# Hippo Education — user reviews > 113 indexed App Store user reviews of Hippo Education by Hippo Education, Inc., rated 4.60/5 from 1,237 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hippo-education/id1552750034/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hippo-education/id1552750034.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,042 · 4★ 54 · 3★ 31 · 2★ 46 · 1★ 64 ## What do users think of Hippo Education? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Frequent updates - 👍 Great content and presentation - 💡 Potential for CarPlay integration - 👍 Helpful summaries - 👍 Entertaining and informative **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy app with frequent crashes - 🐛 Unreliable playback and progress tracking - 🐛 Frequent log-outs and login issues - 🐛 Inconsistent search and navigation - 🐛 Difficulty accessing downloaded content offline - 🐛 Poor CME tracking and reporting **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on launch - Playback stops unexpectedly - Inconsistent episode tracking - Search results do not match content - Difficulty accessing downloaded content **Most requested features** - Allow streaming on other apps - Improve search and sorting functionality - Add ability to mark episodes as played - Implement CarPlay support - Streamline login and session management ## Newest reviews (16 of 113) ### 3/5 — Great content/App is not great *2026-08-10, version 2.11.0* Hard to search, has glitches, super disappointing but content is EXCELLENT!!! ### 2/5 — Amazing content, Rubbish App *2026-08-10, version 2.11.0* They really need to hire someone to better the app. Half the time I can’t listen to content because of how buggy the app is and how difficult it is to figure out where you left off. It’s frustrating enough to not renew membership. ### 2/5 — Even worse with the update *2026-08-04, version 2.11.0* App was always a little non functional. Now with the update, it constantly crashes. It can’t log me in for some reason. It never remembers where I was last listening. Pretty good content, very poor delivery. And to charge this much for the service is bad. Won’t be renewing my membership with this new price. ### 4/5 — Great content, app glitchy *2026-07-31, version 2.10.0* Great content, would recommend. App on iOS is very glitchy. Can go into episodes and freezes anytime you do anything other than start an episode. ### 3/5 — Great information *2026-06-03, version 2.8.0* I love the tooocs and format. The car play for rewinding is not ideal ### 3/5 — Content is great, player not so much *2026-06-01, version 2.8.0* Overall, I would say that the content is excellent and provides great updates that our timely and in reasonable bite-sized quantities. The player could use a lot of work. The app does not handle downloading episodes for off-line play well, and trying to rewind the episode 30 seconds to re-listen to a bit that you missed is often painful to accomplish. The app does not take commands from headphones paired with the phone well. The app frequently loses your spot in an episode and will restart from the beginning. There is no associated CarPlay interface to listen while driving. ### 3/5 — App won’t open with new update *2026-01-17, version 2.4.0* I just get the loading circle indefinitely and can’t use the app since the most recent update ### 2/5 — Constant review nags *2025-12-27, version 2.3.0* I paid for a subscription and do not want to be nagged constantly to review your app. Hence 2 stars. ### 4/5 — Good up to date info *2025-12-09, version 2.2.2* Expensive, but helpful summaries ### 4/5 — 5-star content. App improving but with limitations. Would like CarPlay integration. *2025-12-02, version 2.2.1* I appreciate the frequent updates and significant improvements made to this app over the past few years. As a PC RAP subscriber since 2017 (and EM RAP listener before that), the app really has come a long way since I started using it. However, it still has some frustrating features — frequently having to re-sign in from the app erroneously thinking that my subscription had expired, episodes re-starting in the wrong place after being paused, and issues with played episodes not being marked as complete — to name a few. The search feature is also not as useful as I’d like; I often failed when trying to use it to review content I’d remembered hearing for clinical decision aids at the point of care. My biggest frustration (and the reason I just let my subscription lapse) is that, ironically, it’s become less convenient for me to actually listen to the episodes as the app has improved. I really only listen while commuting to and from work, and it was much easier for me to do this when we could subscribe to individual account feeds and listen through Apple Podcasts. Integrating CarPlay support to allow for a dedicated CarPlay app would solve this problem for me, so I hope that is considered by the developers. Overall, this is a promising app with an improving user interface that still lacks functionality. ### 2/5 — Glitchy app *2025-10-22, version 1.38.3* Good Content, but the app is very unreliable. Frequently logs user out, restart episodes over after they have been listened to and does not acknowledge episodes that have already been viewed. ### 3/5 — Not recommended *2025-09-14, version 1.35.1* It doesn’t update videos already watched. It shows up next videos that have already been viewed. And the icons for the status of previous viewed videos when it does update are very confusing. I would recommend trying another service. ### 4/5 — Great content but … *2025-08-20, version 1.35.1* I have learned so much from Hippo Ed over the years. Educational, relevant, entertaining. Agree with prior things that the app is buggy and could use refinement. ### 3/5 — App needs to be fixed, but content is great *2025-06-29, version 1.31.1* App works ok. There are