Skating Skills vs Core by RTI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skating Skills
This app provides skaters and coaches with essential testing information and demonstrations. It offers free access to videos of patterns, descriptions, and quizzes, with optional in-app purchases for in-depth instructional content on tests and turns.
- Videos of every pattern
- Test and pattern descriptions
- Focus points and expectations
- Pattern diagrams and quizzes
- Instructional content for tests
- In-depth turn resources
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The Moves in the Field app is now the Skating Skills app, aligning with the new rule changes that started July 1, 2023. The Skating Skills app is designed to empower skaters and coaches of all levels. The app provides convenient access to essential testing information and demonstrations to foster confidence, improved technique, and a deeper understanding of each test's intricacies. **Free Content** • Videos of Every Pattern • Test and Pattern Descriptions • Focus Points and Test Expectations • Pattern Diagrams • Checklist of Turns • Links to Rulebook Pages and Judges Forms • Quizzes • Videos of Passing, Honors, and Distinction Tests **Paid Content** Unlock the instructional content, available through in-app purchases. • Instructional Content for Each Test: Delve deeper into each test with specialized exercises for each pattern, technique descriptions, slow-motion pattern videos, pattern placement tips, common errors and corrections, and guidance on how to introduce each pattern. • Instructional Content for All 62 Test Turns: Enhance your turn execution with in-depth resources including slow-motion turn videos, technique descriptions, on-ice turn tracing videos, definitions of each turn, problem-solving techniques for challenging turns, and a list of patterns that include each turn.
Core by RTI
This app serves as a comprehensive resource for figure skating, offering video demonstrations, tutorials, and diagrams. It's designed to support skaters, coaches, and parents in their figure skating journey, from beginner to advanced levels.
- Video demonstrations
- Tutorials
- Diagrams
- Resource center
- Skater guidance
- Coach support
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Welcome to C.O.R.E by RTI - the Collaborative Online Resource Center! C.O.R.E. was designed from the ground up as an affordable complement to professional figure skating instruction! Whether you're a coach, skater, or parent, C.O.R.E. has everything you need to guide your skater from their first steps on the ice to become the figure skater they want to be! This is the ultimate resource, including tons of video demos, tutorials, diagrams and so much more! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Skating Skills at free with in-app purchases against Core by RTI's subscription. Skating Skills also leads on ratings volume (41 vs 4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). Core by RTI's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6). 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. Skating Skills sells 14 one-off in-app purchases and Core by RTI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Core by RTI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skating Skills has 41 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Skating Skills ships an update fortnightly, Core by RTI every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skating Skills | Core by RTI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (41 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 595 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dana Tang | Mark Fitzgerald |
Customer experience
Skating Skills
Core by RTI
In-app purchases
Skating Skills
- Pre-Preliminary Content$7.99
- Preliminary Content$7.99
- Adult Pre-Bronze Content$7.99
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- Adult Bronze Content$7.99
- Pre-Juvenile Content$9.99
- Juvenile Instructional Content$9.99
- Adult Silver Content$9.99
- Adult Gold Content$9.99
- Intermediate Content$12.99
- Novice Instructional Content$12.99
- Junior Instructional Content$14.99
- Senior Instructional Content$14.99
- Turn Instructional Content$19.99
- Entire App$89.99
Core by RTI
- Core by RTI$8.991 Month
- Core by RTI$89.991 Year
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