Hulu User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience8.6% of reviews
Neutral8.1% of reviews
Negative experience83.4% of reviews

~ Based on 2,385 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Hulu Safe?

Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Hulu is 91/100.

This assessment is based on 1,429,348 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

89.5% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.3% of ratings suggest some concerns
7.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 1,429,057 App Store ratings for Hulu.

Is Hulu Legit?

Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Hulu is 83/100.

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

Top reviews

Worst service of them all

Have to pay for 10 other subscriptions to watch anything!!! Stupidly complicated password requirements and mediocre selection to choose from. If they even do let you in without sending the FBI first because you couldn’t remember the fifth special character for your login

PLAY THE EPISODES FROM THE BEGINNING

Any episode that automatically plays next starts at the end of the episode

Downloads aren’t real

I downloaded a few things because I knew I’d be on airplanes all day. Turns out it won’t play unless it can connect to the internet even though it shows it downloaded on my phone. Then when it is connected, it plays from the very slow stream instead of the download. Why pretend you offer the service?
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GREEDY COMPANY

TOO MANY ADS. I SHOULDNT HAVE TO PAY FOR A PREMIUM ACCOUNT TO BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD MOVIES I PAY FOR. Canceling before I waste more money on a greedy streaming service.

TOO MANY LONG ADDDDDDDDDS

Bro.it feels like every 5 seconds there are adds. And i am not playing extra for no adds.but on the goods sides they have good shows.but i hate the adds

Too many ads

Way too many ads.

Don’t get caught up in their scams

Worst streaming app out there, constantly closes in between ads to force you to watch more ads. Cancel your subscriptions asap!

Please Bring Hulu to Nintendo Switch 2

To the Hulu Executive & Product Team,
I am a longtime Nintendo fan and loyal Hulu subscriber writing to request that Hulu be made available on the new Nintendo Switch 2.
I was surprised to find that the Switch 2 launched without any streaming apps. On the original Switch we had Hulu and YouTube, and many of us used the console as our go-to device to watch movies docked or in handheld mode.

Now is the perfect time for Hulu to be on Switch 2:

1. The audience is there. With The Super Mario Galaxy Movie breaking records in theaters and Nintendo launching major titles like the new Star Fox remake on June 25th and Super Mario Galaxy remakes in October, millions of fans are on Switch 2 daily. We want to watch movies and shows on the same device we game on.

2. The hardware is ready. The Switch 2 has a Full HD, HDR 8-inch screen built for movies. It is a portable theater.

3. The community is waiting. Games like Tears of the Kingdom have created a massive community of creators who live on streaming platforms to share their work. We need our streaming library on the console where we play and create.
I personally prefer watching movies on my Switch 2 console, and I know I'm not alone. The community has been very vocal about this missing feature.
Please work with Nintendo to bring Hulu to Switch 2 as soon as possible. You have a huge audience waiting to stream on day one.

Thank you for your consideration.

Respectfully,

A Loyal Hulu Subscriber & Nintendo Fan
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Ads

Way too many adds

I never tape anything at 700 you mess up I hate Hulu get fox one delete best medicine very poor app

Very poor record need fix fox show very poor. Disney need fix fox remove before fall keep on errors make . One star every day until doom day.

Not working well with Chromecast anymore

Update: Still doesn’t work with chromecast. Every time I pause, it fully disconnects so I have to spend time reconnecting. Whenever I play something it will load for a second then start playing something else so I have to keep hitting play on what I actually want to watch over and over. It sucks. And it’s been like this for like a year.

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Hulu was probably the streamer that has consistently worked best with Chromecast (gen 1) over time. But lately it’s declined in quality. The forward/rewind buttons are now only 10 seconds vs 30 so I have to spend forever hitting the buttons to find my place. You can also only hit them a certain number of times before the screen freezes and a loading symbol pops up so it takes even longer.

I cast from my phone and I’ll switch into other apps while I’m watching hulu on the tv and the connection almost always breaks when I go back to the hulu app to pause or rewind. So I have to reconnect the cast and often lately it won’t reconnect and actually display the episode currently playing, it’ll just say I’m connected but nothing appears on the app like it’s playing. So I have to disconnect then reconnect and play the episode again and it often starts from the beginning rather than from where I left off. Obviously this is a bad viewing experience and it didn’t used to be this way. And yes, the app and my iOS are up to date.
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Horrible experience

There are so many ads in every episode of a show it’s actually sickening. Any upgrades are unclear on if the ads will go away and the only ones that seem to do it are incredibly expensive to get apps most already have or features you will never use. All anyone wants is to watch something without getting 50% ads. Making a subscription package that ONLY did that is what we all want. Even if I have to spend a couple extra bucks. The greed is insane man.
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Clear Cache OFTEN

Whether you’re using the app or the webpage (Mac’s), Hulu will stop functioning. It’s a fact & a matter of time. Why? Hulu spams your system with cookies from third party unauthorized sites/vendors. When your system no longer permits Hulu to load or play .. clear the cache. Don’t waste your time with customer support .. they’re nothing more than rats in a cage. ((Translated: Hulu is targeting you & selling your information to thousands of unauthorized third party vendors simply by tracking you, even when you prohibit it))
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Ads ADS ADS

Just way too many freaking ads, can’t rewind with ads, watch an intro ad, pivotal part in show 3-5 mins of ads.

Annoying

If you don’t pay for add free good luck actually watching anything It makes me watch the adds then randomly decides to not let me watch the content 😑

Fix your application

I don’t think I’ve ever left a review but this is out of hand. This application has progressively become worse and worse. It lags, it endlessly loads, it NEVER shows what you were actually watching. The other streaming services (Netflix, HBO, Paramount, Prime, even Peacock) have zero issues. This is a train wreck. It’s so bad that I’m considering canceling the subscription and just using other services to avoid the annoyance and frustration of this platform. Please, rewind back to older versions that actually worked properly.
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Useless

Hulu forces you to download app to even see what is available, and blocks desktop version on any mobile browser

Features

This app has a weird live feature that every time you wanna change your channel a display box pops up… I want to change the channel more than whatever in that display but i can’t get around not seeing the display box.. 2 -3 clocks just to change channel smh

Commercial commercial commercial commercial commercial

Let’s hit our valued customers with commercials in the beginning of the show, then 2 more in the middle of the show, and then add another commercial at the very end. So when I don’t realize the show is over, I have to watch the ad just for it to turn to the new episode which starts with a guess what? That’s right, another commercial! Only to follow another commercial after the shows intro.

Hulu and corporate greed.
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Do I get paid to watch ads?

I pay for a subscription and have to watch ads every 20 minutes? That sucks.