Acorn TV User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience42.2% of reviews
Neutral10.5% of reviews
Negative experience47.3% of reviews

~ Based on 419 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Acorn TV Safe?

Acorn TV: Brilliant Mysteries appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Acorn TV is 93/100.

This assessment is based on 23,087 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

92.5% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
5.4% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 22,471 App Store ratings for Acorn TV.

Is Acorn TV Legit?

Acorn TV: Brilliant Mysteries appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Acorn TV is 83/100.

Based on 83 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

You’re Killing Me

Terrible. Poor writing, bedroom scene amidst murder interviews in heroine’s house. Ludicrous.

Horrible.

App is a constant rediculous struggle. It doesn’t load without multiple attempts. You can’t just choose a show and it loads. When the show finally loads, 90% of the time I have to make more than 2 attempts to get an episode to load. Then, it’s back to try, try, try to watch an episode.
When I’m done with the show I’m watching, I’m canceling. I wish it was better, there are some interesting offerings.
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Love Acorn TV!!

AcornTV allows me to enjoy all of my favorite shows and movies and experiences different shows from different countries that I would not otherwise seen..recommend Acorn to everyone! Love it!

awfully app

great programming, but awful app across all platforms.
the only thing that is decent is if you subscribe through apple tv channels to get a so so experience.
programming/ shows = A+
the app = D-

Travel through the various series on Acorn

If you need a get away, subscribe to Acorn. Each of their series, especially Mysteries are in settings and places it would cost an arm and a leg to travel. Yet, if you have the time and the money, then use Acorn to have travel suggestions.

Streaming is difficult

I like the variety on Acorn and I enjoy having access to British shows. The price is reasonable compared to other streaming services BUT the casting to TV is very iffy. It’s difficult to get the casting started and then if you pause the show and try to restart it, it doesn’t always work and you have to start all over. If you’re binging a series the next episode doesn’t start automatically. After you’re done with a show the app always gives an error message about it ending unexpectedly. It’s very frustrating. I don’t have these problems with any other app.
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Not working!

I subscribed but : Cannot play anything, only trailers. 😡

ACORN, best value around, great quality shows!

You can't go wrong for value and quality of all the offerings from Acorn. Any streaming binger without it is missing out! Best streaming deal around!!

Can’t actually watch anything

Cant actually watch anything. I click play and nothing happens. The only thing I’m able to watch are trailers. Immediately deleted.

Former favorite

Have had for about 10 yrs. Not thrilled with newer program selections. They’re keeping up with trashier tv of today. Why we gave up on regular tv. They had (and still have some) great entertainment. Not just sex, swearing, and childish bickering. Brits had real stories and great actors. Maybe going back to books!
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Nothing works

Simply nothing works on this app despite being a subscriber. No series play, no series download

Murdoch mysteries!!!!!

Love being able to watch over and over again. Thank you for having all the episodes.

Renewed subscription… nothing plays!

I’ve just renewed my subscription after a long break and nothing on the app plays at all! Did I just waste my money?

I’ve troubleshooted, deleted, reinstalled, logged out, back in, and I can’t watch anything.

I’m so disappointed. If this isn’t fixed soon, I will not be renewing my subscription again.
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NZ Platform Lacks

Acorn Lacks New Shows to stream
I cancelled my subscription in 2025 thought renewing it in 2027 there might be new content, I was sadly mistaken .

App not working

I downloaded the app for a trial and couldn’t play ANYTHING! The app just didn’t work. I tried to uninstall and install it again and the app just didn’t work. So disappointing!

Won’t play any shows or add to watchlist

Would be 0 stars if allowed!!!!!
Downloaded app onto iphone and apple tv. Shows won’t start and I can’t add to watchlist or add to favorites. Deleted and reinstalled multiple times. Guess I wasted $99. Piece of junk app.

Love acorn tv

I have had acorn for a long time and I really enjoy it

Will not accept email & password

The app on iPhone iOS 26+ and on Sharp Roku smart tv will NOT accept my login. Multiple tries to no avail. Web browsers work, though… Please update your apps to keep up with ever-developing technology. Glad I signed up for monthly as will not renew until this issue is corrected.

Excellent!!

This our go to app for tv programming. Lots of great shows.

Excellent

No app is ever perfect is it, there’s a couple of small glitches - I get the odd error message and it keeps telling me I’m offline when I’m not but other than that it’s great. It’s the best app for Midsomer Murders fans 😁