A Cloud Guru

The title says it all for me. The videos are great, links to relevant forum/online content, they cover the three big public providers in-depth, and provide weekly updates on what the big cloud players are doing in the market. Content is updated regularly to adjust for certification exams and new services coming online. The annual cost is MORE than worth it to keep your cloud knowledge current and relevant. The only recommendation I could provide to improve the service is to work on the mobile app a little more. I’ve had it not function as expected at times; such as deleting my downloaded videos with no notification, requiring network logins while I’m offline, and not updating the website with my progression through course content. I have seen improvements over the last year and is kore stable than originally, so the five star stands as long as they are working to improve service delivery.

First, I will review A Cloud Guru as an educational service. I am a big fan of a cloud guru to start with. The content is top-notch, well presented, and constantly updated. Content creators obviously put tons of resources into keeping the courses current which is very important for a sector like cloud computing, with its rapidly emerging services and changes up features/functionality. As for the app, it has a very robust feature set with a modern intuitive and predictable UI. Content is available to download for offline use which is a big plus. My only criticism is the inability to search and sign up for new courses directly in the app. You have to do that on the website. I assume this is an Apple-imposed restriction due to policies regarding access to subscription based content purchased outside of the App Store or in-app transactions.

I’ve been using the app over 11 weeks and it’s been great. I can download the video to my iPhone to watch in areas where I don’t have service. I’ve been studying for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Exam and a cloud guru has great videos and memorable tips to retain information. One feature I noticed is that the progress from watching a downloaded app isn’t updated to reflect on the web platform so even though I have hours of watched videos I need to play them on my PC browser for the course completion % to reflect this. Overall, great work devs for this app!

Update 5: While I did cancel my subscription the app has gotten so much better recently. Audio comes through phone like Netflix, doesn't ask me to sign in every time I use it. Video downloads work much better. Really good job on improving the app. Couldn't be happier. Update 4: 3 to 1 star. Videos won't play. I'm cancelling my subscription. This is ridiculous. Update 3: from 1 star to 3. uninstalled and installed again and it seems to work. Pushing the"download all" button broke it again. Then had to uninstall and reinstall again. If you avoid the download all button is a good app. Update 2: From 2 to 1 star. Won't get past the initial loading screen. Update: From 4 to 2 stars. it's slow AF to load anything. I'm convinced the download video portion is fake because of how slow everything is to load. Love the app. Will give five stars when the audio comes through the iPhone music player like Netflix or Udemy so I can listen when phone is locked.

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First of all, I believe A Cloud Guru offers some pretty awesome courses, with great instructors. The learning platform is great. However, the mobile app needs some TLC as far as UX goes. Search: I couldn’t find a search feature in the app. Feels like I have to browse through lots of content. Course continuation: When I go to a course to continue where I left off, I have to scroll down to the video I need, which could be way down the list as I progress through a course; there should be a way to easily continue where I left off. The dashboard offers this kind of feature, but only for the last viewed content (makes sense here). Submitting Feedback: Another big issue I have with the app is that I could not use the “send feedback” feature in the settings section. I kept tapping and tapping with no response from the UI other that a highlight of the cell when I tap. How do users send feedback? I would have rather left feedback in the app vice writing a review in the App Store.