three things I have noticed that could make it much better. First, the app should allow you to add entire episodes to your library instead of just individual chapters. Second, I wish you could sort the episodes. I just bought the subscription and started with episode one, but every time I have to scroll all the way down to the beginning episodes every time I open the app. Being able to sort starting from the beginning would be nice for people who are starting from the beginning. Third, adding chapters to the library is buggy and doesn’t work half the time. If these things were fixed it would be a 5. Content is fantastic. ### 2/5 — Kinda silly *2025-01-17, version 1.24.1* This really seems to amount to a podcast app for one podcast. Even if it’s not supporting course video, it may as well have the some of the course audio and notes. Several of the videos I’ve watched so far really have no need for video, it’s just two people sitting at a table discussing various topics with an occasional power point graphic. ### 4/5 — ER *2024-08-13, version 1.17.0* Is a must for busy ER physicians that want to keep updated (while driving)with a fun approach to learning and yes getting CME’s ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 5 stars for content, 1 star for app functionality *2026-08-04, version 2.11.0* I wish Hippo Ed spent less effort on creating and maintaining their poorly functioning platform and instead used an already existing far superior service. The content is great, but using the app is an exercise in frustration Every. Single. Time. ### 1/5 — Great content. Terrible app *2026-06-20, version 2.9.0* App is essentially unusable. Frequently won’t load videos (even on wifi). Crashes. Often won’t even load homepage. ### 1/5 — Love the content, but not the app *2026-04-14, version 2.5.0* I love listening to the content when the app works but all too often it doesn’t work. It will pause, sometimes the video is playing but there is no sound. I have tried deleting and reinstalling the app and have contacted costumer service. I was told it was my connection but it happens all of the time. It is frustrating as I paid a lot of money for the content and cannot listen to it as much as I would like. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-03-02, version 2.5.0* I can log in and use my PANRE-LA subscription on any browser but the app says I have no active subscriptions. Worthless. ### 1/5 — December 2025 update *2025-12-20, version 2.3.0* The app doesn’t load at all ### 1/5 — Amazing content, terrible app *2025-11-22, version 2.2.0* I know they’re making it better, but the app crashes constantly. It logs me out randomly. It loses my place, or forgets where I’m at in an episode when I log back in. I love the content though, and that’s the only reason I keep paying for it. But could we consider putting this on Spotify or an app that actually works? ### 1/5 — App not working *2025-08-27, version 1.35.1* Content is fantastic, this app - is a headache. Content fails to load, very buggy. ### 1/5 — Does not resume. *2025-02-05, version 1.25.1* While the content of the app is good, the app itself is very buggy. When I click on the button to resume the podcast, it starts over, even though it graphically indicates that I am partially through the podcast. ### 1/5 — Please just make the er cast rss available *2024-12-02, version 1.22.2* This is a buggy terrible app that I am forced to use to listen to er cast. The content on er cast is great, but PLEASE just make the rss feed available (like it is for emrap, ema, and like it used to be for this very show). ### 1/5 — Stops playing *2024-06-05, version 1.14.0* Hoping this gets fixed soon. Will stop playing after just 1-2 minutes, every single time. Will change my rating if playback improves because content is great. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Perfect way to stay up to date! *2026-04-25, version 2.6.0* The lectures are short, constantly updated, and engaging! They provide the brief summary notes and it’s easy to get your CME credits! ### 5/5 — Love sol’s humor! *2026-01-12, version 2.4.0* Sol was a supervisor attending when I was in residency at UCD 20 years ago. He was funny then, and still funny now. His humor is c/w the “bad dad genre”, AND I LOVE IT! ### 5/5 — Great app and podcast *2025-10-19, version 1.38.3* But can we please stop making updates mandatory, or make updates only mandatory once a month maybe? Every time I log in I have to waste time updating the app and it’s so frustrating. Y’all are my primary source of CME because I need to save time. ### 5/5 — So great *2025-06-09, version 1.30.1* Excellent and timely content, segments are just the right length, those who present are knowledgeable, the whole program is entertaining. Love it! ### 5/5 — Peds rap *2024-03-02, version 1.6.6* INCREDIBLE resource for pediatricians ### 5/5 — BEST PODCAST FOR URGO APP *2024-02-15, version 1.6.6* I LOVE this urgent care podcast! I am a new grad PA working in urgent care and this has been my go to resource for urgent care topics. I love the variety in length of episodes (from 5 minutes to 30 minutes), I always listen on my drives to and from work. I enjoy all of the clinicians they have had on and truly learn so much that I can apply to my clinical practice. ### 5/5 — App is not great *2023-10-30, version 1.6.2* Hard to search, has glitches, super disappointing but content is EXCELLENT!!! ### 5/5 — Why? *2022-11-23, version 1.3.14* Why did you change the app interface. I’m not enjoying it ### 5/5 — Powerful! *2022-09-09, version 1.3.14* Best companion to long commutes, always fun with excellent faculty ### 5/5 — The best *2022-09-07, version 1.3.14* Love the podcast, app works great, nice option to download for offline listening --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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