Outschool Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience28.6% of reviews
Neutral10.7% of reviews
Negative experience60.7% of reviews

~ Based on 84 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Outschool

Is Outschool Safe?

Outschool has mixed safety signals based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Outschool is 65/100.

This assessment is based on 117 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.2/5.

Safety Analysis

52.1% of ratings point to a safe experience
4.3% of ratings suggest some concerns
43.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 117 App Store ratings for Outschool.

Is Outschool Legit?

Outschool appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Outschool is 83/100.

Based on 83 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Garbage

Throw in trash

Dysfunctional

This app is so frustrating. It never works well and glitches consistently.

Devs just fix the charge I will use this every single day

So I love outschool as a student but we have to pay so much for tutoring and my Minecraft and roblox and my chess club please fix this

Terrible app, what a shame

Out school is a wonderful service but the app is terrible. Bad interface, confusing prompts, poor directions and lack of obvious direction. Creators should be ashamed. The app is a huge disservice to the outschool teaching network.

Dont download.

I honestly do not like Outschool. The idea sounds good at first, but actually using it is a completely different story. It feels like there are classes for literally everything, but somehow finding a class that is actually fun and worth taking is way harder than it should be. Some classes are way too expensive for what you actually get, and some of the classes just end up feeling like regular school with a different website.

The website can also be annoying to use sometimes, and trying to find specific classes can take forever because there are so many options. You can spend more time looking through classes than actually deciding what you want to take. And when you finally find something that looks interesting, it might not be what you expected at all.

I know some people probably like Outschool, but personally I don’t really understand the hype. It just feels like school that you have to search through yourself. If you’re looking for something actually fun, I’d probably look somewhere else first.
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Terrible app

App hangs when i need to get the class link. No way to get it back working other than uninstalling and installing it again.

Why

Why do you have to pay

can’t even log in

i’ve tried logging into my account on both my phone and tablet but can barely even get past the login screen. i’ve also tried signing up to no avail! how could i rate this app if i can’t even use it?

Don’t do it

This is a huge scam.. the way they have it set up now is with automatic payments, they no longer allow you to pay per class. But they purposefully have it set up so you can never use up your credits without losing a substantial amount of
Money. It’s such a shame because people don’t want to use a corrupt app and we would’ve happily paid per class to continue on the classes we wish to be apart of but now there’s going to be a mass exodus of people fed up with the app stealing money from them.
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Format

Old format better

New update sucks

I have no idea how to find new classes with this new update

Loopy design, greedy aspect

They want to charge a monthly "coin" subscription even for one-time classes so you overpay, keep paying, and always have a remaining balance that you have to chase (aka breakage). There is no other option. Impossibly greedy, dastardly company, shouldn't be in charge of children's education. On top of that, their website appears nice but is actually one of the worst designed UX in years, good luck finding even simple things.
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Bad business model/team might kill Outschool

They changed to membership required which is against their mission of free access to education forcing families to pay monthly instead of drop ins based on needs and flexibility. I dont believe this is a sustainable business model. Do better.

Lost Customer

Our family has been using Outschool since 2020. Loved that when our schedules died down, during breaks or when specific interests arrised, we could join a class at our leisure. Just logged on to do just this and found that users are now being required to commit to a monthly membership. The "credit" system is also extremely confusing and requires users to need to figure out how many "credits" they'd need each month in order to take a specific class(es). Membership can be a great option for those who are taking multiple classes or plan on using it long term but it's completely ridiculous for our family to do this and not have the option to just pay for the class as we have before. Very disappointing decision by Outschool.
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App is terrible.

In a day and age where people are doing more on their phones and tablets this app is not keeping up with the times. I have to go to the desktop to complete a majority of what I need to do with my child’s outschool classes, which is not the case in most other apps these days.

Used to love it, now completely turned off

My daughter has used Outschool on and off for years, and I used to sing its praises to everyone. I recommended it to so many parents because it offered great classes at fair prices. I recently logged back in after some time away and was honestly shocked. The new payment structure is outrageous. Prices have skyrocketed, and everything feels like it is designed to squeeze as much money as possible out of families rather than provide accessible learning.

It feels nothing like the Outschool we loved. The value just isn’t there anymore. I’m so disappointed in the direction they’ve taken, and I won’t be recommending it to anyone moving forward.
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Fatal Bug(s) both in-app and on website

I’m someone who learns on this platform.
On both the website and the application (especially), it does not allow you to log in. On the website it’s barely accessible. In the app, it’s not accessible at all. It is almost impossible to log in and it has caused me major issues with being punctually on time. I need the developers to fix this as soon as possible.
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Valued original platform; Despise the new model

Our family truly valued the original Outschool platform. Over the past six years, my daughter took a wide variety of classes and tutoring sessions that enriched her learning experience. Unfortunately, when Outschool switched to a membership model, our experience changed for the worse. The new setup feels overly complicated and no longer offers the simple, intuitive, and time-efficient experience we once appreciated. Managing credits, tracking classes, and navigating the platform has become confusing, time-consuming, and frustrating. We would have gladly continued using Outschool if the original model had remained, but we have officially parted ways with this once beloved platform as it’s no longer supportive to busy parents.
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Teacher no show 10/06/25 first session

No notice at all! Just didn’t show up. Very disapponting!

Outschool is super cool 😎

I love dis apppp I have loved Outschool since my first class about 3 years ago I do have a little problemo when I press join it well… doesn’t join and YES! I have the zoom app one of my teachers on Outschool said to power down my I pad for a minute and first it says I have to update wich I will do later I do hope it works and for anyone reading this who haven’t downloaded it please try you do have to sign up and pay for the classes but trust me as a homeschooler It’s worth it developers please respond thank you for reading!🐆🦄7
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