PBS User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience82.0% of reviews
Neutral3.5% of reviews
Negative experience14.5% of reviews

~ Based on 918 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is PBS Safe?

PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for PBS is 98/100.

This assessment is based on 355,960 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.9/5.

Safety Analysis

97.9% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
1.1% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 300,504 App Store ratings for PBS.

Is PBS Legit?

PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for PBS is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Nature Jaguar Beach

Well documented w amazing photography!!!!

No donation no service

$60/year to access their content.

Love pbs. App is awful

Problems connecting, then loading content. The tv is the same. The app is just so buggy that it’s hard to watch.

Doesn’t work

Couldn’t get app to work at all

SO EDUCATIONAL!

What a treat to have brilliant masters, scholars, scientist, and scholars at my finger tips. Priceless!

Go back to original logo

Please bring back the previous, more neutral logo colors. I understand the appeal of red, white, and blue as a nod to American patriotism, but given that Congress recently cut federal funding for PBS, the color choice now feels tone-deaf, almost like celebrating an identity the government just abandoned. A neutral palette would better reflect PBS’s independence and its role as a trusted, non-partisan public resource, especially at a moment when that reputation matters more than ever.
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Great

Great

Enough with the “Messages”!!!!

I LOVE PBS!!!
I love all the amazing content on this app and access to it for my donation!!!
But, PLEASE stop beating me over the head with the shows you want me to watch on every single video!!!! If I’m in the middle of a video and accidentally exit, I STILL have to watch an advertisement…switching between multiple 2-5 minute mini episodes (as a lot of content on here is…) and it’s an ad before each one!! Not a brief 10 second ad, either…usually 30-45 seconds…and often the same exact one over and over and over!!!
It’s literally worse than for profit TV apps!!!
I will continue to love PBS.
I will continue to give to PBS.
But the ads…I’m going to lose my mind, possibly.
Please fix this! 🙏
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There was a problem connecting

Every time I tap to watch the latest Newshour episode. Wish it was a rare occurrence.

Great!

Easy to find the information you are searching. Easy to access programing. Thank you PBS!

FIXED—- Crashes trying to open

I had to delete the app on my iPad and then download it again. Now it works!

5 Stars

Great programming and easy to stream!

Nova Season 53 bad

Latest season of Nova was not good. The substitute for news hour weekend is awful. This app and my subscription get less valuable every season.

Good content unfortunately stopped streaming main channel

This app was superb and in many ways still is for streaming passport content and viewing PBS substations. Several weeks ago, the app stopped streaming the main PBS station in my area KERA) on all platforms (AppleTV, iPad, website, etc). Trying to get support or to inform PBS of the problem is a throwback to stone age support. I know the station is not off the air since I can view it on my antenna. Also did all the troubleshooting including deleting and reinstalling the app. Since the problem is on multiple platforms, it must be related to PBS streaming service itself.
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Best television today

Every category PBS is the best.

Love PBS!

Great easy app to use & programs are interesting and fun!

The Count of Mt Christo

Excelllent, I will read the story again and look for similarities. It was a long time ago. I urged my children to read the classic Thomas Chisholm

The Paris Muders

Excellent! The series has captured my interest.

Patience

Very entertaining, unique, and engaging, well done…Thanks PBS for bringing it to your audience.

Easy Access to the Best Shows

So much more than you can find on broadcast PBS. Interesting shows from other states, great BBC, Masterpiece, and other back catalogs. Where else can you find this quality and variety for as little as $5 per month? And you can stream live PBS anytime, too.