The Great Courses Reviews – Page 5
4/5 rating based on 170 reviews. Read all reviews for The Great Courses for iPhone.
The Great Courses is free iOS app published by TEACHING COMPANY, LLC
pretty good but....
KepanoT
Mostly, the app did what I wanted it to, but when I wanted to back up a little and hear something again, it just coninued on... I had to drag the progress bar backwards and even that wanted to pop back to where I was before...
Courses don’t download
glj new jersey
The little download icon doesn’t work and there is no menu to provide another way listen offline.
Unwanted courses I can’t get delete from library
mikeg1307
The app fills my digital library with promo (“free”) courses i don’t care about. First they are not really free as only the first lecture is available, and they’re just there cluttering my library to bait me to buy courses I’ve never expresses interest in. Second, there is no way to delete these unwanted courses, and contacting customer support doesn’t help.
Needs CarPlay support
calgarywalk
While the app does a good job organizing and managing content, it really needs to support CarPlay for audio-only content. Without that it’s pretty difficult to listen to courses while commuting.
App does not work well
KYZNH
Initially I used this and was so pleased but a few weeks later I go back and my content isn’t available. It shows six downloads but I cannot access them. This app is not tested and does not work. I can access the courses fine from my computer or browser. They should not put out an app if they aren’t going to support it or ensure it continues to work. It shouldn’t be that hard! I’m disappointed as I’d hoped to use this on my phone more.
Worst app Ever
reviewer998877665544332211
Clearly outdated. Have tried for 1 plus hour to access content to no avail. Deleting, to NEVER return. Avoid at all costs. Waste of money and time.
Love The Great Courses, the makes it even greater
Henri Poincaré
TGC app makes accessing their material even easier. And although I also like websites like Coursera, those materials don’t lend themselves nearly as well to learning “on the go” as TGC does because TGC material does not constantly interrupt you with prompts to continue or to answer questions.
Distracting opaque banner
Pf-WX
When casting to the TV via Apple TV a distracting opaque banner appears blocking my view. I don’t need to be told that I am casting.
Still doesn’t download in the background
Frailb
It’s pretty inconvenient that this app still doesn’t download content in the background. Each lecture in my course is over 300MB, which is a long time to wait with the app open each time. Overall the app works reasonably well, but just lacks polish compared to your more modern apps.