JioHotstar User Reviews

JioHotstar
JioHotstar
JIOSTAR INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

Customer Experience

Positive experience16.6% of reviews
Neutral11.1% of reviews
Negative experience72.3% of reviews

~ Based on 361 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is JioHotstar Safe?

JioHotstar appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for JioHotstar is 92/100.

This assessment is based on 102,148 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

91.1% of ratings point to a safe experience
4.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
4.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 102,148 App Store ratings for JioHotstar.

Is JioHotstar Legit?

JioHotstar appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for JioHotstar is 100/100.

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

Top reviews

BB malayalam vote option not in UK subscription

BB malayalam vote option not in UK subscription

Broken Cross Platform subscription

Paid £19.99 for 3 months through Apple and the subscription only works properly on my iPhone. Same JioHotstar account on Android asks me to subscribe again, and Web doesn’t even allow email login. For a service advertising access across mobile, TV and laptop, the account and subscription experience is badly broken. Please fix cross-platform entitlement and login support.
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No livestream in Canada

I subscribed this app to watch livestream and before TV as advertised in the launching for Canada but was disappointed to see no live or bonus content is available. Waste of money.

Incomplete shows

This app is supposed to help us watch Indian shows in foreign countries but most shows only have the latest season on this app. Shows such as Rodies only has like 15 episodes of season 19 and Khatron ke khiladi doesn’t have any other seasons except for the latest one. Even laughter chefs’ season 1 doesn’t exist on this app which is quite disappointing.
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Subscription not working

My subscription is valid till 11dec 2026 but it’s still asking me to subscribe ?

Wrong serials name

Wrong serial name for example Fanaa tere ishq mein has the episodes of tere ishq mein marjavaa. Also it doesn’t have Mahakali serial on colors. Why serials are missing and most importantly if Mahakali serial is available in Tamil language then why jiohotstar is not allowing other languages like Hindi or other languages. also i do not see any Tadka tab in the app. Also do not see channels like disney+ national geographic and lots of stuffs are missing. From Canada. Specifically I do not see any difference between Hotstar Canada or JioHotstar. Its all same no change.
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Terrible experience when using with VPN

When I tried to watch content over VPN, after a while the app logged me out and blocked me from using the account for 24 hours because of "malicious" activity. I'd only briefly turned my screen off, and the VPN paused for a little while, completely spazzing off the app. The engineering behind the feature is terrible. Horrible experience when using from outside of India.
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App login

I live in USA and I am not able to login to my app because the registered with only phone number , one of the worst app I have ever seen

Never able to open the app

Keeps telling me retry retry. Never able to open the app itself

Trash app

One of the most poorly built applications. Its appalling that these guys are representing india to the world🤮
Garbage app

Device logged out ban

App keeps kicking me out and placing me on 24 hour ban for not reason , I have an active Jio number and not using any VPNs

Worst Interface and Paid promotion

This app was so much better when it was Disney+ Hotstar.

The current interface is one of the worst I’ve used. It’s confusing, cluttered, laggy, and nowhere near user-friendly.

The touch experience is terrible. Every time I tap on one series, a completely different show opens. And no, it’s NOT my phone. I tested it on two other devices and the exact same thing happened.

The scrolling is completely inconsistent. Sometimes it scrolls so fast that it skips everything, other times it lags, hangs, and barely responds. It feels unfinished.

And can someone explain why I have to keep clicking on JioHotstar or Tadka while I’m simply trying to watch a series? I understand promotions, but forcing them into the experience every single time is incredibly annoying.

The biggest joke? We’re paying for a subscription and still getting bombarded with ads. A 20-minute episode has around 6 ads, each lasting about 10 seconds, plus ads before the episode starts and in between the episode. What’s the point of paying if the experience is this disruptive?

Honestly, this update has made the platform worse in almost every way. Right now, Prime Video and Netflix offer a far superior user experience. If this is the direction the app is going, you’re giving users every reason to switch.

This version is forceful and reads like a strong app store review without becoming abusive, which tends to be more effective.
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Ad fishing

The content hangs every few seconds and trying to resume is always leading to another ad that you have to watch. Even after that, there is no guarantee that the content will run. “Priyanka & Pedro” one episode is hanging 10-15 times. Fed up with this. Netflix and Amazon Prime are far superior.

Really great streaming

It’s great that u can see all sorts of anime and can watch Bluey bot one problem…now when I open JioHotstar and if I tap a show(eg. MasterChef ) there’s only this black screen and it takes ages for it to start that channel/movie on my iPad. Can u please fix that problem

Good

I loved how diverse the shows and games were!! I love JioHotstar

Why this app not in usa

I like this app but it’s not available in usa

Bakvas app

Too much bug in tv app

What a junk

Junk app totally

Your ADS are so annoying!

These guys are so succumbed with extra payments for not running ads, the usual deal was not enuf! Hotstar was good in the old days! Now they just stink!

Some bug in iphone

This app sometime appears black in iphone