# Refreshinator - Auto Refresh — user reviews > 74 indexed App Store user reviews of Refreshinator by BatLabs LTD, rated 4.30/5 from 33 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/refreshinator-auto-refresh/id1067848872/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/refreshinator-auto-refresh/id1067848872.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 25 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of Refreshinator? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - ✅ Helped secure tickets - 👍 Simple and effective - 🚀 Fast access to sites - 👍 Not over-complicated **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes frequently - 🐛 Unresponsive at crucial moments - 🐛 Does not work for Glastonbury - 🐛 Blocked by ticket sites - 🐛 Search words not detected - 🐛 Auto-refresh fails - 🐛 Battery drains quickly - 🐛 Overheats phone - 🐛 Latest update is worse - 🐛 Not worth the money - 🐛 Misleading advertising - 🐛 Terrible instructions **Commonly reported bugs** - Search word input gives 'Search Invalid' - Browser refreshes erratically - Cannot paste URL - Freezes - Constant 'cannot refresh' error - App crashes at last second - Text on page not readable - Holding page words not found - App unresponsive on ordering page - App unresponsive after getting through - App freezes and cannot do anything - Page error messages - Search word invalid - Web page settings reset **Most requested features** - Allow multiple tabs to refresh - Background refresh capability - Bookmark functionality in browser - Support for Japanese search words - Porter service for camping spots - Countdown to next refresh - Counter of attempts ## Newest reviews (10 of 74) ### 4/5 — nice *2025-10-17, version 4.0.3* Good ### 3/5 — Not worth while *2023-05-08, version 2.6.7* I tried it for Glastonbury tickets, you can only refresh one page at a time so really not worth it, my friends all did it themselves. This app would be rockstar if you could get multiple tabs going ### 3/5 — Not sure? *2019-10-04, version 2.6* Didn’t work on the ‘word disappear’ function for tickets yesterday. Any advice for Sunday? ### 5/5 — Only way I got on the site *2019-03-19, version 2.2* I had 3 browsers up, was a total nightmare. But suddenly my phone beeped in the background and I was on. Annoying the site was so slow I amlost did not get through, but 2 of my friends said it was the same on a browser. The purchase page was just taking 10 minuites to submit. Anyway it worked, but there is still a lot of luck involved. ### 2/5 — Doesn’t work reliably. *2018-10-07* No luck with Glastonbury tickets and had to abandon trying with this app as it wouldn’t even detect words that were clearly on the page. Giving an extra star as it seemed to work when testing with a different site a few days before but not when it mattered. ### 1/5 — Total rubbish for Glastonbury coach sale *2018-10-05, version 2.2* Tried to use this app for Glastonbury coach ticket sale, app kept saying page error and a total waste of time! Will try for the general sale this Sunday but will not make the mistake of using this app, waste of time and money ### 5/5 — this is app now blocked by ticket sites *2018-10-04, version 2.1.4* Tried to use Refreshinator it worked last year but had a message this year that multi refresh IP address will not work, the app was constantly giving me Error reloading message,, would even move onto the holding page, totally useless app now. ### 5/5 — Glasto 5 stars *2017-04-07, version 2.0.0* Sik app that sorts you out with your tickets. Worth every penny! ### 1/5 — Absolute garbage *2016-10-15, version 1.0.9* Doesn't work. That's all you need to know! ### 1/5 — Dross *2016-10-11, version 1.0.9* Hands down the biggest waste of £1.49 in world history. Got tickets through my laptop thank God - this bag of sh** didn't even manage to load the page, just said invalid search even after toggling settings. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Didn’t work *2023-11-19, version 3.0.4* Didn’t work for Glastonbury tickets. Save your money ### 1/5 — Don’t buy it. The app does not work. *2023-11-19, version 3.0.4* It does not work. Search words do not work. Auto refresh does not work. Search word input gives ‘Search Invalid’ ‘The search word or phrase appear.’ > I was using the word holding. ### 1/5 — Update is worse *2023-11-06, version 3.0.0* Latest update is so bad, my browser keeps refreshing eratically not at is preset times! Still no bookmark in the browser which means I have to copy and paste it across all the time and when I paste in the address instead of going straight to website (as before) I get taken to a Google search page, then I have to agree to Google terms and then choose address! Also PLEASE have it work in the background, I cannot have it open 24/7 or in my pocket open as I move around without knocking it off the page, summarising it needs to be more useful for others that don’t use it for tickets, I use mine for shift work for example which I need to watch all day long!! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2021-03-13, version 2.6.1* Doesn’t work. ### 1/5 — Search wordが日本語に対応していない *2020-12-23, version 2.6.1* Search wordが日本語に対応していないので、入力できない。 コピペでネキストには入るが、正しく検知できない。　特にword appearは使用不能。 度々設定したwebページが解除される。 Search word does not support Japanese, so I cannot enter it. I can copy and paste into the next, but searching doesn’t work correctly. In particular, word appear cannot be used. Frequently set web pages are canceled. ### 1/5 — Awful. Don’t waste your money!!! *2019-10-09, version 2.6* Ruined my chances of getting a ticket for a big festival. Rubbish. Don’t bother using. Much better to do things manually. ### 1/5 — Does not work *2019-04-25, version 2.3* Constant getting error “cannot refresh”. ### 1/5 — This app failed miserably! *2019-04-25, version 2.3* The app could not detect words on the Glastonbury webpage, this rendered the ‘word disappear’ mode pointless. And in the ‘word appear’ mode, I kept getting an loading errors. So the app was just useless as it was unable to refresh (you had one job!), DO NOT BUY! ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2018-10-16, version 2.2* Same as previous reviewer- kept saying word invalid. Complete waste of time and I feel totally duped ### 1/5 — Waste of £1.99 *2018-10-09, version 2.2* Used for Glastonbury coach sale and it didn’t even work. Kept saying the word wasn’t valid. Waste of £1.99 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Oasis tickets *2024-08-29, version 2.6.7* Looking for the recommended time to refresh the tabs to have a chance on see tickets and gigs and tours, would appreciate a response since I gave you 5 stars ;) ### 5/5 — Got me through twice *2024-04-22, version 3.1.2* Great app. Got me through to a sell out event twice. ### 5/5 — Great app *2024-04-17, version 3.1.1* Used on seetickets site recently, was stuck on the holding page. Kept refreshing until I got thorough, great app. ### 5/5 — Very very good *2023-11-14, version 3.0.1* An excellent app that’s not over-complicated. All it needs is a porter service to find your camping spot! ### 5/5 — Always worth a try… *2022-11-06, version 2.6.6* Having never achieved success getting Glastonbury tickets, this app got me through to the last stage of coach tickets and crashed out but then luckily got me general sale tickets! God bless this app ### 5/5 — Worked *2022-11-03, version 2.6.6* After years and years of trying for glasto tickets. This app came through and me and my friends secured tickets for 2023. So happy and grateful for this app! Thank you! :) ### 5/5 — Doing it’s job but needs improvements *2021-03-26, version 2.6.1* Very good app, has the job done, but would quickly heat up the phone and drains the battery extremely fast ### 5/5 — Ocado success! *2020-03-16, version 2.6.1* Tried the Refreshinator tonight to get onto the Ocado website, which has had a huge queue and a wait time of 15 minutes, managed to get through the queue in under 2 minutes and place my order. I had another browser open and it took a lot longer to load and to get through to the site. ### 5/5 — Glitchy *2019-09-13* Can’t paste url Only works for about twenty minutes Freezes ### 5/5 — Worked perfectly in resale *2019-03-21, version 2.2* i used this in the 2018 resale, got through in a few minutes. --- *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 2026-09-10.*