Excel Exercises vs Desk Dojo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Excel Exercises
Master Excel with this fun and engaging app. Learn functions, keyboard shortcuts for Mac and PC, and use flashcards to memorize popular formulas. It works offline and serves as a handy reference.
- Learn Excel functions
- Practice formulas
- Master keyboard shortcuts (Mac/PC)
- Offline reference
- Flashcards for functions
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Become the Excel master of your office! Excel Exercises is the #1 fun and engaging way to learn Excel. The Excel Exercises app works offline and serves as a reference for all the Excel information you might need. Read about functions to write formulas in Excel, and learn the keyboard shortcuts, for both Mac and PC, to save time while working. Flashcards also help you learn what the most useful and popular Excel functions do.
Desk Dojo
Master Excel and business finance through interactive lessons, drills, and quizzes. Learn practical skills with over 170 lessons, track your progress with XP and achievements, and practice offline. Start for free with full access to beginner content.
- Interactive lessons and quizzes
- 170+ lessons across Excel and Finance
- Drills for speed and confidence
- Daily Speed Challenge game
- Progress tracking with XP and achievements
- Offline functionality
- Free beginner content
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Learn Excel and Business Finance by doing, not watching. Desk Dojo teaches practical skills through interactive lessons, drills, and quizzes. 170+ lessons across both modules. Start for free. No account required. TWO LEARNING MODULES Excel (four worlds, beginner to power user): • Foundations: Navigate Excel, enter and clean data, format tables, and write your first formulas. • Building Blocks: Organize and analyze data with sorting, filtering, pivot tables, and charts. • Intermediate: Text, date, and number functions. Excel Tables and conditional formatting. • Power User: Dynamic arrays, multi-sheet workflows, and formula troubleshooting. Business Finance (four worlds, financial statements to derivatives): • Accounting & Financial Statements: Debits and credits, income statements, balance sheets, cash flow, and statement linkages. • Corporate Finance: Time value of money, capital budgeting, cost of capital, and valuation. • Markets & Equity Investing: Stock valuation, portfolio theory, risk and return, and market mechanics. • Fixed Income & Derivatives: Bond pricing, yield curves, duration, options, and futures. Each lesson focuses on one concept and tests you right away. Pass to unlock the next. MULTIPLE WAYS TO PRACTICE • Lessons: Short quizzes that teach one skill at a time with realistic scenarios. • Drills: Keyboard shortcuts, formula building, term recall, and category classification. Timed rounds build speed and confidence. • Daily Speed Challenge: Quick-fire swipe game. Match concepts to answers as fast as you can. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Every correct answer earns XP. Hit your daily goal to build a streak. Climb from Intern to Chairman across nine ranks. Earn achievements for milestones like completing worlds, mastering drills, and staying consistent. WORKS OFFLINE Practice anywhere without an internet connection. Your progress syncs automatically when you reconnect. FREE TO START World 1 of each module is completely free with full access to beginner drills, XP, streaks, achievements, and cloud sync. No features held back, no time limits. Upgrade to Pro to unlock all four worlds in both modules, every drill difficulty, shareable completion certificates, and the prestige system. Pro: $4.99/month or $29.99/year (with 7-day free trial). Cancel anytime. Privacy Policy: https://deskdojo.co/privacy Terms of Service: https://deskdojo.co/terms Support: support@deskdojo.co
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Verdict
Excel Exercises and Desk Dojo both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Desk Dojo's written reviews are positive against 50% of Excel Exercises's. Desk Dojo also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (15 vs 4). Excel Exercises's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating 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. Desk Dojo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Excel Exercises asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Excel Exercises against 5.0 for Desk Dojo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 15 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Excel Exercises's written reviews are positive against 100% of Desk Dojo's.
| Parameter | Excel Exercises | Desk Dojo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | App Factory, LLC | Desk Dojo LLC |
Customer experience
Excel Exercises
Desk Dojo
In-app purchases
Excel Exercises
No in-app purchases
Desk Dojo
- Desk Dojo Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Desk Dojo Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year





