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Germany

4.59★ from 308,758 ratings · version 31.1 · 35 of the last 50 written reviews are one or two stars

Not enough negative reviews here to group anything honestly. There are 35, and the threshold is twelve.

Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 35 most recent negative ones. Newest review 3 days ago (06.09.2026), last collected yesterday.

United States

4.72★ from 2,797,307 ratings · version 31.0.2 · 32 of the last 59 written reviews are one or two stars

Streams and VODs load slowly or not at all

4of the 32 read13%

Streams buffer constantly, VODs fail to load or take minutes, and mobile playback is laggy, especially on cellular data.

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“app fully not wanting to load — when im trying to open the app, it will take forever to load. the same thing applies when i find a tiktoker sending their twitch to watch their live. please fix this” — ★☆☆☆☆“Needs work. — If I’m not connected to a WiFi source streams load EXTREMELY slow. Past broadcasts also either never load at all or take minutes to load, and even then they immediately go to buffering after 1-2 seconds of playback. Why is this app so neglected I’ll never know…” — ★★☆☆☆“Laggy as hell, does not load on cellular data — Every streaming platform besides this one can reliably replay vods without a problem. This one has a problem.” — ★★☆☆☆

Too many ads, forced viewing without control

4of the 32 read13%

Reviewers complain about excessive ads during streams, forced ad-watching without countdown timers, and ads that disrupt viewing experience.

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“ads during LIVESTREAM — Are you serious?” — ★☆☆☆☆“Ads — The amount of time ads are run is pretty sad. Why would I waste my time. Use any other app or just go outside” — ★☆☆☆☆“THE NEW UPDATE SUCKS — I DISLIKE THIS NEW UPDATE FORCING ME TO WATCH ADS I REUSED TO WATCH ADS DONT EXPECT ME TO BUY A SUB CUZ I CANNOT SO ILL JUST WATCH IT ON MY IPAD NO PROBLEM” — ★☆☆☆☆

Platform hosts creators who call for violence

3of the 32 read9%

Reviewers say Twitch allows streamers to make death threats and calls for violence against other creators and groups without consequences.

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“Deleting the app — As long as twitch continues to allow people like Hassan Piker and Mike from pa to use their platform no one should use this app. Both Hassan Piker and Mike from pa still have accounts despite the fact they both have made multiple death threats towards other streamers,public figures and viewers as well as continued to openly support terrorist organizations, make racist/antisemitic remarks, advocate…” — ★☆☆☆☆“Not Banning Violent Users — I don’t know how this company hasn’t been investigated by the Federal Government for hosting streamers who actively and blatantly call for violence and terrorism such as Hassan Piker and Mike from PA. The CEO of this company Dan Clancy should be subpoenaed and charged with RICO for refusing to follow the platform’s own terms of service and terminate the accounts of these individuals which…” — ★☆☆☆☆“Hosts extremists and tolerates calls for violence — There are creators on both the far right and far left who call for violence including the killing of immigrants and other streamers. If you want a toxic environment where violence is encouraged, Twitch is the place for you.” — ★☆☆☆☆

Constant crashing, glitches, and UI problems

3of the 32 read9%

App crashes frequently, has numerous bugs, glitches after updates, and has a poor user interface design.

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“Terrible app — Constant crashing, bugs galore.” — ★☆☆☆☆“Stop breaking it — Idk why but you guys somehow manage to break this app every time you change something. Get it together.” — ★☆☆☆☆“Still terrible — The twitch mobile app remains one of the most pathetic attempts at making a mobile app by a multi-million dollar company. Constant glitches and a ridiculously terrible UI.” — ★☆☆☆☆

Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 32 most recent negative ones. Newest review 3 days ago (06.09.2026), last collected yesterday.

Britain

4.68★ from 315,032 ratings · version 31.1

We have not read this app's reviews yet. Apple rations that feed to about one page per address every ten minutes and refuses datacentre addresses, so the reading is done by hand — the rating above is live, the complaints are not there yet.

Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 0 most recent negative ones. Newest review never, last collected never.

France

4.71★ from 437,335 ratings · version 31.1

We have not read this app's reviews yet. Apple rations that feed to about one page per address every ten minutes and refuses datacentre addresses, so the reading is done by hand — the rating above is live, the complaints are not there yet.

Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 0 most recent negative ones. Newest review never, last collected never.

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