Skills Canada vs CCOHS Safe Work
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skills Canada
Discover how your essential skills align with various trade and technology careers. Take a challenge to explore potential career paths and find a fulfilling professional direction.
- Essential skills assessment
- Trade and technology career guidance
- Career path exploration
- Personalized career suggestions
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Find out what your Essential Skills can do! Take the challenge and let your Essential Skills guide you towards a great trade or technology career.
CCOHS Safe Work
Access a comprehensive library of workplace health and safety information, including fact sheets, tip sheets, and videos. This app helps organizations assess risks, implement prevention programs, and protect workers. Resources can be accessed offline and shared with colleagues.
- OSH Answers fact sheets
- Guidance on infectious diseases
- Searchable resource library
- Offline access
- Save and share resources
- Tip sheets and infographics
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The goal of the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) is to advance health and safety in the workplace. CCOHS offers a wide range of credible and relevant tools and resources to help organizations raise awareness, assess risks, implement prevention programs, and improve health, safety and well-being. The CCOHS Safe Work app provides access to health and safety information to help workplaces operate safely and protect workers. It now includes access to our collection of over 700 OSH Answers fact sheets covering a wide variety of topics such as hazards, chemicals, mental health, diseases, ergonomics, and health promotion. The app also includes current guidance and resources on respiratory infectious diseases, travel health and safety, and zoonotic diseases, developed in partnership with the Public Health Agency of Canada. Get access to fact sheets, tip sheets, infographics, videos, and more to help support health and safety in your workplace. Search resources by topic, title, or keyword, save your favourites, and share with colleagues. Once it’s downloaded to your device, you can access the resources offline in areas where there is limited or no internet connectivity.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: CCOHS Safe Work at 12.0 against Skills Canada's 15.0. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Skills Canada ships an update every 16 months, CCOHS Safe Work every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skills Canada | CCOHS Safe Work |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 15 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Skills Canada Corporation | Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety |
Customer experience
Skills Canada
CCOHS Safe Work
In-app purchases
Skills Canada
No in-app purchases
CCOHS Safe Work
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Skills Canada free?
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Which is updated more often, Skills Canada or CCOHS Safe Work?
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