Brilliant

Shea H

1 year ago

I've been enjoying this overall; good format, and the explanations for the most part are easy to follow. Unfortunately it recently stopped working. It's just stuck on the loading screen forever. I've already uninstalled and reinstalled with no change. Super frustrating since I've already paid for the membership.

Yogurt Bunn

1 year ago

The lessons are extremely intuitive and well built. I've tried other self learning options and this one is my fave so far. The price without a promo code is VERY steep so I recommend finding your fave math/science youtuber and getting the discount. Even then its still kinda up there, but the lessons are QUALITY. Even reviewing the things I already know have been eye opening. It never assumes prior education like some platforms do and simplifies complex ideas in such an elegant way.

Brew Man

1 year ago

Seems like a very good idea, but if you have compromised eye sight this will make you struggle at times. Some pages are fine, especially the ones with more text than pics. Sometimes the text is too small. I struggle a bit to use it, even with my glasses....and there's so much wasted space on the page, they could totally up the font size.

Nehemiah Abel

1 year ago

I use this app instead of playing mobile games during my breaks at work, ngl; I honestly thought I'd easily grow bored, but so far, it's pretty good and I have learned quite a bit. If I could ask for any improvement(s) to the app, then it'd be text-to-speech so I can listen to the lessons while working. Another thing that I'd personally like is maybe a system that other users of the app could make/post their lessons. Thx Brilliant team!

Bleperson

1 year ago

Little do I ever find the motivation to actually work and do anything productive. But, I've finally found the perfect reason to. I love solving equations and finding solutions for certain things, and I love learning more about math in general. Brilliant teaches me a lot of things that school sometimes fails to. If I ever forget something, I can just look back on it. I plan on getting a career in engineering, specifically rocket engineering, and I think that Brilliant is going to be a huge help.

Clay Kirkwood

1 year ago

I recently downloaded this app on a whim because I saw it advertised by someone who does extremely helpful tutorials on YouTube. Bottom line, this is an expensive but highly intuitive learning software which will give you a decent grasp on various concepts in math and science. Obviously, this won't be a replacement for a class, especially if you are pursuing a degree. But if you need to brush up on something or you want to learn a little coding, I would definitely try it.

Dylan Bugos

1 year ago

I'm somewhat disappointed in the course selection and wish the courses would go further and teach more. They're great for a cursory introduction, but you're left wanting more. My biggest disappointment is their use of advertisement trackers. As if their subscription isn't already expensive, they subvert your privacy to make more money by letting Google spy on you while the app is open. If you protect your privacy by blocking these tracking requests, the app is very, very slow to load courses.

Michelle March

1 year ago

How to cancel: the "Cancel Premium subscription" button does not work. You have to go to payments, where you finally see the correct cancel subscription button. That takes you to the cancel subscription page, which doesn't scroll. You have to use two fingers, like you're trying to zoom, and only on the bottom part of the page. I have reported the first issue, so maybe that will get fixed. Leaving this here in case anyone like me didn't feel brilliant enough to quit Brilliant.

Marcus

1 year ago

An extremely disappointing app. I can't fit all of my complaints into one review, so I'll go with the biggest issues: 1. lessons are inconsistent. The style and level of explanation vary wildly from one subject to another. 2. The lessons aren't nearly as interactive as you'd expect from the advertisements. For the most part, you have to read a textbook-style explanation, then click a button to answer questions. 3. It frequently quizes you on things it hasn't taught, which is frustrating.

Brandy Adkins

1 year ago

I really enjoyed this app. I played through most of the free levels. I'm not going to commit to a subscription because I'm not sure how much time I can devote to the lessons right now. However, the levels I tried definitely kept me engaged. Easy to understand, informative, and entertaining. Great way to learn and refresh your knowledge. Highly recommended.

Jared Jones

11 months ago

This app is phenomenal! I am going through the calculus course and I really approve of its teaching style, pacing and content. I am a math major and I have seen calculus taught it lots of ways. I've tutored others in it myself many times but I've never seen explanations as clear and engaging for new and intermediate calculus students as the ones on Brilliant. The App is also very well structured and gives daily encouragement to keep learning and succeeding. It's very well thought out!

Eugene Roberts

11 months ago

I love how simple it is to use and how good it is at teaching, but the main issue is there is no actual monthly subscription or free version and the only premium that they have is an annual one that is over $100 and it tries to label it as around $10 or $13 a month (depending on the version) and I don't know about some people, but I do not have over $100 laying around so I can get the annual subscription. I really wish I could give it a better rating, but they are just too money demanding.

Curtis Myers (PureRelativity)

1 year ago

This is my favorite way of learning. I don't boast often, brillaint is the easiest way to learn complex theoretical ideals and the range of information is perfect. I agree with another comment that the app itself is difficult to navigate outside of the normal path, but the website is better on a PC. I am learning while having fun.

Andrew Weisbeck-Younkin

11 months ago

I love this app. The content is easy to digest, the learning sections are a perfect length, and they added a gamification aspect with leaderboards and streaks. I understand some computer science topics that never really clicked for me because the app developers design the material to be visually appealing, engaging, and simple without sacrificing the important concepts at hand. I'm really looking forward to going back through the math courses

Sean Crask

10 months ago

This app is awesome. It's helped me understand math and science easier than school did, including college. I like that they have the same bite-sized and gamifid approach as Duolingo. However, I feel as though it could provide more engineering courses: electrical, nuclear, and aerospace, just for example.

Brynn Nixon

1 year ago

I love the app but it is so expensive, you can only do so many free lessons in a corse then you can't go on in that course so you go to one on a different subject and eventually you run out corses you can actually understand, this is very frustrating for me because this app is soooo good, instead of just teaching you a fact that you may never use, it teaches you to think smarter. I would definitely rate 5⭐ if it didn't try and charge $25 a MONTH

John Hines

10 months ago

The app won't load the practice sessions for the first level of math. I tried over multiple days to work with support to get past it, but while they acknowledge it's a problem, there's not a lot of interest in fixing it. I'm really glad there was a free trial, because if I'd actually paid for this, I'd be angry. Edit: I got the practice sessions to load by multiple un/reinstalls, but then the app interrupted what I was doing to beg for a review. Here's my review: don't do that.