# Skillsoft Learning App — user reviews > 199 indexed App Store user reviews of Skillsoft Learning App by Skillsoft PLC, rated 3.60/5 from 982 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/skillsoft-learning-app/id956302180/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/skillsoft-learning-app/id956302180.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 374 · 4★ 251 · 3★ 102 · 2★ 76 · 1★ 179 ## What do users think of Skillsoft Learning App? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 📚 Excellent selection of books and resources - 🔍 Easy to search for content - 🎧 Audiobook feature works well **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues - 🔌 Requires internet connection, no offline mode - 📱 Poor mobile user experience, clunky interface - 🔖 Bookmarking and progress tracking not reliable - 🔍 Ineffective search and content organization **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on startup or during use - Inability to log in or access content - Incompatibility with newer iOS versions **Most requested features** - Offline reading and listening mode - Improved bookmarking and note-taking features - Better content organization and navigation - Syncing progress across devices ## Newest reviews (18 of 199) ### 3/5 — Not able to login to even after I update my port *2026-01-10, version 3.6.13* Used to love it any how it seem to have issues now, is it still supported ? ### 3/5 — Functional just *2024-09-11, version 3.6.13* It’s functional, but there is plenty of room for improvement. The reading interface is clunky and dark mode is more aspirational than an actual feature. It wastes screen realestate, particularly on form factors like the iPad mini. The interface could definitely be more intuitive. ### 2/5 — Wish they would assist service members navigate *2022-09-28, version 3.6.13* If skillport had a portion,Thats designated promotion point worthy classes.So service members are not stuck searching for a class that might count towards promotion points. ### 3/5 — Offline is still not working correctly *2022-09-21, version 3.6.13* Work great online. Still not work for offline mode even books and courses are downloaded. The app insists to connect to either cellular or Wi-Fi in order to show the downloaded contents. Removed and reinstalled the latest version, disappointed. When this problem is fixed? Thank you, ### 4/5 — Very helpful *2022-08-17, version 3.6.13* And excellent tool ### 3/5 — Book text is too small *2022-07-23, version 3.6.13* Please add accessibility and highlighting/annotation features to ebooks. As is the app is not friendly for visually impaired people. ### 4/5 — Wonderful selection of books; app needs TLC *2022-05-08* I greatly appreciate the range and quality of the materials available through Skillsoft. I'm relying on them now that ACM and O'Reilly have parted ways -- and I suspect that their app will get a LOT more traffic from July 1, 2022 onwards (when ACM members no longer have access to O'Reilly). And, so, I am pleading with the powers-that-be who decide how much money and how many resources the app gets: PLEASE be generous to this app development team! Your brand is about to get much more attention and this app is one of the main points of contact with your customer base. ### 2/5 — Doesn’t fit *2021-09-02, version 3.6.12* Doesn’t fit the words on the screen. Horizontal or vertical. Always some missing. Scrolling through pages things don’t scroll down or the window closes. Could be much better than this. ### 1/5 — App won’t even open *2021-08-11, version 3.6.12* I downloaded and the app won’t even get past a black screen. I tried deleting and reinstalling, closing the app, turning my phone off and back on. Don’t know what else to do if I’m being honest. ### 1/5 — App Crashes on Set Up *2021-08-11, version 3.6.12* I can’t set up my profile without the app crashing and generating a black screen. Even force quitting and restarting just shows a black screen. I have to remove the app from my phone and reinstall, but even then I can’t get through the set up. Disappointing. ### 1/5 — Black screen after signing in and during the ‘topics of interest’ selection *2021-08-11, version 3.6.12* On the Apple iPad, I am receiving a black screen while selecting the topics of interest after logging into the app. ### 1/5 — Bugs *2021-08-10, version 3.6.12* Downloaded the app and during the mandatory preferences setup I clicked on the search bar and it gave me a black screen. The black screen will not go away even when I close and re open the app. ### 3/5 — Bugs *2021-06-17* Great app for sure. The only bug I see so far is any time I want to save and exit a module whether its been 2 min or an hour, I get the blue screen that says skillsoft on it and I have to close the app and reopen it and log back in. Which brings me to another problem I have, can you enable saved password? Having to sign in every time is a pain. Enable stored passwords so at least all I have to do is a fingerprint or Face ID. For now I’ll be using the website because safari does allow saved password. The app is also a little sluggish. The buttons used to view the topic or course transcript don’t work. They send me to the login screen and then my password doesn’t work. I have to close the app and again re-login. Over all, it’s a great app. When I’m logged in and I get to the module I want to watch, the video playback is very smooth with no buffering issues. Auto play is a great feature. Again I like the app but will continue on safari until there is an update. ### 1/5 — App crash *2021-06-10* While I’m trying to login after giving my credentials it’s always showing blank screen and never opens until I reinstalled it. Very bad ### 1/5 — System reset *2021-06-03, version 3.6.12* Need to improve the app. It seems every time I complete a course, the page reverts to the blue background and it stays there. I have to reset the app and sign in to get to the next course. ### 2/5 — Clumsy App *2021-05-22, version 3.6.12* The material is excellent but the functionality of some of the materials needs improvement. Specifically, I wish books were more readable and had features like notes and highlighting. ### 1/5 — Crashes on start up *2021-05-17, version 3.6.12* Can’t even select the topics relevant to me - crashes each time and on re-opening just gives a black screen. Terribly designed app, total waste of time. ### 3/5 — Good App but Very Slow *2021-04-18, version 3.6.12* This app gives me access to several great books, but it’s very slow. When I switch from the main view to my personal folders, the cursor spins much longer than I would expect to wait. