Frndly TV

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Last verified 31 Jul 2026

• Free to download

Last verified 7 Aug 2026

3.6 2431 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Audio Description/PIP

   Not all of the channels have audio description, not sure if that has to do with the networks or the app however, when I record a movie that has audio description, it doesn’t transfer over to the recording. It’s difficult for someone who is blind, or has low vision (legally blind). I don’t know if this is something that can be fixed, but it would be great to have all the description when recording, because if you don’t watch the movie live on certain networks that actually have audio description, it makes it really difficult to watch a recorded movie. There’s close captioning on everything, whether you watch it live or if you watch it on the replay/recording. The blind and visually impaired don’t have that option to have audio description on everything. We don’t know what’s happening in a story when someone is reading a message. By text or email or hand written note. We miss out on facial expressions, so we don’t always know if we should laugh at some thing or be surprised or just be able to enjoy a movie or TV show like others who have full vision, so we miss out on part of the story. Also, it would help to have picture in picture. Having low vision means that there is some vision and at times one needs to access other apps on their smart device. I would like to be able to hear the movie and multitask.

   Meredith612+ · 31 Jul 2026

2. 3/5New weak ap, but with wrong priorities

   The idea of Frndly TV is a great value proposition, and it is a good deal if you can tolerate the problems. At first, I reckoned the value was good even though it is a new way to get TV and has the learning curve problems of very few bells and whistles plus bugs in the software. As it stood, it was a solid 4 rating. Unfortunately, the last 2 updates have shown that the company has grossly wrong priorities. Rather than improve the aps to deliver a solid product, they chose to ignore the problems and weaknesses to work on new ways to advertise at the customers’ expense. The last change did nothing to improve the obvious shortcomings of the programming and add a home page that is there simply to be a vehicle for selling ads. A “home” page should focus on those things chosen by user, but instead they have chosen to diminish access to what the user wants and increase prominence of stuff the user has no desire to have clogging his home page at all. Mistakes like this are hard to overlook because they can only come from bad upper management that has no clue as to what it takes to have a sellable product for the users. They will eventually lose all of their users to a netter run company, and with diminishing user base, they will lose all those advertising dollars that they saw as more important than subscribers.

   Leader Bob · 31 Jul 2026

3. 3/5Love the Streaming Service, HATE the Search Function

   Let me open by saying I LOVE this streaming service, and I loved the app up until recently when Hallmark Movies Now and Dove Channel were made available. I used to be able to search for a movie I recorded, and it would show up in the search results, almost always as the first option. Now, I search for a movie, and the majority (if not all) the hits are from Hallmark Movies Now and Dove, even though I may have recorded the movie as recently as a few hours earlier. It is so frustrating (and I have to PAY for Hallmark Movies Now, which I do not want to do, since I have the movies recorded that I want to watch 🙄). The other option is to scroll through all the movies in My Recordings which I’ve recorded in the past 9 months to find the one I want. Very time consuming when I can just search for it...or USED to be able to search for. Please bring the ability to search recordings back...and drop the Hallmark Movies Now from the search...or give it its own tab at the bottom...especially if you are requiring subscribers to pay extra for it.

   beachmom6 · 31 Jul 2026

4. 5/5I'm home!

   I don't normally have time to leave reviews but this is a much deserved exception. I had FRNDLY a while back and liked it, but I ended up canceling and getting YouTubeTV. OMGsh from day one I didn't like it and hadn't realize how spoiled FRNDLY had made me. I kept it for a while, longer than they deserved lol, but finally canceled it (and found a quality antenna which I'd been meaning to do anyway) and signed back up with FRNDLY last night. As soon as I logged in I literally felt like I was home 😊 I love the layout, the navigation, the lineup (especially Hallmark but many others too), and the features. For example something as simple as being able to start watching anything I want from the beginning, without having to record it first, along with all the other features YTTV doesn't have. Honestly it blows my mind because my yearly subscription with FRNDLY is just a little bit more than what I was paying every month(!) with YTTV. I'm back, I'm a happy customer, and I'm here to stay this time!

   FL_Mermaid · 31 Jul 2026

5. 3/5Focus more on app functionality

   I love this app and use it very often. However, I wish they would focus less on adding new channels and more on the functionality of the app. I don’t have an app that updates as often as this one does but none of the issues are ever resolved. The constant buffering, freezing, and app shut down are one thing and have been present since day one. But now, the app will not record everything I ask it to. I have the highest available plan so there shouldn’t be an issue with space. I have no clue what the issue is but it has been happening since the first of the year. I go through the 72 hour look back every few days and record every movie I want to, even those I have already recorded (because they may be about to fall off) or have seen many times. However when I go to My Recordings, only some of what I selected to record is actually available to watch. Why?? This was never an issue until the beginning of January or so and it is very frustrating. Please don’t add any more channels until the issues with the app have been addressed.

   Cam3150 · 31 Jul 2026

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