# Stingrays Live — user reviews > 35 indexed App Store user reviews of Stingrays Live by California Academy of Sciences, rated 4.30/5 from 75 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stingrays-live/id1051807230/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stingrays-live/id1051807230.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 54 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 7 ## Newest reviews (10 of 35) ### 4/5 — Grate but I can only *2022-07-26* Grate but I can only see the. Lagoon I can’t see the reef. pls help me figure out why or fix it ether one which ever one will worked. Over all a amazing app so prototyping and so many fish and stingrays. Sting 🦂🐝 Ray☀️🕶 Lol ### 4/5 — How exactly do you switch cameras? *2022-07-10* This is a nice app, but I can’t tell exactly what I need to do to get to the reef cam as there’s no interface ### 4/5 — A suggestion *2020-04-06, version 1.3* Hello! I was scrolling through the app store looking for pocket apps and found your app. I immediately downloaded it because I am fascinated by sea life. Anyway, I was so excited to start but when I went into the app it said to tune back in spring. Now, I understand that you probably cant be live streaming all year, but could you add some pre-recorded/older streams that we could watch in the meantime? Thank you!! ### 4/5 — AWESOME! *2019-10-18* To looking at reviews: this is a great app. I can watch stingrays in lagoon view, and reef view. Also, if I have no internet connection I can watch a prerecorded video! Totally recommend this! To the developers: TYSM for creating this game! I love stingrays; especially honeycomb stingrays. I would like though if there could be multiple videos, and maybe a species log. I like the setup so don’t change the setup, but add what I requested. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2019-04-29, version 1.3* Apparently the other person that reviewed this app has a problem with their device. It works very well. Great resolution and colour. Streams very well. Nice and relaxing to watch. ### 4/5 — Great but.... *2019-04-20* This app is amazing and very relaxing, but nowadays it is only in black and white. I would love it if you added color and more live cams for more animals. ### 5/5 — Fantastic!! *2019-02-18, version 1.3* I love dropping by during my day to spend a little time relaxing and watching the beautiful rays. Thank you. ### 5/5 — Genial! *2019-01-17* Great idea and great app! Streaming under water live is educating, relaxing and even funny occasionally with little incidents (someone believed a worm was falling down and ate it to spat it out right away: it was pooping). This morning a reddish shadow showed up in the lower right side of the screen at the lagoon camera. Can you please check it out? Thanks for the views! ### 5/5 — Love it! Please improve video quality *2018-06-15* This is such a great idea. Very peaceful to have on in the background. I only wish the video quality were better. I’m not even sure it’s 1080 and the image is a bit washed out. Would love a 4K stream for AppleTV one day... These complaints aside, I still love it and a big thank you to the developers and the California Academy of Sciences ### 5/5 — Man, what a great app! *2018-05-16* I’m really enjoying this app. It’s really relaxing to watch the stingrays and other fish. Like having a tropical aquarium in your living room. I love it!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — False advertising *2025-08-10* I don’t know why this has so many positive reviews, this is not at all what is described or pictured above. The camera is so blurry I cant see anything, and it’s only that one view. No coral and no lagoon. Complete false advertising, good thing it’s a free app. I would be furious if I had paid for it. ### 1/5 — Very bad quality pls fix *2025-07-02* I can’t see anything everything is washed out, glitchy, and bad. Very bad pls fix! 😭 ### 1/5 — Please update the app! *2024-10-27, version 1.3* It crashes upon opening 😢 ### 1/5 — App only in black and white now *2018-09-12, version 1.2* This app used to be 5 stars until the color disappeared. I have an atv 4K and it only displays in BW... 😥 Please fix... ### 1/5 — Not there yet *2018-05-21, version 1.2* This app is not up to scratch yet. Not in HD. Not in Color. Streaming is not smooth. ### 2/5 — Can’t see *2025-12-07, version 1.3* I can not see anything I don’t know what type of stingrays because I can’t see what they look like ### 2/5 — Stuck in grainy black-and-white *2024-03-23, version 1.3* How do I operate the color? Also, VERY boring. ### 2/5 — Streaming in black and white *2018-12-30, version 1.3* Great app and would give 4 stars, but no color on my Apple TV 4K ### 4/5 — Blurry *2025-12-22* I can see them but it’s very blurry is there anyway you can clean it ### 4/5 — Great app *2022-09-21* Really love watching the fish and stingrays. I’ve had this app on my tv and phone since it came out. Back then it had two views to pic from, will we be getting those back soon? I’m assuming we lost one because the camera broke, but it can be replaced and fixed, right? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — One of the greats *2024-02-19* This app gives you exactly what you want without any nonsense. Stingrays! Live! What a gift. ### 5/5 — Great! But I need to report an Issue. *2023-10-14* I can't change the Cameras. Every time I tap the Screen to swap Cameras like the Penguin App, nothing Happens. ### 5/5 — omg *2023-04-05* i have autism and my special interest has been stingrays for almost 2 years now & i love this app so much (my favorites are the honeycomb stingrays) i haven't found an app just for stingrays and this one is awesome & i love it thank you for making this 💙 ### 5/5 — My Sleep Therapy *2022-11-16, version 1.3* I’m at UK time so I get to watch them in the evenings before I go to sleep or it’s nice to have on while reading or to just relax to. The rays are quite mesmerising and so graceful. I sometimes see the bottom half of 2 people probably when they’re being fed or something, but they go mad and they can move at some speed. I must pay a visit on my next visit to California. Thank you for providing this live webcam for us to enjoy from across the pond! ### 5/5 — The best *2022-08-08, version 1.3* Hehdjshs ### 5/5 — This app is amazing! *2021-12-15, version 1.3* I am a 9th grade student and I love using this app on my mac while I study or relax! I've been using Stingrays Live for a while and it's really nice, honestly no complaints. It would be nice to have a little summary of what's in the aquarium or a page you can bring up that shows all of the different species that are in the exhibit! Also maybe audio would be nice, but, I'm not sure if that's possible. Anyways, just wanted to leave a review because the academy has been a huge part of my life and I've loved coming here ever since I was about 4 years old. I visit maybe once a year nowadays, but still enjoy watching the Academy's YouTube videos and am still amazed by earth's natural enviornment and all animals (ocean creatures in particular)! So, after discovering that the academy has a live stingray app I quickly downloaded it and I love using it from time to time! Have a great day/night person reading this and know that people really appreciate this wonderful app and the work that the academy of sciences does! Thank you! ### 5/5 — This is why it is in black and white *2021-05-22* For all of you wondering why it is black and white it is due to it being night time ### 5/5 — AMAZING *2020-12-13* I love stingrays very much they are my spirit animal and sadly we cant go anywhere in 2020 because of COVID but this app made me happy and i just love to see the stingrays happy and it makes me happy I can see live stingrays💙💙thank you very much!. ### 5/5 — Best app ever! *2020-11-11, version 1.3* It works, and fish too! ### 5/5 — Webcam *2020-05-16, version 1.3* The two webcam on stingrays camera dose not appear when I touch the screen --- *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 2026-06-10.*