Every documentary is great
Even first man is a great documentary! There are so many things that I have yet to explore. I wish this streaming service the best of luck
Great content, not so great support
After many back-and-forth emails with the same boilerplate questions over and over that focused on bandwidth issues, rather than addressing a flaw in the Apple TV app which was causing programs not to play but the ads before them did, An update to the app finally got Curiosity Stream more stable.
My 200+Mbps down 25+Mbps up with 20 ms ping time connection clearly wasn’t the problem, especially since ads ran just fine and CuriosityStream was the only app behaving this way.
This kind of red herring support isn’t just frustrating and a waste of time, it sends the message to the customer that it couldn’t possibly be us, the problem must be on your end.
Support was unaware of the update too
My 200+Mbps down 25+Mbps up with 20 ms ping time connection clearly wasn’t the problem, especially since ads ran just fine and CuriosityStream was the only app behaving this way.
This kind of red herring support isn’t just frustrating and a waste of time, it sends the message to the customer that it couldn’t possibly be us, the problem must be on your end.
Support was unaware of the update too
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Broken Apple TV App...The
The app is only worth 2 stars. But the content is worth 5! The service is amazing. I just wish the experience on the Apple TV worked. The home screen fails to load. It continues to show your logo spinning. The app works on my Nvdia Shield and on my TCL TV WITH built in Roku. I use my Apple TV as my primary streaming device because of the TV App integration, which is spotty at best. Please fix these issues so I can go back to watching your service on my preferred device.
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iPhone app is bad, recent ADT sponsorship kills it
CANCELING SUBSCRIPTION: So, the content is good, but the iPhone app likes to freeze the video fairly regularly upon starting, while the audio continues. I haven’t noticed this on my iPads or Apple TVs. But what kills it for me, and why I’m canceling, is because someone thought that it was soooo intelligent and sooo smart to get ADT to sponsor the programming "without commercial interruptions".
Cute. But in a totally cynical and sarcastic way. Because, now, we’re forced to watch an unskippable ADT commercial before a episode will play.
Technically, "without commercial interruptions", but with a commercial. Technically, a perverse technicality.
Okay, let’s recap here. ONE; I’m PAYING to watch documentaries, not ads from horrible companies. TWO; anyone who has ever dealt with ADT will tell you that they’re a horrible, horrible company, with absolutely ZERO ethics. Their sole mission is to swindle folks with their bait-and-switch schemes. So, to financially align yourself with such a company is unconscionable: you’re quite literally profiting from money that ADT has swindled from the backs of hard-working Americans, Curiousity Stream!
SHAME ON YOU!
Cute. But in a totally cynical and sarcastic way. Because, now, we’re forced to watch an unskippable ADT commercial before a episode will play.
Technically, "without commercial interruptions", but with a commercial. Technically, a perverse technicality.
Okay, let’s recap here. ONE; I’m PAYING to watch documentaries, not ads from horrible companies. TWO; anyone who has ever dealt with ADT will tell you that they’re a horrible, horrible company, with absolutely ZERO ethics. Their sole mission is to swindle folks with their bait-and-switch schemes. So, to financially align yourself with such a company is unconscionable: you’re quite literally profiting from money that ADT has swindled from the backs of hard-working Americans, Curiousity Stream!
SHAME ON YOU!
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Please Stop Auto-Play
The content is superb. It’s what the History, Science, and Discovery Channels used to be before they were all infected by the reality tv bug and lost sight of their true purpose.
That being said, the inability to disable or otherwise control the auto-play (on iOS and TVOS) is frustrating. It doesn’t even pull something next from your watchlist, which means some random video that one may or may not be interested in is now taking up residence in one’s feed and history. It’s a nuisance.
That being said, the inability to disable or otherwise control the auto-play (on iOS and TVOS) is frustrating. It doesn’t even pull something next from your watchlist, which means some random video that one may or may not be interested in is now taking up residence in one’s feed and history. It’s a nuisance.
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Great App !
I’m a documentary junkie ! This definitely scratches my itch for knowledge! A great value too ! This is like having PBS’s Nova, the Science Channel, Nat Geo and the Discovery channels rolled in to one, just a click away ! They say variety is the spice of life, this app is a full on spice cabinet!
One feature I especially enjoy is how mainstream media usually just touches on an event, where this app goes in depth on the story. An example is the recent discovery of a black hole. A two minute cover on mainstream media After watching a story on CuriosityStream l now understand it better. The bonus is seeing the people behind its discovery. It’s like they are having a conversation with me in my living room ! Education with no test questions, just for pure educational knowledge!
Kudos to the developers and those associated with the development of this amazing app! A sincere thank you to the men and women behind the development and production of this app !
One feature I especially enjoy is how mainstream media usually just touches on an event, where this app goes in depth on the story. An example is the recent discovery of a black hole. A two minute cover on mainstream media After watching a story on CuriosityStream l now understand it better. The bonus is seeing the people behind its discovery. It’s like they are having a conversation with me in my living room ! Education with no test questions, just for pure educational knowledge!
Kudos to the developers and those associated with the development of this amazing app! A sincere thank you to the men and women behind the development and production of this app !
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Offline downloads ?
This is a great app. I preffer watching documentry and movie while travelling and this is where I feel this apps limitation. Please bring offline download so that we can enjoy app in every moment. Thank you.
Can you please let us download it
I would love to watch these while I’m on the plane and such, would be great if the videos could be downloaded and available offline. Thanks!
I love this app “BUT”
It has stopped working on my Samsung smart TV. It keeps looping back to the play button!?????
I would normally give it a five but because of the problem I will give it a three star.
Otherwise it has some great interesting things.
I would normally give it a five but because of the problem I will give it a three star.
Otherwise it has some great interesting things.
Not quite 5 stars
Really enjoy ap as I’m an avid doc watcher and there is a lot of great content but I’m a little frustrated that I can not fast forward or rewind the content I’ve seen or missed. It’s rather frustrating watching the same parts over and over only to fall asleep because I’ve seen it. Full screen option needs a dozen tries before it opens too. No chance of continuing past free trial until these problems are sorted.
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