# PLAY'A — user reviews > 211 indexed App Store user reviews of PLAY'A by Swearl, LLC, rated 3.81/5 from 37 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/playa/id1487295703/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/playa/id1487295703.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 23 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 7 ## What do users think of PLAY'A? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Amazing functionality - 👍 Intuitive interface - 🚀 Smooth performance - 💡 Innovative features - 👍 Great for VR videos - 🚀 Seamless experience **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes - 🐛 Compatibility issues on newer devices - 🐛 Duplicate screen display - 🐛 Video playback problems - 🐛 Keyboard issues - 🐛 Unstable app behavior **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on launch - Shaking/spinning screen - Inability to add websites - No sound in certain scenarios - Playback issues with high-resolution videos - Unreliable DLNA/SMB connectivity **Most requested features** - Multi-tasking support - Improved SMB/network file support - Customizable text/cursor size - YouTube integration - Passthrough mode for mixed reality - Ability to adjust VR screen size ## Newest reviews (10 of 211) ### 3/5 — Upgraded phone doesn’t work on iPhone 17e well anymore *2026-07-01, version 3.1.3* Upgraded my phone and now the app is super small on the iPhone 17e. Doesn’t work great. Very bummed out was a great app. ### 3/5 — Glitchy needs some improvements for Apple Vision Pro *2026-06-25, version 3.1.4* Can’t use trackpad, can’t see Hands. It’s completely blackout once inside the app. The app opens all the way down, and then you have to reenter in order to get the UI usable. 8K I would say Works 50% of the time, 5K doesn’t work at all, sometimes the video will have 8K,5K and 4K and the video is not even viewable at 4K. I’ve tried the same videos on other devices and the quality seems to be better on other devices not an expensive Apple product. Also got rid of the suggestions on the left-hand side and could use translation for other languages. ### 4/5 — great app, need some changes *2026-01-16, version 3.1.3* Everything works as if I’m on a PC using DEO VR, however i’m on iPhone 17 Pro Max and the stereoscopic image on VR mode is tiny. Would love a feature where you can increase the size or turn off the VR stencil entirely. Thanks. ### 3/5 — New issue with 16 pro max *2025-09-24, version 3.0.13* Still doesn't function on iPhone 16 pro max. It thankfully doesn't have the double image that plagued the app for a long time but seeing postage stamp sized video doesn't make it functional in vr glasses. I've had to resort to other apps. I'd rather use the great interface in this one. This is a wonderful app when it works. ### 2/5 — Works half the time, still some issues *2025-06-06, version 3.0.2* 8K videos crash for about half of the videos, there doesn’t seem to be consistency between which Studios 8k videos crash or not. Even within certain Studios half of the videos will crash and others will work when they are 8K. Also pass through does not work would be nice to get past through video working. Another big suggestion would be to offer pass-through on the home screen so we can browse a window in our natural environment instead of being in a black box. ### 2/5 — Not great *2025-05-23, version 3.0.2* This app always launches in such a way that everything appears far below me and navigating the app is made very difficult by this fact. Also, their issues when trying to stream 6K. ### 1/5 — Error on 6k or 8k resolution *2025-04-16, version 3.0.2* Garbage app when I play videos more than 4k I receive error on Vision Pro and vaporing. On quest 3 works fine ### 5/5 — best vr app for video file so far and it just so happens to be free *2025-03-24, version 2.3.12* developer is very generous. this review is to express my gratitude ### 4/5 — Not bad *2025-03-23, version 2.3.12* It’s not a bad app, but it is more difficult to navigate without a controller like you do with the Meta quest. However, it still works well. The main issue is that anything over 4K tends to crash and the AB function is hard to calculate the space that you’re trying to loop since there is no scrub feature to see where your second AB location is going to land. You have to guess the second AB location. It would be much easier if you could just hit the AB for the first part and then hit AB again for the second part. ### 3/5 — More options *2025-03-22, version 2.3.12* I wished there were more options and an option where you can display videos onto the screen from other apps like youtube or Minecraft so it can look like its being played on a big tv ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — One of the apps *2026-06-05, version 3.1.3* Truly one of the apps of all time ### 1/5 — My phone gets hot from this app *2026-05-20, version 3.1.3* I don’t like this app because my phone