Comparison

Crash Course vs Micro.App

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Thousands of educational videos
  • High school and college level courses
  • Humanities and sciences subjects
  • Supplemental flashcards
  • Quizzes for review
  • Community of learners
Features
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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!

About

Micro.App

Features
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Micro.App is a microbiology revision app, bringing together concise revision notes, audio summaries, 7,903 MCQs and 621 image cards across 310 topics. Covers key areas of microbiology: • Bacteriology, virology, infectious diseases and tropical medicine • HIV and Clinical Virology • Laboratory microbiology — organisms, diagnostics and identification techniques • Clinical syndromes — infection presentations and causative agents • Antimicrobials — mechanisms, resistance and therapeutic use

Screenshots

Crash Course3 screens
Micro.App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Micro.App at none against Crash Course's 13. Micro.App also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 months). Crash Course's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Crash Course sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Micro.App asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crash Course ships an update every 4 months, Micro.App every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Crash Course versus Micro.App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrash CourseMicro.App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size146 MB204 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperComplexly LLCLuke Blagdon Snell

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

Micro.App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Crash Course

One-time13
  • 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
None

Micro.App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crash Course free?
Crash Course is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Micro.App free?
Micro.App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Crash Course or Micro.App have ads?
Neither Crash Course nor Micro.App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crash Course or Micro.App?
Crash Course ships an update every 4 months, and Micro.App every 6 days. Most recently, Crash Course was updated on October 20, 2026 and Micro.App on October 12, 2026.

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