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CBS reviews
4.7 out of 5, based on 74,231 reviews.
What people like
- Most content is free to watch
- Video quality stays smooth and clear
- Great for catching up on shows
What they complain about
- Too many commercials interrupt viewing
- App crashes and freezes often
- Does not work in Canada
Jonathan
Jonathan
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Worst app ever! It crashes at least 6 times watching a 1hr show.
Big Brother
Love this season! However, what happened to people getting into romances and playing tricks on each other? It’s all about strategy. Lighten up a bit!
Fatal Error
CBS doesn’t really care about this app. Just give you enough, followed with Fatal Error. Bet you don’t see that on paramount plus there full stream paying app. 😂 Just another reason to not watch there shows.
Why do you need paramount plus
I love this app but to get old season you have to buy a subscription on paramount plus and there is no free trial. That is my only complaint
CBS
Love being able to catch up on my stories when I miss them young and the restless & Bold and the Beautiful
Way too many ads
An obnoxious amount of ads
Ok
Overall app is pretty good I just wish you could watch all the episodes of the tv show you wanted to watch without having to sign into the tv provider.
Great but…
Too many commercials
Catchup
It’s nice I can catchup if I miss 5 minutes of my show here or there but to have to watch 20 minutes of commercials I’ve already seen for my 5 minutes missed is ridiculous!!!!
This Beloved CBS app
The CBS app is great and Paramount Plus
The app freezes every time there’s an advertisement playing.
The app freezes every time there’s an advertisement playing.
It’s a good app. I just deleted it.
A decent substitute for watching the network broadcasts. But the suits finally cancelled the last CBS show I watched, so there’s no reason to keep the app around. Whatever their target demographic is, I guess it’s not me. Byeeeeeeeeeee!
Not worth the install
One of the most misleading, poorly designed apps. Aside from the false premise of being able to view content for free with ads, the interface is atrocious, the options loop back to themselves after insane wait times, and they clearly have dropped any/all forms of QA. Giving them 2 stars because they’ll ask Apple to remove 1 star reviews
I am not satisfied with paramount plus
I was gonna watch primate in the movie only has a trailer on there so I’m trying to figure out what going on why is it not on paramount plus
CBS
I love survivor and big brother and all my life growing up lived in country and had only cbs nbc abc antenna style lol…. So I always enjoy watching cbs
I couldn’t watch anything
Terrible app
Idk
I live in Canada it doesn’t work but I use a vpn so it works lots and lots of ads tho.
Please make it able to be watched in Canada
Guess what the review is from the title
Drops Live Channels
Worked great at first but constantly drops the local channels every other week now on Roku. Tried all of the troubleshooting, just have to wait until it decides to come back up for you
CBS app
The greatest app in the world everyone should download it !!!
They shouldn’t have cancelled Colbert
I have no use for CBS anymore
My very own opinion
I love the app so much especially since I can’t watch full seasons on Netflix or sky so I use CBS but if you live in certain countries like me (Scotland) and it doesn’t work I suggest getting VPN and setting it to LA or somewhere like that and now I can use it all I like except the episodes that aren’t free but I use majority of the series on there without hesitation
Horrible
I was trying to watch young Sheldon season 7 and every single time I clicked onto a season it glitched and did not work would not recommend getting I would rather use Netflix
TOO MANY ADS.
I am using CBS to watch some show that stopped airing and the only thing I hate about it is the HUGE AMOUNT OF ADS. To play a show, I get at least 5 ads before it starts playing and also I get them 3 times in a show. At least 1 or 2 ads is fine but 5??
Tv shows
Always great quality no buffing
Pointless
I have Paramount+ and can’t watch live what I’m trying to and have to pay another subscription? This is so pointless.
Doesn’t work in Canada but works with VPN-X
Yes.
Some shows are there but don’t work?
I Downloaded to watch young Sheldon and it was there but when I clicked on it only extras came up like “Georgie’s grown up” and whatever.
