contacted this app care on Twitter and they had no clue on whats going on, they finally said they will look into the issue and thats it, been receiving the same email every single month, so i decided to add another family member since its offering that in the email I get every month, tried adding but no luck! Contacted this app care again and again they had no clue why I’m getting those emails! And instead of correcting things they went and looked to the family member account i’ve added months ago and deleted that from my account without any consent!
This is just stupid and ridicules support team! I hope that management reads this to know how their team are dealing with loyal customers!
Canceled my subscription though.

by Habjab

I use to love the this app app! And I always used to give it a 5-star rating in-app. But now you just forcing on everyone to update to the plus by not allowing users to rewind and limiting the amount of songs being played by the same artist not to mention disabling the scrub!!! You didn't even notify anyone for this update beforehand and you kept urging users to update to the new version in the previous one! This is not acceptable at all. We use to look up to this app for providing the best services and we use to upgrade to the plus plans often every now and then and we never mind because we like what this app provided. But now with this force treatment, it feels like we've been ripped off before we even payed to the this app plus subscription! Not cool this app. Very disappointed! And I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only one. And I realized people have been writing reviews but you only seem to reply to the positive ones and ignore the bad reviews. You are only losing respect by doing so if not users.

by Clarajsimmz

Anghami used to provide so many features for FREE and allow its users plenty of freedom in playing songs and listening to the radio. You could download music, listen to as many songs as you want, scrub, skip, etc. There were ads but it didn’t get in the way of enjoying Anghami . And now all of that is gone because they want to force everyone to pay for the same features we used to enjoy for FREE. Apparently constant ads is not enough — you need everyone to be an this app Plus subscriber to even be able to play a song. I’m not opposed to paying for music streaming services, but this app is simply not developed enough to be worth a monthly fee. There are much better music apps out there with wider selection and more flexibility and better functioning. Also, the condescending manner in which the developers reply to some of the reviews in Anghami Store is unprofessional at best. Don’t bother with Anghami. Waste of time and money.

by Jane..patrick Jane

I’ve been using this app ever since the iphone 4 came out on the same account.
It used to give you the feeling of freedom that you won’t get anywhere else as a free user, it stayed like that for years.
Until suddenly they started forcing you with every “little “ update that they just describe as bug fixes without actually telling you what you’re updating to.
So now, there is no rewind, there is no scrub, there is a limit to listening to a preferred artist and when you reach it they start playing shuffle music of random songs you never heard, and the last shot that got to me and made me delete Anghami after so many years of having it is they force you to play your liked songs on shuffle, so you have to pick every song you wanna listen to even if they are after each other on the list.
Last thing is don’t think all of this i did was just for me not to pay, but Anghami and the people behind it will turn their back on you even if you’re an old user who always supported them.
And yes, I subscribed to apple music right before deleting Anghami, just to download the music i had.
Thanks for an amazing journey with you guys.
And thanks for the horrible ending of that journey.
Peace.

by Hadi Bdj

Ever since I started this app, it was the best online streaming service I use. But day after day the service started deteriorating and the providers thought only financially and turned their backs to customer satisfaction!

I honestly miss the ability to scroll backwards and replay songs without the need to search for it, play it again, since they’re asking for me to “upgrade” to the PLUS subscription! I also miss the replay, the unlimited skips, they even limit the amount of times I can actually listen to my favorite artists! The developers are trying to force me to pay for some of the basic things any service should have! I ask for these features to not be held back from the public and allow us our rights to listen to music the way it’s supposed to happen. Many thanks in advance.

by Rayhid

I used to love Anghami, had it on all my devices and been using it on daily basis and paid for the premium version a few times and was going to do it again as soon as I recharge my credit, was also recommending it to everyone I know..
but then I saw ur latest update, disabling the rewind button and the repeat button in the free version, seriously??
This act just implies u’re so money hungry, u r eliminating the free features and without even having the decency to notify the old users!

