Reviews of Floatplane

By: Floatplane Media Inc.

List of user reviews and ratings for Floatplane

Total ratings

3.63 (Rating count: 1,649)

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Review summary

Floatplane offers excellent video and audio quality, with a user-friendly interface and direct video downloads, supporting creators effectively. However, the app lacks key features such as reliable background playback, resume play, and consistent PiP functionality. Users report frequent sign-outs, inconvenient video management due to missing watch later or playlist options, and occasional playback issues. Improvements in search, filtering, and notification handling would significantly enhance the experience. Despite these drawbacks, many appreciate the app's quality and support for exclusive content.

Pros

Excellent video and audio quality, offering an enhanced viewing experience over YouTube.
Easy to use interface with intuitive navigation for most users.
Ability to download videos directly is appreciated by users.
Supports creators by providing exclusive content and early releases.
Stable streaming performance for many users.

Cons

Lack of background playback and screen-off playback is a major drawback.
Frequent sign-out requiring users to log in each time is frustrating.
No resume playback feature, making it hard to continue videos where left off.
Inconsistent or problematic Picture-in-Picture (PiP) functionality.
No watch later or playlist feature, causing difficulties in managing videos.
Issues with app sometimes refusing to load or play videos smoothly.
Lack of video sorting, search, and filtering capabilities.
Poor handling of notifications, including broken links from push notifications.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.00

All time rating average: 3.63

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8% (25)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-06-08	Al*****	I installed this just because I want to support Dankpods, otherwise, Horrible app, a lot of Bugs, Picture-In Picture doesn't work properly or not at all, If I open another app while Videos are playing in the background, it stops after some time and when I get back into the app, it freezes, after I scroll down to check older videos the whole app starts stuttering and moving like a PowerPoint presentation. Please fix this! It's ruining the overall experience!!
I installed this just because I want to support Dankpods, otherwise, Horrible app, a lot of Bugs, Picture-In Picture doesn't work properly or not at all, If I open another app while Videos are playing in the background, it stops after some time and when I get back into the app, it freezes, after I scroll down to check older videos the whole app starts stuttering and moving like a PowerPoint presentation. Please fix this! It's ruining the overall experience!!
2026-05-26	Jo*****	The content that Dankpods is putting out is fantastic, but Floatplane is a terrible app. It's so slow, glitchy, and lacking in features. I'm happy to support Dank and James but Floatplane sucks hard. 12/02/25 update added a couple of quality of life features but it's still lacking immensely. Wish List: -PiP and background play that works. -The ability to sort the posts on a channel by type, upload date, view count -The ability to sort comments by likes and date, Playlists
The content that Dankpods is putting out is fantastic, but Floatplane is a terrible app. It's so slow, glitchy, and lacking in features. I'm happy to support Dank and James but Floatplane sucks hard. 12/02/25 update added a couple of quality of life features but it's still lacking immensely. Wish List: -PiP and background play that works. -The ability to sort the posts on a channel by type, upload date, view count -The ability to sort comments by likes and date, Playlists
2026-05-04	Al*****	picture in picture and background play are either broken or unsupported.
picture in picture and background play are either broken or unsupported.