# MasterLectures — user reviews > 66 indexed App Store user reviews of MasterLectures by HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc., rated 4.73/5 from 88 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/masterlectures/id1454555188/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/masterlectures/id1454555188.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 79 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 3 ## What do users think of MasterLectures? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 High-quality content - 👍 Great teaching from scholars - 👍 Affordable alternative - 👍 Valuable for self-study - 👍 Good complement to books - 👍 Breadth and depth of resources - 👍 Helpful for sermon prep - 👍 Makes complete courses possible - 👍 Easy to use app - 👍 Wonderful variety of topics - 👍 Great for video/audio learners - 👍 Informative lectures - 👍 Manageable video lengths - 👍 Daily part of life - 👍 Thorough biblical Hebrew course - 👍 Passionate instructors - 👍 Priceless access fee - 👍 Awesome tool for scripture lovers - 👍 Easy to follow classes - 👍 Engaging classes - 👍 Best virtual Bible college - 👍 Study anytime, anywhere - 👍 Worth every penny - 👍 Best option outside seminary - 👍 Excellent specialists - 👍 Worth the investment - 👍 Excellent lessons - 👍 Grow knowledge and faith - 👍 Excellence of multiple teachers - 👍 Simple to use app - 👍 Top-tier authors - 👍 High-level production - 👍 Substantial yet accessible lectures - 👍 Thoughtful presentations - 👍 Well-reasoned presentations - 👍 Enhanced understanding of doctrines - 👍 Meaningful scripture study - 👍 Good theology content - 👍 Endless wisdom - 👍 Learned and wise teachers - 👍 Amazing resource - 👍 Loving content selection - 👍 Top-notch content - 👍 Rich scholarship at fingertips - 👍 Tremendous study tool - 👍 Enhance study time - 👍 Quality biblical/theological study - 👍 Highest quality short videos - 👍 Clear and easy to understand lectures - 👍 Seminary at home - 👍 Great biblical video library - 👍 Terrific resource for deeper study - 👍 Like Netflix for Christian learning - 👍 Amazing way to get feet wet - 👍 Consistently faithful to Scripture - 👍 Well done and said - 👍 Knowledgeable professors - 👍 Maximize study time - 👍 Inspired by the Holy Spirit - 👍 Flawless app **Cons** - 💰 Expensive for some - 💰 Prohibitive monthly pricing - 💰 Too expensive for the layman - 💰 Conservative biases (Zondervan/Grand Rapids) - 💰 Heavy Calvinist leanings in Paul-focused content - 🤔 App doesn't remember where videos left off - 🤔 No study guide with videos - 🤔 Lack of rewind button **Commonly reported bugs** - Cannot find series started - App doesn't remember which videos completed **Most requested features** - Add a study guide for videos - App should remember last watched video - Add a rewind button (e.g., 15 seconds) - Add a playback speed function - Ability to mark videos as watched - Include class notes ## Newest reviews (15 of 66) ### 5/5 — Great Content *2025-06-02* I enjoy the quality of the content. Great teaching from leading scholars. I’ve never been to bible college or seminary so this is a great resource for me. I highly recommend Master Lectures. ### 5/5 — Theological gem *2025-04-21, version 9.009.1* Great resource for video and audio learners. ### 5/5 — Great Content *2025-04-18* I enjoy the quality of the content. Great teaching from leading scholars. I’ve never been to bible college or seminary so this is a great resource for me. I highly recommend Master Lectures. ### 5/5 — Great Content *2025-03-29* I enjoy the quality of the content. Great teaching from leading scholars. I’ve never been to bible college or seminary so this is a great resource for me. I highly recommend Master Lectures. ### 5/5 — Great resource *2025-01-17* I am a recently graduated theology student, and I am finding this an invaluable resource for my continued learning and development. The video lengths are manageable and accessible, making them easy to fit into my busy lifestyle. ### 5/5 — Carolyn77 *2024-10-16* MasterLectures is a daily part of my life to go deeper into the Bible and relationship with God ### 5/5 — Great Content *2024-09-26* I enjoy the quality of the content. Great teaching from leading scholars. I’ve never been to bible college or seminary so this is a great resource for me. I highly recommend Master Lectures. ### 5/5 — Biblical Hebrew *2024-06-26, version 8.200.1* Great course. Very thorough. Goes right along with text but more in depth ### 5/5 — Amazing Resource *2023-11-29* Have not used too many sessions yet, but already so impressed by the quality and how passionate each instructor has been! Highly recommended! ### 5/5 — Fantastic Addition to the Books *2023-11-12* I’ve subscribed to this for 2 years now. For the books I own that have videos here, this is an incredible addition. For those I do not have books for it is still an invaluable resource. Buying all these videos would be cost prohibitive; the nominal fee you pay for access is priceless. Highly recommended for and serious student of the Bible ### 5/5 — Carolyn77 *2023-10-08* MasterLectures is a daily part of my life to go deeper into the Bible and relationship with God ### 5/5 — Biblical Hebrew *2023-09-22* Great course. Very thorough. Goes right along with text but more in depth ### 5/5 — Precious tool *2023-08-01* For us who love the scriptures , this is an awesome tool, an opportunity to learn from people we otherwise had no chance to study with. Best app I have. Appreciate all the hard work you go through to put all this wonderful knowledge at our reach and forever I would be thankful to God for you. ### 5/5 — Great Content *2023-06-22* I enjoy the quality of the content. Great teaching from leading scholars. I’ve never been to bible college or seminary so this is a great resource for me. I highly recommend Master Lectures. ### 5/5 — MasterLectures “Latin” *2023-06-19, version 8.200.1* Classes are easy to follow and very engaging! Excellent! