BBC World Service User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience59.8% of reviews
Neutral8.4% of reviews
Negative experience31.8% of reviews

~ Based on 622 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is BBC World Service Safe?

BBC World Service appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for BBC World Service is 94/100.

This assessment is based on 65,807 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

92.8% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.2% of ratings suggest some concerns
4.0% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 59,489 App Store ratings for BBC World Service.

Is BBC World Service Legit?

BBC World Service is no longer available in the App Store. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for BBC World Service is 35/100.

Based on 35 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Score capped because this app is no longer listed.

Top reviews

La

Comprehensive nice feature.

Must Have

Remains the gold standard for world news coverage.

Fake News

Britain is in freefall and will be taken over by radical Muslims if they don’t repent of their sins and return to Jesus. The BBC is not a reliable source of news.

Changed but not for the better

The new format of BBC world is a major disappointment. It has made the service less user friendly, and I will no longer use this app.

Another take on the news

Great source of international news and stories. US news is so US focused, so I live learning about what is going on in the other 90% of the world, including arts, literature and life.

BBC app

Stop asking for reviews

Too much US content

The world is bombarded with American media, we don’t need the BBC “World” Service to be dominated by U.S. stories too

ask for review every login

fed up with being asked to review each time i log in - will continue to give 1 star until it stops

BBC SOMETIMES EXCEPTIONAL SHOWS

There has been improvement in programming BUT BBC searching for more money is noticeably obnoxious.

Landscape Mode?

Love to listen to the BB World Service, but I wish this app would display in landscape mode on my iPad.

Not Working

The latest version of this app isn’t working on iPad Air first generation with iOS 12. It just crashes and never opens.
If there’s a solution for it, please let me know. Thank you.

Biased terrible reporting

A disgrace. You can no longer believe the BBC reporting as being honest and trustworthy. It sounds like the editors atre paud by Qatar.

Reviews

Everytime I open the BBC apps you ask for a review !

iOS integration lacking

Love the content but when streaming I have issues like background, audio, stopping, and native media controls not working.

Connection to the World

Couldn’t do without the world service. I’d like to get the app free of ads and subscribed to thr apple podcast version but it would be great if it could link to the separate world service app in future ?

BBC, the only go to!!

Being an American and in this old country that I live in in the age of evil Trumpism, I can’t help but think that the BBC states mainly facts and puts them on the table for the listener or viewer to digest on their own unlike many Americans that are unable to digest their own information

Fair coverage of the news

The honest answer is that you folks don’t try and convince your followers you just report the news and not try and convince people what you want them to believe And that is how it should work Thanks from Sunny Thank you

Stop

Stop asking

Asks me for a review every day

This app asks me for a review every single day. So annoying. Fix it.

Ethical Reporting

You provide the facts and allow the listener to form their own opinions. It’s good to hear world views.