Late Show with Stephen Colbert - 5 Starts
I am only keeping the app to rewatch the Stephen Colbert show. 3 starts because CBS has only the last 5 shows open unless I subscribe to paramount which I am not.
CBS WTVF-Nashville, TN
Most all of our TV viewing are the shows on CBS.
Empty like a dead mall
Like AM radio, You can go there but why would you? After May 21, 2026, it appears there’s nothing worth going there for. Bigly saddened.
Review
I was watching some young sheldon and an episode had 27 adverts adding up to over 5 minutes. Everything else is pretty good.
Doesn’t work
Not sure why this doesn’t work in Canada . What a shame . Save yourself the download Canadians
Missing episode of Beyond the Gates
I am really enjoying this soap opera. And I was so looking forward to the episode where the Impaler and his people get taken down and Jacob or somebody gets shot at. I knew it was supposed to happen because I saw it on the previews, but when I went in yesterday to look at the episode but that whole episode was skipped and the following one showed. The none of the Debutant Ball showed only the ceremony where the top person gets selected. It was so uneventful! So I went to cbs.com hoping to see it there, in case it was just a fluke, but it wasn’t there either! The episode numbers went from 90 to 91 but really there should’ve been a 90 1/2. How do I get to see that episode? Why wouldn’t you show it?
CBS. Ap.
Perfection when I wanted to be able to add to my iPad !
Umm... I hate this I’m deleting it
Would give it a Zero if I could this app is so annoying I hate this app I just wanna watch my movie but of course it’s money and when it’s free I can only watch one episode like bro what I just wanna watch my movie!!!
The Review
CBS is a great and refreshing platform that has very interesting and entertaining shows. The optional live recaps of ‘The Late Show’ and the ‘Late Late Show ‘ make essential viewing. Combined with the live news service it is a must see and fully engaging platform. Great stuff… I am looking forward to the next episode. Thanks.
HELP
I wrote my movie in search but how do I change the season of the movie??
CBS
It’s a great platform with many shows available to watch, however why is there 5 or more ads coming up every 5 minutes? I don’t mind one or two but six? Can i not enjoy my show? Please remove or at least lessen the ads, thank you.
Great app
I do enjoy this app but I Wish it had an individual volume button separate from the phone’s volume button. Also, the menu is little short.
Reflecting CBS’s Recent Politically Motivated Choices
Censorship is un-American. The recent changes to 60 minutes and the Late Show represent dangerous political precedent. You’ve lost a viewer, app deleted.
I don’t know what this is
In all honesty, I definetely do not have money to sign up etc so I clicked free episodes. great young shelf on episodes are up I’m happy I click on it and it says- Fatal error I don’t know what this and I am generally confused with the layout after you click on the show you only have the newest episodes. Please give me advice or tell me if I did something wrong .
Great content!
Great content, but the app's airplay and video loading speeds could be improved.
Great
It’s all free and is really convenient don’t worry about money
Sewrch Bari Weiss and 60 Minutes
Enough said. You will also lose revenue.
Grammys
I’m kinda annoyed that the Grammys isn’t televise globally. I just want to watch Harry styles. :(
CBS
Amazing app however video player doesn’t always work. Overall fantastic.
CBS FAQ
- Is CBS free?
- Yes. The app is free, in all 174 countries it sells in, and it sells nothing inside it.
- Does CBS have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- What are the best alternatives to CBS?
- The NBC App – Stream TV Shows (4.6 from 289,633 reviews), TLC GO - Stream Live TV (4.8 from 118,420 reviews) and Bravo - Live Stream TV Shows (4.5 from 101,848 reviews).
CBS download
Last updated 27 days ago.
CBS sells in 174 countries. It was released 5 years and 7 months ago, on 3 Mar 2021. It holds a 4.7 rating from 74,231 reviews.
Supports 1 language: English.
How much does CBS make?
Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.