# TubeMax:Video and Music Player — user reviews > 174 indexed App Store user reviews of TubeMax by 翠英 麦, rated 3.90/5 from 205 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tubemaxvideo-and-music-player/id1634335563/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tubemaxvideo-and-music-player/id1634335563.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 118 · 4★ 24 · 3★ 21 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 32 ## What do users think of TubeMax? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Great app with no ads - 👍 Simple and clean layout - 🔒 Blocks ads and allows background play - 👍 Connects to YouTube account **Cons** - 🐛 Audio issues - fails to load audio, need to cycle through - 🐛 Shorts playback is laggy - 🐛 Video playback issues - 'could not play this stream' error - 🐛 Sounds don't load and PIP doesn't work - 🐛 Audio stops working unless in background mode **Commonly reported bugs** - Playlist and mix features not working - Frequent crashes and app instability - Compatibility issues with older devices - Overheating and high battery drain **Most requested features** - Allow downloading videos for offline playback - Add captions support - Improve video seeking/scrubbing controls - Implement iPad support and rotation - Add equalizer and default audio settings - Implement a sponsor blocker ## Newest reviews (16 of 174) ### 3/5 — Great app audio issue *2025-11-29* This is is honestly amazing due to background play no ads and a simple layout but there is an glaring issue, the app many times will fail to load the proper audio and and you will have to cycle through it till it works. Sometimes it just won’t work at all for this reason I will continue to use other apps but once this gets fixed I will happily use this app ### 4/5 — Rlly good except for audio *2025-11-22* This app is really cool and amazing except that some videos won’t play sound at all and the shorts are super laggy going frame by frame. Please fix the sound problem because most videos will say, failed to load sound multiple times. ### 3/5 — Loading *2025-10-29, version 1.9.9* Sounds do not load and pip doesn’t work ### 3/5 — Frustrating Bug *2025-10-13, version 1.9.8* Best video player I've tried so far! But recently there's been a frustrating bug where the audio stops working unless the video is in background mode, please fix this… ### 2/5 — i cant open popup *2025-10-13, version 1.9.8* for some reason whenever i try and open popup on any video it always fails, it doesnt matter if i try closing the app or reopening it, i can never open popup for some reason ### 4/5 — La app necesita ser mas optimizado *2025-10-04, version 1.9.7* La app funciona 8.5/10 hay mejores. aveces suele fallar cuando sales a elegir un nuevo video sale un sitio wed abajo del video que estás viendo eso es extraño por eso ### 4/5 — no captions *2025-09-20, version 1.9.6* works pretty well overall, but i cannot seem to get the captions to load in any video, always receiving the message that there was a network error despite the rest of the app running smooth. a fix for this would be mich appreciated ### 3/5 — Bug in latest version *2025-07-30, version 1.9.5* Regression in latest version, channel name is no longer displayed below video thumbnail on initial browsing screen, so can’t go to channel. ———— A very good app. It would be wonderful if this app ran on AppleTV. ### 4/5 — Needs an AppleTV version *2025-06-21* A very good app. Sometimes the skip 10 sec gesture doesn’t work well with the default video formats (there’s a delay before it works). It works better with the STREAM formats, but those cannot be set as default. It would be wonderful if this app ran on AppleTV. ### 3/5 — “Could not play this stream, click to retry” *2025-06-13, version 1.9.1* [edit: works only with vpn enabled. Will test and update] The message above is all I get. App does not work. Despite logged into multiple accounts. Don’t bother to download. ### 4/5 — Needs some work, but better than YouTube *2025-06-12, version 1.9.1* This is a great app. It blocks ads and adds more features that the YouTube player doesn’t have. It also allows you to remove shorts which is a feature that I’ve long wanted. However there are some issues that needs fixing for this app to be better. Sometimes the app will refuse to play videos completely for a period of time, saying “could not play this stream, click to retry.” Which is extremely annoying and prevents video playback completely, this is the worst bug and should be fixed ASAP. There is also no stream chat when watching livestreams, and the live indicator is present for both scheduled streams and already live streams so you can’t tell the difference. The player is also a little clunky and it’s easy to misclick buttons. Other than those bugs, it’s still better than YouTube and a great app. ### 3/5 — make it big please *2025-06-01, version 1.9.0* hi can you make bigger icons on full screen. Thanks ### 3/5 — مشكلة في تشغيل بعض الفديوات *2025-05-26, version 1.9.0* توجد مشكلة في تشغيل بعض الفديوات ولا يعمل الفديوات بعد تحويل على كافة الدقات ### 4/5 — … *2025-05-14* Negative: Alright so sometimes it randomly gets me out of the app and other times it doesn’t let me watch videos every time I click Positive: The app actually blocks ads, I really like this app a lot! Everything has high quality, you can speed videos, close device and still able to listen, and much more ### 5/5 — App Performance Concern: Device Overheating and Battery Usage *2025-04-24, version 1.8.9* First of all, I would like to thank you for this wonderful application. I truly appreciate the features and overall user experience. However, I have noticed that while using the app, my device heats up significantly—similar to when running a high-graphic game—and the battery consumption nearly doubles compared to using YouTube. I kindly