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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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PK Provo, UT

This is a good service, allowing you to really easily filter movies according to your tastes & standards. Their 1300+ movies are actually recent and popular, and are the ones you actually WANT to watch...WAY WAY better than Netflix's, Vudu's, or Amazon Prime's selections. They're constantly improving -- like all the time. Their selection grows, the website improves (better than Netflix in many ways), they add tools, and make filtering more user-friendly. Ex: auto-sellback so you don't get charged more than 1 day, and filter rules that can apply to every movie you buy, so initiating a movie only takes mere seconds. However, their video and audio quality is really low. The HD quality SOMEtimes approaches 720p (I have Google Fiber, so no bandwidth issues on my end). Their audio quality is wacky -- the center channel (dialogue) is compressed but decent, but all other channels range from VERY compressed and low-volume to non-existent. It dramatically changes the experience for me, and I don't feel like I can immerse myself in a movie adventure. I'd pay more for a 1080p 5.1 experience. I mean, just 5.1 doesn't require much addition in streaming bandwidth. Their streaming costs must only be 15-25 cents of the $1/$2 cost, so adding a $3 HD+ option would be terrific. Maybe their current viewers don't mind the bad quality, but it's a significant difference from what you get by watching a physical Blu-ray. Also, their marketing's kinda strange. Their target audience is those who want to have cleaner movies/shows, but their marketing is edgy and somewhat provocative. It'd be nice if they could be more balanced. I think they're trying to appeal to a wider base, but their bread & butter is content filtering by users. They should be able to appeal to both groups. Maybe their marketing team is a little disconnected from what appeals to a wider base? Netflix, Vudu, et al are straightforward in their messaging. There's really no need to be edgy.

10 years ago

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Beth Farmer Pleasant Grove, UT

We've used VidAngel to watch movies we want to watch but we know have one or two inappropriate scenes or lots of swearing. You can go through and select exactly what you want taken out of the movie. You can select any sex scenes to be taken out and specific swear words or all swear words. They've gone out of business and have asked their customers in the past to donate money to keep them in business which I found very weird and tacky. It sort of left a bad taste in my mouth as far the overall company. I think the idea of being able to take out the bad parts of movies is amazing. I think VidAngel's execution on that idea has been subpar.

7 years ago

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Alicia Larsen Gilbert, AZ

I wish I could give VidAngel 5 stars; we were super regular customers back before they had to stop streaming popular movies which you could filter yourself (cutting out language, etc.) by setting online parameters. At that time, I would have given them 10 stars -- we *loved* the service. After they got hit with copyright violations or some such thing, they had to stop offering that service (total bummer) and then offered a monthly subscription to movies and shows they have created. No thanks. I don't want another monthly bill -- I'd rather pay per movie I choose to watch (as it was before). Sorry, VidAngel. You lost us as customers.

8 years ago

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Lauren Hyrum, UT

I love the vid angel service. It was nice being able to watch movies with my family that are clean. However we had the swearing censored and there were multiple times with my family that it would swear and You may not hear the swear word but you definitely can see the actor mouthing it and still know why they say. Also sometimes the picture wasn’t great and the quality was bad.

7 years ago

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Rachel Ellsworth Gilbert, AZ

I like the concept of VidAngel, but I don't feel like this company executes it very well. The movies are choppy and unpredictable and sometimes the quality isn't great. I also don't like how it has recently changed so that you have to pay a monthly fee for it instead of paying for individual movies. This company has the right idea, but it definitely needs some improvement.

7 years ago

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Derek G Pleasant Grove, UT

Not as good as it used to be. Vidangel used to be an extremely useful service that allowed editing out innapropriate content from movies and tv. It is still a service that allows editing. But now the selection is much smaller and it costs more for it's own subscription plus a subscrption for the service that provides what movie you are editing. It's all very frustrating and in my opinion too much trouble for what it's worth.

7 years ago

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L. Fowler Pleasant Grove, UT

I like the fact that I can edit movies that I wouldn't watch normally because of the rating and/or questionable material. I have had problems with the movie not playing properly or it being difficult if stream if I have asked for certain things to be taken out. Sometime a movie is difficult to understand if too much is taken out. Customer service was helpful and quick to respond when I couldn't get the app to work. At times it was more work to fix the problem so I just didn't use the app.

