Consumer Reports: Ratings App

Consumer Reports, Inc.

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About this app

Get expert buying guides and unbiased, trusted ratings and reviews for the products and services you use every day - from cars and major appliances to must-have tech gadgets, to home and garden necessities. Nonprofit and independent, at Consumer Reports, we buy everything we test and don't accept advertising. Our scientists and engineers test products in our labs so you have the unbiased information you need to buy with confidence.

This app is free to download and users get immediate access to buying guides. Product ratings and reviews are only available to those with a Digital or All Access membership to Consumer Reports.

• Get ratings for 8,500+ products and services
• Search or browse by product or brand
• See scores for chosen models plus the best and worst in category
• Find recommended models at a glance
• Review highs and lows plus specs for each model
• Read CR’s take for a quick overview or read our more in-depth buying guides
• Compare products side by side
• Save products you’re researching
• Shop for the best deals of the month with the Best Time to Buy calendar
• See prices and shop with our online shopping partners
• Access our ratings offline for convenience



Car Specific Features:

• Get ratings and reviews for hundreds of cars and trucks
• Identify best in class models using Consumer Reports’ Overall Score system which includes road-test performance, reliability, owner satisfaction, and safety
• Browse cars by type or brand
• Watch Consumer Reports road test video summaries
• Read survey information based on 300,000 vehicles covering Owner Satisfaction and Reliability

Ratings and reviews

Overall, the app is fine, but where are the used car comparisons? If I could afford a brand new car, I wouldn't need a CR subscription. I have the subscription because I need to buy a used car, preferably a reliable one. Sure, I can search this app for each car and year individually, but that is quite time consuming.

I installed the app thinking the search capability would be better than the browser. I was wrong. There are so few filters on appliances such as refrigerators to make it almost useless. For instance, on the browser, I could filter for counter depth. In the app I could not (the browser filters though cut off at too low a max price with no way to change it). I'm pretty disappointed. If I can't figure it a way to get what I need not easily, I will cancel my membership and demand a refund.

Really disappointing app. The searches are different online versus if in the app. A simple search for the words, " Car lease" on the app come back with "No results found." Whereas, searching on the internet yields an option for articles, the second of which titled, "Leasing vs. Buying a New Car." It's also slow and the limited filters leave a lot to be desired. Overall, for a company known for reviewing things, I would expect their own app to be much better.

What's new

We've added Car Finder, a tool to help our members find the perfect vehicle. Enter the type of vehicle, what's most important to you, and your budget and Car Finder will suggest the best options based on our rigorous, unbiased testing and research.

We have also made improvements to the stability and performance of the app.