# The Village Church — user reviews > 75 indexed App Store user reviews of The Village Church by The Village Church, rated 4.40/5 from 56 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-village-church/id483253023/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-village-church/id483253023.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 44 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 4 ## What do users think of The Village Church? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Free resources available - 👍 High-quality content - 👍 Easy to navigate - 👍 Great for listening on the go - 👍 Valuable for spiritual growth - 👍 Excellent sermon content - 👍 Free and valuable content - 👍 Intuitive and simple to use - 👍 Comprehensive and worth the wait **Cons** - 🐛 Audio sermons not playing - 🐛 Playback errors - 🐛 Downloads not working - 🐛 App crashes on opening - 🐛 Background playback issues - 🐛 Offline listening unavailable - 🐛 Audio volume inconsistent - 🐛 Paused sermons don't resume correctly - 🐛 Crashes on older devices **Commonly reported bugs** - Audio sermons do not work - Playback error message - Cannot download sermons - Sermons won't play - Podcasts will no longer play - Won't download either - Pause and resume issues - Play/pause button not working - App won't launch - App crashes on opening - No sermons without WiFi - Cannot listen offline - Cannot listen with app in background or lock screen - Audio stops when phone locks - Download times are excessively long - Downloaded sermons don't play - Sermons only play when phone is unlocked and app is open - App turns off when screen goes dark - App will not load any information **Most requested features** - Add Favorite/Saved feature - Background playback - See listened messages/progress bar - Download sermons into folders - Add video sermons - Listen to all albums - Add Airplay support - Force internet content to open in Safari ## Newest reviews (14 of 75) ### 3/5 — Sermons won’t play *2020-08-23, version 5.6.0* Every sermon on the app has been giving a playback error and won’t start. Please fix! ### 3/5 — Playback issues *2020-02-01, version 5.0.4* When I pause the sermons they pick up in the wrong spots. I’ve had issues with the play pause button not working from time to time. The app is easy to navigate and the sermons are great, but the playback issues are a problem. ### 4/5 — Love the app...work on background playback *2018-08-19, version 4.10.0* I really love the app and as a young growing Christian, the teachings are enriching and i am daily blessed Please work on background playback though. I normally use bluetooth headsets to play the content but whenever my phone locks the audio stops. I would very much like for it to play content until i tell it to stop or the usual events like disconnected headsets ### 2/5 — App won't launch *2017-07-12, version 4.5.2* Every time I try to use the app it won't launch. I've tried to uninstall and reinstall. However the app will not open. Other subsplash apps on my phone work. Please help. Great content. Chandler is the best. ### 4/5 — Good app, but... *2016-10-24, version 4.3.1* The app works fine, but I would LOVE a function that allows me to see which messages I have listened to or a progress bar if I haven't completed a message. I frequently get 10 minutes in only to realize I've already listened to that message. ### 4/5 — Fantastic App and Content *2016-03-30, version 4.2.1* The Village Church is certainly blessed with very passionate and Biblically-minded stewards. This makes for a great learning and encouragement resource! The app has been a huge help to me as I fly frequently for work. The ability to download sermons for trips is invaluable. My one request would be to fix the issue where with every update I lose the graphics for my downloaded sermons. This makes it hard to distinguish downloaded sermon series! If we could download sermons into separate folders by series, year, etc. that would also be a great help. Thank you Village Church! ### 3/5 — Nice app but crashes on opening on iPhone 5S *2015-12-29, version 4.0.3* Nice app but crashes on opening on iPhone 5S ### 3/5 — Crash on iphone 6 ios 9.1 *2015-12-01* Just updated the software and could not open the village anymore. Can someone please release the update to fix this? Drying without the village apps ### 2/5 — Very difficult to listen to *2015-09-21, version 3.26.1* This is not a reflection on the content at all, but purely from an auditory standpoint. Been a fan of Chandler for awhile and just started using the app to listen to sermons in the car. To be frank, it's near impossible. He's a very dynamic speaker (he varies his volume from a quiet, soft whisper to passionate, loud exposition), and it pains my ears--literally. When he gets loud it gets unbearably loud, and when he whispers I can't hear a thing. The only way my family can listen to this in the car is if someone has their hand on the volume dial and adjusting on the fly during the entire sermon. I'm sure it's not a problem if we were there in the same room and it were live, but digitally there needs to be some sort of equalization on the audio. Hope someone there reads this and can fix it! ### 5/5 — Watch sermons here *2014-07-03, version 3.21.2* Thankful to be able to walk thru a sermon series on this app, one week at a time. ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2014-06-29, version 3.21.2* Awesome to listen to on the go :) ### 5/5 — Great Blessing!!! *2014-05-15, version 3.21.2* Thank you so much . For this app. It is such a blessing to my life! May the Lord continue blessing this church and its ministry. ### 4/5 — Elegant, slick, and sophisticated *2014-03-17, version 3.21.1* I am not a member of the Village church; in matter of fact, not fan of big church. However, looking through all these church this app stood out the most to me. Just looking at the design made me download the app and decided to start navigating through the sermons. Yes guys, your elegant app design was the reason why I started listening to your sermons. You never know what God is going to use to bring one to Christ. ### 5/5 — Get the word out! *2014-03-04, version 3.21.1* I have found this app as one of the best resources for getting the word out in the tech world we live. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Cannot listen to audio sermons *2021-01-29, version 5.8.0* Similar to the other low-star reviews, part of this app is broken - audio sermons do not work. get same “oops” error msg every time. i’ve reinstalled the app 3x and still doesn’t work. i love the content but the app is no bueno ### 1/5 — Something is broke... *2020-08-18, version 5.6.0* Love the Village church app... but for the last week or so most sermon audios won’t play. Hopefully you guys can get it fixed soon! 😊 ### 1/5 — Bad update to a good app *2017-12-10, version 4.8.1* This update removed the ability to listen offline and the ability to listen with the app in the background or lock screen. Ridiculously poor! ### 1/5 — Please Update For Background Audio *2012-12-11, version 3.11.1* This app is unusable if you need to keep the app on at all times without locking or putting the app in the background. ### 1/5 — Trouble with app *2012-12-05, version 3.11.1* I've listen to Matt for years and would give his sermons 5 stars. The app gets a 1 star though. I've had trouble ever since I've downloaded it. I've tried deleting and downloading again but it will not load any information now. I'll keep trying it though ### 1/5 — Disappointing app *2012-11-30, version 3.11.1* This app stops working every minute when the energy save feature turns screen off. Super annoying and basically worthless. Is there a way to fix this? ### 1/5 — Mr *2012-09-11, version 3.11.1* Tried to open the app but wouldn't start , it keep saying loading , hope someone can sort this out ### 2/5 — Audio sermons don’t play *2020-08-14, version 5.6.0* No matter what sermon I try to listen to it just pops up saying “oops something went wrong” and I’ve tried downloading them. Still same thing. I’ve redownloaded the app seven times and nothing... very sad because the content is amazing... when I can hear it ### 2/5 — Podcasts *2020-08-06, version 5.6.0* The podcasts will no longer play. Won’t download either. HELP! ### 2/5 — No sermons without WiFi *2017-08-05, version 4.7.0* I am usually not around WiFi that much so I can no longer use the app without needing WiFi. Not only that, I can no longer download sermons and then just listen to them when I am without WiFi. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Exactly what it should be *2023-05-21, version 6.0.1* Incredible resources for free wherever whenever! I’m in England and I’m blessed by this. ### 5/5 — Love it. Please add Favorite feature *2021-11-09, version 5.16.0.1* Love the app. Have no issues with playback, quality, or downloading. Would love to see a way to tag “favorite” or “saved” sermons. Workaround for now is just downloading and keeping those in downloaded. God bless from Chicago! ### 5/5 — Excellent App *2020-08-24, version 5.6.0* Love this app. Love listening to The Village. No complaints, only a suggestion. There are so many great sermons available and God always seems to lead me to the right ones at the right times to lead me deeper into a relationship with Him. So I like to revisit sermons for a season to ensure I let the teachings permeate how they need to and find myself wishing I could save my current favorite sermons for easy access. Again, totally unnecessary, but in the case the developers were looking for suggestions, a ‘save’ or ‘favorites’ feature might be worth considering? ### 5/5 — Please fix! *2020-08-20, version 5.6.0* The app is broken, you can’t download sermons anymore. I’m still putting 5 stars to not hurt the rating but please fix!! ### 5/5 — Love love love! *2018-11-01, version 4.10.0* Love love love! ### 5/5 — Search feature *2018-03-29, version 4.9.5* The media search feature was a needed feature. It seems to work great. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Excellent App *2018-03-26, version 4.8.1* Great for listening to sermons any time. ### 5/5 — Keeps getting better and better *2016-05-08, version 4.3.1* The team at Subsplash keeps making these apps better and better. They've added google casting options, the video component also works with AirPlay and it works well. The offline downloads are excellent, too. Thank you for the continued improvements, I appreciate the hard work! ### 5/5 — Great app! *2014-12-06, version 3.23.1* Really enjoy being able to download the sermons, and the blogs are updated! ### 5/5 — The Village Church rocks!!! *2014-09-21, version 3.21.2* I have downloaded both the iPhone and iPad app to be able to hear sermons mid week. It has been an awesome and very welcome addition to my weekly routine! Matt Chandler and team truly deliver pure Word in a way that speaks this generation's language while challenging the depths of our spirits. As church planters in the NW it is also very encouraging to hear about how the Lord is moving on behalf of The Village Church down south and across the nation!!! Love this app! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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