Good app but needs refinement.
Good app but I wish it would support iPad keyboard control as well. I find the on screen playback controls laggy and too small of a touch area. When I seemingly touch a control like to go back 10-15 seconds, it instead makes the controls go away with a bunch of lag. Just enable forward and back control from the iPad Magic Keyboard like most other apps have done. Physical buttons are preferred due to their responsiveness and less chance of accidental touch. Also I keep getting notifications on shows I’ve already watched and the badge icons wont go away, making me think I missed a show when I really haven’t. Other times I Never get a notification that a new show is dropped!
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Response from developer
Thank you for your download and review.
Countless issues, be aware if buying for WEC / lemans
This company bought the exclusive rights to broadcast WEC in the United States so you are forced to pay them for access. Unfortunately if you don’t want to watch qualifying live you won’t ever see it again, and watching the race on replay is hit or miss. This weekends event was shockingly listed to stream but they forgot the commentary so it’s 6 hours of car noises which is pointless. I’m a dozen emails into it with support and they basically gave up. The commentary works on the TV app but unfortunately that’s the only streaming service of a dozen or so I use on my androidTV that doesn’t play smooth video, maybe 20fps and stutters along. Watching live is worse.
If there was another way to watch WEC I would never pay for this because it’s unusable at times and mediocre when it does work. Be aware you will be frustrated and likely give up and find a stream online and find it higher quality too which is depressing when trying to do the right thing and pay for it.
If there was another way to watch WEC I would never pay for this because it’s unusable at times and mediocre when it does work. Be aware you will be frustrated and likely give up and find a stream online and find it higher quality too which is depressing when trying to do the right thing and pay for it.
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Response from developer
We'll share your feedback with our Content team so they know which races fans like you are interested in the most.
Release Dates Need to Be Clearly Posted
Let’s be real for a minute, the vast majority of people came to the Motortrend app because of Roadkill, Hot Rod Garage and Dirt Every Day. Now we are down DED and the release schedule has changed drastically for the other two. Yes, we have Roadkill Garage and Faster with Finnegan, and they are great, but the release schedule is seriously confusing. It needs to be clearly posted on the app the release schedule for each month! Let it be on the banner on the top of the app the first week of the month so we can see when things are coming out. When I have to go to a separate app, Facebook or instagram, just to find a release guide it just shows that a simple improvement would drastically improve the app.
I understand that the hosts cannot go back to the monthly release schedule, but just make it more clear when we can expect to see our favorites.
I understand that the hosts cannot go back to the monthly release schedule, but just make it more clear when we can expect to see our favorites.
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Response from developer
Hi! Thank you for your awesome review and for being fan! The team here at MotorTrend works hard everyday to bring you the shows you love. Thanks again!
App is bad, and there’s not even an app on Xbox really
The Xbox app is how I usually watch and they could never get it to work right so now you have to download the phone app and the Xbox one to screen cast from your phone in order to watch anything, the Xbox app literally just pulls up a screen that says, use your phone. And then when you pause the video on the Xbox screen it continues to play the video frame by frame really slowly and if you hit play it just continues from whatever the frames on. So you CANNOT pause it. The only reasons I keep this app is for roadkill, roadkill garage, engine masters, and roadworthy rescues. If it wasn’t for those channels i would stop paying for this load of garbage. Fix your app and your Xbox app and bring our episodes faster i pay a monthly fee to use your service for an hour.
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Response from developer
We are really sorry for the trouble and we appreciate you bringing this issue to our attention. We will look into this further!
Motor Trend Rocks
Of all the shows I have watched for the last 25 years roadkill garage is my wife’s favorite. Helps me spend more money on my junk too. I thought I’d miss Tony on Hot Rod TV but Alex and Lucky are killing it just love their chemistry. Finally new iron resurrection. Missed it. Texas Metal with the way he does his chassis has to be my hero don’t get me wrong I love the others but extensive chassis is a hands down winner. Don’t really care for his huge wheels and tires but the fab carry’s it. I really like how the app shows me which shows I have already seen and they all pick right back where I left off as I get all worked up and head to the shop in the middle of the shows. Keep up the good work oh can you hire Stacy David for a show please he’s the one man band to beat… thanks again…
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Response from developer
Thank you for 5 stars, we appreciate the support.