I would have gladly paid for it, had it been that way from the beginning, but taking away ‘free’ features just to FORCE people to buy it! No, thanks! There are plenty of other, more convenient ways to listen to music!

by Tashilda

Even born in Brazil and living in this country, this app has provided me a connection with the Arab world. I love Arabic song and this app was a tool to listen to my favorite singers because it is difficult to enjoy khaleej, Lebanese, Egyptian, Saudi, and other songs in my country. Unfortunately, this app now requires a subscription to continue to listen Arabic song just because I am not at the MENA region. It’s so unfair to be excluded for this reason. I do agree to pay for some sources in an app, e.g., create a playlist and listen offline, but I consider unreasonable to deny access to those who enjoy Anghami and the culture that it represents. Further, I consider it unfavorable to the artists because their songs cannot be exported to other countries and continents.

by !Roze!

I really liked Anghami before the latest update. I don’t like this new layout of downloads. I used to have 1100 downloaded songs, now I have 665 songs + 7 albums and 10 playlists, and when I hit shuffle on my downloads, they only play those 665 and not the whole 1100 songs that I actually have. And when I’m searching for a song that I have already downloaded I can’t find it in my downloads, I have to go look for it in the specific playlist that it’s in??? That’s annoying to be honest, If I remembered the playlist of every song then I wouldn’t be searching for it. Anyway, I’d give the older version 5 stars but not this one.

by AnghamiMusic User

I really love this app. I can listen to any song that comes to mind at any time.

But I have a couple of problems, and the first one are ... the constant ads. I don’t mind the ones that come up between songs so that this app can pay the artists, but I hate the ones constantly asking me to buy a membership. I mean, I just want to listen to some good music for free.

My next problem is that I can’t rewind, replay or choose a point in the song to listen to. And every time I try to rewind a song to the beginning, it won’t let me and will put up an add for me to buy the membership so that I CAN rewind, replay and high speed scrub. Every. Single. Time.

Also, what’s weird is that I could do al, those things before and now I can’t and I’m constantly being shown adds for the membership offers. In addition to that, every time I use this app, it glitches my keyboard. And my iPad is new, plus, no OTHER apps do that.

So those are my few tweaks/ complaints... but other than that, I enjoy this app quite a lot and I am able to listen to so many songs. Also, I have been able to find artists that I thought could only be found on certain apps (as they aren’t too well known). I do recommend this app.

Thanks this app, you’re really great, but if you could just change these few things my rating would go from a 4 to a 5.

by Mohannad B.

When I first dowloaded Anghami about two weeks ago, it was amazing. I could rewind and fast-forward within the song as many times as I wanted, I could listen to my favorite songs as many times as I wanted, and most importantly, there were no ads.

But, about a week into using this app, I noticed that my playlist started playing songs that Anghami itself makes you listen to, then came the endless ads, and finally, my ability to rewind and fast-forward was taken away from me.

After that, Anghami so conveniently showed me an offer for a free trial for this app Plus. At this point, however, the restrictions imposed become so annoying that the user is basically forced to join this app Plus. Which leaves me no choice but to believe that this app is doing this on purpose!

It makes you get used to Anghami being convenient and functional, then slowly starts taking that away from you to force you into paying them money. I know they have to pay royalty fees for the music companies, but this is just cruel!

Why don’t you put ads, not allow rewinding and fast-forwarding, and play randoms songs for free users from the very start? That way, people can know what to really expect from Anghami. Extremely disappointed in Anghami.

by Desmond.dsa

With Apple and most US based music services offering limited libraries in the Middle East region, this app has risen to the challenge and filled in a gaping void. I've been using the this app Plus service for over a year and I've been nothing short of impressed. Their library of songs is impressive and diverse, while still being affordable. They also have regularly updated custom albums, for all genres, which is a nice touch if you're like me and don't have the patience to make one yourself 😬.

The only place I'd suggest making an improvement is, your subscription page within Anghami , could use a revamp to easily manage this app Plus subscriptions.

