Tubio - Cast Web Videos to TV Reviews

by Deadhippies

They pop up about every 5 seconds. It's intrusive as hell and defeats the purpose. Stream does not always work. They buffer a lot when you sometimes do get the stream. But seriously the way the ads pop up after every click, load, scroll is ridiculous. I don't know if it's deliberate to get the user to purchase their ad free version, but I'd rather find a usable app from elsewhere. And the "block ad" feature is useless. Every site tells you to turn it off to load the video. Trash.

by Richard McC

Tubio is awful. Who ever is responsible for creating Tubio should realize they are just funneling money into googles pocket (chrome cast) when they leave something in such a poor state.

The only thing I want to use this for is to streak twitch on my TV. With the constant crashing and weird repetitive loops where it keeps playing the same part of the stream over over, it's literally painful to even try and use Tubio.

I will absolutely delete this garbage and pay the 35 bucks to have clean crisp streaming from my IOS device to my TV with chrome cast. This is not worth the frustration. Refreshing every 2 minutes because the streak crashed or is stuck in a feedback loop is literally the worst thing a streaming service like this can have.

by Jinx Kennedy

this app used to be a decent free stream-casting app but the last update undid everything that was good about it. Tubio freezes every time I open it, on the off chance Tubio is actually active it either doesn’t properly list where I want to cast to resulting in a guessing game of which I’ll end up casting to (if it even bothers to cast) or does show the list but doesn’t cast at all. Earlier today Tubio worked fine and I thought it fixed but when I want back to it a few hours later, it was back to completely unresponsive. Someone really needs to update and fix Tubio because this was perhaps the only good free casting app available.

by NickAlvarad0

Hi, I've been using Tubio for a long time. It's a very rare app because it's the only one that will show any video with my phone. Although, the reason I have given it two stars is because it does not finish the videos it plays. It'll play for about 3:00 minutes, also it does not let you adjust the time on the video, so if it does cut off you have to watch the whole thing again.

by Grifftrain

When I first got Tubio, it worked fine, now every time I try to watch a video on my tv,(it's an older Samsung smart tv, around 2011 model), I get a message that says, "the video you are trying to play is not supported". Every video. From every source. You tube, dailymotion, Vimeo etc.. None of them work. It's a shame because I liked Tubio and it was very user friendly and really helped "update" my smart tv. Hopefully, Tubio gets updated and works for me

by MintyMing

It works but isn’t very useful because there’s no ad functioning blocker. I want to use streaming sites like Primewire but it’s virtually impossible without an actual ad blocker. I don’t care that it’s coming from the site I’m viewing. That’s completely not the point. Duh, we know it’s not coming from this app. This in no way helps me watch the video. Why not just add an ad blocker????

by Jay9807

Tubio needs to wait and allow the user to first play the desired video and then display an option to cast it. In the instance where there is more than one video available on a web page, this causes the wrong video to cast most times. When trying to fix this, Tubio becomes glitchy and sometimes crashes.

by Christoph '-D

Connects well with a smart tv when it doesn't crash. When it did crash I ended up paying for the paid version in hopes of fixing this problem. Yeah it worked but I think it's just because it got rid of those pesky adds. There are still a number of movies that are unplayable but that might be the movie website's fault. Overall I'm happy I paid a few bucks.
'-D

by Candyjunkfoodgirl

It does what it says it does but there are just a few issues. Sometimes it stops the whole video I'm watching when there is an ad but I easily fixed that problem. And when I pause what I'm watching for long periods of time it resets the whole video and I can't skip to go back to where I was. The browser is also a pain to use.

by HerbKS

It Worked on my WD TV Live which other apps could not without hanging. I'm watching a flick and my device falls a sleep it kills the connection and you can't resume you have to start over, and there is no rewind, fast forward unless you watch it on your device. I would like a clear cache option to. Overall app is light weight and functions.

by DaniBrownYo

So I was having trouble with all the other streaming apps and have had nothing but success with this app so far. Although slow at times, I have the patience because having an iPhone along with an LG TV has made it complicated for myself to Not only find an app, but find an app that works and works efficiently. Thank you, this app team!! Keep up the hard work!!

-DB

by Jaykh2o

Great app for streaming. 4 stars because they could add a fix for ads where you'll connect to the ad video instead of the content AND where ads will take over the screen and you can't go back/close the ad.

Also please optimize Tubio as my phone gets unrealistically hot when a video is running.

Otherwise keep up the good work!

by TooMuchFor30Years

I like Tubio. Only one feature missing that I can think of and that would be a fast forward or advance feature for videos. A favorites list would also be useful.

by Naomi2789

This actually works, you dont have to download the same app for your tv, it just gets connected and you have to accept on your tv! Of course there is ads but it can't be helped unless you buy the other version.

by Reyxx17

I’m guessing the people having problems with this have older phones or slow internet... i have a iPhone 7 and it works great. Can stream basically anything onto my samsung smart tv. No issues so far... great quality.

by Pastorlarry

I was searching desperately for an app that would allow me to cast from my phone to my tv when I came across this app. I figured I would give it a shot. I know everyone has different setups and needs but Tubio works great for me! I used the free version for a day just to make sure it would meet my needs even at the most taxing times (I sadly have DSL, prayers appreciated). It worked wonderfully so I opted to purchase the ”Premium” version in order to do away with the ads, which really are not nearly as bad as in most apps, and allowed a couple of more options. I realize that you cannot trust many reviews nowadays but I hope my review will help at least a few people to try and hopefully like this little app. -Larry

by AnkushKumar

It’s rare to see an app that doesn’t ask for all your info or a million sign ups. It’s even more rare to see one without those that actually works. Tubio gave me no trouble at all. Well designed, functions nicely, very user friendly. Very very well done.

by TY001City

I give Tubio two thumbs up and a snap. It use to cast multiple videos fine but one of the releases caused the menu bar on the bottom to disappear after two videos then the casting would stop. The latest version works perfectly.

by Matt Loves Apps

This is the best video cast brower app for iOS. The problem with all the other ones is that they don't recognize some of the video players and they do not block ads so it makes it useless. Tubio recognizes many video players and when the ad blocker does work, it's great. Please never stop developing this awesome app.

by Mohan1002

Nice app for casting videos from any site with flash videos.. Though videos in some sites may not be supported it plays most of the videos without any interruptions. It really works for me and I have a list of sites which I use to cast movies and other videos on to my Samsung TV and it always works beautifully..

by Kikt Kikt

Took a little getting use to but pleasantly surprised . Seeing fine art instructional videos on a larger screen makes it makes it easier to see the brush strokes. Will be using this a lot on vacation in the states .Does it work in the carribean and Mexico is my only question .