# World Surf League — user reviews > 692 indexed App Store user reviews of World Surf League by World Surf League, rated 2.60/5 from 21 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/world-surf-league/id966709252/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/world-surf-league/id966709252.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 7 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 9 ## What do users think of World Surf League? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🤙 Great content - 🌊 Awesome for following surfing - 🔍 Useful for tracking favorite surfers - 📺 Good video quality **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy and crashes frequently - 💢 Aggressive and repetitive ads - 🤯 Frustrating navigation and user experience - 🔍 Difficult to find specific content - 🤷‍♂️ Inconsistent performance across platforms **Commonly reported bugs** - Frequent login issues - Replays playing incorrect heats - Video player bugs (e.g., screen going black, audio issues) - Fantasy league not updating properly **Most requested features** - Option to hide event results before watching replays - Improved fantasy league functionality - Better integration with Chromecast and other streaming platforms - More customization options (e.g., dark mode) ## Newest reviews (17 of 692) ### 3/5 — Fantasy picks is a hassle. Otherwise love WSL *2026-08-20, version 3.0.7 (17)* Love having the great surf events at my fingertips plus fantasy league is heaps fun. I just think too many steps to pick teams. Need an obvious button/menu which can be seen in most screens. Also give more functional reminders to pick teams or if we have not done it completely, like once missed doing power picks and then had no selections for that event. My kids roasted me. Please fix team picking 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 ### 2/5 — Fantasy is painful *2026-06-29, version 3.0.7 (17)* Please fix fantasy. Why do I have to click through 3 stages to get to the main team section. So many UX issues ### 2/5 — 2 ads, over and over *2026-06-13, version 3.0.7 (17)* While doing normal playback in full screen, you can’t go back to watching it in full screen after the second ad break for the most part without reloading the live view and watching the same 2 ads again, and again. This has to be a sales point to their advertising sponsors - “we’ll make sure our fans accidentally watch your ad 10 more times by forcing a live watch reboot.” Hard to remain a competition day fan/viewer when WSL takes advantage or just doesn’t give a rip about the playback experience. I’d pay $10/yr for an ad-free experience as a single user. I don’t drink; so, 50% of your ads are really not hitting me. ### 2/5 — Fix the playback *2026-06-12, version 3.0.7 (17)* The only thing I can’t stand is the lack of an option to play the contest from the beginning like on YouTube. When the finals start and we are forced to watch on the app and happen to be in a different time zone or get a late start, we are hosed as we can’t start from the beginning. That makes it trash ### 1/5 — Notifications not working properly. *2026-06-10, version 3.0.7 (17)* I used to get notifications when heats and events were starting. Now I don’t get anything. ### 1/5 — App barely works *2026-06-08, version 3.0.7 (17)* Terrible live stream experience and never sends notifications for when heats start so am constantly missing events ### 1/5 — Replay *2026-06-07, version 3.0.7 (17)* I keep wanting to like this app and watch replays of heats but unfortunately when a commercial comes on mid heat the screen goes back to vertical and then won’t change back to horizontal without starting over. Keep Hopi g this gets fixed but never does. ### 2/5 — OG opinion *2026-06-04, version 3.0.7 (17)* To many adds ### 1/5 — Fantasy *2026-05-25, version 3.0.6 (50)* Constantly logs me out and has been frozen for weeks now not being able to see results or continue playing ### 1/5 — Really bad app *2026-05-24, version 3.0.6 (50)* This app is the worst app, logs me out all the time, then when I log in it won’t let me see my results… developers please release an update and fix these bugs! ### 1/5 — Chromecast *2026-05-23* Doesn’t work to cast anywhere ### 2/5 — Sem notificações *2026-05-17* As notificações não estão funcionando. Não recebo nada quando começa uma etapa nova. ### 1/5 — Very poor app - heads need to roll *2026-05-17, version 3.0.6 (50)* It’s just been such a poorly designed and managed app for over a decade now. They sort one thing out and then another key function breaks. Some heads really need to roll ### 1/5 — It works, sometimes *2026-05-17, version 3.0.6 (50)* It works sometimes but not very often. Very disappointing when you’re trying to keep track of heat results and your Fantasy team. ### 1/5 — Bad got worse *2026-05-17, version 3.0.6 (50)* The new fantasy update (2026) is so bad, starting with opening the fantasy section with “play now” dude I’m already playing, I just want to view my team and maybe update 1 surfer… oh you have to update your ENTIRE team to do that- including men’s and women’s and reselect your power surfer?? Did you even test this. Now don’t get me started on trying to stream an event. It’s like playing Operation because of your fat thumbs hit the wrong button, you’re gonna have to sit through another round of lame ads from Pacifico and 805. ### 1/5 — Fantasy *2026-05-16, version 3.0.6 (50)* Fantasy has bugs. The app logged me out and I can’t log back in. I’ll set and save my lineup’s only to fin out they don’t save. ### 1/5 — So bad *2026-05-15, version 3.0.6 (50)* Just as you think it could get better with a new release. Please also redo your UX and UI for Fantasy its not working. