Quick verdict
- What it is
- Store information collected; independent summary not yet available.
- At a glance
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- Free to download
- In-app purchases
Categories and search queries
Official categories
- Entertainment
- News
AppCorpus categories
Key functions
| Function | Availability | Access | Scope | Evidence |
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| Free app | Yes | Free | — | Store published |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Limited free | — | Store published |
Screens
App Store
17 store screenshots
Pricing & paywalls
App Store
- Early Adopter Bonus — $0.99
Ratings & reviews
App Store
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3/5Good but could improve
Well first I’d like to say I’m great full for what your company and employees do for the gaming community as a whole. With that said your app could do with fine tuning. After my initial choice of content it’s hard to go back change my choices. A better tutorial on your settings would be nice, and also a way to go back a see that tutorial again if I need it would be great. As far as the content of your product. I would say it’s excellent from my per view. Only negative I could give would be that most of your reviews seem to start from a personal view point and stay that way until the end of the article. It might just be my personal view but a review is supposed to be facts and info followed by a personal opinion at the end, maybe two or three different opinions. Well sorry for the long winded review. I hope someone reads this and I hope I see some of feedback from this as well. Sorry for poor sentence structure. Lol 😆
BL3SS1NG · 30 Aug 2026
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1/5New update has made app nearly useless
I don’t typically write reviews, especially bad ones, but the IGN app has went from great to useless. Previously I used the IGN app almost daily to look up game guides or specific game news (and more), which I always searched for on the app using the “search” feature. The latest update stripped the app down to nothing but a “News” page, a “Video” page, and a “Profile” page (if you create an account). The news and video pages can only be scrolled through and refined to basic categories like “games” and “TV.” The search feature has been completely removed. Not only is there no way to search for news or information on a specific topic, there’s also no way to search for a specific article I read a few days ago, other than endlessly scrolling. Articles can still be added to favorites and viewed from the profile page, but I don’t want to favorite every article I read just for the small chance I might want to reference it later - I want to be able to search for it if I need to. I genuinely hope IGN listens to their users and releases an update soon that brings back the search feature. Search options are such a basic and necessary feature for any news-type app, and IGN’s app is quite a downgrade without it.
TLH227 · 30 Aug 2026
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1/5New update is unusable
Update…. App has just got worse in the months since I posted the review. Now on the rare occasion I do see a relevant article that I’m interested in the app just crashes every time I try to open the article. Finally just deleted the app. So disappointed as IGN has been my only source for movie, tv, and video game news for almost a decade. This is absolute garbage and it seems the developers have no intentions of backtracking on whatever this disastrous new format is. Would downgrade to negative 5,000 stars if possible. Original: I have been using the IGN app for several years as my go to place for all media news, but this new update to the interface has rendered the entire app basically unusable. Nothing seems to be in any particular order, I’ll see 3 articles from various times throughout the current day and then the next 7 articles are from 2-3 months ago, and review posts are so broken they don’t even display the number out of 10 for the review when the same review on the website is displayed completely and correctly. Would give zero stars if possible.
Coder Potts · 30 Aug 2026
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2/5New app update fixed the lag but battery and data problems still remain.
Hey, I really enjoy looking through the ign content and it has been my go to for game info for probably a decade. With that being said I have had to revert to using the website version (which I feel is serviceable at best) because the newer iOS app is a disaster. *Edit: originally the app was a disaster because it crashed and wouldn’t scroll correctly. Now those problems are corrected. However worse and more insidious problems came with it. I’ve had to turn off cellular data for the app because it will blow through all of my data while running in the background. All in one night. I just wake up to a flood of texts saying I’m at 25% of my data, 10% data, 0% data, etc. Very worrisome. Turning off cell data helps this but at home when I’m connected to wifi it still runs through data and I wake up with a low battery. What gives? They said this was fixed on the last update but I assure you it remains an issue.
jmar2212 · 30 Aug 2026
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1/5New App is bad
**APP CAUSING OVERHEATING I have an iPhone 12 pro. The IGN app is buggy, freezes, and eats battery like mobile games do. I had been wondering why my phone kept getting hot and I looked and the IGN app is about 13% my battery over the last 10 days with 2 hours of screen time. The next app was clash of clans with 12% over 10 days and almost 8 1/2 hours of screen time. So the IGN app ate 13% of my battery in significantly less time than clash of clans did and CoC had way more screen time. Next is their video player is so buggy. Also takes multiple steps now to put it in landscape mode when my phone is normally locked in portrait orientation. The video player will play adds every single time, but the actual video I want to see won’t start or freezes after it does. Finally is the app is nice looking but features have been removed and adds auto pop-up now at random times even when I didnt tap to see the add. Im sure this is go drive more traffic to their add partners. Im sorry IGN i really used it daily but now I can’t because the new app is worse.
