Udemy Online Video Courses: Missing Purchased Online Courses
Users are experiencing issues with purchased courses disappearing from their accounts, leading to frustration and dissatisfaction. This problem is compounded by the app's lack of basic features and functionality, such as a non-working search feature and overall app reliability.
9 different people have complained about this since 17 Jun 2023, most recently on 03 Aug 2026.
- “Udemy Online Video Courses — Missing Lessons in iOS.”
- “Completely missing courses that I’m halfway through on PC.”
- “Udemy Online Video Courses — This app is broken.”
9 people in 9 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition moderate
The pain
shares of 9 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 9 people using Udemy Online Video Courses
- What goes wrong
- Missing feature44% of posts
- Doesn't work22% of posts
- How bad
- 100% of posts are complaints
- Since
- 17 Jun 2023 → 03 Aug 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- Udemy Online Video Courses
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 0% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
People are asking for
In their own words — asks pulled from the evidence, most-repeated first
“Why is the app missing basic features.”
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint9100%
Sources
9 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
Udemy Online Video Courses — Missing Lessons in iOS Udemy has helped a lot through the years of learning new stuff and reviewing skills. Recently the individual lessons in each course is not showing in iOS app. Udemy in the browser is fine. I have checked my account, reinstalled the app and restarted my phone but…
Missing feature…doesn’t even work I can’t even search for classes I’m interested in. Why is the app missing basic features. I can find the courses online but not on the app. Frustrating.
FrustratedMissing featureUdemy Online Video Courses — Doesn’t work Completely missing courses that I’m halfway through on PC. They just don’t show up on the iOS app, and I’ve even seen courses that DID show up just disappear after refreshing the list.
Missing featureUdemy Online Video Courses — This app is broken The courses keep disappearing from “my courses” list. Then I refresh and they’re back. Then I try to scroll down to find one and they disappear again.
Strong complaintUdemy Online Video Courses — Courses missing in app Some Purchased courses appear only in web browser and not in the app
Missing feature
Market and score
Products already there, how the score moved, and what it is made of
Opportunity history
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Why did it move?
Score 29.6 → 21.8 · 09 Oct 2026, 12:00 → 13:15 UTC
How the score was measured38 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is Missing Purchased Online Courses a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 9 different people described it independently, in 9 mentions, the earliest from 17 Jun 2023 and the most recent from 03 Aug 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: quiet — no recent mentions. Momentum is 30/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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