OpenClassrooms vs The Micro
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!
The Micro
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COMPLETE TIMELINE Over 27 key milestones across 7 major eras: the precursors (Micral N, Altair 8800, Microsoft), the explosion of 1976-1982 (Apple I and II, Atari 2600, VisiCalc, Commodore 64), IBM and the clone era (IBM PC, MS-DOS, Compaq, Macintosh), software and networks (Windows, PageMaker, World Wide Web, Linux, Mosaic), Internet and multimedia (Windows 95, Google, Napster, dot-com crash), the mobile and cloud era (iPod, iPhone,AWS, iPad), and finally artificial intelligence (deep learning, voice assistants, ChatGPT, Claude). MACHINE GALLERY 11 landmark machines with Wikipedia photos, date, inventor and detailed profile: Altair 8800, Apple II, Commodore 64, IBM PC 5150, Apple Macintosh 128K, Nintendo NES, NeXT Cube, iPhone (1st generation), Raspberry Pi, Amazon EC2, NVIDIA CUDA GPU. INTERACTIVE QUIZ 15 randomly shuffled questions to test your knowledge of personal computing history. Real-time score, answer feedback, unlimited restarts. BILINGUAL FRENCH / ENGLISH Switch instantly between both languages with a single tap.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: OpenClassrooms at Free against The Micro's $0.99. The Micro's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
OpenClassrooms is free to download; The Micro costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OpenClassrooms ships an update fortnightly, The Micro every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OpenClassrooms | The Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (169 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 169 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OpenClassrooms | Michel Garlandat |
In-app purchases
OpenClassrooms
No in-app purchases
The Micro
No in-app purchases
