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Pandora - Music & Podcasts
Pandora · 3,324,143 ratings · ★ 3.9
3.9
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Top complaints - extracted from 30 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
1
"pandora"
6 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Congratulations pandora, you updated to absolutely force every commercial all the time, and now your app will not work with my bluetooth device or more importantly over Bluetooth with my subaru crosstrek.... at all.... so I'm finally, after…" - Bryan Mason
2
"music"
6 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "hey this with that good old music" - Salamisha Tyre
3
"android"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Stop changing the hekkin format. The Android auto interface layout had no reason to change, and the squiggly line for the song progression is the most irritating thing I've ever seen on a UI." - John Stinger
4
"free"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Terrible experience very limited and not user friendly for phones, tablets or Roku. On Roku its even worse I have Playlist with 200 to 300 tracks but it only gives 100 tracks have to use shuffle just to hear a few different songs but it mos…" - toddmatt99
5
"stop"
3 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Stop changing the hekkin format. The Android auto interface layout had no reason to change, and the squiggly line for the song progression is the most irritating thing I've ever seen on a UI." - John Stinger
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"change"
3 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Stop changing the hekkin format. The Android auto interface layout had no reason to change, and the squiggly line for the song progression is the most irritating thing I've ever seen on a UI." - John Stinger
7
"song"
3 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Stop changing the hekkin format. The Android auto interface layout had no reason to change, and the squiggly line for the song progression is the most irritating thing I've ever seen on a UI." - John Stinger
8
"battery"
3 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "they need to fix the battery usage for Android, very annoying" - Nick Martinez
9
"phone"
3 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Terrible experience very limited and not user friendly for phones, tablets or Roku. On Roku its even worse I have Playlist with 200 to 300 tracks but it only gives 100 tracks have to use shuffle just to hear a few different songs but it mos…" - toddmatt99
10
"been"
3 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "It plays a song and then 30 secs into it, it would skip to the next song. Even if I am not touching my phone! It has been happening for a while. I have deleted the app and reinstalled it but no luck! Very disappointed!" - Gabrielle Bowman
11
"spotify"
3 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "recent updates turned this into the most power hungry app x 4. 6 min of use was 47% of usage in 3 hours of use. Took battery from full charge to 68%. Switch to Spotify until fixed." - Michael
📋 All 30 negative reviews
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Congratulations pandora, you updated to absolutely force every commercial all the time, and now your app will not work with my bluetooth device or more importantly over Bluetooth with my subaru crosstrek.... at all.... so I'm finally, after so many years an yeah I still use Pandora comments, completely ditching you...
Terrible experience very limited and not user friendly for phones, tablets or Roku. On Roku its even worse I have Playlist with 200 to 300 tracks but it only gives 100 tracks have to use shuffle just to hear a few different songs but it mostly plays the exact same songs with no way to change anything up very clunky. I use to like Pandora ill never use again! im just thankful it was free trial so only thing wasted was my time. I suggest looking elsewhere
they need to fix the battery usage for Android, very annoying
It does not let me update anymore on Google Play and im running Android 15 One UI 7
hey this with that good old music
App keeps stopping and skipping on music and podcast.
It plays a song and then 30 secs into it, it would skip to the next song. Even if I am not touching my phone! It has been happening for a while. I have deleted the app and reinstalled it but no luck! Very disappointed!
app won't even open . if I could give a 0 would.
I've been a long time user of this app but no more. Pandora has gone to far downhill for me to justify having it on my phone anymore. I'll find a hacked version of the app just to get back features Pandora got greedy with and removed. I highly recommend using a hacked version and staying away from the official one.
recent updates turned this into the most power hungry app x 4. 6 min of use was 47% of usage in 3 hours of use. Took battery from full charge to 68%. Switch to Spotify until fixed.
The advertisements are out of control! I've used Pandora for as long as you can imagine. I've paid, gone back to free, and paid, etc. but I'm now getting 2x ads between every song. I'm done. I'll pay the competitor after experiencing this. its gotten worse and worse. Two ads between every song is just LOL!! lets not even talk about the features they lack compared to the competitor. You already know...
no my Pandora is not playing on my data is the only place on Wi-Fi why is that it should be playing on my data it should be playing on my 5G
terrible unresponsive
The app switches to offline mode when switching between wifi and data. It is maddening. Updating: Still 1 star. The random algorithm has changed. Repeats start after an hour of listening. It's as if it's on loop. It doesn't autostop when I turn off the car. Now I'm the a-hole in the store music coming from his pocket. I'm sure the customer service robot will tell me to go to settings and change things. Obviously I'm stupid up check that. Thanks robot.
I'm getting an error saying not available in your country, I live in the USA what the heck.
Doesn't work
diseased app no longer will condone nonsense
Ads! Ads! Ads! The straw that broke this camel's back was when they cut the ad-free(after these ads) for one hour to a half hour and doubled the number of ads. Shameless money grab at the expense of quality.
poor
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this app does nothing but crash non stop I'm canceling my subscription switching to spotify it's free with adds but at least reliable 😅
Been great for years. Not sure if it is android 17 but it is always running even if I close all apps when I am done listening to music. Now I have to force stop it each day to save my battery. Looking for a new music option as this is nonsense...
The app lags and crashes continuously
Stop changing the hekkin format. The Android auto interface layout had no reason to change, and the squiggly line for the song progression is the most irritating thing I've ever seen on a UI.
Please allow higher audio quality for premium accounts.
Paid for Pandora premium thinking. It would get rid of the commercials in my podcast, no wasted my money.
overheating on both my phones. it's the only app doing this. it gets so hot I get a system message about phones being too hot no matter which one I'm on and it shuts my phone down. please fix.
it's awful. music cuts in and or freezes when I have my ear buds in.
only music by overhyped creators
uninstalled because of you annoying fickle ads. hope you get enough new ppl. you lost me by overserving someone who was sold. Spotify is on some bs but you are so annoying they win. shut up forever.
Sentiment summary
70%
Positive (4-5★)
6%
Neutral (3★)
24%
Negative (1-2★)