“To many Adverisement — ZEE5 is just trying to earn too much money and entertainment is not given priority . If you rewind or forward in movie advertisements automatically starts. It’s some more than a minute of advertisement. It’s simply…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 500 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.6 ★24,220 ratings
—Downloads
12+Age rating
220 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Home To India's Boldest Stories Where original voices, iconic franchises, blockbuster entertainment and unforgettable characters come together across languages, genres, and formats. And now, get ready to experience an all-new Zee 5. Faster, smarter, AI-powered, and built to help you discover more of what you love.
Here's what's waiting for you:
Series That Get Everyone Talking: Bold, contemporary storytelling across genres, with fresh titles premiering regularly. Dive into acclaimed Series like Gyaarah Gyaarah, Rangbaaz, Brown, Murshid, Sattamum Neethiyum, Ayana Mane, Abar Proloy and many more.
A Vast Library Of Movies & Series: From the latest blockbusters to timeless classics and critically-acclaimed series, discover world-class entertainment on demand.…
Preview
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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 34.2.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 34.2.0, updated 2026-09-29.
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
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.
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 4.99 to USD 499.99 — a 100x spread across 10 items
One source only — shown, not confirmed 2
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: 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 9 distinct reviewers (1.8% of 500 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Hard to cancel
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
What we saw: Hard to cancel: raised by 12 distinct reviewers (2.4% of 500 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Paid for 4K and still getting forced ads — Premium subscription is suppose to be ad free but platform forces me to watch 4 ads all the time .. The video quality is barely 480p cant even watch it at 720p. Terrible user policy and highly…”
“Too much greedy and Too many adds — Senseless developers, never subscribe again. This is the reason people go for piracy. Most of them seems to be paid reviews.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 34.2.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown10
Lowest$4.99
Highest$499.99
4K Monthly$17.99
HD Monthly$5.99
Monthly Plan (Discontinued)$109.99
ZEE5-Simply South-Monthly$4.99
4K Monthly (Discontinued)$100.99
Show 5 more purchases
ZEE5 Chaupal Monthly$5.99
Monthly Plan (Discontinued)$99.99
4K Annual$124.99
All Access Plan (Discontinued)$109.99
40% Off (Discontinued)$499.99