Pricey, but good
The live classes are pricey, but good. On iPhone though, the proprietary learning platform could use some work. Playing in a corner window would be nice, mainly though if I switched out to another app, I had to reload when I came back. Also, the audio stops when you switch to another app.
Great app. More playback speed will perfect it
Playback speed available are in 0.25 increment. It would be good to get more speed like 0.10 or even 0.05
Cannot view video in full screen
Everything else is good but can’t view videos on iPhone in full screen sucks
GoTo Resource
My GoTo Resource
Knowledge building app
Great app to access the knowledge media across multiple devices. Downloaded audiobooks lose pockets of data sometimes. Hope the developers fix this
Worth it
Expensive but worth it. Valuable AI / IT content you cannot find elsewhere.
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Even an elite gym membership can feel like a steal when you actually use it—because the return goes far beyond the price. You’re not just paying for equipment; you’re investing in long-term health, energy, mindset, and the kind of environment that elevates how you show up in life.
That same principle applies to O’Reilly (both the app and browser experience). On the surface, it’s a subscription. In reality, it’s a compounding engine for your career and your thinking.
But just like the gym, it only works if you show up and put in real effort.
If you engage with it intentionally—reading, watching, practicing, revisiting concepts—it becomes incredibly powerful. You’re not just consuming content; you’re building capability. Over time, that capability turns into confidence, better decisions, stronger technical instincts, and yes… higher earning potential.
“The more you learn, the more you earn” is true—but it undersells what’s actually happening here.
You start to:
- Solve problems faster and with more creativity
- See patterns others miss
- Contribute meaningfully to teams, projects, and beyond
- Build things that actually matter
And that ripple effect extends outward. When you level up your skills, you become more useful—to your team, your company, and anyone your work impacts.
So the real value of the O’Reilly subscription isn’t just in the content library—it’s in what you become if you consistently apply it.
Use it lightly, and it’s just another subscription.
Lean into it, and it becomes a career accelerant.
Simple as that.
If the topic is covered here, I’d choose this content over “free” options every time.
And if you can get your company to pay for it—go ahead and pin another gold star on your jacket.
That same principle applies to O’Reilly (both the app and browser experience). On the surface, it’s a subscription. In reality, it’s a compounding engine for your career and your thinking.
But just like the gym, it only works if you show up and put in real effort.
If you engage with it intentionally—reading, watching, practicing, revisiting concepts—it becomes incredibly powerful. You’re not just consuming content; you’re building capability. Over time, that capability turns into confidence, better decisions, stronger technical instincts, and yes… higher earning potential.
“The more you learn, the more you earn” is true—but it undersells what’s actually happening here.
You start to:
- Solve problems faster and with more creativity
- See patterns others miss
- Contribute meaningfully to teams, projects, and beyond
- Build things that actually matter
And that ripple effect extends outward. When you level up your skills, you become more useful—to your team, your company, and anyone your work impacts.
So the real value of the O’Reilly subscription isn’t just in the content library—it’s in what you become if you consistently apply it.
Use it lightly, and it’s just another subscription.
Lean into it, and it becomes a career accelerant.
Simple as that.
If the topic is covered here, I’d choose this content over “free” options every time.
And if you can get your company to pay for it—go ahead and pin another gold star on your jacket.
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Unusable offline. Cancelling my subscription.
This was my favorite app for 5+ years. I travel regularly and used it to study during long flights with unreliable internet. Recently they changed something so your login times out faster. So even if you download content, it quits working an hour into my flight. It quit working during 8 of my trips this month. I’m going to have to switch back to paper books.
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Best of the best
Best resource for learning and there are no limits to learning materials.
Broken media downloads multiple bugs
The reading experience is ok, however the media downloads work very poorly. Often the download will stall for no apparent reason and not budge. I have faced this problem over the course of different version and mobiles OSs. The app logs out users at seemingly random times, nothing like trying to read on a plane with no connectivity only to find out that your login times out. At least warn me and force me to re-login.
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Extreme basic for premium price
Missing features from other readers. There are no support for proper and efficient notes. It must support the Apple Pencil.
It should allow download if they don't want to implement a good reader
It should allow download if they don't want to implement a good reader
A great tech and business focused learning platform
This is a great platform to learn coding, data, and business through different media. I especially like the guided audiobooks, courses, and Answers AI feature.
Good books, poor software
As a long time subscriber, I have noticed a decline in quality of this App. Browsing and finding books is a frustrating experience as the app seems to hide content and make book discovery painful outside of the algorithmic feed of books that are pushed on you.
Now they have added a top row of "Shorts" to the explore page cluttering the already sparse book view to shove garbage in my face. I have zero interest in short form content in a book app of all places. This garbage has to go or at least have a setting to turn it off. I expect more from O'Reily than to cater to short attention span, lowest common denominator users. I am paying for access to long form content, not brain rot garbage!
Now they have added a top row of "Shorts" to the explore page cluttering the already sparse book view to shove garbage in my face. I have zero interest in short form content in a book app of all places. This garbage has to go or at least have a setting to turn it off. I expect more from O'Reily than to cater to short attention span, lowest common denominator users. I am paying for access to long form content, not brain rot garbage!
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Voice Selection Not Working
The ability to select voice does not work. The voice defaults to “Karen” inspite of multiple choices available in Apple
Decent
Pricing is pretty high but there are some good authors here
Login via library card
Please support login using library card via the app. Browser experience is not that great
Good mobile reading experience
I like the reading experience
Not well cooked
Each time it opens the book at the same place at the beginning of the chapter. Therefore each time I should scroll down and visually look for not read place. Very annoying, spent a lot of time for it.
Unable to login through university SSO on the app
How did you guys make a nap and forget about your most important demographic university students whose universities already paid for O’Reilly.
Needs internet connection
Downloaded content will not open without internet connection.
