The iPlayer app for the iPad is out and already the reviews are coming in. Questions raised such as “why bother”, is the app any better than just accessing the iPlayer website? and more. It seems that the verdict is universally positive but could be improved.
iPlayer app on iPad reviews
Of course the great thing about apps is that they can auto update so improvments can come at any time. The big questions and requests are how about an international version for a start and an option to download shows to watch later and offline? This would be the holy grail for BBC lovers, making the BBC truly portable for the first time.
The first question about the BBC iPlayer app is why build one at all when the iPad has long been able to access the iPlayer on the web. The answer is that the app can provide a better user interface and a more stable experience than a browser. Apps can use APIs that the browser can’t and an app can manage memory use better than the browser.
Read more Telegraph.co.uk
The Guardians review brings out some of the apps failings:-
You can’t share links to programmes. Very, very annoying. One of the best featurettes of the iPlayer is being able to share a link to an exact moment in a programme. Not a jot of it on the iPad. You are well and truly walled off.The quality of streaming live TV seems a little inconsistent, compared with on-demand shows. Watching live appears more prone to buffering than catching up.
The iPad app doesn’t have the nice feature – used on the Apple-friendly web version – which tells you what time your programme will finish.
Read more Guardian.co.uk
Techradar love the app and give some reassuring news for non UK residents who want to get their hands on the little app:-
The iPlayer iPad app itself is a masterpiece in simplicity. The content sits at the forefront at all times and the albeit slick-as-you-like interface sits very much under the surface. The on-demand offering is exactly the same as you’ll find elsewhere, with TV shows available to stream for seven days after they were originally broadcast. There is no download option.
For the moment, the iPad’s iPlayer app is available only in the UK. A subscription-based app for the US App Store is on the way, but for us righteous, licence-paying Brits, the app is free to download and to use.Read more Techradar.com
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