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5.4

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Author: Kalicia Bateman

LAST UPDATED: March 14th, 2022

VidAngel launched to help families enjoy shows through eliminating questionable content. The technology allows customers to choose what they want to see or hear when watching streamed television. VidAngel's slogan is, "Watch however the bleep you want". The company was involved in a legal battle in 2016, but became reactive to change their focus on providing filtering services for streaming television instead of movies.

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The Good

  • Personalized Filtering Options
  • Available On Multiple Devices
  • Free Trial
  • No Contract

Unique Filtering/Parental Controls

VidAngel provides customers a wide variety of options to filter their streamed shows. Customers can filter violence, language, gore, sexual themes, etc. This gives customers the option to tailor shows to the audience they are watching with. Parents can now watch with their children without worrying about questionable content.

Compatible with Several Streaming Devices

Customers can use Vidangel's services through several different devices. VidAngel does not favor specific platforms and supports Apple and Google devices. Customers can stream content on a web browser, the VidAngel App, Android devices, Chromecast, Apple Devices, Apple TV, Roku, Smart TVs, Amazon FireTV, etc.

Free Trial

The company allows new users to try their service for one free month before charging them $7.99 a month.

No Contract

VidAngel allows their users to cancel their service at any time. This provides users with freedom from a constricting contract and gives users the option to leave for any reason at any time.

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The Bad

  • Reputation
  • Limited Streaming Library

Reputation

VidAngel doesn't have the best public image due to their lengthy legal battle. VidAngel shut down and ceased operations in Dec. 2016 and was reactivated in June 2017 with a new focus on streaming television. This shut down led to a lower reputation quality in the public eye. Since the reactivation, VidAngel has been working to revamp their customer loyalty base and build user trust.

Limited Streaming Library

VidAngel offers a tiny library of content included with your subscription. However, if you'd like to filter a movie or show not already on VidAngel, you must connect another streaming service such as Netflix, HBO, or Amazon Prime. 

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The Bottom Line

For those who want to enjoy content without all of the swearing and other questionable material, VidAngel is an excellent service to utilize. VidAngel provides an easy way for families or children to filter out harsh language, violence, sexual themes, etc.  And customers are able to watch VidAngel through a wide variety of streaming devices at an affordable price. 

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4.2

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366 Reviews

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Travis Lehi, UT

GOTTA PAY A "DEPOSIT" TO SIGN UP... Pricing: The first movie is $20 and you receive $18 store credit. The next movie is also $20, but you use your $18 store credit, and pay $2. Then you receive another $18 store credit. So really, the first movie is $20, every movie after that is $2. Streaming: streaming quality was poor (playback permanently stopped 5-6 times during the first hour). I watched Love & Mercy (has some language, not much of anything else) and the quality of editing was alright, could be a little better. Customer Service: customer service was very helpful. At first I rented The Judge, but I looked up the content on kids-in-mind.com, and decided I didn't want to watch the movie. They gave me the $2 in store credit immediately, which I used on Love & Mercy. (a little confusing - but it all works out)

11 years ago

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Brandon Kalamazoo, MI

I would give 5 stars on the performance Buuut.. When using through Netflix we can only find a few of the movies that we'd like to watch that we can actually edit. Also for whatever reason you have to vote weather a movie should be available to edit or not? Weird. I would think that all of the movies would be available, not just the ones that they choose for you. I think I'm gonna cancel my account as soon as my free trial is over

7 years ago

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Abby Driggs Provo, UT

When VidAngel first came out- they had almost every movie for only $1. It was THE BEST. Clean movies, super cheap. So nice to not have to see or hear all the garbage that is in movies these days. BIGGEST bummer when they got sued because now they have hardly any movies. Once they get more movies back- I will for sure give them a 5 star, but for now, only 2 stars.

7 years ago

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Mhorne182 West Valley City, UT

Lame product. Watch the movie as intended or don’t bother. People should not be so prude and watch a movie if they want to watch a movie. Swear words aren’t hurting anybody. If you don’t like nudity, don’t watch those movies. Violence, same.

6 years ago

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Amy Leifi Orem, UT

I was not very impressed with VidAngel. I think the idea was great, but the things I wanted to watch weren't available, I found it more difficult to use and really just found what I wanted to watch elsewhere and dealt with the swear words/fast forwarded parts I didn't want to see.

8 years ago

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Desiree Heber, UT

I love what they have to offer and don’t mind paying the price. I think it’s fair. Their technical difficulties are relentless and very poor support to fix issues.

5 years ago

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Rushie Gregory Pleasant Grove, UT

We've tried to use VidAngel several times, but every time we set it up, the system would fail on us. I'm not sure what happened, but we were hoping for a good experience and ended up not getting an experience at all.

7 years ago

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Brinly Harward American Fork, UT

I like how you can censor movies anyway that you want to make movies appropriate for any age groups watching. I like being able to watch movies from home, and VidAngel brings it right to my basement.

7 years ago

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Rosann Stanko Logan, UT

The streaming was too choppy and we had to pay a lot up front, but never watched our money’s worth because it wasn’t comfortable to watch the movies.

7 years ago

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Marie Heber, UT

I like the idea of vid angel but it’s hard to have one more thing to have to pay for every month and I don’t like that you can still tell what swear words are being said.

7 years ago

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Angela Pyrah Willard, MO

Not what I expected. With little kids, I thought it would be good to avoid inappropriate scenes from movies, however it cuts out a lot of the content of the movie....

7 years ago

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Lesa Stewart Saint George, UT

vidAngel does not protect those who watch from the content. It is easy to imagine what they are saying and what is happening.

7 years ago

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Brooklyn May Logan, UT

Horrible picture and audio. Not worth the editing and when it edited it always took so much out of the actual movie. Was not pleased.

7 years ago

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Chloe Magleby Provo, UT

VidAngel sketches me out and it never has what you want to watch. They need to step up their game if they want to compete with places like netflix.

7 years ago

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Spencer Hodgson Salt Lake City, UT

You have to already have an account with an actual streaming service and then pay for VidAngel on top of that. Not really worth it for me anymore.

8 years ago

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matthew Logan, UT

crappy picture and audio. always skipping scene and when cutting out swearing you still know what they say.

7 years ago

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Cami Westfield, IN

I really wish they would bring back the original vid angel. It was so helpful and definitely worth the cost.

7 years ago