Purple Hat vs Next Step Academy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Purple Hat
This educational app offers interactive lessons, quizzes, and resources to make learning engaging for all ages. It provides personalized learning paths, real-time progress tracking, and a supportive community to help users succeed.
- Interactive lessons
- Quizzes and resources
- Personalized learning paths
- Real-time progress tracking
- Community support
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Purple Hat is an innovative education app designed to make learning engaging and accessible for students of all ages. With a wide range of interactive lessons, quizzes, and resources, Purple Hat empowers learners to explore subjects at their own pace. The app features personalized learning paths, real-time progress tracking, and a vibrant community for peer support. Whether you're brushing up on basics or diving deep into advanced topics, Purple Hat provides the tools and motivation to succeed in your educational journey.
Next Step Academy
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Get Personalized Learning Outcomes for everyone. An in-depth performance analysis, where you can know your strong and weak points, your all India rank, your state rank etc. You will also get a virtual tutor who is completely dedicated to bringing out the best in you. It will prioritize your concepts, chapters, topics, and questions through machine learning. Get this innovative learning experience only on Next Step Academy Online Test Series!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Purple Hat at none against Next Step Academy's 10. Purple Hat also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 14 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. Next Step Academy sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Purple Hat asks for nothing beyond the download.
Purple Hat ships an update every 3 months, Next Step Academy every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Purple Hat | Next Step Academy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aakash Sinha | Online Learning |
In-app purchases
Purple Hat
No in-app purchases
Next Step Academy
- Package - CF$199.99
- Package - CH$299.99
- Package - CI$349.99
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- Package - CJ$399.99
- Package - CK$449.99
- Package - CL$499.99
- Package - CM$599.99
- Package - CN$699.99
- Package - CO$799.99
- Package - CP$899.99
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