# The First TV — user reviews > 88 indexed App Store user reviews of The First TV by The First Digital, Inc., rated 4.72/5 from 2,847 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-first-tv/id1506596700/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-first-tv/id1506596700.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,388 · 4★ 290 · 3★ 71 · 2★ 28 · 1★ 70 ## What do users think of The First TV? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Well-organized - 👍 Clear and easy to comprehend - 👍 Provides physical examples like videos - 👍 Trusted and fair news source - 👍 Excellent content and talent **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches - 🐛 Playback and navigation issues - 🐛 Repeating and intrusive commercials - 🐛 Lack of accessibility features like captions - 🐛 Outdated and not user-friendly **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when trying to access on-demand content - Inability to exit live streams or videos - Playback issues with audio and video synchronization - Frequent app freezes and force closures **Most requested features** - Ability to rewind and resume playback - Improved navigation and home screen access - More content organization and filtering options - Accessibility improvements for hearing-impaired users - Consistent updates and bug fixes ## Newest reviews (15 of 88) ### 3/5 — I don’t know where I *2026-07-30, version 4.0* There are no dates on these videos ### 4/5 — Expand *2026-07-06, version 4.0* I really like The First TV. I just changed over to Dish and I don’t have it no more on the TV. see if you can get on Dish Network. Please ### 4/5 — No dates clearly posted *2025-04-05, version 3.0* This app is well organized. The top criticism I have, which is a pretty major criticism, is there are no clear dates posted on most of the content. This is extremely annoying because you don’t know if what you are watching was posted 2 days ago or 3 years ago. Why would you create an app this beautifully organized then destroy it by removing basic information people need to make the app functional? ### 3/5 — Rewind would be nice *2024-07-20, version 2.0* We can’t be there every minute. There should be an ability, at least during she program, to rewind to the beginning of the show. ### 5/5 — Bill O’Reilly *2024-05-17, version 2.0* Is Bill O’Reilly still on The First? He used to be on at 8pm. Is he still on The First? I would hate to lose a fair & balanced news man. ### 5/5 — Dana *2024-03-30, version 2.0* Dana is my favorite! I guess I Love Pretty Curmudgeons💖🤣! ### 5/5 — Clarity *2024-02-29, version 2.0* The no spin news is clear and easy to comprehend with physical examples for example like. Videos. ### 5/5 — Jessie Kelly *2024-02-22, version 2.0* Just got the First TV to watch the Orical. He is more handsomer than I had anticipated. I usually listen the next day on Spotify. Love the show! Keep it up!! ### 5/5 — Pleased with FIRST TV *2024-02-19, version 2.0* GOOD JOB!! ### 5/5 — O’Reilly *2024-01-10, version 2.0* I love the first, I have been an O’Reilly follower for many years. ### 5/5 — The First *2024-01-10, version 2.0* Love the No spin, the facts, & the documentaries on our politicians, people who influence policy, people, & my fave is the history shows! Lisa ### 5/5 — The true news! *2023-11-30, version 2.0* Thank you so much for all of you and the real news you bring to America. About five years ago I literally stopped watching all the news. I mean local, national and world. All of it was so very upsetting. Could there be a kind word anywhere to be said about anything? Except all we hear about is more and more crime, violence and unrest. Neighbors angry at their neighbors families very angry at each other. Have we all forgotten to love our neighbors as ourselves? Wouldn’t it be a nicer world if we did that? Helping one another. When I was young older people would say “If you don’t have anything nice to say about someone, don’t say anything at all.” Wouldn’t that still make sense for todays world? Maybe some of us could try doing that. May each of you have a safe pre-Christmas Season and a very happy holiday Also, good health in the New Year too. Sincerely, Connie Northern Illinois ### 2/5 — Do not pay for content on this app *2023-10-13, version 1.0.5* I decided to pay so I could get the live and simulcast. And to support the content on the app. But the entire app is junk! I watch as much commercials as I do whatever show I watch. It crashes a lot. They don’t update the shows regularly. You cannot scroll the