RealTimes: Video Maker Reviews

It seems to me that the people at Real Networks do not know what they want out of their own app and are simply throwing things at the wall to see what sticks. Real Cloud was pretty much perfect, just what I needed to organize and cast all of my media. That is what I loved about RealTimes and it was all I needed RealTimes for. With this app, however, rather than improving upon the features that made Real Cloud great, Real Networks decided to add in a swarm of unfinished and partially functional features that are utterly useless for me while making it harder and less convenient to use RealTimes for organizing and casting media. If you're going to add new features, you can at least make sure they are functional and do not impede the core features of RealTimes .

RealTimes doesn’t even work after I purchased the package. It is lock on 30 seconds video. Since I needed more than 30 seconds, and for me to be able to create video that’s more than 30 seconds I opted the package $2.99 and even the 3.99 is not working either. And because I already did the purchased, there is no option for a refund from you.

Paid the fee, yet RealTimes is limited to 30 seconds, demanding me to pay more. Not to mention that RealTimes keeps freezing . I want my money back now !$&

For some reason the unlimited offer for 9.99 per month has been eliminated but Apple is still allow it for purchase. Real Time only offers plans up to 25gb. Why the disconnect?

With the latest update, streaming to Google Chromecast is no longer available, which makes RealTimes completely WORTHLESS to me!

Could not take it anymore. Became to frustrating to use and limited

RealTimes constantly crashes on both iPads, unusable, why am I paying for something I cannot use?

Impossible to use RealTimes. Crashes constantly! Zero customer service.

Not sure what’s going on with RealTimes . It keeps crashing. I have uninstalled and reinstalled various times.

RealTimes has become worthless since the last update, no longer supporting chromecast

They’re not capable of doing anything they advertise. Wack. DO NOT PAY

Chromecast support was removed!!!?!!?? Unbelievable!

RealTimes has proven to be very useful for two things. First, any photo or video we take on our iPhones is transferred to the cloud, and is immediately available for watching on any computer, smart phone, or TV (using a Roku box or a Google Chromecast). Second, RealTimes automatically creates a collage out of all photos and videos taken in the same location and around the same time. These collages are really ever perfect, but require no work whatsoever and make sharing of content very easy. They can also be somewhat customized, or remixed. If you will only share stuff that is edited to perfection, RealTimes will not be for you, but for us, it's the perfect way to share the day's events with our children's grandparents. And they definitely appreciate more frequent glimpses into their grandchildren's lives. Highly recommended.

Hands down the worst app I've ever used, and its bugs are exactly the same on the website. If you open any other apps, it will kick you off and lose your place in whatever video you are streaming. And as if that wasn't bad enough, half of the time, the videos you just got done uploading 2 min. ago don't show up in the "recent videos" section but rather, you have to search through years (that's right, YEARS) of photos and videos before you find them. Two BIG thumbs down to this godawful app and website that should be ashamed to exist. The previous version of the website and app were both 100 times better than this before they got the bright idea to "upgrade". Stick with what works, Real Player. Your customers would much rather have functionality than something as worthless as this just for the sake being new and different. Don't waste your time.

This is a pretty nice application and makes it easy to play videos from iPhone/Pad to Chromecast. However is has 2 issues, which, if fixed, would push it to 5 stars:

1. The chromecast video playback is pretty low quality. Far from the 1080P HD the videos were created in.

2. It playes videos filmed in portrait mode sideways on the TV. This is pretty inexcusable for an application that's supposed to be mobile-savvy. Hopefully this will be fixed soon.

All my videos display correctly on my iPhone and even when played within the RealPlayer Cloud app, but are all UPSIDE DOWN when viewed on my HDTV via Google Chromecast. The only reason I downloaded RealTimes was to view my videos via Chromecast, and when viewed on my TV. There is no way to rotate them. Huge fail! Huge programming oversight! Huge waste of time! Most people I know take photos and videos on the iPhone with the buttons on the top. Whether or not this is "correct" or not has been made irrelevant by the fact that they are ALWAYS automatically rotated correctly. Like I said, they display correctly within RealTimes on the phone, but not via Chromecast. Someone needs to wake up and make this very obvious fix. Until then, RealTimes is utterly useless to me and thousands of others.

You are right about it freezing. It can't play cloud video on high power notebook So I'm afraid to even try locking up my entire cell phone for this. I don't even know how it got on my iPhone because I didn't download it but found it here after I signed up for 365 GB cloud service. I also wish I knew what the $4.99 was buying in teems of premium services promised. In addition, the upgrade caused RealPlayer to gather many non video files and change the default program to open them to RealPlayer which I surely didn't want. It has not been a good experience and I am now very worried about the safety of my computer as long as RealPlayer is installed. It's too bad because the program does a lot of things no other program can. Just know it's a double edged sword.

Awesome cloud app for videos. I personally don't care about storing videos separately from photos. Very clean app for iPhone and iPad and even old iPod touch.
I must say they are pretty greedy with their space compared to most clouds. They start you off with 2GB, 250 for uploading first video and 250 for sharing first video. 250 for each device you activate using same account. So far this gave me 3GB and is enough for me. I really like it though and might end up paying for more memory if I need in the future. Pleased.

This is an amazing app. I downloaded it when I read what it did and it did not disappoint!
It works efficiently and is of very high quality. It's a great way to connect with the outside world, being able to share not only images but also videos. What my favorite part of RealTimes is, is how I can create "Real stories" with the material of my choosing whether it be my family or a nature trip or just whatever comes to mind. It's really easy to use and fun to explore!

I loved the RealPlayer App as every day I had a chance to see some of the top 5 videos. I was also able to bookmark/save a reference link to them under RealTimes . I could search for other videos too.
The new App is nice too but it's all together different in that it's only for my stuff and nothing in the cloud. Now they did change the name but they also allowed this app to upgrade RealPlayer... A VERY NASTY THING TO DO TO USERS! NEVER redesign and App and then use it to upgrade an App that had a completely different functionality and name. Many of us maintain older Apps until a better solution can be found. Bottom Line RealPlayer should of been kept in RealTimes Store with a note on EOL while this app was added.

Originally I wrote the review below about this app but now I am constantly frustrated about it! It crashes constantly. Formerly, I could depend on it. I agree with another reviewer that the additions have ruined its functionality. Please take it back to being a nice basic picture and video saver. Please. I don't need all of your various & sundry departments such as 'collages, videos, etc.' Since that was added, it's funtionality is atrocious! Originally I thought it was fantastic! Please please fix it to work like it used to -- these days it closes itself up on me so much of the time. Take it back to its good old days!

Former review:
"It is a great tool for saving pics & sharing...

this app is easy to use and to enjoy as you go. Glad to have a place to store & share pictures/videos."

RealTimes was much more useful when the user was given the power of how to sort media, such as by recent activity, file name, date created and date added. Now it does facial recognition, which I doubt need, but I can't sort media. And why do I *have* to have music if I want to make a "story"?