BlueStacks Reviews 639

TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

1.5

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Review summary

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Looking at 56 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many customers found the application to be extremely slow, constantly lagging, and frequently freezing, making it almost impossible to play games or use other features. The program often crashed, sometimes requiring a full computer reboot, and reviewers reported issues with apps not working or the built-in store failing to load. Furthermore, many users expressed frustration with the abundance of ads, which frequently interrupted gameplay, failed to load properly, or even caused the application to crash. The uninstallation process was also criticized for being difficult and leaving residual files. However, some people were satisfied with the application, finding it easy to install and effective for running specific media apps or playing certain games without issues.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They absolutely ruined the program. It is extremely predatory, everytime you want to do a purchase through the emulator they try to force you to do purchases through their system. Now they made it so... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

FRAUD ALERT!!! When I found a sketchy looking charge on my online banking attached to Google Play, I discovered six different models of phones that are not mine attached to my Google account. Google s... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Literally nothing on this emulator platform works. No Android instance I tried, no game I installed... even their built-in store/app browser either refused to load or crashed constantly. The ONE app t... See more

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Company details

  1. Gaming service Provider

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BlueStacks by now.gg, Inc. is the World’s #1 App Player for PC and Mac. It enables gamers to play thousands of mobile games on PCs or Macs. Gamers can download and play mobile games locally, or play in their browser instantly with HD quality, without worrying about the specifications of their PC or the time & space required to download the game. BlueStacks App Player is built for gamers and offers superior performance and precise game controls using a keyboard, mouse and gamepad. It also has an integrated gaming wallet for gamers to get offers, rewards and tokens for playing on the BlueStacks platform. BlueStacks is lightning fast, with up to 50% faster setup time and consumes up to 50% less RAM usage than other platforms. It offers a massive game library of over 2 million games and is trusted by over 500 million gamers worldwide.


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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

current owner ruined it, go somewhere else.

tried several android emulators for windows 11 on a high end gaming PC. this is by far the worst. ads on a side window, no matter what app you run. crashes constantly, cannot resize or change windows without completely closing the program. prior to the current owner it was excellent. the current owner destroyed it. complete garbage. go somewhere else. horribly dissatisfied and sad since bluestacks prior to the current owner was amazingly good.

4 February 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If i could give it zero stars i would

If i could give it zero stars i would! worst thing ever, cant even play ANY games with this program, CONSTANTLY CRASHES AND FREEZES my laptop. im tired of the frustration trying to play any game with this garbage!

29 January 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

After installation, a new sign-in to my Google account occured from an unknown device

After installation, Google informed me that they noticed a new sign-in to my Google Account on a OnePlus3T device. I do not have such a device. So Google invited me to change password, which I did. Then I immediately uninstalled BlueStacks.
My internet provider is Orange and it never happened before. I do not play games, I never use my PC for fun, but for academic purposes.

3 January 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Seems good BUT...

Seems good BUT...
BTD6 NETFLIX DOES NOT WORK WITH THIS PROGRAM. DESPITE U SHOWING IT ON UR WEBSITE... U EVEN POSTED MULTIPLE TIMES ON REDDIT THAT IT DOSENT WORK. SO WHY NOT REMOVE THE PAGE?!?

15 December 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Why I hate bluestacks

All I literally experience is lag with this app it made my computer really hot and they're are a million ads a second and it's hard to skip the ads so rate this game 1 star because it eats at your cpu

10 December 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

basically trash

it restarted my computer without permission and made the fan almost broke it also disconnected me from a game I was playing in a specific server and it wasn't worth it also it's so laggy I could barely move my mouse when it was downloading if I could rate it -5 stars I would do that without hesitation I want this company to fail for what it has done to my computer

8 December 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

laggggg

omg, bluestacks is really laggy now, I can't access some games or apps or there's some problem that I don't even understand what it is! I hope the publisher will fix the error and upgrade bluestacks, it's a waste of time!!

4 December 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible platform

Trying to set up a TeamViewer meeting so they can do a remote access and find out why I can't use dofu sports. It takes them 4 to 5 days to respond to my emails. Can't get them to do a TeamViewer meeting. Forget it not worth it! I'll find another way to watch dofu sports on my laptop. What a shame

21 November 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

THE USELESS BLUESTACKS

blue stacks has become so USELESS since this now.gg whatever began running it...it has become slower not to mention how long and complicated it has become to have apps on it. lets not even talk about the ads...I'm now at a point that recommending blue stacks to someone would be considered recommending a torture device... i cant even ask you to fix the problems because I'm never using it again

19 November 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Extremely dangerous software and now…

Extremely dangerous software and now banned from use

Google is now hunting down Google accounts using this software and distributing permanent bans for simple use of this software.

This software is now considered a threat by Google and users are now paying a high price

You are warned of the risks and consequences

17 November 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bluestacks is a total hack

Bluestacks is a total hack, trojans, slow computers (probably install bitcoin miner) and stolen accounts and such, it is a total hacksite why do you think they put a moderator here to talk good a free download site, how do they make their money? Stealing and selling your data.. and mining coin on your computer.

1 November 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

ads ads ads ads ads ads ads ads ads...

In theory this app is a streamlined method of creating and starting virtual machines using Virtual Box. It's not hugely complex, but should be effective at allowing you to run any Android App on your PC.
This used to be reliable, until I recently updated it.
It used to have ads when you started it up, but that was OK. You can ignore those. And the performance was OK.
I am running a high performance gaming rig. There is absolutely no excuse for an extremely basic 2D game to be lagging. Google play won't work.
It is now little more than an ad spamming app.

The only reasonable assumption is that BlueStacks has been hacked in to oblivion and hijacked by actual kidnappers, as I cannot believe anyone (other than a rogue billionaire) would go out of their way to so thoroughly destroy their own product.
Avoid at all costs.

18 October 2023
Unprompted review

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