Rave - Watch Party 17+

Good except a few things

I’ve been waiting for an app that lets you watch Netflix together cause it’s like all I ever use haha. And this app is amazing for that. But the few things I dislike is that I can’t see my friends reactions to the movies or shows. I think it would be more fun if you could have a video rave. With friends you could see their reactions while hearing each other. Another things is. When the mic is on you can’t really hear the movie as well. It’s very quiet until you both turn the mic off. The mic volume is very loud and covers up the movie sound. I’m not sure if there is a way to turn it down on the setting but I have not seen it. One last thing is, I use Bluetooth headphones and when I try to connect them to the Bluetooth button it connects for a few seconds but then it turns off and says “no Bluetooth devices found”. I don’t know if it’s because it’s already connected to my phone or.. something else but yeah :) just some things that would make your app better than what it already is. That is why I rated four out of five stars. There’s just a few things that could bump it up to five :) other than that I love it!

Developer Response ,

Hey! Thank you so much for this detailed review - we really value and appreciate your feedback. Regarding video chatting in Rave, this is definitely something we are interested in adding to the app in the future. Right now, we are focused on bug fixes (like Bluetooth one you described) as well as adding more streaming content. Regarding the mic being too loud over top of the movie, our developers are investigating this and working on a fix. Lastly, Bluetooth can be finicky in Rave, and this is another thing we are really determined to fix. Make sure you have the Bluetooth icon in the top left corner of the video player clicked, and then also click the AirPlay icon. If you've done this, and then your headphones are disconnecting from the app, can you try leaving the Rave app, and switching to the Phone/FaceTime app and starting a call quickly, and then ending it? And then go back into the Rave app. This is a funny, weird, temporary fix that has worked for some of our other users describing what you've mentioned here. If you have any further questions, you can reach us directly on Instagram or Twitter at @getraveapp, or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GetRave and we can answer any questions you may have. We are happy to chat anytime! Instagram or Twitter at @getraveapp, or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GetRave and we can help you to troubleshoot the issue. We are happy to chat anytime! Thank you again for this detailed review! 😊

Horrible performance issues

I originally downloaded this app a couple years ago to watch a kids show with my ex boyfriend, and it worked fine. I used it a lot over quarantine to show my mum videos and watch commentary videos and TV shows like Crashbox with my girlfriend. It worked fine the first while I had it and then it gradually got worse. The premise of the app is great and the interface is very user friendly, even for a tech hag like myself. The thing is, no matter how strong my internet connection is, videos will take ages to load and sometimes not even load at all. Ill be staring at a black screen with a loading wheel on it only to realise that I wasted 5 minutes of my life waiting for a video to load when it wont. And I’ve tried to remedy this, but the app has become completely unusable. I’ve tried going to another rave, starting my own, force restarting my entire phone, restarting the app, uninstalling and reinstalling the app, disconnecting from my wifi to use my unlimited data… nothing works. I just can’t watch videos. They will load forever and sometimes the video player disappears entirely. I’ve tried hanging up calls to see if that’s the problem and it’s not. If I’m lucky the video will play but it’s extremely laggy and at a video quality so bad I cant even see what’s happening on the screen. I love the app but I literally cannot use it. A shame. My girlfriend has the same issue too, so I know it’s not just me.

Scary app

Hi so me and friend of mine wanted to watch something together and we found the app called rave and we was so excited so we didn’t read any reviews we downloaded the app soon after 10 minutes we was trying to figure out the app and we saw location bottom and we clicked on it and it showed both of our locations me and friend tryed to take off the location and we couldn’t and scariest part is that it did let us know that it was going to show our location I feel the important thing is our safety because let’s be honest there’s a lot of creeps In the world on top of all of that some random guy join asking us where we live and then said our town we was living in and the other people joined and told us they trying to take there location off also asking the same questions we did after we had panic attacks we claimed down and someone else come and joined and we went to see if our location was still on and we the lady’s location and she at the market showing the same market and city she was at as much as me and my friend was so excited to use the app we had to delete as soon as possible also the app caused a lot of anxiety and panic attacks soon after my friend and I deleted the app I realized I had major trust issues in downloading other apps so if your reading this pls do not download this app if u don’t want your location exposed and feel violated