Comparison

Nerdish vs GetGoodAt

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

Head to head
About

Nerdish

Expand your general knowledge with concise, engaging articles on diverse topics like science, history, and art. Designed for busy adults, this app delivers quick, fact-checked reads in 5-10 minutes daily to foster lifelong learning and personal growth.

Highlights
  • Concise articles on science, history, art, and more
  • Daily 5-10 minute learning sessions
  • Fact-checked and well-structured content
  • Connects key ideas for deeper understanding
  • Topics include psychology, technology, and daily life
Features
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Nerdish is a learning app that helps you grow your general knowledge. The articles inside are our own — written to show you things you'd never thought to look up, feed your curiosity, and help you learn more about the world. You can read them or listen to them, and most take about ten minutes: why people like spicy food, what Nefertiti actually looked like, how the internet crosses oceans. What's inside: - Articles we write ourselves. Each one starts with a question our editors find interesting, and gets researched properly before it's written. - Topics from the life around you. Sleep, coffee, déjà vu, the internet, Nefertiti — things you pass by every day without wondering about them. - Our own writing framework. It keeps every article interesting and concise, but still genuinely educational — a lot of thought went into getting all three at once. - Built as microlearning for adults. Short chapters of a couple of minutes each, designed to fit a phone screen and a busy day. - Audio for everything. Read it, listen to it, or follow the text while it plays. - Historical photographs, archive material and artwork alongside the text, with facts and details in the margins. - A wide range of subjects, from the human body to ancient history — and the connections between them. We built Nerdish for people who: - would rather spend phone time on something better than socials. Same ten minutes, different outcome. - enjoy learning random things for no particular reason. Curiosity doesn't need a goal attached to it. - want to stay mentally sharp. Reading something unfamiliar is a small habit that keeps the mind working. - want to find their way back to reading. Short pieces are easier to start with than a book you've been meaning to open for months. - want to have more to say — about art, history, or why the sky is blue. Why it works: There's no way to measure general knowledge and no point where you have enough. But it's what you're using when you read the news, or decide whether something sounds true, or find a solution that came from somewhere unrelated. Hardly any of us sets out to work on our knowledge. Nobody ever taught us how — there's no course in general knowledge, nowhere obvious to begin. So it stays on the list of things you'd like to do. Nerdish works because the mechanism is already there. Curiosity is what built your general knowledge in the first place, and it doesn't need much — an interesting question and ten minutes. And knowledge doesn't stay in separate piles. We write science with its history in it, history with its culture, and culture with the people behind it — nothing is only about one thing. Pick a topic, read or listen, learn something you'd never thought to look up. That's how general knowledge grows. Learn with us about: - Health and the human body: sleep, memory, ageing, and how the body actually works. - History: ancient empires, revolutions, great discoveries, and the people who changed things. - Science and technology: space, evolution, physics, AI, inventions, and everyday phenomena explained properly. - Daily things: why déjà vu happens, how coffee was discovered, where common ideas come from. - Art and culture: painting, music, architecture, design, literature, and the movements behind them. - Food: where dishes come from and why we like what we like. - Famous people: the lives behind the names. Welcome to being Nerdish with us! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

GetGoodAt

Transform any personal goal into a structured, interactive learning course. Progress daily with bite-sized lessons, gamified challenges, and leaderboards to stay motivated and track your growth.

Highlights
  • Personalized course creation from any goal
  • Short, interactive lessons
  • Gamified progress with badges and streaks
  • Weekly leaderboards for competition
  • Progress visualization and stats
  • Explore 20+ learning categories
Features
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GetGoodAt: Turn Your Goals Into Courses Got a goal? GetGoodAt turns it into a personalized course made of short, interactive lessons, so you can make real progress every day without the overwhelm. Your Goals, Your Way Want to improve your public speaking, start a side hustle, or train for a marathon? Just type your goal and GetGoodAt will create a personalized course for you. Don’t have a specific goal in mind? Explore our list of 20 categories, from Science and Psychology to Cooking and Music, and discover something new to get good at. Bite-Sized Lessons You’ll Actually Finish No fluff, no long lectures. Each lesson takes just a few minutes and keeps you moving forward. Gamified Progress That Keeps You Going Earn badges, build streaks, and complete daily challenges. Learning feels like a game, and the progress is real. Stay Accountable With Leaderboards Compete weekly with others and see how you rank. Friendly competition helps you stay consistent. Visualize Your Growth Track your progress, celebrate milestones, and stay motivated with clear, simple stats. Why You’ll Love GetGoodAt: - Turn any personal goal into a structured course - Learn through short, focused, and interactive tasks - Collect badges and hit milestones that actually mean something - Stay consistent with progress tracking and weekly rankings If you choose to subscribe to Premium or Ultra Plan, payment will be charged to your Apple ID. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel anytime in App Store settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getgoodat.ai/privacy_policy

Screenshots

Nerdish4 screens
GetGoodAt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Nerdish at 2.7K against GetGoodAt's 1. Nerdish also leads on chart position (#70 vs unranked). GetGoodAt's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Nerdish sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and GetGoodAt sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GetGoodAt holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nerdish has 2.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nerdish ships an update every 5 days, GetGoodAt weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Nerdish versus GetGoodAt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNerdishGetGoodAt
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.7K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.7K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#70 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB76 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNerdish OUFILIP KAROL MLYNARSKI

Customer experience

Nerdish

All ratings2,667 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral2.2%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral12.4%
Negative27.6%

GetGoodAt

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Nerdish

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Incomplete articles with missing content
  • Frequent app crashes and freezes
  • Subscription issues and billing problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add audio narration option
  • Implement bookmarking and note-taking features
  • Improve search and filtering capabilities
  • Provide more free content without ads

GetGoodAt

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Nerdish

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Nerdish Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Easy Quarterly Plan$11.993 Months
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  • Nerdish Annual Special$29.991 Year
  • Nerdish Premium Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
4 purchases

GetGoodAt

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Premium Plan$12.991 Month
  • Ultra Plan$34.991 Month
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  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Nerdish free?
Nerdish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GetGoodAt free?
GetGoodAt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Nerdish or GetGoodAt?
GetGoodAt is rated higher. Nerdish averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.7K ratings, while GetGoodAt averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Nerdish or GetGoodAt have ads?
Neither Nerdish nor GetGoodAt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nerdish or GetGoodAt?
Nerdish ships an update every 5 days, and GetGoodAt weekly. Most recently, Nerdish was updated on October 29, 2026 and GetGoodAt on October 28, 2026.

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