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — App not opening any content and crashing *2025-01-15, version 3.6.13* App not opening any content and crashing ### 1/5 — Update this app: no reading sync, bookmarks broken *2023-12-29* I love getting this service free from my employer, by two years between updates is too long. You need to 1) fix bookmarks so they actually take you back to the page you were reading, and 2) fix syncing between devices. Currently, opening a book I was just reading, even on the same device, always opens to page one of the book I’m reading. This is just disappointing. ### 1/5 — Horrible App/Site combo and functionality *2023-06-07, version 3.6.13* What a crappy app/website combo this is. Developers must have been drunk when they designed it. Click forgot password and it’s asking me to login. ### 1/5 — Extremely slow. *2022-08-19* Extremely slow even on a very high speed wifi network with a fibre backhaul. Unusable on cellular. Most books I tried can not be downloaded for offline use, so there’s no way to use this app efficiently. ### 1/5 — Crashing app *2022-07-29, version 3.6.13* Consistent crashing at the end of each test. Making it difficult to complete your test and getting stuck and frustrated on every video. ### 1/5 — Useless for Purdue Global students *2022-02-02, version 3.6.13* If you’re currently enrolled at Purdue global university this app will not work as of 2/2/22. You’ll be able to login and see the books in there but you won’t be able to use the app just a web browser in the app that is supposed to be there for signing in but won’t. ### 1/5 — Bug *2021-11-20, version 3.6.12* Every time I log in the screen goes black and nothing ever loads ### 1/5 — Very bad app. *2021-10-03* Where to begin. The search function won’t turn up the results of what you’re looking for. I’ve put in the full title and even parts of the title and get nothing in the ball park of what was searched for. The only way I could find what I was looking for is by typing the author and the year and then sifting through about 100 other books that don’t even share a name of the author I’m looking for. Than the fact that the app keeps crashing and you have to keep deleting it and reinstalling it doesn’t help matters either. I’m highly disappointed in the performance of this app. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2021-09-09, version 3.6.12* The app doesn’t work. Just crashes. Haven’t got past selecting subjects. Have reinstalled twice. ### 1/5 — Does it even work? *2021-08-16, version 3.6.12* When I open it it’s just a blank/black screen ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Course content at all levels *2021-12-11* Good level of content…very useful for every learner ### 5/5 — Great for army junior enlisted promotion points *2021-09-25* If you are in the army and enlisted like me, I’m sure chances are you are looking for every possible way to get points. And those ATTRS courses are so boring it’s impossible to get through them without falling asleep (at least for me they are). But there are courses on Skillsoft that you can take that will give you promotion points. For me, it’s helpful to have courses that teach about Microsoft programs because I’m HR so I work with excel, word, PowerPoint, outlook, etc. and the great thing is, I can do courses anywhere now. So if I’m driving around with my wife doing errands, I can sit there and do courses while my wife drives. A lot of the courses will only give you 1 hour. Make sure you only do ones over 30 mins or it won’t give you the hour. There are longer courses too. But there are so many courses and this app makes it so convenient to do them that maxing correspondence courses is easy and not so boring anymore. I hope a lot of people who are looking to max correspondence courses find this. Just make sure you have your skillport login info. When it asks for the domain, it should just be usarmy. And then it will ask for your log in information and you’re all set. There are so many other courses as well and resources that are completely free to any and all soldiers (I know active for a fact, not sure about National Guard or Reserves sorry). ### 5/5 — Very Good. *2020-02-24, version 3.6.9* Excellent app to use for studying. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2020-02-19, version 3.6.8* Reading on App is far better than reading on the website. The full page view on website is not that good. Looking forward for many books like CISM manual review and CISM Q&A. I see there is significant delay in book getting published here, is there any particular reason for that. One word on the App is excellent. Have to set password in company site before using it here and that happens often, not sure if that’s a defect! ### 5/5 — Outstanding learning *2019-06-23, version 3.6.2* Excellent If possible availing the test throw the mobile app ### 5/5 — iPad Pro 12.1.4 *2019-04-03, version 3.5.10* App functions well within itself. Keyboard shortcuts and picture-in-picture functionality would make this app feel a lot more modern and versatile. ### 5/5 — Great tool at your fingertips *2019-01-26, version 3.5.9* Content an stability are great. I truly enjoy this app. It is company sponsored and it has been a great way to make the best of an y wait time where I can open it and complete training or read books anywhere I go. ### 5/5 — Fantastic app *2018-11-21, version 3.5.7* Fantastic app, great for learning on the go. ### 5/5 — Skillsoft iPhone App *2018-09-16, version 3.5.6* Very useful app as it allows users to access courses anytime/anywhere. I'm currently doing the PMP courses and the app helps a great deal, it gives me access on my iPhone which is a break to PC access and its lighter ;0) Many thanks Skillsoft team. ### 5/5 — Great app *2018-06-03, version 3.5.6* Great app, helping me a lot with certification studying --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-25.*