Doink! PBS Kids! – PBS KIDS Video Review

I was soooo mad when WordGirl stopped airing on our local PBS station—that was my favorite PBS Kids show! Other PBS stations in our area still do air WordGirl, but it's on at 7:30 AM and I hate getting up early, even to watch my favorite show. I would end up dozing off in the middle of the show and missing the whole thing! Luckily, though, I've got the PBS Kids Video app, so I can watch WordGirl whenever I want, although I wish there were more episodes available. I understand that you can only have so many episodes in the app at a time, but it would be nice if there were more episodes available, especially since we need a way to keep kids entertained during the coronavirus pandemic, and even little kids can get bored of the same few episodes over and over. Also, it would be nice if I had the option to "favorite" certain shows so that I could find them more easily, like in older versions of the app. It's also cool that this app comes with the PBS Kids sticker pack, but WordGirl stickers would make it even better! And what if you could pick out a custom skin themed to your favorite PBS Kids show? I'll bet the video player would look totally awesome with a WordGirl background! My only real complaints with this app are: 1. My iPad is WiFi-only, so I can't use this app where I have no access to WiFi. I know that some shows have downloadable episodes that you can watch offline, but it would be nice if you could add downloadable episodes of WordGirl and Arthur. 2. I see that you are working on improving the captions for older episodes of Arthur, but some of them could still use some improvement. I'm not deaf but I like to read the captions, and I would greatly appreciate it if you would continue to fix them so that they appeared at the right time and matched what the characters were actually saying. 3. I wish there were a way to disable automatic downloads. It's really frustrating having to delete a bunch of unwanted videos. Other than that, this app rocks!
Review by buzzfan120 on PBS KIDS Video.