Udemy Online Video Courses: Video Download Issues in Learning Apps
Users are experiencing significant difficulties with the app, particularly in downloading videos and encountering bugs that disrupt their learning experience. The app's performance issues, including freezing and slow response times, contribute to a frustrating user experience.
6 different people have complained about this since 15 Jun 2024, most recently on 06 Sept 2026.
- “Udemy Online Video Courses — Frustrating experience.”
- “Background play mode often doesn't work.”
- “It’s a serviceable app, but I have found that it is almost impossible to download any videos to my phone (latest updated iPhone).”
6 people in 6 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition moderate
The pain
shares of 6 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 6 people using Udemy Online Video Courses
- What goes wrong
- Doesn't work33% of posts
- How bad
- 83% of posts are complaints
- Since
- 15 Jun 2024 → 06 Sept 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 · 17% 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
“I do and it still doesn't work.”
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint583%
- Request117%
Sources
6 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
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…nd it's telling me the content is expired and has to be redownloaded. I do and it still doesn't work.
Doesn't workUdemy Online Video Courses — Frustrating experience The courses themselves are great but the experience of this app is a pain. It constantly reports no internet connection and unable to play course videos, while I’m here writing this comment. I’ve tried log out log in, even redownloaded the app multiple times but the…
Frustrated…try multiple times to download each one separately and it takes ages. Background play mode often doesn't work. In short, this app is an afterthought.
Doesn't workUdemy Online Video Courses — Buggy — I use this app on Android and iOS. I don't get the same experience on both platforms using this app. Too consistently buggy. On my iphone sometimes it will download a course sometimes not. It will say I need to be connected to the internet to play a video even when I am. I have…
Udemy Online Video Courses — Downloading is unreliable It’s a serviceable app, but I have found that it is almost impossible to download any videos to my phone (latest updated iPhone). This significantly inhibits the app’s utility for people who are sometimes offline (such as on long flights without streaming WiFi).
Market and score
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Opportunity history
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Why did it move?
Score unchanged at 27.0 · 08 Oct 2026, 18:00 → 19:15 UTC
How the score was measured40 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 Video Download Issues in Learning Apps 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?
- 6 different people described it independently, in 6 mentions, the earliest from 15 Jun 2024 and the most recent from 06 Sept 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: rising — mentioned more often than before. Momentum is 61/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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