Crash Course vs Genuine Shift
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!
Genuine Shift
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Inside the Genuine Shift app, you can: Access all of your videos in one easy to use app Receive push notifications with the latest news and updates Access to all of your videos without having to remember your password Save your favorite posts so you can quickly find them later
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Genuine Shift at none against Crash Course's 13. Genuine Shift also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Crash Course sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Genuine Shift asks for nothing beyond the download.
Crash Course ships an update every 4 months, Genuine Shift every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crash Course | Genuine Shift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.6K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Complexly LLC | Emily Sudduth |
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
Genuine Shift
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
Genuine Shift
No in-app purchases
Questions
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