Reviews for Kanopy

Terrible app, barely functions. Two thirds of the way through every film while casting, a drm error message that won’t go away and/or drop. Error message persists after resuming. Ruins the experience every time. Search function UI is very bad. UI generally is basic at best. Little to no useful organization of content. Did I […]

The online answers claim that it only uses one credit per month to watch the same video. That is obviously not at all how this is working for me. Also, if you don’t rebegin a film as soon as you finish it, it will disappear from your “continue watching” list, and there is no other […]

I’m so glad Kanopy exists. Being able to watch using a library membership is such a great idea. The selection of films is fantastic, with lots of documentaries, independent, foreign and educational films, classics and film noir, etc. They change up their selection often, and let you know when movies will be leaving, so you […]

I love the variety of television shows available to watch. I just wish the app had a “due date/time” feature so you’d know how long you have to watch. I had to log on to the website to look, and even then, it just said 24 hours. Sadly, I use up my credits quickly from […]

This is a great app to watch selected T.V. shows and movies on. However, there should be a list of movies that you watched in a month so you can rewatch them before the month is over. It is nice, though, that the app keeps track of all the movies that you have watched by […]

I like the Great Courses. The “Continue Watching” tab needs improvement. It does not show series I have been watching- only individual episodes I have begun and have not watched all the way through. I struggled to find a course I started watching as it was not listed here, and I couldn’t remember the title […]

The Android app used to be good. At the moment, however (June 2025),the Chromecast connection fails as soon as the app loses focus, e. g. when switching to another app to check something. The video keeps playing, but there’s no way to control it. You have I force a Chromecast disconnect, and then start play […]

The public library offers 6 free “plays” on Kanopy, but the app is terrible on my Roku. It forces me to watch a movie without any interruptions, because any attempt to pause or rewind makes this app crash, and lose my play token. The interface is very frustrating: there’s no sort or filter, there are […]

Great number of educational videos. Unfortunately they are not grouped (at least that I can tell) such that you can watch a series. Update: Now I get a DRM error on my phone when trying to watch on the app. Fixes don’t work. Update 2: TRASH! Don’t waste your time on this as the DRM […]

I am sure it’s a lovely app, I was really excited to use it, but I’ve gotten 3 different error messages trying to sign up. Either I’m already registered, which doesn’t seem to be the case, or my library card number is incorrect (I copied and pasted it from my library login info that works) […]

I’m sorry but I cannot give this app more than one star. As some other folks mentioned, I got excited and compiled a huge list of items to watch — mostly documentaries which was fine. I then connect to my college library and suddenly can’t watch half of what I saved. When casting on Chromecast, […]

Great idea, great content, but basic app features don’t work. I click the plus sign to add a video to my watch list, but the list stays empty. If I add items using the website in desktop mode those titles will show up in my list in the app, but if I try to remove […]

It’s a nicely laid-out design with a good selection of films and shorts, but video playback on my tablet is extremely glitchy, and never is in HD. Netflix, Amazon and VRV all play fine at 720p or 1080p, so no reason why this shouldn’t be able to do it, to. Also, closed captioning and/or subtitles […]

With this app, if you don’t watch more than 10 movies per month, you do not need any other online movie service. Has so much, even recent films, that Netflix, Prime, Max and Hulu has, plus a ton of foreign, arthouse, documentary and film history selections that the above DON’T have. Possibly the best repository […]

Kanooy is doing a public service by providing a catalog of great TV, music and films for free through your local library. UPDATE: Whatever changes have been made for the app prevent adding films to my Watchlist. Whenever I try to add film or TV show now a pop-up appears that simply says ‘ERROR”. I […]

I downloaded the app in order to view Kanopy on my TV via Roku. I watched a few episodes of a series and then didn’t come back to it for some time. When I did, I couldn’t watch anything except “credit free” videos (there are (6) six). I’ve been unable to find out where they […]

Movie selection is excellent. However, navigation is fairly poor. It resets your position when going back and forth between screens. Android TV and Apple TV apps also don’t support frame rate matching, which is vital for movie lovers wanting to watch movies on their TV they way they were intended, without any frame judder. Not […]

Kanopy is a great resource if your library offers it, giving you access to a ton of free movies and TV shows in all genres, as well as documentaries and kids programming, all with no ads. The video quality is good. the only drawback and the reason I’m giving four stars instead of five is […]

Great app and so cool that I can access NEW movies with just my library card! The movie is wanted to watch was only available through a paid app subscription or as a rental. With this app, I was able to see it for free and with my library card! Very cool! Also, I am […]

Great app for a great service! Tons of options to pick from. Especially if you enjoy art house or foreign films. Even some anime I’ve been wanting to watch! If your library offers it, definitely snag this service! 4.5/5 since the app does bug out on occasion and require a restart. But this only seems […]