Cwolf14235 · 30 Aug 2026
Privacy & accessibility
App Store
Privacy
- Data Not Linked to You — Analytics — Usage Data — Product Interaction Developer declared
- Data Not Linked to You — App Functionality — Diagnostics — Crash Data Developer declared
- Data Not Linked to You — App Functionality — Diagnostics — Performance Data Developer declared
- Data Not Linked to You — Developer’s Advertising or Marketing — Usage Data — Product Interaction Developer declared
- Data Not Linked to You — Third-Party Advertising — Usage Data — Product Interaction Developer declared
- Data Not Linked to You — Diagnostics Developer declared
- Data Not Linked to You — Usage Data Developer declared
- Data Used to Track You — Usage Data — Product Interaction Developer declared
- Data Used to Track You — Usage Data Developer declared
Accessibility
No accessibility labels collected yet.
Versions
App Store
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6.5.16
- FaceOffs added to app - Tablets can now access landscape mode when rotating device - Feed loading optimizations - Twitter (X) embed support for articles - Tiktok support for articles
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6.5.19
- Updated Login Process - fixed permanently-autoplaying videos
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6.5.25
Introducing AI Chatbot to talk about our featured games selection. Ask me anything! Articles received a fresh new look, now it's easier to reach object feed with a helpful link at the top.
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6.5.26
Tech articles navigation made easy! Use a new Table of Contents feature to quickly get to a needed section. Product links in our technical reviews and comparison articles are easily reachable now.
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6.5.27
Added Just Watch integration
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6.5.37
In this version we added support for a new platform, improved app stability and updated legal links.
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6.5.38
Recent update include various performance improvements, stability updates and bug fixes
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6.5.39
This update contains important app stability updates and UI fixes.
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6.5.40
Improved estimated release date view.
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6.5.42
We’ve updated our guidelines and privacy tools to better protect our community.
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6.5.44
This update brings a few important improvements to ensure a smoother and more reliable experience. We’ve resolved an issue affecting the sponsorship link on the Sponsored Article screen, so it now directs users correctly. In addition, we’ve refreshed several underlying dependencies to keep the app secure, stable, and compatible with the latest platform updates.
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6.5.50
This update includes a few UI fixes and improvements for our article image carousel user experience.
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6.5.51
In this update we've improved catalog product experience and addressed a few minor article UI issues
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6.5.53
In this update we've improved game release information UI, as well as fixed a couple of minor UI tweaks.
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6.5.55
In this update we've improved overall feed browsing experience, as well as fixed a few minor UI inaccuracies.
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6.5.56
In this update we've fixed a navigation issue related to an object feed experience
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6.5.58
In this build we've improved a slideshow behaviour to be smooth and stable
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6.5.65
In this update we've addressed a few fixes related to a video player experience, as well as made a couple of app stability updates.
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6.5.66
Stability updates
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6.5.68
In this update we've improved app stability and user privacy features
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6.5.69
In this update we've improved user navigation as well as provided an updated support link
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6.5.70
In this update we've improved news feed user experience on iPad devices
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6.5.71
In this update we've improved For You feed experience
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6.6.0
In this update we've fixed a few minor UI tweaks and improved overall app stability
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6.6.2
· 29 Jun 2026
In this update we've improved overall app stability and fixed a few UI bugs.
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6.7.2
· 17 Aug 2026
Improved account age verification and privacy controls.
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Availability by market
- US
Data quality & evidence
- Page completeness
- Live store listing
- Last verified
- 30 Aug 2026
- Sources
- App Store
- Independent summary has not been published yet.