# Metal Archives — user reviews > 205 indexed App Store user reviews of Metal Archives by Thanh-Nhon Nguyen, rated 4.70/5 from 384 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/metal-archives/id1074038930/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/metal-archives/id1074038930.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 332 · 4★ 26 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 13 ## Newest reviews (12 of 205) ### 3/5 — Why still Error 403? *2026-03-16, version 6.0.0* Frankly don’t understand his apple let this app be published if it’s useless ….Since months ago almost maybe a year and now even with the update to Liquid Glass the app is useless, error 403 absolutely everywhere. ### 4/5 — Amazing *2025-07-15, version 5.1.0* I love this app alot but theres a few things i hope can be added. First in the search you should be able to search by the location and the genre DSBM isn't an option. ### 2/5 — Won’t load *2025-06-28, version 5.1.0* Suddenly won’t load anything no matter what I do. ### 2/5 — Better Than it Used to Be, but… *2025-03-12, version 5.1.0* It’s still very buggy. The band search feature works, but very slowly. This is true regardless of your signal strength or connection speed. I don’t bother trying to search for album titles or individual artists anymore, because it can’t find anything. Regardless, I keep this app on my phone because it’s occasionally useful. ### 4/5 — Awesome! But issues…(DEVELOPERS READ PLEASE) *2025-01-01, version 5.1.0* This app is awesome! There are some bands missing it seems. I can’t find Demon Hunter, P.O.D., Skillet, even Avenged Sevenfold and others! I also wish you could sign in and write reviews for albums on the app instead of just on the website. Please fix these issues! ### 4/5 — Spotify link *2024-11-05* Bitte den Link für Spotify einfügen Danke ### 4/5 — Essential album *2024-09-28, version 5.1.0* If I could give it 4.5 stars I would. When this album dropped the second wave of hardcore was exploding in the USA. This album acted as a bridge between metal and hardcore. The vocals were harsh and brutal. The riffs were choppy and ‘tuff’. Yet they still leaned more towards metal. This is by far my favorite album of their’s. I have never stopped listening to it since it came out. If I were to create a list of my favorite Christian metal albums of all time there is no doubt that this would be in my top 5. The drums are so heavy. Cool time signatures. Just the right amount of experimentation. This album blends the staccato punchy in your face with the dramatic melodic in your soul. Fans of late 90s metal can’t go wrong with this one. ### 4/5 — good but buggy *2024-09-15, version 4.6* i’m on iphone 6 tho so idk ### 4/5 — poem pt br *2024-09-07* he muito dahora so podia ter a versão em português ;-; ### 2/5 — Bonne appli mais BEAUCOUP de bug *2024-04-11* L’appli est devenue presque inutilisable sur iOS, message « request failed with status code 403 » pour toutes recherches. **Developer response:** Bonjour, récemment, Metal Archives a connu quelques hoquets qui ont entraîné des erreurs 403. C'est maintenant corrigé et ce n'est pas le bug de l'application. ### 4/5 — Ça bug sur iOS *2024-02-13* J’adore cette appli ! Géniale ! Pleine d’infos récentes et rares à trouver ailleurs Bravo Petit soucis : depuis quelque temps ça bug sur iOS ! Une idée de pourquoi et comment y remédier ? ### 3/5 — Meh *2024-01-25* Bugs and errors everywhere. The side itself is 10000 stars, the app right now is 3… ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Error 403 *2026-03-04, version 6.0.0* Since months ago almost maybe a year and now even with the update to Liquid Glass the app is useless, error 403 absolutely everywhere. ### 1/5 — its broken *2025-12-12, version 5.1.0* i cant even use the app!! ### 1/5 — Errors *2025-12-12, version 5.1.0* I just keep getting errors because of how slow it takes to load so I haven’t been able to get on the app or the site with my laptop or PC or anything ### 1/5 — Won’t save my history. *2025-10-01, version 5.1.0* Also, if I’m looking at a band, and I switch to another app, when switch back to this app I have to redo the search. My last search is cleared. And my history is empty. ### 1/5 — Cod 403 *2025-04-30, version 5.1.0* What happened to the app guys? It’s useless. ### 1/5 — Not optimized for iPad *2025-03-22, version 5.1.0* Just doesn’t work on iPad, search button is non existent ### 1/5 — Retry retry and retry *2024-04-11, version 5.1.0* Will change my rating after this issue is fixed as usually this all is amazing. Every time I search for a band I have to hit retry multiple times until it finally allows the search to go through. ### 1/5 — Full of bugs *2024-01-10* Unfortunately the latest version has many bugs and display problems (error codes, no thumbnail display, app crashes,…). I wish I could get a previous version. ### 1/5 — App is broken *2023-11-28, version 5.0.0* Currently doesn’t work, search is completely broken ### 1/5 — We need a new Update badly *2023-11-15, version 5.0.0* The new UI is atrocious. I constantly get errors nonstop this app is basically useless at this point. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Very good, I like it a lot *2026-07-12, version 6.0.0* I like it but the only problem is that the home page NEVER works? It‘s not my internet because everything else works. Idk if y‘all are still working on the home page or something but it always says „The data cannot be…(whatever it says)… because it is missing“. Anyway the app is really nice I like it a lot. If somebody were to contemplate whether or not to get Metal Archives, I think they definitely should decide to get it! ### 5/5 — Keep it up brother *2026-06-25, version 5.1.0* Keep the app going ### 5/5 — wow *2026-03-10, version 6.0.0* This app is SO helpful!! It’s so easy to navigate, you can easily find new bands, you can accurately find bands’ genres(as far as I know). I get pretty much no errors but only one thing there should be a feature were you can save/bookmark bands for later. Other than that, this app is awesome!! ### 5/5 — 10/10 app *2026-02-07, version 6.0.0* It helped me discover lots of hidden gems that never achieved mainstream success. The only thing I’d like to be fixed is when I make an advanced search, it should save that search, because it can be annoying typing the same specific things over and over again for an obscure search. ### 5/5 — Cool *2025-08-23, version 5.1.0* Cool ### 5/5 — good place to find information! *2025-08-13, version 5.1.0* This app does everything I need it to do and nothing I don’t! ### 5/5 — Awesome database *2025-04-13, version 5.1.0* I’m speechless about the whole app cause I love it more than I can confess, I just like to ask if there’s a chance we get to have a “favorite bands” tab where we can mark our favorites and check them from there? ### 5/5 — Best for finding new artists *2024-11-15, version 5.1.0* Good with sub genres and info on things I would recommend this app ### 5/5 — Thanks a lot! *2024-09-29* Many thanks for your initiative and dedication in this IOS version of the Encyclopaedia Metallum. And congratulations on the great result! Great job! **Developer response:** Thank you 🤘!!! ### 5/5 — tom angelripper page *2024-03-29, version 5.0.0* man idk if the dude who wrote the article did it on purpose but i cant click in read more --- *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 2026-09-02.*