# CuriosityStream

> Watch smart documentaries

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id971830624](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id971830624)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id971830624`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** CuriosityStream, LLC
- **Category:** Entertainment
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (6,269 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.1.40
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-06
- **First published:** 2015-03-13
- **Size:** 44 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/curiositystream/id971830624)
- **Website:** [https://curiositystream.com/](https://curiositystream.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://curiositystream.com/views/privacy.html](https://curiositystream.com/views/privacy.html)

## Description

CuriosityStream is the world’s leading documentary and non-fiction streaming service, covering science, nature, history, and biographies of real characters. Join over 20 million subscribers to explore thousands of brain-boosting documentaries with unlimited streaming, 4K/HD quality, and weekly new content.

The CuriosityKIDS collection offers safe, educational programs for families. Download shows for offline viewing and enjoy cross-device syncing. Subscriptions are billed via iTunes with auto-renewal and can be managed in Account Settings after purchase.

## Rankings

- #23,250 — Overall
- #12 — history

## Review summary

Users praise CuriosityStream for a strong, diverse documentary library and regular new titles, with good value including a lifetime option. However, multiple reviews cite recurring problems: billing and cancellation difficulties, streaming and device performance issues, lack of family profiles and limited accessibility options, aging or lower-quality content, and a clunky UI. These recurring themes explain why overall sentiment is mixed despite the strong core content.

### Pros

- Excellent, diverse documentary library spanning science, history, nature, and technology.
- Broad range of topics and partner content (e.g., National Geographic) appealing to curious learners.
- Content is added regularly, keeping the catalog fresh.
- Perceived good value for money with a reasonable price and even a lifetime subscription option.
- Overall content quality and usefulness are often regarded as better than competing streaming services.

### Cons

- Billing and cancellation are frequently difficult: recurring charges, hard-to-cancel online, and loops or delayed refunds.
- Playback and streaming issues on Apple devices: slow performance, bugs, buffering, and casting problems.
- Lack of multiple profiles for families and limited subtitles/audio options; kid mode missing.
- Some content is aging or lower quality (poor audio, episodes greyed out) and not updated as often as users would like.
- Clunky UI/navigation and cluttered watchlist (Keep Watching) that makes content management frustrating.

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