8 years ago

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Myra Howes Provo, UT

I used to love VidAngel! I used it a lot a few years ago before there was the whole legal fiasco. I love that it provided popular movies for us to watch but that we could edit out what we wanted. I loved that you could specify the kinds of things you wanted edited out as well. Genius!

6 years ago

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Breanne Stanko Logan, UT

Nice being able to watch shows edited with my family. However, the picture was also blurry or choppy, the sounds wasn’t the greatest, when it was edited you could either see the actual swear word from the mouth. Not hear it but see what they said, and or there would be whole scenes missing from the movie because it would edit so much out.

7 years ago

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Jonas De Olveira American Fork, UT

I have VidAngel a try and I was very disappointed. The streaming was terrible and it buffered frequently. I thought maybe it was my internet, but when we tried our other streaming service they worked just fine. It was also kind of clunky to use.

7 years ago

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Michelle Mortimer Saratoga Springs, UT

I was a HUGE fan on VidAngel before they had a lawsuit that forced them to change their business model completely. I value entertainment that is clean, no profanity, swearing, killing and sex. I am not happy that I can no longer watch new release movies on VidAngel. Although I realize it is not their fault.

7 years ago

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Rob Whipple Mesa, AZ

I liked it better when we were able to pay per movie. I found it difficult to use when they changed format and don't watch through vid angel enough to justify paying a monthly service anymore. I love the idea and hope that it improves again.

8 years ago

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Chase H Provo, UT

I wanted to give VidAngel 5 starts. I used to love them so much more. Edited streaming for $1. With the litigation and the new service, VidAngel seems more limited in what it offers. Also, it seems like they are having trouble getting their act together. EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE, THOUGH

8 years ago

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Justin McMurtrey South Jordan, UT

We used VidAngel for a long time. We used it more so we could edit content for our kids. When they moved away for that for awhile, I don’t think they had a great service or a good value.

6 years ago

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bailey jo Orem, UT

The concept for VidAngel was good but it didn't have a great selection of movies and shows to choose from. It also took too long to go through all of the filters to get everything set up.

7 years ago

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Cayla robinson Sandy, UT

I absolutely love this. It helps me watch what I actually want to watch and really edit out what I don’t find appropriate. The service is efficient and customer service is very nice and on top of it! Love them !

7 years ago

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Aliza Henline Provo, UT

I love how vidangel is good to make things clean for kids and things, but I don't like how it skips so many scenes that don't need to be skipped necessarily!

7 years ago

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Whitney Stanko Smithfield, UT

Choppy picture and video. Sound wasn't every great and even though stuff was edited you could still see what they were saying or it would cut out a major scene of the movie.

7 years ago

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S Suguturaga Orem, UT

I like the concept but the execution of editing content for viewing was not user friendly. I felt like it took more effort than it was worth to choose edits.

7 years ago

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Jack miller Alpine, UT

While I haven't used this product since it was taken down a while back, the couple times I had used it were great. Being able to filter movies opened my selection of movies.

7 years ago

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Cassidy Wakefield Tucson, AZ

VidAngel allows me to watch any movie I want how I want to watch it. It will take out anything I don’t want to see and I love that.

6 years ago

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JR Suguturaga Orem, UT

I like the offering but the editing process was very tedious and it took some more time than I thought it was worth to watch a clean edit movie.

6 years ago

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Sierra Beck Herriman, UT

My family had vidangel for a month and we watched a movie and it worked relatively well but not the best. We wished there were more movies available

7 years ago

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Shawn American Fork, UT

Loved it at first when I could edit and stream great, current titles and watch them the way I want for only $1. Now use is way too limited.

7 years ago

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Diana Crawfordville, FL

I liked it until it keeps telling me I dont have an Amazon account to link to :(

6 years ago

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Jami Howell Farmington, UT

Not a great selection of movies to chose from but I do like the concept. The process to edit takes too long.

7 years ago

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Cheryl Manson Ackermann Cincinnati, OH

Finally a way to watch movies again without sex, nudity and bloody violence.

10 years ago

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Scotlynn Blair Phoenix, AZ

Works pretty well and is a great option for worried parents about what their kids are watching.

7 years ago

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Mallory Mesa, AZ

Vidangel takes a long time to load but edits its material well so it is worth the wait.

7 years ago

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Mitch Krull Pleasant Grove, UT

Not a great selection, honestly just use Netflix unless you have to edit, if so the service is ok

7 years ago

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Maggie Queen Creek, AZ

Okay service, it never seems to be working. They do not have a ton of content.

8 years ago