Boomerang - Cartoons & Movies 4+

Pretty good experience, but...

When I got this app I thought it was going to be bad, but I was pleasantly proven wrong. That’s not to say that I’m completely satisfied with it. There were a few issues I ran into, and a couple personal complaints that I have.

So to begin. The downloading was actually pretty good, it was fast and it seemed to work pretty well for me, but there were a few issues I encountered with it. All of the downloaded shows had no images and the names of the episodes were all something random, one of them didn’t even play, and a few of them would freeze at a specific time in the show no matter how many times I tried watching it (I had to skip ahead in the episode to fix it). But other than that I have no complaints about the downloading, it saved me during a long car ride, and it surprisingly takes barely any battery.

Now on to the personal complaints. I really wish there were more shows. To my knowledge, they literally have the rights to all of these awesome old shows, but for some reason they won’t add them, yeah they got some good shows right now, but where is Dexter’s Lab, Ed Edd n’ Eddy, Chowder, etc. Because if you really think about it, Boomerang is charging us half the price as a Netflix subscription for a medium list of shows that they own the rights to. That’s pretty much my only complaints though. I enjoy a few of the shows on here, and I’m really happy at how easy they are to watch.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the feedback. It’s always great to hear from fans about how they’re enjoying the app. These are awesome suggestions. We truly appreciate you taking the time to let us know. We can’t say for certain when your request might make it to the app, but we’ve made sure the right people hear you.

Really good app with room to improve

I’ve gotta say I’m pretty blown away by the overall quality of the app and programming. While my review was 4 stars I would say it’s more of a 4.5. I was very skeptical when it was announced given the dive in quality of the Boomerang TV channel. However, I was proven wrong in a big way. The selection is great and growing not to mention the app and website seem to have been put together really well. It seems like the team working on them real took time and effort to make it a good quality. The only disappointing part is the inconsistency of the downloading feature. Some episodes downloaded correctly while others did not. For example, one episode downloaded but didn’t have any audio. Others simply didn’t want to play. I also think a couple tweaks to the mobile app would be very beneficial. For example, I think adding a downloaded tab that takes you to all of the content you downloaded would be much more convenient than having to scroll to the bottom of the mobile app to find that section. I’m also not the biggest fan of episodes continuously playing whenever I’m scrolling through episodes on the desktop version. It’s not a major deal just something I’m not the biggest fan of. Again, overall it’s been a great experience and if a couple tweaks are made and content is being added regularly I don’t see why this app/service couldn’t become even better.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the kind words and the constructive feedback. We really appreciate you taking the time to let us know how we could improve the app and the website experience. We've logged all of your suggestions and everything you've experienced so that we can look into it and make the download feature for Boomerang even better.

Brings back memories, but still has room to improve

Like the selection of the Looney Toons and other classics, but I still miss the ones with Yosemite Sam, Speedy Gonzales, and Peppie La Pew (if I spelled that right). I’m still under the one week free trial, but I’m enjoying what it has to offer so far. Hopefully when I begin the yearly subscription (which the price is reasonable), I hope to see some more selections in the future. My top picks are: Super Friends, Swat Katz, Transformers (the classic cartoons), the 1940s Superman cartoons, Silverhawks, He-Man, BraveStarr, The Centurions, Thundercats, and many more that I wish to see. These classics were the only reason that I got up early on Saturdays when I was a kid. If it’s possible, the developers have my thanks.

As for the app, the set up is simple an easy to use. My only complaint is that screen (at least for my iPhone 12) won’t rotate. It’s on a set screen position that I have to unclip my belt clip which also acts like a stand and have to rotate the entire iPhone into position. If there is an update to fix this problem, I’ll keep an eye out for it.

Once again, thank you for bringing back my childhood memories. Children these days will never understand the Golden Age of Cartoons.