Reviews of Canvas By Instructure

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List of user reviews and ratings for Canvas By Instructure

Total ratings

4.52 (Rating count: 223,501)

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Review summary

Canvas by Instructure for Android is described as easy to navigate and well organized, serving as a central hub for courses, grades, and communication with professors and peers. However, many users report frequent sign-outs, crashes, slow loading, and content not loading properly. Drafts not saving, to-do lists failing, and regressions after updates are common complaints. Overall, reliability and performance issues overshadow positives, with users yearning for stability and smoother operation across updates.

Pros

Easy to navigate and well organized.
Central hub for courses, grades, assignments, and communication.
Helps users stay on top of assignments and grades.
Good for colleges/universities and keeps you connected to courses and materials.
Great tool for communicating with professors and fellow students.

Cons

Constant sign-outs and repeated login prompts.
Crashes or pages fail to load, causing lost progress.
Slow performance and long loading times on Android.
Drafts may not save and to-do lists sometimes don't work.
Updates occasionally introduce new issues or regressions.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 1.70

All time rating average: 4.52

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Date	Author	Comment
2026-08-25	Be*****	we use this app for school and everyone hates it. it always deletes work and stuff like that and sometimes goes down
we use this app for school and everyone hates it. it always deletes work and stuff like that and sometimes goes down
2026-08-25	Da*****	multiple videos on a page all play at once. trying to download to play individually doesn't work.
multiple videos on a page all play at once. trying to download to play individually doesn't work.
2026-08-25	Va*****	I like the app, its good and useful, but I don't like the new layout it has, its so confusing.
I like the app, its good and useful, but I don't like the new layout it has, its so confusing.
2026-08-25	Ta*****	I put in my school, and it just takes me to a black screen. Doesn't do anything. Absolutely useless, do not install.
I put in my school, and it just takes me to a black screen. Doesn't do anything. Absolutely useless, do not install.
2026-08-25	Ja*****	This app sucks its terrible it keeps deleting itself so I cant do my homework
This app sucks its terrible it keeps deleting itself so I cant do my homework
2026-08-25	ni*****	I like the idea of Canvas, but the app itself is extremely laggy. Every time I try to open it to check my assignments, it throws an error. The browser version isn't much better. For an app with over 10 million users, it desperately needs a proper performance update.
I like the idea of Canvas, but the app itself is extremely laggy. Every time I try to open it to check my assignments, it throws an error. The browser version isn't much better. For an app with over 10 million users, it desperately needs a proper performance update.
2026-08-24	Mi*****	it got hacked that once
it got hacked that once
2026-08-24	Lu*****	Class starts today and the app is always blank and loads nothing when I try to use it
Class starts today and the app is always blank and loads nothing when I try to use it
2026-08-24	Ra*****	very bad no like teacher made me install bad bad bad
very bad no like teacher made me install bad bad bad
2026-08-24	Fe*****	really slow and not responding all the time
really slow and not responding all the time