“Tired of the interference — While attempting to watch Joe Oltman livestream, too many ads popped up. So much so it made me suspicious as if Rumble didn’t want that information to be seen. Just sayin……”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 568 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.7 ★534,745 ratings
—Downloads
17+Age rating
175 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Welcome to Rumble: The Future of Video & Live Streaming
Tired of censorship and restrictive algorithms, or looking for a true YouTube alternative? Rumble is the freedom-first video-sharing platform built for creators and viewers who believe in free speech and an open Internet. Here you can watch live streams, share videos, and even monetize your content, all without the influence of Big Tech. Rumble is a real alternative media platform where your voice truly matters.
WHAT OUR USERS SAY ABOUT RUMBLE
• "Rumble is true free speech and an absolutely amazing source for true news." • "Great alternative for YouTube!" • "This is the App that America needed as an answer to YouTube’s corporate control & censorship!" • "Rumble beats YouTube! So many diverse opinions in one place." • "I'm very happy with Rumble as a YouTube alternative.…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 2.26.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2.26.2, updated 2026-10-06.
The app has been updated since this analysis. The findings on this page describe version 2.26.1, not the version now listed on the store.
Release notes for the newer versions, in the developer’s own words:
Version 2.26.2 · 2026-10-06
UI enhancements, bug fixes and general improvements
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
The catch list 1
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Raised by 29 distinct reviewers — 5.1% of the 568 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
Context 1
Measured and published because a reader would want to know — deliberately not a charge. The measurement alone does not show a harm.
Cheapest and priciest options are far apart
The disclosed in-app purchases span an unusually wide price range. Published as context: the cheapest and priciest items may be different kinds of product entirely, so the spread alone deducts nothing.
What we saw: In-app purchases run from USD 1.00 to USD 99.00 — a 99x spread across 10 items
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Long unskippable adds — Why would people sit through 2 minute long adds to watch a 3 minute video? I’ve seen a wellis air add nonstop”
“The government doesn’t want you to have access to this review! — The AI ads are ridiculous! It makes it almost unusable at times. I do appreciate the seemingly uncensored content though so I power through 🥲”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2.26.2.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.