Reviews of TED Talks: Watch and Learn

By: TED Conferences LLC App

List of user reviews and ratings for TED Talks: Watch and Learn

Total ratings

4.15 (Rating count: 214,088)

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Review summary

Users praise the TED Talks app for strong educational content, language-learning value, and helpful discovery features. However, repeated complaints focus on reliability: videos often won’t play or load, frequently interrupting playback; the app also becomes unresponsive or freezes after a short time; performance is laggy and not well optimized. Some users also want basic UI improvements and updated features (e.g., navigation controls and Shorts). Overall, the content is excellent, but reliability issues substantially degrade the experience.

Pros

High-quality, diverse TED Talk content with strong educational value.
Valuable for learning English and general knowledge.
Good discovery features: random talks and related recommendations help explore topics.
Overall positive reception and free access, delivering quality content.

Cons

Videos frequently fail to play or interrupt, with loading stalls and black screens.
App freezes or becomes unresponsive after a few minutes, hindering playback.
Performance issues: laggy, slow loading, and not well optimized.
Requests for navigation controls and feature updates (back/forward/volume/brightness) and outdated Shorts features.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 3.50

All time rating average: 4.15

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24% (33)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-08-17	Ud*****	The best for learning
The best for learning
2026-08-08	Om*****	This app lags and pauses so much on my phone it makes watching the videos unbearable. It takes an immense amount of patience to sit through what is supposed to be a 12min video for 25mins
This app lags and pauses so much on my phone it makes watching the videos unbearable. It takes an immense amount of patience to sit through what is supposed to be a 12min video for 25mins
2026-08-08	Mi*****	i cant use this app total garbage
i cant use this app total garbage
2026-08-07	Al*****	Doesn't work... Would not let me sign in with my Gmail account, search function didn't work.
Doesn't work... Would not let me sign in with my Gmail account, search function didn't work.
2026-07-28	os*****	A very knowledgeable base app always some thing to learn every day
A very knowledgeable base app always some thing to learn every day
2026-07-21	Hữ*****	đỉnh nhé
đỉnh nhé
2026-07-20	Sa*****	useful app
useful app
2026-07-16	Ah*****	اصدار اكثر من رائع 👏✊👍
اصدار اكثر من رائع 👏✊👍
2026-07-10	Fo*****	very educational from the experiences of others
very educational from the experiences of others
2026-06-30	Mr*****	Dear the developer, can you add download option for podcasts section? because I would like to listen to the podcasts via offline when I am on bus or studying at library. I wish you could add that option in next update
Dear the developer, can you add download option for podcasts section? because I would like to listen to the podcasts via offline when I am on bus or studying at library. I wish you could add that option in next update