Floatplane

Definitely giving it five stars because I'm extremely happy with not having to use my web browser any longer on my phone and iPad. Wanted Features: Ability to see last viewed or favorite channel so I don't have to reach all the way up to the channels I subscribe to when entering app. (When not stored in ram) Viewed indicator: would be amazing to have cross-platform. Notification for newly released videos as an option but not automatically turned on. Smaller options for video thumbnails as an option to have more displayed on screen (iPad) Saved/Favorited/Watch Later folders (also-cross platform) I also assume you're working on managing subscriptions through the app but that'd be nice as well. Note: Have fun with SwiftUi. I couldn't find a LTT fourm for app discussion, that'd be nice to communicate through. Obviously it's a young app so I'm definitely not complaining about the above comments I just want to help by providing some additional input. -Austin_MrKrabs

Great job in getting the iOS app out but I have some suggestions that would really help. It looks like this isn’t a native iOS app which is fine but it needs some work to work well. First when playing a video we need the ability to zoom into videos to fill up the screen on devices that have taller screens like iPhone X ect. Second when dragging a video down to close it or keep it in picture in picture mode the animation is broken and when you want to close a picture in picture video the swipe is really janky and broken. Third when you open a channel from the channels screen the button to go back should just be a back button and not a button that says channels and is blue. Fourth I can’t control the video from control center and I can’t pause or play with inline controls and there is also no AirPlay. Keep up the great work guys! Really rooting for you!

I love the app, but I have two mains issues with it. For one, about half the time I load up a video, the loading circle in the middle of the screen does not go away by itself. The only way to get rid of it is to reopen the app or is to exit the video and reopen it. This is pretty frustrating as it is distracting as it’s in the middle of the screen. The second issue is the app keeps on signing me out every couple days or something like that. This is the only entertainment app on my phone which signs me out after a set amount of time. I find this annoying as I like to sign in and forget. If I wanted to sign out, I would sign out. Not sure if this was a design decision or a bug. These bugs are not preventing me from using the app, it’s just annoying. Again, I love the progress you guys made on the app. Keep up the great work!

I love floatplane, but the pause button is nowhere to be found when the spinner appears. The spinner seems to show up and then never go away. Then I can never pause a video. If I need to pause a video when in this condition then I have to quit the app to stop the video. And then, of course, when I do that it doesn’t remember where I was in the video. I’ve gotten to the point where I always look at approx where the progress bar is before I quit the app and then go back in and scroll to that location.

It’s functional, and given how hard the development of this app has been (thanks to Apple) it’s actually better than I thought from what’s been said about making it. A few things make it hard to use though, on my iPad it only works in vertical except for video playback, and it’s 1 tile per row, so thumbnails are way too big and scrolling through a backlog cumbersome. The app also does not support AirPlay, my HDMI dongle for my iPad simply mirrors my screen in a small window on my TV. Overall though, it works in a pinch if you want to support creators and I’m glad it exists! I’m hopeful over time these things will get refined.