# Alan Watts Essential Lectures — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of Alan Watts Essential Lectures by SIMPLETOUCH LLC, rated 4.91/5 from 761 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/alan-watts-essential-lectures/id415675560/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/alan-watts-essential-lectures/id415675560.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 719 · 4★ 29 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 7 ## What do users think of Alan Watts Essential Lectures? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Insightful and life-changing content - 🚀 Well-produced and engaging lectures - 💡 Preserving Alan Watts' legacy - 🎯 Simple and elegant design **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs and crashes - 🔁 Unreliable playback and navigation - 🔌 Lack of essential audio features - ⚠️ Concerns about future compatibility **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes and freezes - Forgets playback position - Controls don't work from lock screen - Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions **Most requested features** - AirPlay and Sonos support - Ability to resume playback from where you left off - Rewind/fast-forward functionality - Universal app support for iPad ## Newest reviews (12 of 50) ### 5/5 — Change can happen *2018-08-20, version 3.2* Updated Review: The developers have listened to their reviewers and they have updated the memory of this great man to a higher app status worthy of praise. Please keep working on making the app better. **Developer response:** We have updated this app several times since this review and have addressed most of the concerns here. We welcome new feedback on the updates. Thank you. ### 4/5 — App has improved *2018-08-14, version 3.2* They’ve made it better. Still wish they’d consolidate all the content but it’s working better at least. **Developer response:** We have updated this app several times since this review and have addressed most of the concerns here. We welcome new feedback on the updates. Thank you. ### 5/5 — The best *2018-05-24, version 3.2* Alan has some of the best wisdom to give ### 4/5 — Not 64 bit but update coming! *2017-10-04, version 3.0* As others here have stated, this app will not work with iOS 11 in its current form. Update: The 64 bit version has been released, but when used on an iPad mini 4, the icon shows up as a generic Apple icon (the correct icon displays using an iPhone). I was hoping the developer might make this a universal app since it required an update for iOS 11 compatibility. That way, on an iPad, everything displays properly. ### 5/5 — Way to go! *2017-10-03, version 3.0* Love the UI update as well as rolling them all into a single app. ### 5/5 — When the student is ready... *2017-10-03, version 3.0* The master will arrive. This collection of talks, lectures and seminars is breathtaking in its depth and breadth. It is accessible and democratic and unapologetic and heartbreaking and inspiring beyond measure. I simply cannot believe that Professor Watts' work, to which I was introduced only a short time ago, is not more widely recognized and appreciated. This is life changing stuff. Sincere THANKS to Mark Watts and the team who preserved these recordings and have made them available. PLEASE continue this work. ### 5/5 — Just amazing *2017-08-08, version 2.0.1* You need this app. It's a review of life and religion and philosophy in delicious morsels ### 5/5 — Please update this app to be compatible with the next iOS. Please! *2017-07-26, version 2.0.1* Please update this app to be compatible with the next iOS. Please! ### 5/5 — Great- *2017-06-01, version 2.0.1* I spend a lot of time driving and listening ti the lectures, Am hoping that an update in the near future makes this app compatible with Apple Car Play. ### 5/5 — 5 stars for Content, 1 for lack of updates *2017-03-23, version 2.0.1* Alan Watts is my guru. The lectures are gold. The developers need to update the app however. It slows down my phone, for one thing, but also, it doesn't have basic functionality like coming back to the same listening position when I leave the app, rewind, and other things most listening apps currently provide. ### 5/5 — Great content, apps stink *2016-11-17, version 2.0.1* You guys really need to spend some money (Krishna knows you charge enough) and update this app. It's way obsolete for use on iPhone 7. ### 5/5 — Impeccable *2016-04-05, version 2.0.1* Everything you expect. everything you want ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Airplay and Sonos support needed *2019-08-13, version 3.2.1* Can’t use AirPlay to cast to my speakers or play in Sonos. Why don’t you just make these podcasts that I can play in iTunes ### 1/5 — App is annoyingly non-standard *2017-07-05, version 2.0.1* Content is great. I have been a fan of Watts for decades. But c'mon folks!! To make us pay $$$ for an app that crashes, doesn't remember where you were or what you've listened to, and doesn't have basic 2016 functionality is absurd. If I could return I would. Very disappointed. 