Reviews of BBC Maestro

By: BBC Maestro

List of user reviews and ratings for BBC Maestro

Total ratings

4.68 (Rating count: 458)

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Review summary

Users praise the BBC Maestro app for its excellent, high-quality content and the ability to download videos for offline viewing. However, many reviews highlight significant app stability issues, including frequent crashes and loss of progress. The app suffers from poor search functionality, making it hard to find and manage courses. Casting videos to TV is unreliable, and essential features like bookmarking and easy navigation are missing. Overall, while the content is outstanding, the app experience needs significant improvements to meet user expectations.

Pros

High-quality and excellent content from expert instructors.
Ability to download videos for offline viewing.
App design is clean and easy to use for some users.
Content covers a diverse range of specialist subjects.
App is constantly improving and has potential to grow.

Cons

App frequently crashes and is unstable during video playback.
Poor saving of user progress; crashes cause loss of place in lessons.
No search functionality or very poor search experience in the app.
Casting to TV devices is unreliable and often fails or disconnects.
Lacks basic features like bookmarking, playlist creation, and easy navigation to courses.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.80

All time rating average: 4.68

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71% (5)

Date	Author	Comment
2025-01-26	A *****	Really good content, but the app is so glitchy. Will stop playing and when you go back in won't remember where you are. I can't download any of the course notes, just tells me there is an error. I can't seem to find a way to add interesting courses to a catalogue, so I don't have to go in each and search each time. If there is a way to do this I can't find it and it's not easy.
Really good content, but the app is so glitchy. Will stop playing and when you go back in won't remember where you are. I can't download any of the course notes, just tells me there is an error. I can't seem to find a way to add interesting courses to a catalogue, so I don't have to go in each and search each time. If there is a way to do this I can't find it and it's not easy.
2025-01-25	Mi*****	Very buggy when trying to cast onto Google play. Keeps disconnecting and not launching. Ok if you want to watch on phone or ipad
Very buggy when trying to cast onto Google play. Keeps disconnecting and not launching. Ok if you want to watch on phone or ipad