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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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User experience

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Subscription

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Customer service

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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


Company details

  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

The Jen Shah of Streaming Services

Non responsive customer service, will take your money and not give a care in the world provide you with service they promise. The content is great but the app, the many issues with subtitles and billing, and the customer service make this all horrible. Wish I could drag Hayu like Porsha dragged Kenya.

7 September 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I’ve never had this much trouble trying…

I’ve never had this much trouble trying to cancel a subscription before. It shouldn’t be this hard — and frankly, it feels deliberately obstructive, as if they are making it difficult on purpose to keep charging customers.

To make matters worse, it’s become apparent that there is no actual customer support number to speak to a real person. That’s extremely shaky and unprofessional, especially for a paid service.

This whole experience comes across as a cash grab, not a customer-focused service. Rest assured, I won’t be subscribing again or recommending Hayu to anyone. Cancelling should be easy — not something that takes multiple days of stress and wasted time.

1 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Hayu Crooks

Hayu have now agreed to waive charges which they were never entitled to
I do not feel however that I would recommending them

28 June 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely disgusting company

Absolutely disgusting company. Please never ever give them your money!!!! Customer service is dreadful and have no respect for the customers. Cancelled my subscription 5 times month on month and to my surprise they take money off me each month (SOMETIMES TWICE) emailed to complain 5 times over 5 months and to this day the charges are still being made, each time I have received a short email back saying the charges are valid. Worst company I have ever come across. Should be shut down.

11 June 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Customer service unreachable

Canceled my Hayu subscription (well before its renewal) and shortly after, you can imagine my surprise when I received notifications of Hayu trying to book off money off my creditcard. I emailed Hayu directly, asking if there had been an error and whether they could look into it. They confirmed I had no active account anymore and requested some additional info to resolve the matter, which I sent. That was also the last I have ever heard from Hayu. As I kept receiving daily notifications of Hayu trying to take money from my creditcard, I sent out reminders requesting to resolve the issue. No more response to anything from Hayu - they are absolutely unreachable. I am quite surprised by the level of unprofessionalism from a company of this size and reach. If you feel comfortable charging people for your services, at least offer good services - customer service is an essential part of it.

1 June 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Today they charged me 4.99£ but also on…

Today they charged me 4.99£ but also on the 22nd of April 4.99£ I've been trying to contact them no luck stay away from youtube heyu as they re stilling also the my show should be on the tv on the 6th of May and it is 9th the below deck under and nothing stay away from this stilling bustards

9 May 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst app

Worst app. Every time I try to watch a video I get multiple, different errors. I’ve been in touch with customer service for a year. They kept saying “we’re working on it”. They weren’t. Now they’ve stopped replying completely. How is this the only way to watch bravo abroad?!?!?

2 May 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Constant errors

There always seems to be an error where I cannot use Hayu. There is no way of contacting Hayu customer service, as I cannot even log in to do so. This seems to be a common complaint and must be sorted as we pay for our subscriptions.

20 April 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

“Oops, something went wrong”

Really terrible app, keeps crashing- for a subscription service they should invest in decent functionality and capacity at peak times. Impossible to watch at times for more than a minute before an “oops, something went wrong” notification pops up.

6 April 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

zero stars!!

If I could give zero stars for their customer service, I would!! The service is so rubbish!!
It constantly unpairs the device so you can’t watch the app from your tv. The whole platform never works there is constant issues with it, I have never been so frustrated with a company and their lack of help!! Last month it wouldn’t acknowledge that I had paid my subscription through apple even though I had screenshots of the payment going through my bank. So I had to cancel my account and recreate a new one with a new email and pay again even though I had already paid it (luckily I got a refund from apple as there customer service is brilliant) then I have constant problems with accessing the app on my tv. I sign in with all my details and do all the security checks and it never signs me in, it literally sends you around in a constant loop and you can never access the content as it is stuck on the sign in button!!! It is the worst app I have ever used…..And now I have cancelled my subscription and want my personal information off the account I created and there response is to cancel my subscription from apple!!! Which I have already done, I just want all my personal information deleted which is on their app but they can’t tell how to do it!! The customer service is useless don’t bother with the app it’s a complete waste of money!!!
It is the worst experience I have ever had with a company.

24 March 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful

Really Hayu so many problems with your streaming service. You need to refund your customers payments. So often can't get into new episodes. Not good enough

24 March 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful, buggy app

Yep, got to agree with every one start review. Horrendous app, bugs everywhere but most annoying is it never remembers where you left off so you spend 10 minutes finding it.

9 March 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Hayu absolutely sucks

Hayu absolutely sucks. Do not waste your money getting it. It constantly just stops working for days at a time. Absolute crap. I have the app at home and on my phone and both suck

21 February 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst app

Worst app. They fail perpetually when posting videos, the customer is brutal at best, they make no change to their constant errors and they blame outside sources for their app failing on an almost daily basis. How are we as paying customers putting up with this continued ignorance? They send automated responses and repeat their ignorance.

6 February 2025
Unprompted review

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