The Great Courses Reviews

Where’s TvOS version of this app

jaggyg3

I love the iOS versions of this app on my iPhone and iPad. However, AirPlay to my Apple TV is still rather buggy. The Great Courses Plus app is available to install on Apple TV, why not this one??!!

Law and French

jimfromTennessee

Although the course is quite enjoyable, I don't seem to be getting as much out of the LAW course as I had expected. On the other hand, the FRENCH course is EXCELLENT. The teacher is very engaging. Upon completion, I suspect I will have a working knowledge of the language. I must admit that I am only a few lessons into each. I hope I am given another opportunity to rate these, later

Great content but app needs work

Nunyainct

I love the wide selection of course offerings, you can learn quite a bit in half hour blocks and each course runs in average between 24 and 34 lectures. I’ve learned about Japan, grammar, art history, literature, geology to name but a few. My disappointments are with the downloads. You absolutely must download over Wifi in my case, I’m going out of state where I won’t have WiFi and started to download a 34 module course this morning on my IPhone. Courses take a long time to download. I hit the pause button when I left the house but the app started downloading in my car and ate through 8 GBs of data. You can turn off data from your phone to only use data, but I thought since I hit the pause button I’d be safe. Well, like the Great Courses, there’s a learning curve....I otherwise highly recommend the Great Courses.

I love this app

Danimal398

I buy courses, download them to my iPad, then use the app to watch on tv via airplay / Apple TV. Easy-peasy. No fumbling with DVDs. And when I travel, I always have some educational material with me. Works like a charm.

The Great Courses

Dutchweir

The first presentor is excellent. The second presentor is OK. The third presentor is difficult to understand.

Perfect Design

Dlewis0517

Easy to take courses, and simply great web/app development and graphic arts.

Five stars for the courses; two stars for the app

Chloe meow

App needs work. I have to sign in every time I start it.

Horrible app

gandhinaths

Does not refresh when I buy. Courses go missing or lectures go missing. Does not use storage well.

Has something changed?

Alexbettyx

I love TGC. I ventured into TGCPlus territory for awhile, but found the content offerings less interesting. So, I’m back to the original app. However, it is now pausing the playback of my audio downloads when I don’t have the app as the current screen, or when the phone goes into inactive mode. I try to press play from the lock screen, but it doesn’t work. I can’t have my phone open to the app screen all the time. It will drain the battery quickly and I can’t do any multi-tasking. Also, that doesn’t even work, unless I set my phone to not go inactive after a couple minutes. I swear this wasn’t an issue before. What gives?

Content is great. App, not so much

muldenator

Buggy and slow. Mostly what I find lacking is the playback controls: no playback speed options, limited controls on lock screen, doesn't automatically play next lecture, etc.

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