OpenClassrooms vs CodeLife
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OpenClassrooms
Access a vast library of expert-led online courses on a variety of professional topics. Learn in-demand skills anytime, anywhere, with offline access to downloaded content. Achieve your career goals with flexible, self-paced learning.
- 24/7 course access
- Offline mode for downloads
- Expert-led instruction
- Wide range of professional topics
- Career goal achievement
- Learn employable skills
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All OpenClassrooms courses available 24/7 and on-the-go with our app. Join the thousands of students who are learning for free with OpenClassrooms. Achieve your professional goals thanks to our courses. Made by experts, they’ll help you master the most employable skills for the jobs of tomorrow. Start today! Offline Mode: You can now download any courses to consult them anytime, anywhere even without an internet connection! Topics you can learn: - Marketing & Communication - Data - Business - Project Management - Development - Systems & Network - Human Resources - Design - Career Coaching - Pedagogy - And a lot more!
CodeLife
This app offers a fun and beginner-friendly way to learn coding through interactive exercises. Practice popular languages like Python, SQL, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript without lectures or subscriptions. Start coding anytime, anywhere, with no prior experience required.
- Interactive coding exercises
- Learn Python, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
- Beginner-friendly approach
- Learn by doing
- Progress at your own pace
- No subscriptions or hidden fees
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Code Life is the fun, beginner-friendly app to learn coding! Practice Python, SQL, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript with quick interactive exercises and no boring lectures. - Learn by doing — like Duolingo, but for code - No subscriptions, no hidden fees - Progress at your own pace - Designed for complete beginners Start coding anywhere, anytime — no experience needed!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OpenClassrooms at none against CodeLife's 1. OpenClassrooms also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). CodeLife's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and review sentiment (97% vs 89%). On price, ratings volume and device support 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
Both are free to download. CodeLife sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OpenClassrooms asks for nothing beyond the download.
OpenClassrooms holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 168 and 58 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 89% of OpenClassrooms's written reviews are positive against 97% of CodeLife's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
OpenClassrooms ships an update fortnightly, CodeLife every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OpenClassrooms | CodeLife |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (168 ratings) — better | 4.6 (58 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.6% of reviews | 96.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 168 — better | 58 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OpenClassrooms | Oxy Foo |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
OpenClassrooms
No in-app purchases
CodeLife
- Remove Ads$14.99
