# RetroCrush — user reviews > 148 indexed App Store user reviews of RetroCrush by Cinedigm, rated 4.70/5 from 4,412 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/retrocrush/id1501740207/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/retrocrush/id1501740207.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,674 · 4★ 399 · 3★ 127 · 2★ 73 · 1★ 139 ## What do users think of RetroCrush? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Great selection of classic anime - 👍 Excellent streaming quality - 💡 Dedicated curated content channel - 🆓 Free with optional premium subscription **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent app freezes and crashes - 🔍 Poor search and browsing experience - 🚫 Inability to cast to TV - 📺 Lack of landscape mode support - 💤 Inconsistent watch history and favorites tracking **Commonly reported bugs** - Login issues and invalid account errors - No data found errors in search - Inconsistent video playback and freezing - Disappearing content and watch history loss after updates **Most requested features** - Add more recent retro anime titles - Implement a proper watch list/favorites feature - Allow casting to TV and landscape mode playback - Improve search and filtering options ## Newest reviews (17 of 148) ### 3/5 — The display for live tv *2026-08-10, version 16.1.6* The display for live streaming is showing up after I click off to clear it. Please fix this asap ### 4/5 — Fine but some issues: *2026-06-28, version 16.1.5* The app itself is serviceable. Some problems though. 1. The third party ads. RetroCrush will make you watch some of their own ads, which are kind of a treat if anything. They’ll show off some of the anime in their selection, which can make you aware of what you might want to watch next. But when those ads aren’t playing, you’ll get some from their sponsors. And I have to say, they don’t have very interesting sponsors. You’ll usually see a bunch of gory horror slop, or they’ll play the exact same ad multiple times. It just feels like you’re not getting any “normal” ads. 2. They keep asking you for cookies, even if you accept or reject them. 3. Oh, and if you make an account they’ll keep asking for your Apple password every time you open the app even though entering it or not doesn’t do anything. So just… don’t make an account unless you want to subscribe I guess. 4. The live TV schedule doesn’t update unless you restart the app, so unless you have a strong awareness of the schedule, you may end up missing something you wanted to watch. Not really app related, but I notice Retrocrush isn’t on Dish BonusView anymore too. Shame. ### 4/5 — Made by humans, not AI. *2026-06-26, version 16.1.5* Any chance of getting Cybersix in Canada? ### 4/5 — Fine but some issues: *2026-06-10, version 16.1.5* The app itself is serviceable. I will say that if I have one issue with it, it’s the third party ads. RetroCrush will make you watch some of their own ads, which are kind of a treat if anything. They’ll show off some of the anime in their selection, which can make you aware of what you might want to watch next. But when those ads aren’t playing, you’ll get some from their sponsors. And I have to say, they don’t have very interesting sponsors. You’ll usually see a bunch of gory horror slop, or they’ll play the exact same ad multiple times. It just feels like you’re not getting any “normal” ads. Oh, and if you make an account they’ll keep asking for your Apple password every time you open the app even though entering it or not doesn’t do anything. So just… don’t make an account unless you want to subscribe I guess. Not really app related, but I notice Retrocrush isn’t on Dish BonusView anymore too. Shame. ### 4/5 — Fine but keeps asking me for two things: *2026-05-14* The app itself is serviceable. But it keeps asking me for cookies whenever I open the app. Regardless of if I accept or reject, it keeps asking me for cookies. I figured I would just make an account to solve the problem. But then it started asking me for my Apple password whenever I press like, any button. So then I deleted my account to have a lesser of two evils. Fix this and I won’t be so annoyed trying to use the app. Edit: They fixed the thing with the cookies, but if you make an account they’ll keep asking for your Apple password every time you open the app even though entering it or not doesn’t do anything. So just… don’t make an account unless you want to subscribe I guess. Not really app related, but I notice Retrocrush