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Notifications *2026-09-01, version 3.0.7 (17)* They don’t work ### 1/5 — Fantasy *2026-08-26, version 3.0.7 (17)* Why is it that halfway through picking your team it reloads and doesn’t save your team, then when you think it’s saved it hasn’t. 4 of my mates have all had the problem through out the fantasy season so far in different events. Make the app want to save players rather than it not want to save. Make it suited to the user. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2026-08-22, version 3.0.7 (17)* For a company who’s entire business operates via a website and app I’d expect a lot more. I enjoy fantasy surfing yet cannot access my team via the app, only the website. Never get an update regarding my teams standings during an event nor any event news for that matter until it’s over despite all notifications turned on. Let’s go WSL, it’s 2026. ### 1/5 — New Development Team Needed *2026-08-14, version 3.0.7 (17)* I can’t believe how bad this app has gotten. It’s 4 clicks to get to your fantasy team!! I don’t even want to take the time to get into the how poorly it’s designed to make changes to your line up. WSL needs to get rid of all web product managers immediately!! Now let’s discuss how bad the app performs when watching a broadcast. If your phone goes out of full screen and you go back into the broadcast, the screen goes black and you have to restart the app and watch 90 seconds of ads again!! Embarrassing product for the WSL. ### 1/5 — WORST SPODTS VIEWING EXPERIENCE *2026-08-13, version 3.0.7 (17)* Of the many things wrong with WSL, this app is the worst thing. The fact that they direct all traffic for their most viewed days (CT Finals Days) to this app and then spend 0 funding into developing it, is insane and an indicator of their company’s fundamental lack of competency and intelligence. This is the first experience some fans are getting. They want to tune into to Pipe Finals Day! They find out they have to download an app whatever. Then it looks like it was made in 2008 and barely functions. You watch the ad non stop at the beginning and don’t offer any subscription to remove it. How’s that for their first taste of the sport you are desperately forcing to grow. Get a clue. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2026-08-13, version 3.0.7 (17)* I love surfing. I love watching surfing. I never review or write apps. But I had to because this thing is so clunky, hard to use, and literally ruins my experience of watching the sport I love . WSL is great, but this app sucks. ### 1/5 — Fantasy portion never works properly *2026-08-11, version 3.0.7 (17)* The app never works properly for the fantasy tab. I always have to go to my laptop to check scores. ### 1/5 — Brouilllon et non ergonomique + TROP DE PUB *2026-08-10* Insupportable de revoir toujours les meme pubs à chaque fois que l’on change d’écran ou de menu. En plus l’app est brouillonne avec bcp trop de pub et d’info sur chaque page. Ergonomie à revoir totalement. On ne sait pas où cliquer pour voir les vidéos ou le score ! ### 1/5 — Ok *2026-07-04, version 3.0.7 (17)* It’s great having all these features but the adds every single time you switch around is overkill. The fantasy league is fun but it would be nice to clearly see your overall standing in your own club. There’s always some glitchy thing going on somewhere within the app as well… If it was an amateur app I’d give a higher rating but cmon just writing off people’s reviews is lazy… you got 2.5 stars overall for a reason ### 1/5 — Forecast *2026-06-18, version 3.0.7 (17)* Would it kill the WSL to do daily forecasts of the current swell for the CT and upcoming CT events??? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Nice updates *2026-06-16, version 3.0.7 (17)* Some nice improvements to casting and spoiler free results page :) ### 5/5 — Awesome *2026-06-07, version 3.0.7 (17)* Marrocos, puerto Escondido, Indonesia…new spots please ### 5/5 — Surfing *2026-05-25, version 3.0.6 (50)* Let’s go griff!!!!!! ### 5/5 — Aloha! *2026-05-15* Excelente! Para ficar perfeito, podia ter um seletor de linguagens, para o usuário escolher. ### 5/5 — Awesome App 🤙🏻 *2026-04-21, version 3.0.4 (16)* The WSL app is great, it keeps users up to date on the best surfers, events and happenings on tour ### 5/5 — Incredible *2026-04-21, version 3.0.4 (16)* I love surfing but this has gotten me more into the competition of the sport. ### 5/5 — IDIOMA POSTUGUES *2026-03-25, version 3.0.3 (11)* é muito bom mesmo, mas seria muito bom se fosse possivel trocar o idioma e ficar mostrando na tela de inicio do celular os proximos campeonatos de algum evento em específico, ou surfista em específico, mas fora isso, app muito bomm!! mas se puder colocar isso! ### 5/5 — Good source for info *2026-03-19, version 3.0.2 (33)* I read it for the articles, and is my first stop to watch surfing. Ads are a pain, but pretty standard for a free service in 2026. Hopefully get to pay a couple bucks to get rid of them at some point. Checking scores through the event page is nice. ### 5/5 — App UI *2026-02-09, version 3.0.0 (5)* This App rocks! Nice work WSL🤙🏾 ### 5/5 — Much improved *2026-02-04, version 3.0.0 (5)* Thanks WSL for upgrading the app! --- *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 2026-09-11.*