HIDIVE

• Free to download
• In-app purchases

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

• Free to download
• In-app purchases: $7.99 - $79.99 per item

Last verified 7 Aug 2026

2.0 5166 ratings · App Store

1. 2/5User interface is worse than illegal anime websites

   The new update is so annoying HIDIVE originally had profiles but now their basically completely gone. Reduced to having to go and manually click on your list where it’s just two watchlist not profiles, and watch history is combined now so it really is like you’re sharing one profile. Not to mention the biggest problem is the fact that when you’re watching a show it doesn’t keep track of where you left off. If you click on a show there’s no inkling of an indication that you were on an episode. Also if you hit start watching it automatically takes you to the first episode every time. Also a little nitpick here but I hate the fact that the subtitles aren’t embedded into the show, it’s so ugly and distracting. Another thing shows will just refused to show up in my continue watching, the only way they’ll show up there is if I didn’t finish the episode. Also it should be a crime that you can’t go back 10 seconds being forced to go back 30 seconds. Another problem is that on my phone I will search anime and go to add them to my list and they will just not appear. The only way I can find them is if I go on the TV, it’s like my list is full or some thing. I like the fact that Hidive has a lot of anime you can’t find on Crunchyroll and that they even have a dedicated LGBT+ genre but all of these very critical problems is really the sullying viewing experience, They really need to get their act together.

   verygood nickname · 31 Jul 2026

2. 5/5Not as bad as some reviews suggest

   I like this app & appreciate having a second app to watch anime Crunchyroll doesn’t have & it’s good to have competition in a space to keep innovation & improvement going… there’s some minor things that would make major improvements to this app on all platforms that would make it right up there with Crunchyroll. The video quality is great, the app Home Screen is well laid out & the unique “schedule” tab is awesome!… so I tend to believe a lot of money is being left on the table by not making some quality of life improvements considering Crunchyroll currently has over 1million reviews on the App Store there’s definitely a market Hidive isn’t tapping into enough at the moment but with some hard work from the devs they definitely could…•Consider alternative fonts & font colors to subbed content &/or allow users to select from a few options •10 second fast forward & rewind instead of 30 seconds/ sometimes it’s nice to push through an episode quicker but difficult to pinpoint where we left off at 30 second intervals •Skip intros(this one took a while for Crunchyroll to figure out so wouldn’t expect this as soon) •Hidive should have a cute mascot on display in the app •When saving content to watchlist it would be cool to save the show instead of the season. •Continuation of last point should save watch history to user account so we can jump right back where we left off. -apologies in advance apparently Apple Store reviews lump all text together even after I try to format it…

   Sage the Mage 39551 · 31 Jul 2026

3. 4/5App improving, slowly

   Time to update my rating (from 3 to 4 stars) and review here, since things have improved a fair bit since my prior review. The addition of the watchlists button to the bottom nav bar fixes one of my big issues with the app, and various bugs have gotten fixed, like the formerly missing series text titles and descriptions in the watchlist view. There is still one critical problem for me: the watched status for each episode is missing and not being updated even after episodes are watched, making it very hard to tell where I am in the various series. Lesser issues: 1) The home screen still only has thumbnails for the series, with no text labels, so it’s sometimes hard to figure out what series the thumbnail is for; 2) while new episodes are flagged in the watchlist and episode lists, it’s only done by date, for a week, and doesn’t track whether the episode is new/unwatched by the current user, and the separate history feature isn’t a real replacement for this important feature; 3) the multi-user profile support is welcome, but still minimal, I would rather not see everyone’s watchlists, just my own, and if episode “watched” tracking is ever added back in, it needs to be by profile, not account; 4) the skip forward and reverse buttons 30s skip size is mildly annoying since it’s too large, the iOS standard video skip is 10s, which is much more convenient for quickly going back to catch subtitles, which I do constantly.

   TerranAlchemy · 31 Jul 2026

4. 2/5User interface could use a facelift

   So here is my assessment. First I love the content. The shows are amazing and I am glad that apps like HIDIVE exist to bring this content. However, there are some issues that I wish to bring to your attention that need addressing. First, it’s the inconsistency of logging in. There are times where I periodically would have to sign back into my HIDIVE account just to log back into my device. This is a headache. There is no other streaming media that I have this problem with except for HIDIVE. I recommend that HIDIVE work on this so customers can stay logged in on multiple devices without being logged off and can log off remotely. Most other streaming services already have this feature and it’s years old. It’s time for HIDIVE to get with the program. Second and last, the content itself. I am watching Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon that is streaming on its 5th season and for some reason the 12th episode isn’t available. It just disappeared. This makes no sense. Please address this. I do not want to go to another streaming service for my anime when HIDIVE is probably the one anime source that provides me both sub and dub content not only quickly but efficiently. P.s. do me a solid and get the entire series of Food Wars dubbed and subbed on HIDIVE for crying out loud. It makes no sense that another anime company has seasons 3-5 and you can only see the dubbed or subbed versions of season 2 on another streaming app and I don’t like paying for three different services for the same content.

   reggieman30 · 31 Jul 2026

5. 1/5Interface is horrible!! Please fix it.

   How is there an app this talked about with this bad of an interface on iphones and iPads? Last update was three years ago? Are you even trying to improve? The interface on iPads and phones won’t allow you to remove shows from your watch list. You can’t pause shows you are watching bc they just keep playing or pause for a few seconds then start playing again. Switching episodes is a pain it’s doesn’t keep track of what episodes you have watched or where you stopped an episode at should you close the app and come back later. The options on the phones and iPads are hard to get to and navigate. The fast forward and rewind is a complete guess as to where the app will actually stop the episode. You might get close to where you want to be but most likely will end up somewhere completely random. You can try to move the little slider at the bottom of the screen but when you stop it where you wanted it to be, it will move itself forward or backwards to where ever it wants to be. I have never seen a more poorly made interface for iPhones or iPads. I’m not sure if it works well on other devices but even on my television it’s still got a lot of the same issues. I bought the year subscription and should nothing be done for yet another year to fix these issues I will not be renewing. I spend more time trying to get it where I want, working like I want, and remembering what episode I was on then actually watching anything.

   960mcsd · 31 Jul 2026

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