Comparison

Workshop vs SkillsCard

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

SkillsCard

Features
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SkillsCard is an app to allow professionals to have their practical skills evaluated by expert peer review and, in doing so, be able to prove their skills to 3rd parties. Users can evaluate themselves on their skills, ask evaluators to evaluate them, and calculate relevant expert peer reviewed evaluation scores for proving their demonstrated skills.

Screenshots

Workshop4 screens
SkillsCard3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SkillsCard at every 4 days against Workshop's every 6 weeks. Workshop's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Workshop ships an update every 6 weeks, SkillsCard every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on July 22, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Workshop versus SkillsCard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkshopSkillsCard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (49 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings49 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWorkshop Tech Solutions Ltd.TimBukOne (Pty) Ltd

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

SkillsCard

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Workshop

No in-app purchases

None

SkillsCard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Workshop free?
Workshop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SkillsCard free?
SkillsCard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Workshop or SkillsCard have ads?
Neither Workshop nor SkillsCard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Workshop or SkillsCard?
Workshop ships an update every 6 weeks, and SkillsCard every 4 days. Most recently, Workshop was updated on July 22, 2026 and SkillsCard on September 12, 2026.

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