request that this issue be addressed in future updates, as it affects the usability of the app on a daily basis. ### 3/5 — Glitches Again *2025-04-18* The app say “ could not show this Stream “ or something and even after update it still doesn’t work and please update it again I’m begging and can you make guest mode last longer and if you sign in why did you make the shorts disappear read this please and thank you ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Needs some work, but better than YouTube *2025-11-23, version 1.9.10* This is a great app. It blocks ads and adds more features that the YouTube player doesn’t have. It also allows you to remove shorts which is a feature that I’ve long wanted. However there are some issues that needs fixing for this app to be better. Sometimes the app will refuse to play videos completely for a period of time, saying “could not play this stream, click to retry.” Which is extremely annoying and prevents video playback completely, this is the worst bug and should be fixed ASAP. There is also no stream chat when watching livestreams, and the live indicator is present for both scheduled streams and already live streams so you can’t tell the difference. The player is also a little clunky and it’s easy to misclick buttons. Other than those bugs, it’s still better than YouTube and a great app. EDIT: This app is ridiculously bad now, sounds don’t load and PIP doesn’t work. Super buggy and crashes. What a shame. ### 1/5 — Best but now lot of problems *2025-11-03, version 1.9.9* It is good app without advertising but this app have problem when you watching video it show (failed to load audio multiple times,please try changing the audio.) and after this that video will never load you can’t watch that video again ever. PLEASE FIX THIS PROBLEM IT’S A REQUEST ### 1/5 — There’s problems *2025-06-26, version 1.9.2* The videos can’t work in the app after the update ### 1/5 — البرنامج متعطل ولم يتم اصلاحه رغم انه تم تحديثه مرتين *2025-06-25, version 1.9.2* البرنامج متعطل ولم يتم اصلاحه رغم انه تم تحديثه مرتين ### 1/5 — 已購買付費版 簡直垃圾I paid for the premium version — what a rip-off! *2025-04-10, version 1.8.9* 大哥 播放中途會突然有畫沒聲 購買的是默劇版本嗎？Seriously? The audio cuts off in the middle — is this supposed to be a silent film or something? ### 1/5 — Does not work with voiceover *2025-03-31, version 1.8.9* I'm using this on a bluetooth keyboard with the latest version of ios, and this app doesn't work well with voiceover. I am totally blind, and would love to try it out, were it accessible. ### 1/5 — it hasn’t worked in a long time *2025-02-04, version 1.8.7* playlist function does not work cannot create playlist or add videos to playlist ### 1/5 — So bad app *2025-01-25, version 1.8.6* Disappointed ### 1/5 — Can’t play *2025-01-24, version 1.8.6* Can’t play video games ### 1/5 — Cannot play anymore *2025-01-24, version 1.8.6* I have been using this application for a years and it was excellent but now last 2 weeks it doses not work anymore. It shows "Could not play this stream, click to retry" how can I fix that issue. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — The best *2025-10-03, version 1.9.7* I really like it no ads at all ### 5/5 — Good❤️❤️❤️ *2025-10-03, version 1.9.7* Good❤️❤️❤️ ### 5/5 — PERFECT APP BUT PLEASE LET US DOWNLOAD THE VIDEOS TO PLAY OFFLINE MUSIC *2025-09-27, version 1.9.7* amazing app but please please pleaseeeeeeeeee ### 5/5 — Advisement *2025-09-21* Google blocks your wifi ip no video can't be played, if this happens to you, better use mobile data. **Developer response:** Hello, thank you for your feedback: The issues you mentioned have been fixed in version V1.6.0. Thank you for your attention. ### 5/5 — Omar *2025-09-18* There is a problem with the program regarding the sound. There is no sound and it is stoppedWe hope for reform. ### 5/5 — The sound problem *2025-07-20, version 1.9.4* After the update, the sound does not work in the videos. I tried on iPhone 16 pro and iPhone 6 s plus. Please, we want an update to solve the sound problems. Without exaggeration, this is the best YouTube application I've ever tried ### 5/5 — Tubemax *2025-06-23, version 1.9.1* Excellent app ### 5/5 — Ok *2025-06-03* Needs some speed optimization, too slow **Developer response:** Hello, thank you for your feedback: The issues you mentioned have been fixed in version V1.6.0. Thank you for your attention. ### 5/5 — Only 2 problems are 1 u need to fix my phone says 92%and in the video in fullscreen it says 90%so *2025-06-03* The videos says 2% lower battery percentage than the actual percent being 2% higher at 92% on my phone this app needs a major fix please and thank you other than that great app if you could fix these 2 things that would B GR8 thanks actually 1 more thing we need a notification bell icon so we’re notified about new posts from our subscribers and that’s it thank U other than that Those 2 major fixes nothing else plz thanx. **Developer response:** Thank you very much for your support and feedback! We are glad you like our app and we will continue to work hard to improve the quality of this app. If you have any further suggestions or feedback, please feel free to contact us. You can contact us in the following ways, we will have someone to reply your feedback and help you solve the problem: 1.Email: tubemaxvip@gmail.com 2.Feedback portal within TubeMax app You are welcome to contact us through the above channels and describe the details of the bug. Meanwhile, providing a screenshot or recording of the bug can also help us better understand and solve the problem. We will have someone to contact you via email, thank you for your attention and support. ### 5/5 — It blocks ads and works as I expected *2025-05-27* It really blocks ads and works smoothly as using Premium services --- *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.*