Sat unused and subscribed
I tried to sign back in to get some use of the last 14 days left after I cancelled and could not ‘restore’ the purchase in the app. Didn’t play well with passwords app.
New update sucks
Can’t get to my old purchases. Update is wonky. Will not use - lost a long time customer
Unfortunate software
Hopefully, this is an isolated incident. However, my personal experience shows otherwise. The courses are world class however the software is remarkably bad. Plan on multiple password resets in order to view your coursework. Each login requires multiple password resets. What a shame.
Limited Content if you dont get Plus
I got the Classics membership because there was a promo, then added a bunch of lectures to my watch list. I started several. Then when I log back in nearly every course I had saved is now only in the plus bundle, practically double the price. I will be canceling the membership immediately. There is no way they could have done this intentionally, but it felt very misleading.
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Suggestions for improvements
This is a great app, but I would use it more if it supported picture in picture. Consider adding that functionality!
Cant use on multiple devices without breaking your login credentials, making app completely unusable
After four years, it LOOKS LIKE they have finally made an app that is stable and functional... WRONG! Turns out if you try to use their service on a different device, like an android tablet or phone, once you login on the android device, it logs you out out of your iPhone app. And then, when you try to log back in on your iPhone, your username and password no longer works! It says email and password not a match. But I absolutely positively was using the correct password and email set. To "fix this" I had to reinstall the app, which deleted 100 GB of my off-line downloads! This kind of thing has happened so many times and I'm tired of having to waste my time re-downloading my off-line downloads. I love the service but the problems with the app is ridiculous. I think it's time to quit and go with a different service.
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Ok content, weak app
You can’t change the subtitle settings at all. It just always starts their horrible subtitles every video. They do not match the words and are all jumbled. Why this is forced on people I don’t know.
App Just Hangs
Tried to launch the app does not go to the login page.
Wonderful and frustrating
The content is WONDERFUL and has rececently gone through a major update and remastering (thank you!). Now, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make it easy to share a link to courses AND episodes. I have several friends who also have the subscription and it is hard to recommend and link up for watching and chatting on all the wonderful material. This is an emportant part of this subscription.
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Incredible content but the app has issues
I’ve been using the app for about 6 years almost everyday, through all its various incarnations. I’ve noticed the loading times have gotten slower and slower and the app has always been buggy but seems to be having more issues in the past 6 months. Is there a better place to report this kind of app specific stuff ?
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version 8 just released
Feb 19: Version 8 recently released, and so far so good! All working as it should.
Be prepared to be frustrated
The app is constantly unstable and unreliable. Your downloads disappear, settings are lost, you're forced to upgrade or logged out unexpectedly, etc. For somebody trying to listen while away from WiFi this will be a constant frustration.
In addition, the depth and challenge of the material seems dumbed down since the rebranding from The Teaching Company.
Still seems like the best choice for real educational material, but also a shame, given what it once was.
In addition, the depth and challenge of the material seems dumbed down since the rebranding from The Teaching Company.
Still seems like the best choice for real educational material, but also a shame, given what it once was.
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Fantastic way to keep learning
There are so many different courses, the professors are fantastic and new courses are consistently being added- such a great way to continue learning! Highly recommend!
Great Courses, Inadequate App
My wife and I have long been fans of The Great Courses, even during the dark time when it temporarily abandoned its name; this review is for the app, not the content. It is flakey in its basic functionality, even after the supposedly major 8.0 upgrade:
• It often forgets the last lecture I played, resuming instead at the beginning of the previous lecture.
• It usually loses my place when switching from video to audio.
• It stops while playing in video mode when I lock the screen. This is a reasonable interface decision, though inappropriate for my usage in the gym. But it usually fails to resume when I press the Play button, either on the lock screen or on my headphones. I seem to have better luck if I pause the video before locking the screen.
• It often forgets the last lecture I played, resuming instead at the beginning of the previous lecture.
• It usually loses my place when switching from video to audio.
• It stops while playing in video mode when I lock the screen. This is a reasonable interface decision, though inappropriate for my usage in the gym. But it usually fails to resume when I press the Play button, either on the lock screen or on my headphones. I seem to have better luck if I pause the video before locking the screen.
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New forced app update won’t open!
My yearly subscription through apple isn’t being recognized by the app… plenty of other apps do this seemlessly, without kicking me out AND continue to recognize my subscription. Fix this ASAP!
v18 Breaks App Store Purchase
I was forced to update the app to the newest version. When trying to sign in by clicking “Restore Purchase” it throws up a load indicator, the does nothing.
Good content but terrible app
Asking for my apple password. Not going to input that.
Great Courses, Inadequate App
My wife and I have long been fans of The Great Courses, even during the dark time when it temporarily abandoned its name; this review is for the app, not the content. It is flakey in its basic functionality:
• It often forgets the last lecture I played, resuming instead at the beginning of the previous lecture.
• It usually loses my place when switching from video to audio.
• It stops while playing in video mode when I lock the screen. This is a reasonable interface decision, though inappropriate for my usage in the gym. But it usually fails to resume when I press the Play button, either on the lock screen or on my headphones. I seem to have better luck if I pause the video before locking the screen.
• It often forgets the last lecture I played, resuming instead at the beginning of the previous lecture.
• It usually loses my place when switching from video to audio.
• It stops while playing in video mode when I lock the screen. This is a reasonable interface decision, though inappropriate for my usage in the gym. But it usually fails to resume when I press the Play button, either on the lock screen or on my headphones. I seem to have better luck if I pause the video before locking the screen.
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Loses my place when switching from video to audio
Loses my place when switching from video to audio
Forced app update deleted 90% of my downloads! New downloads basically don't work now. READ...
Today I opened up the app and it forced me to update to the new version. I had about 100 GB of Courses downloaded for off-line listening and watching and it deleted all but 10 GB of it! Trying to download again and downloads are basically not working. One gigabyte takes 3 hours and it's not my Internet! For that matter, the audio and video compression is not storage-efficiently encoded. Need option for lower quality but less storage space required and more efficient AV compression codec used in their files. iPhone 12, and NO I'm not buying a new phone just for your app. My phone works perfectly well for the 50 other apps I use on this phone. Downloads don't seem to even start unless I turn the Wi-Fi off and get the message saying downloads will resume when Wi-Fi is on, then I turn on Wi-Fi and that seems to trigger downloads working at a snail's pace if you turn off screen lock and keep the app in the forefront doing nothing else
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