Crackle has a rating of 2.5 stars from 566 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Crackle most frequently mention many commercials, streaming service, and watch anything problems. Crackle ranks 19th among Streaming Movies sites.
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I put a show on that originally aired over 30 years ago, not some new "premium" programming, and these jokes served me literally 6 long adverts, all for reeses peanut butter cups, before Id even gotten thru the intro to the show. Literally 2 minutes in and they served a crazy number of adsverts. Get real. Im not watching this crap. I could see 1-2 adverts, but 6? Give me a god damn break...
I put a show on that originally aired over 30 years ago, not some new "premium" programming, and these jokes served me literally 6 long adverts, all for reeses peanut butter cups, before Id even gotten thru the intro to the show. Literally 2 minutes in and they served a crazy number of adsverts. Get real. Im not watching this crap.
I could see 1-2 adverts, but 6? Give me a god damn break...
Crackle isn't worth the 2 syllables it takes to pronounce the word. I'd give it no stars if I could.
Too many commercials and lousy streaming.
Crackle bites I hate the sign in part $#*! this $#*! why is this happening to me $#*! you crackle you suck
Too many commercials and they keep freezing. It gives the frustration of trying to watch a video with dial up internet in the 90s. Truly a stressful, unsatisfactory experience.
Why is it that everyone (and their dog) thinks they can develop a streaming app with commercials? Here's another one that fails miserably. Glitchy, slow, lots of buffering, lots of sync problems, just a rip-roaring piece of doo. Only reason I'm using it at all is that it's the only way I can watch the BBC "Sherlock" series. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother.
Tip for consumers:
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Products used:
Streaming app for Amazon Fire Stick
6 commercials every 10 minutes, coupled with constant technical problems, With "uh oh, something went wrong, retry" popping up which doesn't work to continue watching.
Even though I have high-speed Internet, I'm spending more time waiting while it's freezing/buffering than I do actually watching the video! I have to exit Crackle, then go back to my main home page and open Crackle again, which sometimes will start playing the video... but not always! Too much of a hassle to watch Crackle.
I have a new Sony TV and Sony's Crackle service is almost unwatchable. The movie pauses, but the sound keeps playing. Alternatively, it just stops, pauses, restarts the movie or shows a streaming error. I have very fast Internet and no issues with any other streaming service. Crackle is without a doubt the worst streaming service ever
It's great to have a free option but they play waaaaaay too many commercials. It ruins the suspense of the shows and defeats the purpose of watching a show/movie anyway. The same commercials play over and over making me NOT want to use the services that are being advertised anyway. Oh and at least a third of the commercials are for Crackle itself. Umm, I am already watching you. What are you gaining from interrupting my show to tell me about you other than pissing me off?
Tip for consumers:
Get ready for commercials. Lots of them. Even for the site itself.
I have tried 4 times, 4 different movies and each time half way through the movies, the app freezes and I always get a message, " oh oh, something went wrong, try again" and to no avail, it never works, so if I reload Crackle and pull the movie up, you can't resume, you have to start over and on top of that you can't fast forward to where you were in the beginning. Complete waste of my time and utter garbage. Don't waste your time too!=
I opened a crackle account, but once the account was open i could not access a single movie, search engine always came up with zero results.
I was looking forward experiencing this site.
Sadly they have nothing to offer. There was no help after my questions why I could not find anything or play anything.
Everything I was informed about crackle was a lie.
Never again and avoid crackle.
I enjoy seeing old TV shows I never knew existed. But the same ads over and over are excruciating. Walgreens ad plays over and over. About five ads total. Hire someone to get some more advertisers please. Hawkeye is a great series to watch. Too bad it was just one season. If you can't expand ad variety I can't watch anymore.
Products used:
Streaming service
I have had Crackle for about 5 years and have never experienced the problems that some of the reviewers have experienced. I think it's a good streaming service. Have not experienced any kind of glitch or problems with this service. I don't find the ads any worse than most others. I can recommend Crackle.
Products used:
Crackle is a free streaming service
The same commercials repeat every 10 minutes. No variety just the same 5 commercials. And if you put it on pause, it goes backwards and instantly barrages you with commercials again. The same ones over and over. Oregon Water, stupid commercials with Shaquille Oneill plugging the General Insurance, Water Pic, Chicken soup for the soul, and more often than not, the same commercial will played back to back... twice in a row. Really bad. And it's too bad because they have some classic TV shows. But it's hard to watch this way, and irritating.
Terrible streaming service. Constantly freezes during the commercials (which there are alot), I have tried to watch Das Boot now about 4 times and I cannot get through the movie without it freezing up. Also, If you end up getting out of it, and then go back into it, it will take you to the beginning of the movie. This streaming service SUCKS. Good thing it is free. I will no longer watch it
Comcast says watch Crackle_ I-d love to except the constant frozen screen no matter what movie I watch makes it useless!
I can watch all streaming networks but when I try to watch Crackle, the movies never finish. Always a problem. Never again.
Tip for consumers:
Stay away
Products used:
Movie
Crackle is frustrating and plays commercials while show is also playing AND it stops and forces exits for no reason. Not Worth the hassle.
Between the video corruption, tearing, and desync, and the unrecoverable playback errors, Crackle is worse than useless. I tried on Chrome and Firefox, on a hardwired connection to Comcast with a 500MB download speed test.
Whatever you are watching, find it somewhere else or buy it off of Amazon.
Tip for consumers:
Don't waste your time.
Products used:
Amazon
When it first came out, it played 1 commercial like 3 times in a row. Then it added a couple different ones and it was okay. Now the ads last up to 4 and half minutes... Starting to feel like I'm watching more commercials than shows. When it gets back I almost forget where it left off or it comes back just to play the credits. Less to no ads you'll get your 5 stars
Streaming is erratic, freezes frequently, and has to restarted often during one episode. Worst streaming service ever!
The shows are excellent, but I'm very surprised when a Christian organization allows ads where a woman's breast is practically hanging out of her shirt. Very disagreeable.
App was extremely frustrating and disappointing. WAY too many commercials and had to reset several times.
But even worse, the app would not allow for the final scenes of the movie to play. Can't wait to delete from my phone!
Have watched a couple of good movies on Crackle. However, there are too many commercials which are way too long; no option to skip over them after 15 to 30 to 60 seconds; and they are insanely LOUD! Deleted this app once and decided to try it again. Now remember why I deleted it in the first place.
Every ten minutes are interrupted by four or five commercials which last two to three minutes. This means you watch eight minutes of movie for every set, which don't even have the courtesy to pop up during scene transitions. Often, it's mid sentence of dialog.
Tip for consumers:
Far too many commercials
Products used:
Movie streaming
Crackle lets you watch streaming movies and TV shows for free. Crackle is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
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