Comparison

Open vs Skillara

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

Head to head
About

Open

Access your educational courses and content directly from your mobile device. Download materials for offline use, update your profile, and receive important notifications. Students can track grades and badges, while teachers can grade assignments on the go.

Highlights
  • Access courses on mobile
  • Download content for offline use
  • Update profile information
  • Receive course notifications
  • View grades and badges (student)
  • Grade assignments (teacher)
Features
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Welcome to the Open LMS Mobile App! With the Open LMS Mobile App, you can: • Access your courses directly from your mobile device • Download content for offline access • Update your profile information • Receive course notifications and messages • As a student: view your course grades and awarded badges on your profile • As a teacher: grade assignments both online and offline • ...and much more! We love feedback! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave us a note and a rating on the Store.

About

Skillara

Features
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Do you ever find yourself forgetting skills you’ve learned in the past and struggling to know where to pick them up again? Skillara provides a centralized place to collect and organize all your learned skills, making it easy to review, refresh, and quickly regain proficiency whenever you need them.

Screenshots

Open4 screens
Skillara4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Skillara at every 3 weeks against Open's every 2 months. Open's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Open ships an update every 2 months, Skillara every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Open versus Skillara: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpenSkillara
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (84 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews21.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings84 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB31 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPeopleFluent, Inc.Felix Tien

In-app purchases

None

Open

No in-app purchases

None

Skillara

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Open free?
Open is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Skillara free?
Skillara is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Open or Skillara have ads?
Neither Open nor Skillara shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Open or Skillara?
Open ships an update every 2 months, and Skillara every 3 weeks. Most recently, Open was updated on October 5, 2026 and Skillara on October 6, 2026.

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