Crash Course vs Kenning
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crash Course
Access thousands of free educational videos covering humanities and sciences. Enhance your learning with supplemental flashcards and quizzes for select courses. Join a community dedicated to making education fun and engaging.
- Thousands of educational videos
- High school and college level courses
- Humanities and sciences subjects
- Supplemental flashcards
- Quizzes for review
- Community of learners
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Watch thousands of educational videos and review your learning with the Crash Course App! At Crash Course, we believe that high-quality educational content should be available to everyone for free. We produce courses that accompany high school and college-level classes ranging from the humanities to the sciences. On YouTube we have created a community of over 10 million subscribers that believe, like us, that learning should be fun, engaging, and thoughtful (and silly when appropriate). This app is a portal to our thousands of videos online and a place to review your learning with supplemental flashcards and quizzes. Flashcard decks are currently available for all episodes of Anatomy & Physiology, Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry, and we'll be continually adding more content. So please join our community of learners because you are the exception!
Kenning
Acquire knowledge on diverse subjects through engaging, short lessons and quizzes. New content covering history, science, and general knowledge is introduced weekly to enhance daily learning.
- Bite-sized lessons
- Check-in questions
- Variety of topics
- New content weekly
- History content
- Science content
- General knowledge
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Learn about the world in a fun and engaging format using bite-sized lessons and check-in questions to make sure you remember what you learn. Kenning features content on a variety of topics including history, science, and general knowledge, with new topics added every week!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Crash Course at 76% against Kenning's 0%. Crash Course also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 2). Kenning's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months). On price, ads 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. Crash Course sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Kenning asks for nothing beyond the download.
Crash Course holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crash Course has 1.6K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Crash Course's written reviews are positive against 0% of Kenning's.
Crash Course ships an update every 4 months, Kenning every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crash Course | Kenning |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.6K ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Complexly LLC | Kenning, Inc. |
Customer experience
Crash Course
Kenning
Bugs and requests
Crash Course
Reported bugs
4 issues- Courses disappearing after updates
- Search function not working
- Trouble downloading content
- App crashing during use
Requested features
6 requests- Add math and English courses
- Expand course selection
- Improve search functionality
- Allow offline video viewing
- Add progress tracking and favorites
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- Implement landscape mode on tablets
Kenning
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Crash Course
- Contribute $1.99$1.99
- Contribute Tier 1$1.99
- Contribute $4.99$4.99
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- Contribute Tier 2$4.99
- Contribute Tier 3$9.99
- Contribute Tier 4$14.99
- Contribute Tier 5$19.99
- Contribute Tier 6$24.99
- Contribute Tier 7$29.99
- Contribute Tier 8$39.99
- Contribute Tier 9$49.99
- Contribute Tier 10$59.99
- Contribute Tier 14$99.99
Kenning
No in-app purchases
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