🔍 Any Working Method to Access The Great Courses Plus (TGC Plus)?

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:bullseye: What you get: Free, legal access to The Great Courses catalog after outdated app mods stopped working.

:white_check_mark: Start here:

  • Hoopla — borrow a 7-day BingePass using a free public library card.
  • Kanopy — stream courses and access companion guidebooks with library credentials.
  • Audible Plus — listen to hundreds of included audio lectures if subscribed.

:toolbox: Also useful:

  • Amazon Prime Video — take advantage of a 30-day free trial channel.
  • YouTube & Internet Archive — stream official standalone lectures or archived classic sets.

:warning: Watch out:
Modded APKs no longer work because access checks now happen strictly server-side.

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The modded TGC Plus (The Great Courses Plus) app is outdated and no longer works now…

Does anyone know any working method or alternative to access TGC Plus?

Any suggestions would be much appreciated! :slightly_smiling_face:

إعجابَين (2)
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:locked_with_key: Your mod still works. Their server is what says no.

checked 30 Oct 2026 · newest mod anywhere: 9.0.3

Why yours stopped. Every mirror carries 9.0.3, the version the store sold on 18 Sep 2026 (Play).

The app opens, then asks their computer “did this person pay?” That answer no longer lives on your phone, so nothing you patch can answer for it.

The way in — three steps, no money.

  1. Library card, online, free — minutes, no fee (how).
  2. hoopla — the free library app — sign in with that card (app · website).
  3. Borrow the BingePass — one borrow = every course, 7 days, $0 (rules).

Your library already paid for it. The card is the receipt.

your phone ──✗──▶ their server: "paid?"
your card  ──✓──▶ hoopla ──▶ all courses, 7 days
your card  ──✓──▶ Kanopy ──▶ course + guidebook
no card    ──✓──▶ Amazon ──▶ 30 days free

Which line is yours

you have the door cost
a card, US · CA · AU · NZ hoopla → Kanopy $0
a university login Kanopy $0 · 5 tickets
no card at all Amazon channel 30 days free
one course the shop $25–70 once
plain words · the other doors · the full stack

Plain words. BingePass = one borrow that unlocks a whole shelf. Ticket = a monthly viewing credit. Libby = the library app that also lists Kanopy under Extras. Audible Plus = audiobook plan already carrying hundreds of these courses. archive.org = free public archive of complete old sets.

Official app (only needed for the vendor doors): Android · iOS — sign in with whichever door you used above.

Card not in one of those four countries? Hoopla’s walkthrough issues cards online; this list tracks ones anyone can register for. Everywhere else, the Amazon and direct doors need no card at all.

Rotation. hoopla gives 3–10 borrows a month, reset on the 1st (what a borrow is); two cards = two 7-day windows. Kanopy keeps a separate ticket pot, so both run in the same week.

Trial math. 30 days on the Amazon channel, then $7.99 — cancel on day 29 in Your Memberships and Subscriptions, and watch to the last hour.

Already paying for Audible? Hundreds of these courses sit inside Plus — nothing new to buy.

Full lectures, free, official. @TheGreatCourses posts complete lectures; this pulls them all (yt-dlp is a one-line downloader):

yt-dlp -f "bv*+ba/b" -o "%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)02d %(title)s.%(ext)s" \
  "https://www.youtube.com/@TheGreatCourses/videos"

Want it forever, cheaply? Compare All Plans — Signature ~300 newest · Classics ~200 oldest · Living ~200 hobbies · Plus 1,000+ — and the vendor’s own trial runs 30% off until 1 Nov (plans).

Old complete sets sit on the Internet Archive; the search opens the rest.

The stack. card → hoopla (video) + Kanopy (course books) + Audible (audio) + Amazon trial (newest). $0 to $7.99, everything the old mod opened.

One card, seven days, nothing to install.

إعجابَين (2)
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The library route mentioned above is a good starting point because availability varies by library system, so I would check both Hoopla and Kanopy before settling on one. If a course is missing on one service, search by the exact course title rather than browsing the catalog, since listings can sit under different subjects. For longer courses, I would download the lectures for offline listening when that option is available, because streaming a full series can be slow on a weak connection. It also helps to note the loan period in advance and set a reminder near the end, so a seven day pass does not expire in the middle of a course. If neither service covers the course you want, ask your library whether it offers another streaming partner or an interlibrary option.

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As you stated Grace2077 library method, here are some Great Courses, I got right in. Here is the link: https://moffatlibrary.org/great-courses-collection/, it actually says Great Courses!!