Learning apps compared

By the edgi team

Comparisons

• edgi vs Brilliant: which learning app is better?Brilliant teaches math and code in a set order. edgi is free and follows your curiosity, with 60-second Lessons on anything. Compared as of Sept 2026.
• edgi vs Headway (the book summary app): which is better?Headway sells self-help goals as 15-minute book summaries behind a subscription. edgi is free, and starts from what you're curious about. Compared Sept 2026.
• edgi vs Kinnu: which learning app is better?Kinnu hands you a syllabus. edgi follows your curiosity, with 60-second Lessons that become cards on a Map of what you know. Both are free. Compared as of Sept 2026.

Alternatives

• Brilliant alternatives, sorted by why you're leavingBrilliant alternatives by why you're leaving: the price, math and code only, or two lessons a day in order. Khan Academy, edgi and more. Sept 2026.
• Headway alternatives (book summary app), sorted by reasonAlternatives to Headway, the book summary app, sorted by why you're leaving: the summaries themselves, depth, library size or price. Prices as of Sept 2026.
• Kinnu alternatives: 6 apps, sorted by what's missingKinnu alternatives by what you're missing. edgi if you'd rather follow your curiosity than a syllabus (also free), then Imprint, Brilliant, Khan Academy, Anki and NerdSip. Sept 2026.

Reviews

• Headway app review (the book summary app)Headway, the book summary app, checked against its own pages, 897 summaries and 500 recent App Store reviews: what's free, what it costs, as of Sept 2026.
• Kinnu app review: is it worth it?Kinnu is free and ad-free, with long, readable lessons (the best are well written) and mostly recall questions on the web. From all 899 public lessons.

Guides

• Collect what you learn: a learning app with cards and a mapedgi turns each idea you finish into a card on a Map of what you know. How that works, and what Kinnu, Duolingo, Anki and note apps collect.
• Is there a Duolingo for general knowledge?Kinnu is the closest thing to Duolingo for general knowledge, and GenK copies its path. Compared with Brilliant, Nibble, Imprint and edgi, Sept 2026.
• Is there an app like TikTok but for learning?Yes. edgi is a free feed of short videos and 60-second Lessons that keeps each idea as a card. TikTok's STEM tab, Nibble, Imprint and more compared.
• The best app to learn something new every dayedgi, if you want each day's new idea to connect to yesterday's. Kinnu, Duolingo, Brilliant, DailyArt and Wikipedia by what you want. Sept 2026.
• The best apps for curious people who love rabbit holesedgi, if you want your rabbit holes to add up to something. Wikipedia, The Wiki Game, Atlas Obscura, Neal.fun, CuriosityStream and Are.na, compared.
• The best general knowledge apps, by what you wantThe best general knowledge app depends on what you want: edgi for curiosity, Kinnu for a course, Sporcle for quizzes, Wikipedia for reading. Sept 2026.
• The best microlearning apps in 2026, rankedMicrolearning apps ranked by how long a lesson really takes and who picks what you learn next: edgi, Kinnu, Duolingo, Brilliant and more. Sept 2026.
• What app can replace doomscrolling?A doomscrolling replacement needs a feed worth scrolling and a place to stop. edgi does both, free. The other options compared, as of Sept 2026.

Research

• How many steps from dinosaurs to black holes? We mapped 104,000 ideasDinosaur to black hole takes four steps in edgi's map of 104,000 ideas, and any two ideas are typically seven apart. The shortcuts, the hubs and what everything leads to.