The Open Culture iPhone App

A quick heads up. We’ve now started rolling out our new iPhone app. It will let you listen to audiobooks, university courses, foreign language lessons, and other intelligent content on the iPhone. The app is free. And so is the content. So there’s nothing to lose by checking it out.

We’ve designed it so that all media files open in native iPhone software — iTunes, Safari, the YouTube player, etc. You will need wi-fi (Apple says so) to download the content. This app, which was very generously developed by Fred Hsu, is a work in progress. Don’t hesitate to give us feedback. And, if you don’t mind, please leave a nice review/rating in the App Store and spread the word. Get it here.


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  1. joe says . . . | July 19, 2009 / 4:58 pm

    great app! had not heard of your site before, but saw a recommendation for the app on a blog and installed it, love it, you are doing great work!

  2. Stan Scott says . . . | July 25, 2009 / 10:02 am

    Thanks for this! I love your site, and the iPhone app makes it even more accessible. Kudos to you and your developers!

  3. michelle says . . . | July 27, 2009 / 2:35 am

    can you also do the same for the Ovi app store which is the nokia version of itunes thanks :o)

  4. Reese Nottingham says . . . | September 9, 2009 / 10:04 am

    I love this application. Been using it a lot for the Biology – Human Anatomy Courses available. Thank you so much for developing this app. Absolutely Brilliant!!!

  5. name says . . . | October 22, 2009 / 3:46 pm

    is the open culture app released as open source? where is the website for the code project?

  6. TravisN says . . . | November 5, 2009 / 3:35 pm

    Huge thanks for this great application. I have found it only now, but it doesn't matter because it will be really useful for me. Now I will be able to listen various audio books and courses everywhere. I spend the biggest part of my life outside so it will really help me. Thanks one more time and I will be waiting for other great announcements from you.

    Sincerely,

    Chris Tucker from iphone development

  7. TravisN says . . . | November 5, 2009 / 11:35 pm

    Huge thanks for this great application. I have found it only now, but it doesn’t matter because it will be really useful for me. Now I will be able to listen various audio books and courses everywhere. I spend the biggest part of my life outside so it will really help me. Thanks one more time and I will be waiting for other great announcements from you.

    Sincerely,

    Chris Tucker from iphone development

  8. Brian says . . . | March 15, 2010 / 2:48 am

    There are several iPhone Apps available online according to people taste and used. I will surely check it also. Thanks

    There are several iPhone Apps available online according to people taste and used. I will surely check it also. Thanks

  9. James Smith says . . . | March 17, 2010 / 2:18 am

    iPhone Apps are really getting popular amongst people and developers are now also focusing to developed quality iPhone Apps. These collection is really good. Thanks for sharing

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  10. iphone developers says . . . | April 28, 2010 / 8:36 am

    I`ve just found your wonderful portal and liked it very much. A lot of useful information for me here. And that`s really cool that you`ve developed an iphone app. I`ll be glad to follow your news both here and via iPhone.

  11. P M says . . . | August 24, 2010 / 1:38 pm

    Is there going to be a blackberry app as well?

  12. jazz says . . . | October 7, 2010 / 5:08 am

    I am big fan of iphone applications where every time they are coming with some new development.I am using iTunes where i can listen songs at best sound quality.I always checked the apple website for many iphone applications.Their one new feature where Google mobile app update to support
    Google this feature available in Android.
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  13. Allie says . . . | February 17, 2011 / 3:27 am

    I know this is a very old post, but I wanted to thank you for providing the free Open Culture iPhone App. I am learning french and this application would be very very useful for me. Thanks & Regards, Allie @ iPhone Development

  14. iphone development says . . . | March 15, 2011 / 5:18 pm

    We understand well that the success of your app depends on how well they are marketed. Promoting your app is not a daunting task if completed with proper promotion strategy.

  15. walmart scholarship says . . . | April 1, 2011 / 7:08 pm

    Iphone is great. :)

  16. Roman Balick says . . . | June 1, 2011 / 3:57 pm

    that is a great improvement in our life.

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  17. Lucy says . . . | June 30, 2011 / 8:44 am

    Ah, another blog post for the cool kids with iPhones. Does anyone ever write about apps for the many users of Palm, Blackberry, and Droid smart phones? It would certainly be nice to see that for a change.remove drm

  18. arysroy says . . . | July 13, 2011 / 3:30 am

    It was a very nice idea! Just wanna say thank you for the selective information you have distributed. Just continue publishing this kind of post. I will be your hardcore reader. how to convert mp4 to dvd.

  19. john33 says . . . | August 10, 2011 / 10:30 pm

    My open culture app will not open even when I am in a hot spot. Any thoughts?

  20. samantha gold says . . . | January 9, 2012 / 2:22 am

    I LOVE being able to listen to audiobooks on my iphone, I think its the best thing ever! :)

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