gets hot when this app is running ### 1/5 — Don’t waste your time *2026-03-27, version 3.1.4* This is so bad. The UI is terrible. This is nothing at all like the app on every other system. On other systems, the app works great. On the vision pro, it makes you want to return your vision pro lol. Hard pass. ### 1/5 — Unusable due to incorrect vertical positioning *2026-02-04, version 3.1.4* The app puts you in a room with your head basically in the ceiling with no way to reposition yourself, making interacting with the world around you nearly impossible. Forget trying to use the keyboard. ### 1/5 — NO SOUND *2025-12-23, version 3.1.3* also when i try to type it puts a giant keyboard in front of screen that's unusable. ### 1/5 — Not able to enable passthrough *2025-10-25, version 3.0.14* There is a passthrough option in settings, but it says passthrough is not enabled and there is no switch to turn it on. Also add website button raises very tiny keyboard way below the user. ### 1/5 — Ugh - low quality junk *2025-08-29, version 3.0.7* Oh man, it’s a race to the bottom ### 1/5 — No sound *2025-07-26, version 3.0.7* No sound for iphone 14 ### 1/5 — Terrible *2025-05-21, version 3.0.2* This is a lazy oculus port. The app doesn’t work at all. It doesn’t let me add new websites. This goes against all of Apple’s developer guidelines. I don’t know how it got past the verification process. Apple must’ve been incredibly desperate for immersive apps. ### 1/5 — Still waiting for high resolution 6 months later *2025-05-10, version 3.0.2* I have been patient for months waiting for the devs to fix the playback error when I go above HD on most web streamed videos. However I’ve seen no forward progress only empty words. Updating again 6 months later. No progress on video streaming at all. This is a joke ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best app *2026-07-31, version 3.1.3* I got a vr box glasses and this app is the best to use, I’ve tried many different apps but this one is just perfect, only suggestion would be to add more rooms or maps. ### 5/5 — Update *2026-03-13, version 3.1.3* Make it also “More” usable for cardboard users like make it more functional, the web apps I add to my home isn’t available for the browser, please update it. Also could you add more environments (places), more UI’s, overall the app is perfect ### 5/5 — Amazing. *2026-01-30, version 3.1.3* I’m very impressed that this exists and works so well on modern devices! It’s the only app I’ve ever found that can use the pc version of a browser on mobile, so that’s a huge bonus. This is my impression after about 10 minutes of trying stuff. I’ll edit this if something comes up, but this has blown me away… Edit: I definitely have some notes. First, websites NEED to be able to save account data. I spent 5 minutes logging into YouTube just for it to log me back out when I reopened it via the shortcut. Next, fullscreen mode doesn’t work on anything other than your own app. It would be great to have a way to watch YouTube movies on a decent sized screen. Finally, there are a few visibility issues. There were many times when I was using your app that the text was too small for my screen to render. We need a way to increase the text size. Same with the cursor. Most of the time it was ok, but there were a few situations where i completely lost it. Honestly, for an app of its kind, it’s amazing how well it works. I can really tell you’ve put a lot of love into it, and I hope you’ll keep improving it. Great job! ### 5/5 — It’s a great app *2025-12-26, version 3.1.3* I personally liked the app only problem is that when I go on YouTube I can’t hear anything but im okay with reading cc ### 5/5 — I like it *2025-10-21, version 3.0.14* For vr capabilities on a phone it’s not bad. My favorite websites use Playa so I like it. The meta quest app is great. ### 5/5 — Great *2025-10-01, version 3.0.14* This app is the best VR app and they put so much work into these videos ### 5/5 — Thanks for making this better! *2025-07-15, version 3.0.7* It was a bit of a rocky start, but after a few updates, things are overall pretty stable. While there are still some occasional issues and crashing, the experience is usable and overall very good. The devs on this project seem very attentive and set on fixing bugs. ### 5/5 — Finally working. *2025-06-21, version 3.0.7* Finally. ### 5/5 — SMB issues constantly *2025-06-11, version 3.0.6* SMB connection times out endlessly. Can’t reconnect after multiples restarts and deleting and re-adding SMB. Even after uninstalling and reinstalling app to no avail. ### 5/5 — Multitasking *2025-03-29, version 3.0.1* Really good app, but i would like for it to have multi tasking. What i mean is like you can have multiple screens at once. Developer’s of Play A VR. Please make this your next update , and for some reason its not letting me play youtube videos --- *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 2026-08-16.*