Keep up the good work guys!

by AhmedAshrff

Hey there! I have been using Anghami since day 1 it started & it’s nice to see how far it came. But now there is a feature that i can’t seem to find that was extremely convenient. Adding all now playing songs to a playlist on their own at once, so I was able to go back to them & decide whether i want to download them or not. If you can bring it back, that will be awesome. Other than that, keep the good work & new updates & features coming!

by Mkinj

I personally used to love this app, until they forced update without any notification and disabled the rewind button, as well as restricted the amount of times we could listen to an artist. This completely contradicts its images and app description, because we do not get unlimited free music anymore. this app is now no different to its competitors. We might as well use a different app that has the same options that this app used to have. It's restricted in the amount of times we listen to an artist (I've been listening to this one artist all afternoon, then when it came to playing another song later on, it disabled my choice of preference). The only reason I chose this app was because of its wonderful amount of freedom it gave to me, as well as everyone. Now, I am completely astonished by the lengths that this company took. Terrible.

by Milmyway🍒

So I first of all created an account in this app with my number and then I added my email and then I wanted to add a password but guess what I had to have an old password I mean I don’t how or when but I never used a password in this app as I said I sign in with my number so please try to fix it + whenever I try to change my playlist cover it won’t change and some of them don’t have a cover even tho I added a cover so?? either then that I love Anghami I’m actually thinking about going plus so yeah.

by Tkataby

I ❤️ this app. It’s my favorite music app ever. I listen to it all day and now even more so after starting my subscription. I wish there were more than 5 stars to rate! One request though would make my, and I’m sure many others’ experience all that greater is having more live versions of songs in addition to the radio ones. I wish I could look up and find live concerts as well, especially for older bands such as Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin whose live songs are sometimes actually better than the radio ones, not to exclude current bands as well. WOW! That would be great! Thanx!

by Tmtm99

I have been using this app for more than four years and I have been really enjoying it, but now you guys made this app not work in USA and I can’t listen to songs anymore! I have to pay to listen to songs, really? All my family and friends use this app to listen to songs and we are so disappointed. Now you are losing all of us because non of us is willing to pay to listen to songs! That doesn’t make sense. I hope you can show this message to someone that can make anything about this! I just waned you to know that you are losing a lot of subscribers to your app by doing that!
Thank you

by Anmar96

I was about to give Anghami 5 stars but the annoyances that i got when i tried to de-attach my email from my old account made me settle down with 4 stars. I had an old account that i attached my email to it long time ago then i started a new account but i tried to remove my email from the old account either by deactivating it by sending an email to this app or going through the costumer service on their website, but i was never able to remove my email and deactivate my old account so that i can reuse my email in the new account... i hope than this app can come up with an option to remove your email from an account.

by Aalsiwi

I'm using this app plus since the last year!! It was so cool and easy to use!
But in about the last three months, it got sooo stupid ! First when i go online and play a downloaded song, Anghami redownloads the song and this issue is so annoying, sometimes when i have weak internet I have to wait more than 3 minutes to play a song I already downloaded.
Second almost 90% of the lyrics are wrong and doesn't match in time and downloaded songs loses their lyrics for no reason, so I have to go online again to redownload the lyrics!
One last thing, I think you should have discounts for customers that have been using this app plus for a long time!
Thanks for understanding!

by Crazy SPN Fan

I want to be able to add music more easily from my downloads on a playlist as I have to add every song separately if there’s a selecting option so I can add bunch of songs together will be so much better, also I want when I search my downloads I want the music to play as they’re arranged in search results for example I want to lsn to all Lana Del rays songs that I have in my downloads so I search using Lana Del Rey and I have all the songs in the result yet when I play a song the next one is not Lana Del Rey as the songs are played by their original order in my downloads list. And this is very very very frustrating really and annoying it’s a very big flaw please fix it as soon as possible, I mean in that case when I want to only lsn to Lana Del Rey’s songs that are in my downloads I have to create a new list and add EACH AND EVERY SONG SEPARATELY as we don’t have the select option in our downloads list .

by Gymnast T

This is my favorite app ..I can open it from any devices ..the best thing is that you make an account and your friends can open your page and see your songs and playlists (you can put them private too) sometimes I open my friend’s account and from here account I can play my playlists ..but the worst thing is you can't play previous songs you can just skip to the next one, and also you can just here the song from the start to the end , you can’t skip the song ( you can but it’s not free)