“Bait and switch — Purchases do not unlock features as advertised. Upgraded to allow basic controls for videos, and while the “purchase failed” my card was still charged. Requested refund, so at least the App Store acknowledges the…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 520 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.0 ★40,009 ratings
—Downloads
17+Age rating
33 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Watch any web video and your personal photos, videos & music on your Chromecast or Google Cast powered TV. Enjoy the show on your big screen.
With Video & TV Cast you can browse through the web and stream any online video on your Chromecast (movies, TV shows, sports, music and more). Just navigate to your favorite website and wait for the video link detection. The video link will appear below the browser. Tap it and the video will be sent to your big screen instantly! Streaming personal media from your device is also supported.
* The app only works with all Chromecast devices from Google and on devices with Google Cast or Chromecast built-in.
* iTunes movies and DRM-protected videos like Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, DirecTV, Xfinity, HBO Now are not supported!
* Please test your favorite videos with the free edition before upgrading!…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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 3.13 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 3.13, updated 2026-05-06.
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
2 themes 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
65–79% 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.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 3
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
Reviewers repeatedly report that the app is not what its advertising showed. We never see the ad creative itself, so nothing we collect can corroborate or refute this — it is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Misleading advertising: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (1.2% of 520 reviews scanned)
From the store listing: Usable without an account
The app's own screens offer a way past sign-up — guest access, skipping, or browsing before registering — rather than gating the product behind an account. The store's privacy disclosure is checked alongside it: that disclosure is self-reported, so it corroborates this credit rather than establishing it.
What we saw: The store privacy disclosure (8 entries) links no contact details or identifiers to the user — consistent with an app that does not require an account. Self-reported by the developer.
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: Aggressive ad load: raised by 12 distinct reviewers (2.3% of 520 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Costs!! — This is a bait and switch. Unable to watch without ads or without paying.”
“No Subscription? Think Again — I am more than happy to pay for useful services. I hate false advertising. If you had allowed for me to test the service; I may have forgiven the “no subscription” advertised and become a customer. But to…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 3.13.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.