Thank you Ayn!
Today more than ever, her words are a breath of fresh air.
Great content, weak ui
Content is great but the UI could use some work. For example, the lock screen has back/forward buttons but instead of going back/forward 30 seconds it skips to the previous/next episode. It also has difficulty keeping track of where you are in a file. This is worse when offline, even for downloaded files.
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Excellent content
I’ve used this application for some time. The content is excellent. I’ve spent many hours listening to the material, and have gone through many of the courses. The material is just fantastic, and there is really no other place to get the lectures of Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff, Harry Binswanger, Onkar Ghate, Tara Smith, Keith Locktich etc. It has become my go-to application for philosophical content, and I’ve found myself re-playing some of the material more than once!
But I’m having trouble with running the application. There could be some improvements in how the app remembers where you are (it seems to work sometimes, not reliably). Also, it is sometimes difficult to move the cursor to move to a particular point - which I find myself having to do because the app doesn’t know where I am in a lecture.
The real problem, that prompted this review: This week, as I was going through Leonard Peikoff’s OTI (wow), around lesson #6, I couldn’t get it to load. Now it looks like the entire course won’t load ... frustrating, since I was right in the middle of the “induction of Objectivity”. I’ve noticed that the course on “Logic” also has the same problem ... what’s going on? Other material seems to play normally.
As a last resort, I’ve deleted the application because it seemed to be using too much memory.
I will now try to reload the application and restart it.
But I’m having trouble with running the application. There could be some improvements in how the app remembers where you are (it seems to work sometimes, not reliably). Also, it is sometimes difficult to move the cursor to move to a particular point - which I find myself having to do because the app doesn’t know where I am in a lecture.
The real problem, that prompted this review: This week, as I was going through Leonard Peikoff’s OTI (wow), around lesson #6, I couldn’t get it to load. Now it looks like the entire course won’t load ... frustrating, since I was right in the middle of the “induction of Objectivity”. I’ve noticed that the course on “Logic” also has the same problem ... what’s going on? Other material seems to play normally.
As a last resort, I’ve deleted the application because it seemed to be using too much memory.
I will now try to reload the application and restart it.
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Priceless, ad free, life changing
Insightful, elucidating lectures and speeches from the brightest minds in philosophy. The app isn’t perfect, and it’s currently having issues downloading and playing content, but it otherwise is a godsend.
Horribly buggy
I suppose to be fair, the fact that i can listen to the audio with my screen closed is a neat feature but this highly offset by the fact i can't finish a single course because of the number of glitches. I start a course and then a lecture will crash and I'll have to find a way to restart the lecture and by that time i have lost my spot. I am not sure why it is prompting me to download when all it seems to be doing is some 'pseudodownload' that takes 5 sec. If it were really downloading onto my phone, at least i could find it in my download folder and use it with another app or iTunes.
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Amazing content, App needs work
Pretty incredible amount of content and courses available, unfortunately the app has serious functionality issues that really hinder its usage.
Love the content!
Super excited all of these speeches are available. Thank you!
Quick note on the app. I cannot use the downloaded content unless I am connected to the internet. FYI
Thanks.
Quick note on the app. I cannot use the downloaded content unless I am connected to the internet. FYI
Thanks.
Excellent app!
I am enjoying the lectures and especially appreciate the ability to listen in the background on my phone
Ayn Rand University
Access to hundreds of hours of content offline as well as online. Lectures by Ayn Rand as well as Dr Leonard Peikoff. As well as new content by fellows of ARI.
What a great app; I love it.
There’s a huge amount of courses available. In less than a week I’ve been able to listen to hours of lectures no matter where I am.
I’m starting with the basics and moving on to the more advanced and plan to eventually listen to them all. Things I learned years ago are better understood already.
I’m starting with the basics and moving on to the more advanced and plan to eventually listen to them all. Things I learned years ago are better understood already.
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