Comparison

Strategy Skills vs Bain Elevate

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Strategy Skills

Learn management consulting and case interview skills from experienced professionals. Watch detailed episodes on developing corporate strategies, career progression, and building businesses. Access over 2,000 video/audio episodes and engage with a community.

Highlights
  • Mentorship from ex-McKinsey, BCG partners
  • Detailed strategy development episodes
  • Career progression training
  • Startup building guidance
  • Over 2,000 video/audio episodes
  • Monthly content updates
  • Offline downloads for subscribers
Features
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Watch ex-McKinsey, BCG et al partners mentor real applicants for case interviews. Learn all the skills of McKinsey & BCG partners by following detailed episodes as ex-partners develop a corporate strategy, an IT & Digital strategy, a turnaround strategy, market entry strategy, M&A strategy and more. In other training programs follow the detailed steps taken to promote a senior manager to equity partner in 3 years, build a new luxury startup and help a former McKinsey associate succeed in corporate life. Watch over 22 unique training programs about management consulting and case interviews. Updated monthly. Registered subscribers can download episodes and listen offline. Follow over 2,000 episodes of unique strategy video/audio content. Post comments and leave questions for special Q&A episodes.

About

Bain Elevate

Access the latest insights and news from Bain & Company. This app allows users to easily view, share, and organize updates from the global consultancy firm.

Highlights
  • Latest Bain & Company insights
  • News and event updates
  • Secure content delivery
  • View and share content
  • Organize information
Features
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Bain Elevate securely delivers the latest Bain & Company insights and news to global users. The app makes it easy to view, share, organize and catch up on the latest news and events from around the consultancy firm.

Screenshots

Strategy Skills4 screens
Bain Elevate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bain Elevate at 100% against Strategy Skills's 67%. Bain Elevate also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Strategy Skills's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bain Elevate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Strategy Skills's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bain Elevate's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strategy Skills ships an update every 3 months, Bain Elevate every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Strategy Skills versus Bain Elevate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrategy SkillsBain Elevate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB71 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperFirmsconsulting LLCBain & Company, Inc.

Customer experience

Strategy Skills

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bain Elevate

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Strategy Skills

No in-app purchases

None

Bain Elevate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Strategy Skills free?
Strategy Skills is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bain Elevate free?
Bain Elevate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Strategy Skills or Bain Elevate?
Bain Elevate is rated higher. Strategy Skills averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Bain Elevate averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Strategy Skills or Bain Elevate have ads?
Neither Strategy Skills nor Bain Elevate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Strategy Skills or Bain Elevate?
Strategy Skills ships an update every 3 months, and Bain Elevate every 14 months. Most recently, Strategy Skills was updated on June 1, 2026 and Bain Elevate on June 5, 2026.

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