# Pip - Video Player — user reviews > 58 indexed App Store user reviews of Pip by Hamza van der Meer, rated 4.60/5 from 1,153 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pip-video-player/id6444033332/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pip-video-player/id6444033332.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 929 · 4★ 84 · 3★ 67 · 2★ 26 · 1★ 47 ## What do users think of Pip? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Smooth performance - 👍 Great video player features - 💡 Useful file management capabilities **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy downloads and playback issues - 💸 Excessive ads and lack of paid option - 🔍 Privacy concerns with file access **Commonly reported bugs** - Subtitles turning on by themselves - Videos not playing or showing black screen - Inconsistent behavior across devices **Most requested features** - Option to play videos at custom speeds - Ability to remember video playback position - Support for more video file formats ## Newest reviews (12 of 58) ### 2/5 — Basically adware *2026-07-09, version 1.36* Too many apps. You do literally anything and an ad pops up, playing over the video. ### 4/5 — The apps great - there’s just one MAJOR problem *2026-01-16, version 1.36* No clue why this happened but whenever I download something it just stays in download and sometimes gives me a weird error code. ### 3/5 — Video speed option *2025-12-15, version 1.36* Can you add the option to play videos at 0.95 speed option. Thank you ### 3/5 — Going downhill *2025-10-14, version 1.34* This app used to be great but first the ads crept in and now it looks like download speeds have been massively capped which I assume is to make you pay for premium. An hour long video now takes about 10 minutes to download instead of 30 seconds.. ### 4/5 — very good *2025-09-21, version 1.32* app is very good, only one feature that would make it absolutely perfect and that would be to rearrange old songs and move them to the top, rather than deleting the old one and going on yt to get it again ### 3/5 — No premium version *2025-08-03, version 1.29* You should make a premium version. I'm willing to pay. I hate ads. ### 3/5 — Love it but… *2025-06-01, version 1.29* I loved this app. It’s exactly what I was looking for, but I sure wish there was a paid version to do away with the ads. I’d happily buy in. ### 2/5 — Used to be a good app *2025-03-25, version 1.29* This once was a good app and he used it all the time. However, the ads have become overwhelming recently, and there’s no way to cook them off until they’re done showing, and trying to get you to the link to the App Store multiple times. It does not seem to be a way to disable the apps like a subscription or one time purchase. Also, the developer does not seem to have a working email address. ### 4/5 — Perfect player wish I can pay for no ads *2025-01-18* This player is perfect for me. Please add option for no ads.. ### 1/5 — why *2024-12-28, version 1.28* fun until they added ads ### 1/5 — APP RUINED WITH ADDS *2024-12-17, version 1.28* APP RUINED WITH ADDS. Greedy Developer. Time to find an alternative app. ### 4/5 — bugs/ requests *2024-11-10* I can’t send an email because the email address provided is invalid so I will provide my feedback as a review: Thanks for your app. I find it much simpler to use that the built in apps. there are a couple of bugs that I wish were resolved . 1- subtitles keep on turning on by themselves, even though I select off. The settings even reflect that it turned on by itself, as it shows the language select selected. 2- there should be a way to make the speed more than 2X. 3- the app should remember where you’re up to on a video. It is very easy to swipe the video off mistakenly and then you gotta start the video from the beginning. 4- there should be a way to view still pictures with the app. 5- the contact email for the developer is invalid. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Update your app!! *2026-01-23, version 1.36* I can't scroll my feed without it asking if I want to download, copy link or cancel which ever video I'm scrolling over! Fix it! We're paying customers! ### 1/5 — Extremely buggy *2026-01-18* I can't scroll my feed without it asking if I want to download, copy link or cancel which ever video I'm on. ### 1/5 — bad *2025-10-23, version 1.34* uncompleted download,, this app sucks👎🏼 ### 1/5 — Not Working *2025-10-13, version 1.34* It's not downloading from the links anymore ### 1/5 — 😔 *2025-09-24, version 1.32* Dont k why it doesnt download the songs we want to 😔😟 ### 1/5 — Ruined by ads and new updates *2025-09-21, version 1.32* All these new updates are making it difficult to use before it was great you just scrolled and it gave you the option to download now i dont know whats going on and the ads are really annoying theyre getting greedy now you have to pay to get rid of ads. ### 1/5 — Used to be good; TRASH NOW *2025-09-08, version 1.31* Way too many ads. Unnecessary Internet browser. I don’t know why you guys added that. And worst of all now you have to import your files into it instead of the app scanning your phone and automatically showing your files. This app is trash now don’t download. ### 1/5 — Filled with ads *2025-08-27, version 1.31* The app itself is great and has a lot of cool features, the problem is the ads, so many of them, you can’t do one action without an ad popping up. It’s incredibly annoying and it wouldn’t bother me so much if I could simply pay one time to get rid of the ads, but they make you pay monthly and I’m sorry but I can’t pay a subscription for a files app that only adds some features that should already be in the base files app. ### 1/5 — Big mess *2025-05-09, version 1.29* Big mess with apple’s file app, It’s was great before, suddenly became useless? ### 1/5 — Dogwater *2025-01-12, version 1.28* Doesn’t work for long in pip ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Some Changes *2026-08-18, version 1.36* This app really is nearly perfect as is. However, one quality of life issue I have is that the video’s thumbnail won’t show as the image in Pip - Video Player. Even if the thumbnail is in the metadata. If that could be fixed it would be nice. ### 5/5 — Video speed option *2026-04-30, version 1.36* Can you add the option to play videos at 0.95 speed option. Thank you This app is worth 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Could you please also add a virtualizer sound effect. Thank you Can you please also add volume booster on this app. Thank w ### 5/5 — Video speed option *2026-01-07, version 1.36* Can you add the option to play videos at 0.95 speed option. Thank you This app is worth 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Could you please also add a virtualizer sound effect. Thank you ### 5/5 — Open *2025-12-29, version 1.36* Ok ### 5/5 — Video speed option *2025-12-22, version 1.36* Can you add the option to play videos at 0.95 speed option. Thank you This app is worth 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ### 5/5 — Best video player I have found *2025-09-08* Great video player with PIP! Love the new updates. A nice feature to have would be double tap on the screen 10sec fast-forward and rewind. Please don’t lose the full screen video view, I enjoy that feature. Keep up the great work. **Developer response:** Absolutely, will have that in later player reworks! ### 5/5 — Yes *2025-09-04* Ok ### 5/5 — Love it but… *2025-01-08* I love this app. It’s exactly what I was looking for, but I sure wish there was a paid version to do away with the ads. I’d happily buy in. ### 5/5 — Update *2024-11-10, version 1.28* Hello You must update the application Because all data gone when I update my phone to ios 18.1 ### 5/5 — Update *2024-10-30* Hello You must uploading the application Because all data gone when I update my phone to ios 18.1 --- *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 2026-08-26.*