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Review summary

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Most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many people were dissatisfied with the app, citing constant crashing, buffering issues, and difficulty navigating. Customers also frequently reported problems with their subscriptions, including unexpected charges and difficulties canceling. The customer service was consistently described as unhelpful and unresponsive, often providing generic answers or ignoring specific concerns. Some people were satisfied with the content available on the platform, noting that it was good when it worked. However, even these reviewers often expressed frustration with the app's unreliability and the poor user experience.

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Reviews shaping this summary

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Never use this company. They have been taking money twice from both my daughter and my bank accounts for months. Refuse to take ownership, keep saying it’s iTunes even though I have never had an iTune... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This has to be the worst app ever, in terms of crashing. It just buffers indefinitely when starting a programme and also takes you to season 1 of everything and then doesn't list the other seasons... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Shocking customer service and suspect activity on offers. I’m a previous subscriber so in the t&c’s I was allowed the 6 months for £12 deal, yet when I tried to renew, clicked but nothing happened. E... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unscrupulous company Do Not Subscribe! We subscribed for a few month while we watched a series and then tried to cancel. Which is impossible, 9 months later I am still trying. I stopped my Barclaycard... See more


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  1. Media Company
  2. Television Station

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Reality on demand! Watch 3000+ episodes of reality TV + keep up with many of your favourite shows the same day as the U.S. Help @hayuhelps Instagram: hayuuk


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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

715 reviews

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Check your billing history! They overcharge on TAXES!

Check your billing history and demand a refund if you were overcharged. I realized that Hayu charged me for 22% tax for the auto-renew for the last 2 years. My province is only subject to 12%. I had to email several times and they kept saying that the price had gone up since 2021. But I took a screen shot that shows what the price should be and the tax % that my province pays. They eventually credited me back the overpayment for the last 2 years. Please check what you were charged to make sure they did not inflate the tax for your province/state. I find it extremely unethical that a company like Hayu would cheat their customers by charging extra tax, in hopes that it wouldn't be caught. I am canceling my subscription and will NEVER use their services again!

January 29, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible App

What a terrible app that stops starts all the time. Paying good money for this, Hayu need to sort this out!!!

January 30, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Cancelled during free trial

Day 3 into my free trial & have cancelled subscription. This app needs a lot of work to make me want to stay. Kept getting kicked out or screen freezing. Also a lot of buffering, I expected some with a streaming app but this was excessive.

January 29, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Guys seriously

Guys seriously, what’s the point in having good content if your app is too c@ap to watch it on. Also heaven forbid you should try to use it on multiple devices because it will not sync so you have to constantly remember where you left each episode. If this was free it would still be too expensive

January 28, 2025
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

28.01.25 Hayu Horrors

28.01.25
Hayu is not a streaming app that works over the holidays. The whole office must go on holiday.
I enjoy the shows however the app is sub par, often not loading, programs that do not play and other technical issues. They also just raised their subscription fees?
Which is laughable, a refund of some sort would have engendered some trust and respect or simply greased the wheels.

January 28, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don't waste your money

Wow ..been thrown out of the App 4 times this evening...absolutely horrendous...even happened whilst I'm writing this , the main screen freezes and the picture often starts out very blurry..How's a girl supposed to watch her rubbish TV shows ...Will not be subscribing again .

January 24, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Really poor quality app

Really poor quality app. Constantly buffers, kicks you out the app, freezes, goes blurry, forgets where you stop on an episode so when you return to watch the episode you need to find where you last left the app. Error messages come up often. So annoying

January 22, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

VERY ANNOYED

I subscribed through youtube. I pay on the 27th every month through Google play linked to PayPal. The subscription states it renews on 27/01/2025 on both youtube and Google play. But you decided to take my money today which now put my PayPal balance in the negative. The renewal date hasn't changed. So does that mean you'll charge me next week again? That will be a double payment. Just sent an email and you better resolve this. This is unacceptable 😤

January 21, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Sneaky double payments and no response

Cancelled once and continued being charged. Cancelled again and on closer look realised I've been double charged for over a year (should have noticed but with a 3.99 and 4.99 charge on different days it wasn't something that stood out). Contacted and was asked for proof which I have 5 days ago. Funny how they're quick to respond until they owe you a refund. Do not use.

January 1, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid at all costs

Avoid at all costs. Signed up through sky and cancelled. They continued to take payment for 6 months. No phone numbers. They send you the same standard email again and again KNOWING it’s not resolving it.

Had to cancel through my bank who told me that Hayu do this repeatedly and even try to set it up under other names after you manage to cancel.

In the end I’ve had to cancel the payment and get a new card to stop them charging me.

Disgusting service.

Do. Not. Sign. Up.

January 10, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Hayu Issues

So have issue since before christmas, i subscribe thru sky (who have been brill) my bills paid everything works except hayu, have been emailing proof since dec 20th, now i am being ignored on email so messaged on x and they blaming sky when i have sent proof, just called sky and they have had lots of calls about it. On hayu i cant resubscribe or cancel as comes up error! Just shocking and no contact number

January 9, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Hayu is an awful app/platform

Hayu is an awful app/platform, regularly doesn’t work or has issues logging in, playing episodes/linking devices. Not worth the money & I can’t believe it’s still been offered. Subscribed to it numerous times over the years & each time the functionality of it gets worse.

January 6, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

terrible

terrible. I'm paying for a app that not releasing the episodes over Christmas not happy I want money back next time warn you're customers

December 17, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Same as previous reviews!

Same as previous reviews!! I think there is no one available at customer service!! I have subscribed for years but when it comes to actually viewing i cant access my account! Contact customer service on 2 seperate occasions they ask a question i reply and they disappear!!! Im fuming! Nobody has time to watch tv its only on holidays i wanted to log on and uv taken the money but not provided a service!!! Shameful!!

December 21, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I’ve been a customer for a long time…

I’ve been a customer for a long time and im sick of this “oh it’s a holiday let’s hold back on all the new episodes “ and make them wait till the new year. Then we’re getting money for nothing guys. Well this customer is sick of it and no more for me thanks. I’m signing out for the last time

December 27, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst Streaming App I have ever used

Worst Streaming App I have ever used. Freezes every episode, doesn’t register where you are in series/episode so constantly having to rewatch and forward episodes to work it out. Makes you sign back in every few days on tv. Customer Service absolutely no help. Considering this review is the same as many from months ago they clearly have no desire to sort this out. Terrible for a paying streaming service.
The free channels apps all work 100 times better than this one!

December 1, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Such a buggy platform

Such a buggy platform, makes you log in nearly every time, freezes a lot, throws up errors '0033' and '0032' and the help centre just repeat the same thing - pls delete your cache and try again, even if you tell them you've already tried that. No other streaming channel has this issue.

November 23, 2024
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