Workshop vs 5Mins.ai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Workshop
Master new skills through hands-on, step-by-step guidance from experts. Explore a variety of hand-crafted courses in areas like cooking and art. Track your progress and share your achievements in a personal in-app journal.
- Learn by doing
- Hand-crafted courses
- Self-paced learning
- Step-by-step guidance
- Progress tracking journal
- Share new abilities
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Learn by doing The only way to truly understand something is to experience it. By following along as your mentor guides you step-by-step to mastering a new skill, Workshop lets you skip the lectures and do more of what you love. Hand-crafted courses Starting with the world of cooking and now introducing art, Workshop gives you access to a range of top-quality educational content. With free sessions, self-paced workshops and guided courses, everything on Workshop has been carefully crafted to give you the best learning experiences. Set your own pace No matter how big and complex the new skill, Workshop helps break it down into small and manageable steps for you to learn at your own pace – giving you complete control over how, when and where you learn. Reflect on your journey As you develop your skills, you can track your progress by uploading photos to your personal in-app journal and share your new abilities with the world. Try out a new way of learning today by getting started on a free session of your choice.
5Mins.ai
This AI-powered platform delivers engaging workplace training in bite-sized, TikTok-style lessons. It personalizes learning, automates reminders, and uses gamification to boost completion rates and skill development. Ideal for HR and L&D leaders seeking efficient and enjoyable employee upskilling.
- AI-powered personalized lessons
- TikTok-style microlearning
- Gamified learning with points and leaderboards
- Automated training reminders
- Certifications for skill completion
- Compliance, leadership, and role-based training
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5Mins.ai is an AI-powered platform that transforms compliance, leadership, and role-based training into engaging, TikTok-style learning - just 5 mins a day. 5Mins.ai makes workplace learning engaging and effortless. In just 5 minutes a day, employees can complete compliance, leadership, and role-based training that feels more like TikTok than a textbook. Powered by AI, the platform personalizes lessons, automates reminders, and gamifies learning with points, leaderboards, and certifications. With 5Mins.ai, HR, L&D leaders and managers save time managing training while employees actually enjoy it - leading to faster upskilling, higher completion rates, and lasting skills growth. One platform, all your training needs. Fun, fast, and effective.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Workshop at 4.8 against 5Mins.ai's 3.7. Workshop also leads on ratings volume (54 vs 6) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Workshop holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Workshop has 54 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 80% and 80% positive.
Workshop ships an update every 6 weeks, 5Mins.ai every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workshop | 5Mins.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (54 ratings) — better | 3.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 54 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Workshop Tech Solutions Ltd. | 5Mins AI Ltd |
Customer experience
Workshop
5Mins.ai
Bugs and requests
Workshop
Reported bugs
31 issues- Doesn't show in library
- No response from support chat bot or email
- No contact phone number
- App keeps failing all the time
- Doesn't load content properly
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- Comments disappear
- Fails to post or posts the same thing multiple times
- Image uploads are constantly failing
- Difficulty synching to be always up to date with progress on multiple devices
- Clunky if you want to hop around segments
- Takes time to upload a photo
- Content can be lost with a single touch of the screen
- Posts are often not seen
- Response from Workshop Customer Service is average
- Queries are not appropriately responded to
- Crashes when trying to quickly forward through different steps
- App is difficult to use on iPhone
- UI is unresponsive
- Can't zoom on posted pictures
- App doesn't remember where you were last up to
- Hard to go between different series of videos in a session
- Hasn't linked a purchased course to the app
- Takes time to upload photo
- App unpredictably does not register a completed module
- Requires a second photo upload
- Cannot delete photos
- Background music is the same on each video
- Difficult to load photos
- Video just closes down when trying to go to a particular section
- Forces feedback before marking a module complete
- Hijacks sound from other apps
Requested features
13 requests- Option to print in advance
- Feeling of community
- Individual feedback every week
- Bookmark facility for videos
- Voice control for navigation
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- Browser access on laptop
- Better integration between devices
- Ability to delete photos
- Turn off background music
- Easier to pick individual parts of modules
- Tutorial on simple butchery
- More feedback and interaction from teachers
- Ability to browse courses before sound hijack
5Mins.ai
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Workshop
No in-app purchases
5Mins.ai
No in-app purchases
