The Great Courses

Name: The Great Courses
Rating: 4.2552085 (5844 reviews)
Author: The Teaching Company

By: The Teaching Company

Take your Great Courses and the world’s greatest Professors everywhere you go!

This app was removed from Google Play Store on 2025-06-02

Features & Capabilities

The Great Courses App brings the world's greatest professors directly to your device, enabling you to learn anytime and anywhere. With over 800 available courses, you can stream or download video and audio lectures on a wide range of topics. The app allows seamless toggling between video and audio, giving you flexibility in how you learn.

Designed for lifelong learners, The Great Courses offers a rich digital library of lectures with no exams or homework. Additionally, most courses include comprehensive course guidebooks for deeper engagement. Whether you want to expand your knowledge during your commute or relax with expert lectures at home, this app provides a convenient and immersive educational experience.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Version:

8.1.5 Last updated: 2024-12-18

Version code:

1058

Creation date:

2013-05-22

Permissions:

android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID Moderate risk
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE Low risk
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC Low risk
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK Low risk
android.permission.INTERNET Low risk
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS Low risk
android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED Low risk
android.permission.WAKE_LOCK Low risk

Size:

38.29MB

Email:

go*****@thegreatcourses.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2025-06-02

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Developed by:

The Teaching Company

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teachco.TGCviewer

Email:

go*****@thegreatcourses.com

Website:

http://www.thegreatcourses.com

User Reviews

Users appreciate the exceptional educational content and variety of courses offered by The Great Courses app, along with reliable customer service. Many like the ability to download content for offline use and recent added features like audio-only streaming and Chromecast support. However, multiple users report frustrations with the app's handling of downloaded content playback when internet is present, lack of important usability features like sleep timer and car integration, bugs causing crashes and incorrect tracking, and an inconvenient downloading process. Improved device compatibility and app stability remain desired.

Pros

High-quality educational content with excellent professors and production values.
Wide range of courses available, covering many topics.
Ability to download courses for offline access.
Good customer service and reliability.
App improvements over time, including addition of audio-only streaming and Chromecast support.

Cons

App struggles with offline playback when any internet connection is present, causing interruptions with downloaded content.
Lack of convenient features such as sleep timer, car integration (Android Auto/CarPlay), and robust media controls making it hard to use while driving.
No option to download entire courses at once, requiring individual lecture downloads.
App instability and bugs like crashes, download failures, and incorrect lesson completion tracking.
Limited device support and desire for better compatibility with TVs and portable devices.

Recent reviews

I have been a customer/student of the Greatest Courses for several years. My courses are an important part of my education, and my entertainment. The company has been reliable, and customer service has been excellent. The professors are nearly universally excellent. The courses are very well recorded and produced. The packaging has excellent quality artwork and cases.

Je*****, 2024-12-21

Much better than previous versions. Fantastic that the new FireTV and app versions now allow access to my digital library without subscribing to "The Great Courses Plus". Glad you dumped the name Wondrium. That was a confusing detour and could only have hurt the Great Course brand. I understand that DVDs are probably heading towards obsolescence, but I prefer something tangible, especially with printed Guidebooks. Don't want to print PDFs and don't like reading online documentation.