Comparison

The Intellectual classes vs Liminal

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

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About

The Intellectual classes

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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 The Intellectual classes Test Series!!

About

Liminal

Explore Western philosophy with a comprehensive, self-paced curriculum. Access lessons, philosopher profiles, key terms, and quizzes offline. Learn at your own pace with audio narration and interactive features.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive 4-year philosophy curriculum
  • 104 lessons and 48 philosopher profiles
  • Searchable glossary of 82 key terms
  • Interactive quizzes with explanations
  • Spaced-repetition flashcards
  • On-device audio narration
  • Offline access, no network required
Features
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The philosophy degree you didn't take... in your pocket, in your own time. A four-year course of study in Western philosophy: 104 lessons from the Pre-Socratics to contemporary thought, laid out as four years of numbered courses. The first 10 lessons are free. One optional in-app purchase unlocks the remaining 94. The Curriculum Year 1 - Foundations & Ancient Philosophy (5 courses, 28 lessons) 1.1 Introduction to Philosophy; 1.2 Pre-Socratic Philosophy; 1.3 Socrates and Plato; 1.4 Aristotle; 1.5 Hellenistic & Late Antique Philosophy. Year 2 - Medieval & Early Modern Philosophy (6 courses, 26 lessons) 2.1 Augustine and Patristic Philosophy; 2.2 Islamic and Jewish Philosophy; 2.3 Scholasticism; 2.4 Renaissance and Early Modern; 2.5 Continental Rationalism; 2.6 British Empiricism. Year 3 - Modern Philosophy (5 courses, 21 lessons) 3.1 Kant's Critical Philosophy; 3.2 German Idealism; 3.3 Utilitarianism and Marx; 3.4 Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche; 3.5 American Pragmatism. Year 4 - Contemporary Philosophy (7 courses, 29 lessons) 4.1 Early Analytic Philosophy; 4.2 Phenomenology and Existentialism; 4.3 Critical Theory and Postmodernism; 4.4 Philosophy of Mind; 4.5 Philosophy of Language; 4.6 Contemporary Ethics and Political Philosophy; 4.7 Philosophy of Science. What Is Included - 104 lessons across 23 courses, with short attributed passages from the primary texts - 48 philosopher profiles, from Thales to Foucault - An 82-term glossary, cross-linked from the lessons - 23 quizzes, 319 questions, each with an explanation of the answer - 16 thought experiments - 10 branches of philosophy, each linking through to the related courses, thinkers and terms - Spaced review: flashcards over the 82 glossary terms, on a schedule that stretches as you get a term right - Full-text search across lessons, courses, philosophers and glossary entries - Bookmarks and private notes - Progress tracked per year and per course - Read-aloud on any lesson, using the on-device system voice - Three home-screen widgets: Quote of the Day, Term of the Day, Philosopher of the Day What It Costs Liminal is free to download. The first 10 lessons are free - all of PHIL 1.1 and the first five lessons of PHIL 1.2 - and so is everything else in the app: all 48 philosopher profiles, the whole glossary, all 23 quizzes, the thought experiments, spaced review, search, notes and the widgets. One optional in-app purchase unlocks the remaining 94 lessons. It is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. It restores on your other devices signed in to the same Apple Account, and it supports Family Sharing. There are no ads and nothing else to buy. Scope This is Western philosophy, from the Pre-Socratics to contemporary thought. Year 2 runs from the Church Fathers to the early moderns and gives Islamic and Jewish philosophy a course of its own: Avicenna, Averroes, Al-Ghazali and Maimonides alongside Augustine and Aquinas. The curriculum does not cover Eastern or Asian traditions. There is no video, no discussion feed and no cloud sync. Your progress lives on the device you read on. Privacy Liminal has no servers of its own. There is no sign-in, no analytics, no advertising identifier and no tracking, and nothing you do is uploaded. Your progress, bookmarks, notes and review schedule are stored in a database on your device. Every lesson, quiz and profile is already installed, so the app reads the same in Airplane Mode; the only network use is Apple's own, when you buy or restore the unlock. Support: https://omardgraz.github.io/Liminal-Support/support.html Privacy policy: https://omardgraz.github.io/Liminal-Support/privacy.html

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Liminal at every 10 days against The Intellectual classes's every 8 months. The Intellectual classes's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). 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. The Intellectual classes sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Liminal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Intellectual classes ships an update every 8 months, Liminal every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
The Intellectual classes versus Liminal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Intellectual classesLiminal
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB3 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperOnline LearningOMAR DANIEL GRAZIANO

In-app purchases

10 purchases

The Intellectual classes

One-time10
  • Package - BD$39.99
  • Package - AY$39.99
  • Package - BA$39.99
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  • Package - AZ$39.99
  • Package - BC$39.99
  • Package - BB$39.99
  • Package - BE$44.99
  • Package - BF$49.99
  • Package - BG$49.99
  • Package - BH$49.99
1 purchases

Liminal

One-time1
  • Liminal Full Access$9.99

Questions

Is The Intellectual classes free?
The Intellectual classes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Liminal free?
Liminal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do The Intellectual classes or Liminal have ads?
Neither The Intellectual classes nor Liminal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Intellectual classes or Liminal?
The Intellectual classes ships an update every 8 months, and Liminal every 10 days. Most recently, The Intellectual classes was updated on October 2, 2026 and Liminal on October 13, 2026.

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