Reviews of Yle Areena

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List of user reviews and ratings for Yle Areena

Total ratings

4.16 (Rating count: 57,835)

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Review summary

Reviews praise the app for its rich content library and generally positive experience, but consistently report significant issues: login barriers, frequent crashes, playback bugs (especially when rotating devices), weak search/discovery and filtering, autoplay problems, and geo-restrictions. Overall sentiment is mixed: strong content quality amid reliability and usability problems.

Pros

Large, high-quality content library including popular series.
Generally good app experience and valuable service.
Positive user sentiment and praise from multiple users.
Content breadth and usefulness appreciated by users.

Cons

Mandatory login to use the app.
Frequent crashes, memory leaks, and stability issues.
Playback/navigation bugs (rotation causes pauses/rewinds, no speed control, live-broadcast issues).
Poor content discovery, search, categorization, and filtering; content can disappear.
Autoplay/podcast issues and geo-restrictions limiting access.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.70

All time rating average: 4.16

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44% (36)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-05-30	de*****	videot ei näy Koko näytöllä vaan jää valtavat mustat reunat. Postimerkin kokoista elokuvaa ei ole kiva katsella.
videot ei näy Koko näytöllä vaan jää valtavat mustat reunat. Postimerkin kokoista elokuvaa ei ole kiva katsella.
2026-05-18	Ra*****	Better off using a web browser or the Hermit app to make a webapp launch icon so you don't need to login or update this app. I have had to reset the app several times because it failed to run, which a webapp won't need. Casting did not work. Some content has adult scenes with no prior warning. You can't choose the display based on audience age rating.
Better off using a web browser or the Hermit app to make a webapp launch icon so you don't need to login or update this app. I have had to reset the app several times because it failed to run, which a webapp won't need. Casting did not work. Some content has adult scenes with no prior warning. You can't choose the display based on audience age rating.
2026-05-13	La*****	It's quite a torso compared to what it used to be. Today, the Android automotive version is only a frontend for internet radio; the ability to search, watch or listen to anything else than live radio has been removed. Previously it was possible to watch broadcasts, news, sports etc. while parked (which was very handy!)
It's quite a torso compared to what it used to be. Today, the Android automotive version is only a frontend for internet radio; the ability to search, watch or listen to anything else than live radio has been removed. Previously it was possible to watch broadcasts, news, sports etc. while parked (which was very handy!)
2026-04-11	Li*****	Yle Puhe MIA More facts not " personalities"
Yle Puhe MIA More facts not " personalities"
2026-03-24	*****	Ei voi käyttää kirjautumatta
Ei voi käyttää kirjautumatta
2026-03-08	Da*****	Pretty good so far. I was able to guess the options on pages where text was exclusively in Finnish through trial and error, (🤞) but, while some pages in the process were amenable to google translate it would be more than helpful if some kind of access to English text were more available. I'm only interested in the classical music so the breadth of the menu and prioritising of TV is a slight, inescapable hurdle, but the quality of the service is worth it. Thank you.
Pretty good so far. I was able to guess the options on pages where text was exclusively in Finnish through trial and error, (🤞) but, while some pages in the process were amenable to google translate it would be more than helpful if some kind of access to English text were more available. I'm only interested in the classical music so the breadth of the menu and prioritising of TV is a slight, inescapable hurdle, but the quality of the service is worth it. Thank you.
2026-02-28	He*****	nothing bad about this app!
nothing bad about this app!
2026-02-12	Mi*****	Huono videontoistokäytettävyys (yritäpä selata 3-tuntisen live lähetyksen lopusta alkuun; ei nopeussäätöä; kun selaa lähetyksen sisällä, niin sen jälkeen pakko painaa enter, muuten sovellus ei tajua aloittaa videos pyörimään), hidas, todella huono ohjelmien löydettävyys, huono kategorisointi, ohjelmat häviävät, ei simppeliä mahdollisuutta rajata/lajitella ohjelmia (esim. suosion perusteella) tai etsimisen tuloksia.
Huono videontoistokäytettävyys (yritäpä selata 3-tuntisen live lähetyksen lopusta alkuun; ei nopeussäätöä; kun selaa lähetyksen sisällä, niin sen jälkeen pakko painaa enter, muuten sovellus ei tajua aloittaa videos pyörimään), hidas, todella huono ohjelmien löydettävyys, huono kategorisointi, ohjelmat häviävät, ei simppeliä mahdollisuutta rajata/lajitella ohjelmia (esim. suosion perusteella) tai etsimisen tuloksia.
2026-02-07	Ti*****	thanks for showing Brits series. I love it.
thanks for showing Brits series. I love it.
2026-02-07	Pa*****	miten on mahdollista että verorahoilla kustannettun appiin pakotetaan kirjautumaan?? poistakaa kirjautumispakko välittömästi!
miten on mahdollista että verorahoilla kustannettun appiin pakotetaan kirjautumaan?? poistakaa kirjautumispakko välittömästi!