What is the best online course app for iPhone?

Coursera: Grow your career, S tier, ranked #1 of 28, rated 4.8 by 177,174 people.

Which online course apps are free?

28 of 28 are free to download: Coursera: Grow your career (S), MasterClass: Online Classes (S), Udemy Online Video Courses (S), LinkedIn Learning (S) and more. 8 of them sell in-app purchases. 6 report no in-app purchases.

Which online course app has the best App Store rating?

Bootcamp.com at 4.9 from 17,748 ratings.

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Best Online Course Apps for iPhone (2026)

28 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Coursera: Grow your career is the top-ranked of 28 online course apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 177,174 ratings.

1
Coursera: Grow your careerS
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 177,174 ratings · score 98
2
MasterClass: Online ClassesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 122,876 ratings · score 97
3
Udemy Online Video CoursesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 76,814 ratings · score 96
4
LinkedIn LearningS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 77,838 ratings · score 96
5
Alison: Online Education AppS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 12,267 ratings · score 94

What belongs in this list

Take structured courses on a range of subjects from a phone and learn at their own pace.

Not here: a single-subject lesson pack alone; a video player with no course structure alone; a title keyword like course alone; a general chatbot that could explain topics alone; a school login portal alone

More lists: Best Microlearning Apps

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

Compare every app

1
Coursera: Grow your careerS
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 177,174 ratings · score 98 · best in class
2
MasterClass: Online ClassesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 122,876 ratings · score 97 · best in class
3
Udemy Online Video CoursesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 76,814 ratings · score 96 · best in class
4
LinkedIn LearningS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 77,838 ratings · score 96 · best in class
5
Alison: Online Education AppS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 12,267 ratings · score 94 · best in class
6
Domestika - Online coursesS
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 11,934 ratings · score 94 · best in class
7
edX online learningS
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 10,767 ratings · score 94 · best in class
8
Teachable online coursesA
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 9,383 ratings · score 92 · excellent
9
Khan AcademyA
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 112,424 ratings · score 92 · excellent
10
Cursa - Learn anythingA
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 6,381 ratings · score 92 · excellent
11
The Great CoursesA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 17,174 ratings · score 91 · excellent
12
O'ReillyA
Free · ★ 4.7 · 33,898 ratings · score 86 · excellent
13
Udemy BusinessA
Free · ★ 4.8 · 5,966 ratings · score 86 · excellent
14
Skillshare: Creativity ClassesA
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 25,450 ratings · score 86 · excellent
15
Great Learning: Online CoursesB
Free download · ★ 4.1 · 102 ratings · score 82 · good
16
360LearningB
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 7,093 ratings · score 81 · good
17
Imprint: Visual Micro LearningB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 58,020 ratings · score 77 · good · provisional
18
Study.comB
Free download · ★ 4.2 · 3,827 ratings · score 75 · good
19
Cornerstone OnDemandC
Free · ★ 4.7 · 27,637 ratings · score 70 · situational · provisional
20
MedbridgeC
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 13,292 ratings · score 70 · situational · provisional
21
DataCamp: Learn Data, AI, CodeC
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 4,824 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
22
Skillsoft PercipioC
Free · ★ 4.8 · 7,190 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
23
GetCourseC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 13,521 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
24
SkillCat: EPA 608 & HVACC
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 10,179 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
25
Bootcamp.comC
Free · ★ 4.9 · 17,748 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
26
AbwaabD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 11,297 ratings · score 65 · weak · provisional
27
AcellusD
Free · ★ 4.5 · 32,000 ratings · score 65 · weak · provisional
28
KajabiD
Free download · ★ 4.3 · 7,416 ratings · score 64 · weak · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best online course app for iPhone?: Coursera: Grow your career, S tier, ranked #1 of 28, rated 4.8 by 177,174 people.
Which online course apps are free?: 28 of 28 are free to download: Coursera: Grow your career (S), MasterClass: Online Classes (S), Udemy Online Video Courses (S), LinkedIn Learning (S) and more. 8 of them sell in-app purchases. 6 report no in-app purchases.
Which online course app has the best App Store rating?: Bootcamp.com at 4.9 from 17,748 ratings.
How many online course apps reach S or A tier?: 14 of 28. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.