Stan‪.‬ 4+

Some things could make this a whole lot better

The content on this service is really good, it makes living in Australia a bit better so we can watch some of those shows that Netflix doesn’t want to supply for us.
However, reading other people’s reviews I have to agree with them - the sound cutting out is easily the most annoying thing aBout this app. At first I just thought it was something wrong with my phone, or the program I was watching but after using different headphones and different devices, it happens with everything. I’ve also found subtitles going out of sync and not fixing themselves, and only as I was rewinding the episodes to try and get it back in order I realised the subtitles were out was because it skipped a whole section of the show!
I would also like to see a rating service for the shows and reviews etc to help with making decisions on what to watch

Great app, looking forward to more enhancements.

I really love Stan, it’s probably the streaming service I use the most. I use it on my Apple TV 4K and my iPad, and I really appreciate how Stan has lent in to using standard iOS features and conventions like playback controls. It makes it easier for me to focus on the content I want to watch rather than how the app works. However, I’d love to see some enhancements to make my life a bit easier using the app.

I’d love to see Stan support either better profile pictures - it’s hard to tell whose account it is based on just the colour smiley, or ideally support the native, system-wide tvOS user switching functionally. I’d really appreciate native integration because it makes it so much easier to explain to older relatives how to change their account when every app isn’t relying on their own approach to user switching.

Also, would be great to see Picture in Picture work on tvOS like it does on the iPad. Sometimes you want to watch the end of a show while browsing for something else to watch either in the Stan app or another app. Hopefully you consider adding this to a future release.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your feedback! We'll be sure to pass these along to our team :) We're stoked to hear you love Stan.

Ok, I guess...

The app is ok, but it has 1 huge problem. There is no option to limit steam quality to SD when on a cellular network. I don’t need HD when watching on a 5 inch screen while riding the train. I had to turn off cellular data half way through the month to avoid additional charges. I’ve never had that problem streaming content from any other source. Yes, you can download and watch offline, but most of the content that attracted me to Stan is not downloadable.

Stan seems like a pretty good service. There are problems with the streaming quality, even when at home on a solid wifi network. My daughter asked me to turn off Cars the other day because she couldn’t see anything LOL

I think Stan has excellent potential, they just need to improve their tech a little.

Developer Response ,

You can definitely adjust your video quality whilst streaming Stan. For steps on how to do so, check out our Help Centre article: https://help.stan.com.au/hc/en-us/articles/202880414