isn’t on Dish BonusView anymore too. Shame. **Developer response:** Hello, we are extremely sorry for the inconvenience. We request you to kindly contact us so we can assist you in fixing the issue Email – support@retrocrush.tv Phone – 424-260-0058 Website – www.retrocrush.tv ### 3/5 — Mediocre *2026-04-17, version 16.1.5* It’s ok. Everything now is subscription required. ### 2/5 — Log-In/Sign-Up is missing. *2026-04-10, version 16.1.4* Using an “iPhone SE3”. Can’t see the sign-up button or log-in link when inputting my credentials. Tried everything to resize text, turn bold text off & use accessibility option with no help. The button for sign-up keeps disappearing as soon I input my credentials, the website logo takes up all the screen. • App needs redesigned when signing-up & log-in (account I already have). Sadly, this app doesn’t support phones with smaller screens like the iPhone SE 3 or iPhone 6e. ### 3/5 — Buggy app, but good selection *2026-02-15, version 16.1.4* I like the selection. Unfortunately the app itself is pretty wonky. I get the same pop up about logging into my Apple account several times while I'm browsing. Also several of the anime I wanted to watch were also on Tubi, so I decided to use that instead since there are less ads. It would be great if the app could tell you whether there's an English dub. Every show I open shows the language as unknown. ### 3/5 — App repeatedly asks for Apple ID password after login *2026-02-01, version 16.1.4* After logging into my RetroCrush account, the app forces me to enter my Apple ID password every time I open the app, which is quite inconvenient. ### 4/5 — 0% AI Slop! 🥳 *2026-01-24, version 16.1.4* Thanks for having human-made subtitles and dubs. ### 2/5 — My subscription isn’t working *2025-12-31, version 16.1.4* I have an active subscription but when i try to watch, it’s telling me that i have to have a subscription. What is going on? If it’s not working I need my money back. Thank you ### 4/5 — 100 % Free From AI Slop! 😁 *2025-12-01, version 16.1.3* Not sure why every other streaming service with anime has chosen to shoot themselves in the foot, but thanks for hiring actual humans. ### 4/5 — Fine but keeps asking me for two things: *2025-10-11, version 16.1.3* The app itself is serviceable. But it keeps asking me for cookies whenever I open the app. Regardless of if I accept or reject, it keeps asking me for cookies. I figured I would just make an account to solve the problem. But then it started asking me for my Apple password whenever I press like, any button. So then I deleted my account to have a lesser of two evils. Fix this and I won’t be so annoyed trying to use the app. ### 1/5 — !!Can’t sign back into account with the right information!! *2025-07-13, version 16.1.2* I haven’t been on RetroCrush for a week. And when I opened the app, it logged me out of my account. So when I tried signing in, it kept telling me that I had the wrong credentials. But I wasn’t putting in the wrong information. I tried to sign in multiple times with the right password and email, and kept telling me I put in the wrong credentials. i’ve been stuck for an hour trying to sign in. I have the right email and password so I don’t understand why it’s not letting me sign in. !FIX YOUR APP! ### 1/5 — I want my money back (and don’t bother downloading this app) *2025-05-14, version 16.1.1* For 3 months I paid for premium membership so that i could watch certain anime’s that I would need to have membership for. Nothing happened. They took my payment but I still wasn’t able to watch anything locked for premium access. THEN, when I tried to cancel my membership, it kept saying “error.” I tried to contact support, but to no avail. This went on for 3 months. ### 2/5 — It freezes *2025-04-26, version 16.1.1* Not sure if everything is working properly. Can’t get to customer service. The streaming freezes often. Shuts down. Can’t cancel subscription. It does not have enough range of animations from 80 and 90s. Good idea but poor execution. ### 2/5 — app won’t display in horizontal mode. *2025-04-19, version 16.1.1* when i open the app it automatically switches to portrait/vertical mode. i always keep my device horizontally to watch videos. so this is really inconvenient. i really liked having my subscription but i had to cancel it when the app started doing this. a real shame. i hope it gets fixed. i keep checking every so often. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not functioning properly *2026-08-07, version 16.1.6* Not sure whats's going on, but I am unable to watch most shows on the platform. The application is giving me a " not available in my location" error even when I try to open a video, even though I was watching those episodes just fine the other day. Something weird is going on and the app needs to be fixed. ### 1/5 — Can’t reset password *2026-05-12, version 16.1.5* Can’t even reset the password as the site it redirects you do is mark as unsafe by my browser ### 1/5 — Cannot access any content *2026-04-26, version 16.1.5* Can’t watch any exclusive content! I paid for the yearly subscription and it tells me something went wrong! ### 1/5 — Not a good experience *2026-04-01, version 16.1.4* The app serves way too many ads for a paid subscription-based service. Also, the ads buffer and sometimes stop playing completely, forcing me to restart the app, which then serves more ads. Customer support was responsive, but ultimately unable to help. As soon as I've finished the one series I want to watch, I'm out of here. ### 1/5 — Buggy *2026-03-08, version 16.1.4* So buggy wow ### 1/5 — No anime *2026-02-15, version 16.1.4* I search up all the popular anime’s I know and none of th show up. The only reason I downloaded this app was to watch those anime’s. ### 1/5 — I’ve been scammed *2026-02-04, version 16.1.4* Can’t watch any exclusive content! I paid for the yearly subscription and it tells me something went wrong! Do not I REPEAT DO NOT SUBSCRIBE TO THIS SITE! ### 1/5 — Not acknowledging my subscription *2026-01-05, version 16.1.4* Can’t watch any exclusive content! I paid for the yearly subscription and it tells me something went wrong! I like this application but if this problem isn’t fixed then I have to unsubscribe ### 1/5 — Bugged App *2025-11-11, version 16.1.3* Won’t allow me to even sign in after purchasing a subscription. Whether that be through the app or on the website. Not to mention the TV app signs me out after every other episode. APP NEEDS WORK!!! ### 1/5 — Not acknowledging my subscription *2025-09-03, version 16.1.2* Can’t watch any exclusive content! I paid for the yearly subscription and it tells me something went wrong! I like this application but if this problem isn’t fixed then I have to unsubscribe ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Pretty solid but canceling membership is rather difficult *2026-08-24, version 16.1.6* The app is really well implemented and the fact that’s it’s ad free is always a plus. However, I’m having a tough time canceling the membership since I signed up using the tv as well as my phone but I used the same bank for both. ### 5/5 — Please fix FireTV app *2026-04-09, version 16.1.4* The FireTV app won’t play the live channel. Please fix this ### 5/5 — Incredibile *2025-05-01, version 16.1.1* Amazing app! I haven’t been able to find an anime app that works with minimal ads until this one! Great for binge watching!! ### 5/5 — Apps keep breaking *2024-08-30, version 16.0.2* The phone app works fine but the app on my smart tv doesn’t at all the ads break the shows I’m watching completely I’ve tried everything that’s been recommended to me but nothing works it does the same thing on the AsianCrush app as well on my tv ### 5/5 — A question *2023-04-18, version 15.0.0* First of all I love this app 100/10 because I love old anime then the modern era anyway could u maybe put 90’s anime in the app like Yu Yu Hakusho & Ur Under Arrest & gunsmith cats please overall this app is amazing then other anime apps so pls could u put those anime’s in the app please! ### 5/5 — Loop problem *2023-03-31, version 15.0.0* My shows aren’t on a loop anymore not sure why when It did on old version. Please help other then that great selections all i watch is retro anime anyway this is my only problem since I’ve gotten so used to it ### 5/5 — It’s ok *2023-03-21, version 15.0.0* Only problem is that they took the best show off ghost stories it’s so funny and they took it off I only download for it ### 5/5 — Best friend *2023-03-05, version 14.850* Watching the story lines an understanding as an adult makes these so priceless. Thank you for such a great app idea ### 5/5 — Nuria Johnson *2023-03-03, version 14.850* This app has better than any other app that I use before. ### 5/5 — I like it 🐙 *2023-02-01, version 14.850* Fantastic app and love the service . Does have issues with losing connections time to time on my Apple tv. Overall enjoyable --- *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 2026-08-29.*