7-5-17. Updated review. Dropping my review to 1 star. Will not work with new version of OS!! **Developer response:** We have updated this app several times since this review and have addressed most of the concerns here. We welcome new feedback on the updates. Thank you. ### 1/5 — Really good *2017-06-02, version 2.0.1* Fascinating material and Alan Watts is a joy to hear. **** So apparently I paid a lot for an app that will soon be obsolete. Why are there no updates? ### 1/5 — Great but... *2017-05-10, version 2.0.1* Do NOT buy until the developer(s) update the app. I just bought the app to find out it will not function on future versions of iOS. We are in beta 5 testing(last I heard)of the next update. Once the app is updated to be in compliance of future versions of iOS and some UI tweaks, such as being able to skip ahead or go back 30-45 seconds and the ability to listen where you left off. Then this app will get 5 stars. Otherwise I will feel cheated out $35 for an app that I can't use. Dev please please fix this. **Developer response:** Hi, We have updated this app several times since this review and have addressed most of the concerns here. We welcome new feedback on the updates. Thank you. ### 1/5 — Major bugs make this app difficult to use and enjoy *2016-04-07, version 2.0.1* I am using this app on an iPhone 6S, and when I pause it, and come back to the app a few hours later, it goes back to 0:00 instead of remembering where I left off. Also you cannot hit play/pause/etc from control center or headphones, only when app is open. I paid good money for this app, please get it together and fix these significant bugs **Developer response:** Have you tried the latest version? We have updated this app several times since this review and have addressed most of the concerns here. We welcome new feedback on the updates. Thank you. ### 3/5 — Love the message, hate the messenger *2017-07-11, version 2.0.1* Please update the app! I love the content, but really dislike the idea that I paid for an app that won't work with future iOS versions. Wait to download until there's an update! ### 3/5 — I love the content... PLEASE UPDATE! *2017-05-20, version 2.0.1* I am worried about future compatibility with iOS. I got a notification that it won't work in the future. I spent a lot of money on this and will be very disappointed if it stops working!!!! Thanks ### 3/5 — Good content. App needs work *2017-02-26, version 2.0.1* The lectures are fantastic. The app has some bugs. It forgets where I've left off and starts from the begging of a lecture or picks up several minutes earlier than I left off. Also the controls don't work from the lock screen. ### 3/5 — Mostly good recordings *2015-05-16, version 2.0.1* For the price, the app is not very good and the quality of the recordings is sometimes poor. The lectures themselves are mostly entertaining but if you are looking for logical reasoning, you'll be left scratching your head. ### 3/5 — Should be an audiobook, not an app *2015-02-08, version 2.0.1* The app is quirky and incomplete. It forgets your location, doesn't auto play when connected to Bluetooth and periodically crashes. The content is amazing, of course, and would have been better distributed as audiobook content on the iTunes Store or Audible. It would have then benefitted from features like bookmarking and speed adjustment... for free. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — inspiring *2022-11-13, version 3.2.1* Helpful insight into a post-religious world. ### 5/5 — Feed Back *2022-04-28, version 3.2.1* Life Changing would recommend these listening to anyone. ### 5/5 — Worth it *2021-12-31, version 3.2.1* Simple insightful observations of the human condition ### 5/5 — So well put together *2020-08-03, version 3.2.1* A must buy for fans or people curious about connecting and understanding life better ### 5/5 — A Way To Live *2020-04-18, version 3.2.1* Described ### 5/5 — invest in you *2020-01-30, version 3.2.1* I’d say...It’s an investment in you...theres more content here than what on other streaming services. ### 5/5 — Alan Watts is a treasure *2019-06-20, version 3.2.1* I’ve listened to Alan Watts for decades. His wisdom is timeless. His presentations are ever new. His presence comes alive in these recordings. ### 5/5 — Must have *2019-06-18, version 3.2.1* Alan Watts is my absolute hero, this is a dream come true! ### 5/5 — Alan Watts is a true master of words and communication *2018-11-27, version 3.2.1* I love his talks and his ability to communicate a wide range of concepts and historical information to a western audience. ### 5/5 — First class *2018-11-11, version 3.2.1* The legend of what has been taught .. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*