# BBC World Service — user reviews > 631 indexed App Store user reviews of BBC World Service by Zeno Media LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 67,582 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bbc-world-service/id1451694511/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bbc-world-service/id1451694511.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 55,694 · 4★ 6,886 · 3★ 2,172 · 2★ 882 · 1★ 1,948 ## What do users think of BBC World Service? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🌍 Comprehensive world news coverage - 🔍 Unbiased and objective reporting - 🎧 Excellent audio quality - 📰 Variety of content (news, podcasts, documentaries) - 🌐 Global perspective beyond just local news **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional app crashes and stability issues - 🔍 Bias towards British/European viewpoints in some cases - 🔊 Intrusive and disruptive advertisements - 📱 Suboptimal user interface and navigation - 🕰️ Delayed or outdated news updates **Commonly reported bugs** - Live stream frequently disconnects or stops working - Inability to resume playback from where user left off - Overlapping UI elements and poor layout on tablets - Compatibility issues with older iOS and Android versions **Most requested features** - Add option to customize news feed and topics - Improve offline listening and caching capabilities - Introduce written news articles in addition to audio - Enhance accessibility features for visually impaired users - Provide more localized news and content for different regions ## Newest reviews (14 of 631) ### 4/5 — Good readings! But… *2026-06-17, version 4.10.20* Where’s the Asia Specific podcast? ### 4/5 — BBC app *2026-06-09, version 4.10.20* Stop asking for reviews ### 4/5 — Too much US content *2026-06-08* The world is bombarded with American media, we don’t need the BBC “World” Service to be dominated by U.S. stories too ### 2/5 — BBC SOMETIMES EXCEPTIONAL SHOWS *2026-06-08, version 4.10.20* There has been improvement in programming BUT BBC searching for more money is noticeably obnoxious. ### 3/5 — Landscape Mode? *2026-06-07, version 4.10.20* Love to listen to the BB World Service, but I wish this app would display in landscape mode on my iPad. ### 3/5 — iOS integration lacking *2026-06-02, version 4.10.20* Love the content but when streaming I have issues like background, audio, stopping, and native media controls not working. ### 5/5 — Connection to the World *2026-05-31* 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 ? ### 5/5 — BBC, the only go to!! *2026-05-29, version 4.10.20* 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 ### 5/5 — Fair coverage of the news *2026-05-29, version 4.10.20* 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 ### 4/5 — Nice app one deficiency *2026-05-29* It’s excellent app, it would be more useful and handy (literally I mean) if I can have it in my apple I-watch. Thank you. ### 5/5 — Stop *2026-05-28* Stop asking ### 4/5 — Asks me for a review every day *2026-05-28, version 4.10.20* This app asks me for a review every single day. So annoying. Fix it. ### 5/5 — Ethical Reporting *2026-05-27, version 4.10.20* You provide the facts and allow the listener to form their own opinions. It’s good to hear world views. ### 5/5 — Reliable,Trustworthy *2026-05-27, version 4.10.20* My first choice for world news for the past 6 years. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Fake News *2026-06-10, version 4.10.20* 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. ### 1/5 — Changed but not for the better *2026-06-10* 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. ### 1/5 — Not Working *2026-06-05, version 4.10.20* 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. ### 1/5 — Biased terrible reporting *2026-06-05* A disgrace. You can no longer believe the BBC reporting as being honest and trustworthy. It sounds like the editors atre paud by Qatar. ### 1/5 — Reviews *2026-06-04, version 4.10.20* Everytime I open the BBC apps you ask for a review ! ### 1/5 — Sux *2026-05-27, version 4.10.20* It doesn’t work. Nothing loads. ### 1/5 — If I wanted a puppy I’d get one *2026-05-11, version 4.10.20* Asking for my review four times in 10 minutes actually worked to create one! I hope you’re happy now. ### 1/5 — Does the BBC listen *2026-05-05, version 4.10.20* Much prefer to read the articles than have to listen to AI robot ### 1/5 — Bias *2026-05-04, version 4.10.20* Severely biased left ### 1/5 — BBC is wonderful; app is terrible *2026-05-02, version 4.10.20* The app has ridiculously limited content. You can get way more from the BBC on any podcast app and Google. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Why are you getting rid of this app *2026-08-15, version 4.10.21* This app is great. Don’t delete when you have a great app! How does the new BBC app work? Will it be easy as this one is? ### 5/5 — ❤️BBC *2026-06-18, version 4.10.20* We love BBC. Better than most US news outlets. The audio part is amazing… all free too (with ads). Thank you UK! ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-06-17, version 4.10.20* Informational ### 5/5 — Love this news *2026-06-16, version 4.10.20* It’s reliable and up to date ### 5/5 — Sudan post War. *2026-06-16* Eye opening situation Of war torn country. It needs immense amount of foreign aid in Education, Nutrition, Psychiatric counselling, Assurance of Safety to expatriate personnel who would be willing to help this once upon a time thriving country. And experienced planners, economists, advisers from several UN agencies wld be required to get Sudan on its feet once again to usher in momentum in various spheres of human activity including New Investments in Industry and commerce to revive the Economy for new job creation for a country predominantly with a huge young population aspiring skills, aspiring higher education at all levels right from primary , secondary school with vocational skills yo University schools. An expert team from the World Bank and UN need to be invited to draw up plans for rehabilitation of a large section of displaced population and to quickly generate avenues of employment for displaced war affected people. ### 5/5 — Non Partisan *2026-06-16, version 4.10.20* Factual info only. ### 5/5 — La *2026-06-14, version 4.10.20* Comprehensive nice feature. ### 5/5 — Must Have *2026-06-12, version 4.10.20* Remains the gold standard for world news coverage. ### 5/5 — Another take on the news *2026-06-09, version 4.10.20* 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. ### 5/5 — ask for review every login *2026-06-08, version 4.10.20* fed up with being asked to review each time i log in - will continue to give 1 star until it stops --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-18.*