VK Video: movies, cartoons, TV

Actually does

• ✓Free tier
• ✓Video streaming80% of reviews
• ✓Live streaming5% of reviews
• ✓Offline-first15% of reviews
• ✓Short video10% of reviews
• ✓Video player20% of reviews
• ✓Субтитры и выбор аудиодорожек5% of reviews
• ✓Freemium(bonus)25% of reviews

Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews

• ⚠Sync across devices
• ⚠Персональная лента и рекомендации
• ⚠Умный поиск с исправлением ошибок
• ⚠Загрузка пользовательского контента
• ⚠File sharing

Common complaints

• ✗Aggressive advertising even in background mode40% of mentions

  «ads every 5 minutes! Plus ads every 5 minutes! Pay 300 rubles or we'll bombard you with ads!!!»

• ✗Stream quality issues and constant freezes35% of mentions

  «Endless buffering? And you're still charging such money for a subscription. Terrible freezes, constantly says no internet or weak internet, video stutters»

• ✗Regressions after updates (features disappear, bugs appear)25% of mentions

  «With every update something breaks! Where's the rewind when you tap the screen after the update?»

• ✗Sound issues in picture-in-picture and background playback mode20% of mentions

  «Sound drops and comes back after switching to full screen. After watching video in picture-in-picture mode, sound doesn't work»

• ✗Compatibility issues with some TVs (error 202 on LG)10% of mentions

  «The app hasn't been working on my LG TV for three days, error 202»

What people praise

• ★Added option to select audio tracks and subtitles

  «The ability to select audio track and subtitles was added. Yay!!!»

• ★Convenient video download for offline viewing

  «I download videos here for the road without internet»

• ★Free access to large content library

  «FREE AND AWESOME»

• ★Less advertising than competitors (according to some reviews)

  «don't pester with ads»

• ★Diverse content for different ages and interests

  «There's a lot of good videos for people of different ages»

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