homepage without glitching or just plain crashing and closing. And if I paid to subscribe why should I watch adds? IHEART is free and I can skip the adds. I think it’s more about revenue than content for THE FIRST. This is the only app I have ever paid money and it’s the worst app I have.. ### 2/5 — Worst App ever *2023-08-01, version 1.0.5* Downloaded the app strictly for Bill O’Reilly. The first 2 times I attempted to watch segments of his No Spin News, the minute you click on it the app closes and you have to start all over again. There is no way to go back to home page and click on whichever segment you want to view, no you have to close the app and start all over again. I should just renew my Bill O’Reilly’s membership it works so much better. Forget this app. ### 3/5 — PiP *2023-05-03, version 1.0.5* Love the hosts, but can’t watch Picture in Picture. I multitask, especially during commercials. It crashes every time. It’s been over a year since an update so maybe they don’t care about the app for iOS. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Free Download? Yes. *2024-02-25, version 2.0* Free download? Yes. Fee for episodes? Yes. View free episodes? No. ### 1/5 — First App Apple TV 4K *2024-01-04, version 2.0* It’s the worst App period it’s really really Bad. Bill you constantly promote your killing books pay attention to accessibility to your program. ### 1/5 — No spin *2023-11-30, version 2.0* I have been an O’reilly fan forever. Sorry Bill, you are out of touch. You’re not as sharp ascyou think you are ### 1/5 — Very disappointed *2023-11-22, version 2.0* Not a user friendly app. How come I can’t watch Jesse Kelly radio show in real time?? ### 1/5 — App keeps restarting every 30sec *2023-04-07, version 1.0.5* Hasn’t been updated for over 1 YEAR ### 1/5 — App keep shutting off *2022-09-09, version 1.0.5* Takes a long time to access and just shuts off - I won’t be renewing subscription. It’s easier just to listen to show on iHeart. ### 1/5 — Latest update won’t allow you to exit *2022-05-20, version 1.0.5* The latest version of ThefirstTV for Apple TV will not allow you to exit the app. The only way I could get out of the app was to cycle power. Next time do some testing. I deleted the App. ### 1/5 — I think the Democrats are messing with the First App. *2021-12-30, version 1.0.5* You Can’t sign in. I Tried to sign my wife up but it says she already has an account with her email but we can’t log in because it won’t let us change our password that we never made. Does Joe Biden or his Staff run this App. ### 1/5 — Unusable APP *2021-12-12, version 1.0.5* You cannot smoothly scroll down through the different shows because it snags and jumps. Then the mouth lags behind the speech. I just tried to watch Bill O. and the segments would not play. It was just a black screen. Sometimes Jesse K. is nothing more than a bunch of overlapping squares. I don't have any problems like this with other apps. I do enjoy the app when it works. I hope someone can fix it. Thank you. ### 1/5 — Good content. Terrible App *2021-11-17, version 1.0.4* App freezes, shuts down . Even the Fios channel does, so it’s you, not me. I’d watch more if it worked. Now, they're begging for money. I’d pay a bit for something that worked, but this is good 2021 content stuck on a 1921 delivery system. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Appreciation *2026-08-09, version 4.0* Appreciate up to date news and the wide range if information about the event. Knowledgeable down to earth people. Thank you ### 5/5 — Essential good viewpoints not found elsewhere *2026-06-26, version 4.0* Many viewpoints are not found elsewhere so for me the First TV is essential! ### 5/5 — Real news *2026-05-11, version 4.0* Unbiased news, refreshing to hear! ### 5/5 — Me *2025-08-15, version 3.0* My kind of site ### 5/5 — Real News *2025-08-10, version 3.0* Common Sense and Not Spun on High Dry ### 5/5 — AUDIO PROBLEM *2025-02-15, version 3.0* FIX THE 4 second audio problem. It drives me NUTS. ### 5/5 — Great content *2024-12-11, version 3.0* Watch many types of media, this is the best. ### 5/5 — NO PRISONERS. NO MERCY. *2024-11-15, version 2.0* MAGA ### 5/5 — ANCHOR BABIES *2024-11-01, version 2.0* DOCUMENTARY NEEDED OF THE COST TO TAXPAPERS 🙏 ### 5/5 — Comment *2024-06-06, version 2.0* Bill, You’re exceptionally the best person to trust in the news. Thanks for your daily emails that I enjoy and pass along to my friends. May God bless you and your family. --- *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 2026-08-28.*