So I saw an ad for this on TikTok and I clicked in just to see what this streaming service had to offer and I was hooked right away. It’s $4.99 a month, $6.99 (what I went for) if you want to get ad free so it’s already way way cheaper then a lot of other platforms. But get this, Discovery originals, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, investigation discovery, own network, animal planet, discovery channel, planet earth, Travel Channel, A&E, history, lifetime, science channel, DIY network, cooking channel, Destination America, AHC and discovery life. That’s property brothers, love it or list it, All of the house hunters spin-offs, all the Guy Fieri shows, chopped, cutthroat kitchen, ace of cakes, cake boss and numerous cooking shows. There’s also all of the 90 day fiancé spinoffs, say yes to the dress and everything else TLC, ghost hunters, numerous paranormal shows and true crime documentaries, Oprah‘s master classes and interviews, deadliest catch, River monsters, expedition unknown, pretty much any survival show, an up and coming rustic do it yourself channel called magnolia network, mythBusters, numerous beautiful earth documentaries, finding Bigfoot, ghost hunters, hoarders, ancient aliens, every single pawn show! Dance moms, escaping polygamy, how it’s made, every renovation show, every salvage show and last but not least Dr. pimple popper. Those are just the ones I watch, there are so many different shows on here it’s unbelievable! Why would you ever need cable? I’m just so pleased wow bless this app 💗

There’s a lot of Discovery content, and a little History, to entertain for endless hours. There are some playback features and functions you might miss from other streaming services. 1. There’s no way to connect to Chromecast or another device on your TV until AFTER you start an episode. This means you have to buffer, load, and play the video on your phone before you can tell it to connect to a external device on your TV. It’s very annoying. 2. The streaming on your TV/Chromcast and the controls on the phone lose sync so you sometimes have to stop, reconnect and start again to change playback. You also my need to know the exact show and episode playing to click back into it to get the controls back. 3. My biggest annoyance is the app will not stop streaming on a Chromecast unless you manually stop it. There’s no “are you there” option to check in and save your data usage and stop streaming after a few episodes if the TV is shut off while still streaming. If you set the sleep timer on your TV while a show is playing it will play all night and all day until you turn the TV back on the next night…and it’s still streaming. Has happened to me several times. I like the service, but the app it’s lacking some of the refined user experience features that users expect from a streaming service day one. This was either rushed out and not extensively tested, or it was never extensively tested. Neither is really acceptable.

Overall, this app is amazing but it still has to work out some kinks. The price is great, especially to have the ad-free version. I was hoping it was the answer to cancelling another streaming service I subscribe to but this app doesn’t have the original 90 Day Fiancé show, just a streaming channel. Also, random episodes are missing on some shows, so I again have to revert to my other streaming service to watch there. The app freezes briefly on Roku TV after pausing or rewinding, and will skip over the part it freezes on. I’ve had no issues casting from my iPhone to my Vizio TV. I can still use my phone while it’s casting and there is no freezing or glitching. The functionality of the home screen needs some improvement organizationally and to provide the ability to delete episodes in “Continue Watching”. When it auto plays or I check out shows, I don’t necessarily want them to stay in “Continue Watching” because then I have to scroll through those to get to what I really want to continue watching. The catalog of shows is exceptional and I do love that some shows are unedited - very refreshing to be able to listen to people swear instead of hearing “beeep beeeep”. I would honestly pay more to have them remove the censorship bleeps from all shows (Gold Rush, I’m looking at you). I was sure I would cancel after the trial but I’ve stayed on as a subscriber because we now watch Discovery+ more than our other streaming services.

I stayed up to midnight on the day that Discovery+ launched because I was so excited to see the new streaming service. I love so many of the discovery+ shows. Unfortunately, the app has been so frustrating for me that I stopped watching for awhile. While there are many deficiencies in the app, my top 3 issues are the following: 1 - when one episode of a series ends, it immediately starts playing the next episode. Please give me the option to turn this off. Every other streaming service lets me decide whether or not I want this to happen. Yes, I know I can select x and cancel this from happening, but I am not always holding my device when I am watching, so I have to stop what I am doing and frantically grab my iPad to stop the next episode. 2 - It takes way to long to find new episodes of shows on my list. I have to select every show, navigate to episodes, switch to seasons, scroll to the last season, and then see if there are any new episodes. Give me a badge indicator or something so it doesn’t take so long to find new new episodes. I have resorted to using a third party solution to fix this. 3 - I watch almost exclusively Food Network and HGTV shows, however my Home Screen is filled with recommendations for shows from the other networks in which I have ZERO interest. I know that these other networks/shows exist. If I suddenly have a change of personality, I can browse and find them. I would rather have recommendations for shows that I might actually watch.