Reviews of DOCUMENTARY+ | Streaming App

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List of user reviews and ratings for DOCUMENTARY+ | Streaming App

Total ratings

4.60 (Rating count: 121)

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Review summary

Documentary+ offers a broad, well-curated library of documentaries and a clean, easy-to-use interface, with many titles available for free. However, users report frequent ads and significant playback issues, plus audio that requires a paid subscription. Compatibility problems on Apple TV/tvOS and mixed pricing signals undermine the experience. Overall, strong content and UX are offset by reliability and paywall concerns.

Pros

Large, high-quality catalog of documentaries; well-curated content
Free access to many documentaries (zero cost) with minimal paywall
Clean, minimalist interface and easy to navigate
Content you can’t easily find elsewhere / unique, premium docs

Cons

Ads are frequent and long, disrupting playback
Video playback often buggy: black screens, stuttering, restarts
Audio is locked behind a subscription; no sound without paying
App not well-supported on Apple TV / tvOS with outdated software
Perceived misleading pricing: free marketing but required subscription to watch

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.90

All time rating average: 4.60

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13% (7)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-07-03	Ty*****	I was so shocked and pleasantly surprised to come across this app today! And for free! Documentaries is my favorite genre, and now there's a designated app for it! All free! But if you choose, you can pay $4.99 a month for the no advertisement plan! I am so freaking excited, I can feel my heartbeat through my P***S !!!
I was so shocked and pleasantly surprised to come across this app today! And for free! Documentaries is my favorite genre, and now there's a designated app for it! All free! But if you choose, you can pay $4.99 a month for the no advertisement plan! I am so freaking excited, I can feel my heartbeat through my P***S !!!
2026-06-10	Ha*****	Really great app
Really great app
2026-05-03	Du*****	Download the app registered. Try to watch a video, but said you have to subscribe and pay a monthly fee to watch. Again, not free misleading not recommended.
Download the app registered. Try to watch a video, but said you have to subscribe and pay a monthly fee to watch. Again, not free misleading not recommended.
2026-03-15	MG*****	I just discovered this app and knew immediately that I needed to install it on my Apple Device’s Home Screen! What a treasure trove of well crafted docs! While others have opted for the free version, I went with the $4.99/month paid subscription in order to unlock even more content from this incredible app! If you’re looking for a catalog of some of the best documentaries available, look no further than Documentary +!
I just discovered this app and knew immediately that I needed to install it on my Apple Device’s Home Screen! What a treasure trove of well crafted docs! While others have opted for the free version, I went with the $4.99/month paid subscription in order to unlock even more content from this incredible app! If you’re looking for a catalog of some of the best documentaries available, look no further than Documentary +!
2025-11-25	Ni*****	Has the best docs out there
Has the best docs out there
2025-10-02	fu*****	I download it, watch 3 ads for over 2 minutes, then the documentary just freezes black. I start 2 more times and same thing happens. Just watched 6 minutes of ads for no reason. Deleted.
I download it, watch 3 ads for over 2 minutes, then the documentary just freezes black. I start 2 more times and same thing happens. Just watched 6 minutes of ads for no reason. Deleted.
2024-11-03	Ju*****	Cool documentaries and willing to watch 5mins ads for, but buggy as heck. Just restarted the same documentary 5 times, watching 10+mins of advertising to try to get the X in the top left corner and one in the middle of the screen to disappear, and then when finally it went away the video enexplicably stopped again after I adjusted the brightness on my phone. Now having to repeat the process of restarting the same documentary and trying to get rid of the X to no avail, so came here to write a review so that this is fixed.
Cool documentaries and willing to watch 5mins ads for, but buggy as heck. Just restarted the same documentary 5 times, watching 10+mins of advertising to try to get the X in the top left corner and one in the middle of the screen to disappear, and then when finally it went away the video enexplicably stopped again after I adjusted the brightness on my phone. Now having to repeat the process of restarting the same documentary and trying to get rid of the X to no avail, so came here to write a review so that this is fixed.
2024-08-10	r4*****	No sound!!!
No sound!!!
2023-08-23	Ju*****	Update: iPhone app is not working as well as the tv app… tried to write an email to the support address given in the app. But the email bounced back because the address couldn’t be found. I think they went out of business! ————————————————————— Seems like an app I would like to use. Problem is that it doesn’t work in my Apple TV. I’m running the latest tvOS. Looks like the tv app hasn’t been updated in awhile. Please update so it will work with the latest software for Apple TV. Thank you 🙏
Update: iPhone app is not working as well as the tv app… tried to write an email to the support address given in the app. But the email bounced back because the address couldn’t be found. I think they went out of business! ————————————————————— Seems like an app I would like to use. Problem is that it doesn’t work in my Apple TV. I’m running the latest tvOS. Looks like the tv app hasn’t been updated in awhile. Please update so it will work with the latest software for Apple TV. Thank you 🙏
2023-08-01	ha*****	started with 4 minutes of ads and then went into some other moronic clip that was not what I asked for.
started with 4 minutes of ads and then went into some other moronic clip that was not what I asked for.