Don’t subscribe to watch racing they claim to have
4 times this year I have attempted to watch races that they have coverage of in app but it isn’t here. ELMS races disappear and you can’t go back to watch earlier races of this season, and today other then watching live it disappeared right after broadcast ended. Of course it’s suppose to be on demand but is missing. Same issue this weekend with DTM, appears most of this season is missing. Lastly hope you don’t want to watch qualifying for any of these, even when the race is in app they don’t show the qualifying or they delete it after it’s live hard to tell. I contacted support several times and they just give non answers about issues with content changes. I asked if I can have money back since I paid for stuff they claim to have and suddenly support stops answering. If you are in the US and want DTM or WEC races this is the only legal option, but good luck if you actually try to watch after live coverage ends.
Oh and if you only get the free trial just for the leman 24 hour race: don’t bother. It crashed during the start and finish when using the TV version, casting, and the phone app. I eventually got the phone to work for the final lap but silly to use my small screen instead of casting to the TV.
Oh and if you only get the free trial just for the leman 24 hour race: don’t bother. It crashed during the start and finish when using the TV version, casting, and the phone app. I eventually got the phone to work for the final lap but silly to use my small screen instead of casting to the TV.
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Great content but has loading issues
The content on this app is excellent and there’s so many hours of entertainment and information at your disposal through this, but sometimes I have issues loading it.
I have an iPhone 12 Pro Max so it’s not like my phone is slow, and I’ve been in areas with 3 bars of fiber optic wifi and 4 bars of 5g cellular and it will still completely stop loading videos and even black out occasionally. I’ve tried everything from checking for updates to completely closing out the app and the issue is still there, so I’m at a loss at this point. It sounds like a small issue but it gets really annoying really quick when you’re trying to just relax and watch a show.
I have an iPhone 12 Pro Max so it’s not like my phone is slow, and I’ve been in areas with 3 bars of fiber optic wifi and 4 bars of 5g cellular and it will still completely stop loading videos and even black out occasionally. I’ve tried everything from checking for updates to completely closing out the app and the issue is still there, so I’m at a loss at this point. It sounds like a small issue but it gets really annoying really quick when you’re trying to just relax and watch a show.
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Response from developer
We are pleased that you enjoyed the app. If there is anything we can do for you, just let us know at help@motortrend.com! Have a wonderful day!
The best way to spend your retirement
I get up early every morning turn on the TV and watch Motor Trend never change the station until bed time I watch all the shows but I do like Garage Squad the best. Reminds me of my own problems I would have repairing cars and trucks in my shop years ago. Make me feel better knowing that other have the same problems and how we always find the solution l do feel bad for the crew when the weather is too hot or too cold to be working on the cars. I can remember doing a engine job outside under a tarp during a snow storm because the truck was needed to plow the snow. Another time had a car back firing thru the carb after a tuneup went back over everything couldn’t find the problem went home Had dinner went to bed thinking about that car. In the middle of the night woke up with the answer only the spark plugs had to be the problem. Next morning changed the plugs car ran like a top. I know the crew must have some weird problems like that too. But they always find the answers. That’s what makes the show the greatest of all the shows on Motor Trend. Dirty hands are made by the best mechanics and the best show is made with those dirty hands. Keep up the good work. My best to the crew.
Don Gardiner. Lehigh Acres. FLORIDA
Don Gardiner. Lehigh Acres. FLORIDA
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Response from developer
Thank you so much for your 5 star review!! We appreciate your feedback.
One suggestion?
Love the app but when I try to AirPlay the audio from the app to my HomePod mini speaker, the app halts video playback on the screen of my iPad or iPhone (whichever I choose) but the audio plays through the HomePod as normal.
It seems the app thinks the HomePod has a screen like the Apple TV and there’s no way to make it play video on the iOS screen and audio through the HomePod simultaneously like normal.
My app is up to date and I’m using an 2021 iPad Pro 11” and iPhone 8+ and the app behaves the same on both devices.
It seems the app thinks the HomePod has a screen like the Apple TV and there’s no way to make it play video on the iOS screen and audio through the HomePod simultaneously like normal.
My app is up to date and I’m using an 2021 iPad Pro 11” and iPhone 8+ and the app behaves the same on both devices.
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Minor issues with the app itself.
The luxury of the app and the content is fantastic, only issue I have is the media player is close to garbage. Does not matter if I’m using the phone app, or the website at on my PC. It always crashes on both the app and the website, the PC player’s detection blocks for the volume and controls at the bottom are so small if you have want to turn up the player you have to hover perfectly over the red line in the middle which is virtually impossible. Try to exit the full screen without using escape will inevitably scrub to the end of the show rather than click the full screen button. It’s clunky and terrible, but other than that love the applications.
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