WBFYC Screeners vs HW Media
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WBFYC Screeners
Access exclusive Warner Bros. 'For Your Consideration' screeners. Authorized users can view, download, or stream content after pre-authorization and login.
- View screeners
- Download screeners
- Stream screeners
- Exclusive Warner Bros. content
- Requires valid credentials
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The WBFYC Screeners app allows authorized Guild members or Warner Bros. users to view, download, or stream Warner Bros. 'For Your Consideration' screeners. Valid Warner Bros./Guild credentials are required to access content in the WBFYC Screeners app. Pre-authorization from a Warner Bros. Television Distribution Contact, and a valid login/password are required to use the app.
HW Media
This app provides streaming news, sports, arts, and events from Harvard-Westlake School. Access live and archived content across various channels including academics, athletics, and performing arts.
- Live and archived streaming content
- Multiple content channels
- News, sports, arts, and events coverage
- Academics and parent programming
- Alumni and summer content
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HW Media is the streaming news, sports, arts, and events app of Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. HW Media works like any other streaming service (but it's free!). Watch HW Media livestreams and archived recordings across several different channels of content. Channels include Admission and Ambassadors Athletics (livestream games, Coach's Corner, and more) Academics including real in-class video of your favorite teachers Arts videos from instrumental and choral music to Black Box plays and mainstage musicals, jazz and coffee house performances, art gallery tours, and so much more Westflix Life at HW Summer Parents including affinity group programming Alumni We're adding content every week, so please check back for new programming. Terms of Service: https://media.hw.com/tos Privacy Policy: https://media.hw.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HW Media at 100% against WBFYC Screeners's 17%. HW Media also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). WBFYC Screeners's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HW Media holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of WBFYC Screeners's written reviews are positive against 100% of HW Media's.
WBFYC Screeners ships an update every 5 weeks, HW Media every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WBFYC Screeners | HW Media |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (52 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Warner Bros. | Harvard-Westlake School |
Customer experience
WBFYC Screeners
HW Media
Bugs and requests
WBFYC Screeners
Reported bugs
42 issues- Login code expired
- Stereo playback only
- Cannot cast to decent screen
- Crashes every time
- Cannot download without error
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- Screeners only play on phone
- Continues to refresh when casting
- Cannot download/play movie
- Only cast through DirectTV stream box
- Does not stream
- Black screen with sound
- Movies skip and glitch
- Crashed unexpectedly
- Screen only appears black
- Spent two hours trying to screen
- App won't work with older devices
- AppleTV generation 3 too outdated
- Won't accept the code
- Crashes on launch
- Unable to connect to screener
- Sent to different sites and apps
- Refusal to allow secondary screen
- Viewed on tiny laptop screens
- Less than ideal sound and vision
- HDCP stuff is ridiculous
- Screen goes black with sound
- Screen went black
- Progress bar kept going forward, but no picture
- Lock itself to closed interfaces
- Configured for Monterey?
- Neither played at speed (dropping frames)
- Blank screen
- Buggy app
- Does not airplay or chrome cast
- Aggressive watermarking ruins films
- Watermarking every 10 minutes
- No AirPlay to big screen
- No picture in picture view
- Not being capable of playing on big screen
- Straight to iPhone
- App works great. No Casting though.
- Not everyone has an Apple TV
Requested features
5 requests- Support for Amazon Firestick
- Extend mirroring capability to other devices
- Make app Chromecast able
- Allow casting to TVs
- Bring back DVD and BluRays
HW Media
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WBFYC Screeners
No in-app purchases
HW Media
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is WBFYC Screeners free?
Is HW Media free?
Which has better reviews, WBFYC Screeners or HW Media?
Do WBFYC Screeners or HW Media have ads?
Which is updated more often, WBFYC Screeners or HW Media?
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