DW Documentaries (Unofficial)

Clement Ochieng

Contains adsIn-app purchases

About this app

Do you want to watch free and full documentaries right in your android device? Then we have the best collection of English documentaries for you. The documentaries are free and full, and are organized in categories. No special access is needed. No setup needed. Just install and watch.

DISCLAIMER: This app features videos related to DW Documentary Channel and similar channels. All content is sourced from publicly available channels and is used for informational, educational and entertainment purposes only. This app is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by DW or any other company.


The documentaries are fetched from DW Documentary channel via an API call. DW Documentary is one of the best documentary channels in youtube.

Here are reasons why you need this app instead of others"

1. No setup needed. No special access needed.

2. Hundreds of documentaries. More added every few days.

3. All documentaries are free and full and are in English.

4. Easy navigation via NavigationDrawer(Sidebar) and through swipeable tabs.

5. View duration and title of video before watching.

6. View in full screen in HD.

7. App adjusts to your bandwidth quality. Videos play even if you have low quality bandwidth.

8. Videos are buffered and cached for a seamless play. You can navigate back to a previous duration and move forward. Cache is cleared when you close the player.

9. Watch in both landscape and portrait mode. Rotating the device does not cause the player to start afresh. Instead it continues playing seamlessly.

## Legal

This app is not affiliated with DW documentary channel. It's also not affiliated with Youtube. The videos are fetched via youtube's api.

## Technical

The app is a native app written in Kotlin programming language. We've used MVVM design pattern. Our HTTP client is Retrofit.

Ratings and reviews

Doesn't work unless you buy the premium version?

It's really perfect documentary

Very nice game

What’s new

BIG UPDATE: Complete rewrite of the app. We've added a ton of features. Content has been updated, new documentaries indexed. Documentaries have also been categorized. You can now also browse based on topic. App has been made sleeker and more beautiful. We've significantly reduced the APK size, the app is now extremely small in size but has more content. Please update to this version. Thanks and keep using our apps.