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — series i started watching *2025-09-01, version 9.100.1* cannot find them- I did not star them. when I searched for them again no luck. Please I need help with this. ### 2/5 — Good content, poor app! *2020-12-09, version 6.020.1* The content on this app is top notch. However, I’m currently watching my way through a 73 part series and I find it just stupefying that the app doesn’t keep track at all of which videos you’ve completed. C’mon Zondervan, this is pretty basic stuff in this day and age! ### 2/5 — Must read!! *2020-08-22, version 5.902.1* Please please developers, add a playback speed function to the videos. Some of the teachers are too slow and make learning the word of God heavy abs unpalatable. ### 3/5 — App is meh *2023-05-31* Good video content but I wish the videos came with more like a study guide. The app doesn’t remember where I left off so I always have to make a note of the last video watched. More work than needed. ### 3/5 — The pricing. *2020-09-29, version 5.902.1* The pricing per month is prohibitive. ### 4/5 — Informative lectures *2025-04-20* Good content. Hope to see more lectures on church growth and discipleship. ### 4/5 — Informative lectures *2024-10-16, version 8.801.1* Good content. Hope to see more lectures on church growth and discipleship. ### 4/5 — Incredible but… *2023-09-16* This is one of the most plentiful resources for Christians out there but oh so incredibly expensive considering that you can find similar stuff on YouTube for free. In addition, this is Zondervan, which means it has the same issue as anything out of Grand Rapids, meaning it is very very conservative in its Christian ‘sound doctrine’. Also, as far as I can see, everything which focuses on Paul has heavy Calvinist leanings. Still if you can afford it, are aware of its conservative and other biases, it’s an incredibly valuable resource and hard to fault. I’ll be using it forever and a day, but I counterbalance it with Logos for balanced reading materials. ### 4/5 — Informative lectures *2023-03-09* Good content. Hope to see more lectures on church growth and discipleship. ### 4/5 — MasterLectures *2022-05-31* Excellent source by excellent specialists! Very much worth the investment! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Busy Pastor appreciates Coptic lectures *2026-07-29* I’ve been studying Sahidic Coptic for almost two years. Dr. Chappell’s lectures on “Basics of Sahidic Coptic” have enabled me to progress in the language. His workbook and videos pair well. As a busy pastor who works a second job, I thank the Lord for the Master Lectures. ### 5/5 — Amazing resource!! *2026-06-09* So grateful I came across Master Lectures! I purchased Schreiner’s Galatians lectures through Logos, but these lectures are very expensive. Master Lectures is answered prayer. Same quality video lectures but much more affordable. ### 5/5 — Great Content *2026-06-07* I enjoy the quality of the content. Great teaching from leading scholars. I’ve never been to bible college or seminary so this is a great resource for me. I highly recommend Master Lectures. ### 5/5 — Amazing app! *2026-02-06, version 9.304.1* Amazing! Very easy to use and wonderful variety of topics! ### 5/5 — Great Content *2026-02-05* I enjoy the quality of the content. Great teaching from leading scholars. I’ve never been to bible college or seminary so this is a great resource for me. I highly recommend Master Lectures. ### 5/5 — Good complement to the good books *2026-01-16* Money well spent. I like those high-quality books published by Zondervan, and the rich resources provided in this app gives high-quality lectures given by the authors, which consolidate my study of those books. ### 5/5 — Beneficial *2025-11-23, version 9.304.1* Get it ### 5/5 — Fantastic resource for studying the Bible *2025-11-09, version 9.304.1* So enjoying the breadth and depth of resources available through this app. Tremendous help with preparing sermons and studies. It makes it possible to do a complete course on a book or theological topic with excellent lecturers who are passionate about their subject. Can’t recommend it highly enough. ### 5/5 — brilliant. just expensive for those outside of US *2025-07-24, version 9.100.1* everything you need theologically ### 5/5 — Amazing resource!! *2025-06-17* So grateful I came across Master Lectures! I purchased Schreiner’s Galatians lectures through Logos, but these lectures are very expensive. Master Lectures is answered prayer. Same quality video lectures but much more affordable. --- *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 2026-09-08.*