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Top Hat - Better Learning

A learning companion app

by Top Hat Monocle

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 30 Aug 2026

Quick verdict

What it is
Top Hat is an education app that offers interactive textbooks, in-app discussions, and digital materials to help students learn and engage with their courses.
Best for
  • someone who takes classes
  • a student who wants to engage with course materials
At a glance
  • Free to download

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Free app Yes Free Store published

Screens

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Pricing & paywalls

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Shown for US

  • Free

Ratings & reviews

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4.6 22769 ratings · App Store

  1. 5/5Excellent if the professor knows how to use it

    I am lucky when I have professors who know how to properly use this app in a way that facilitates learning and retention of material. When the professor doesn’t know how to utilize the app, and uses it in a distracting way or cannot use the interface, that takes time out of the class and frustrates me and other learners. This app is pretty solid for students as it provides a good learning platform to assess learned facts as well as a source of review questions. I can’t imagine what it must be like to be a professor and write hundreds of questions per semester for this app, though. Thankfully, I’m not a professor!

    Puff puff Nation · 30 Aug 2026

  2. 1/5Money Scam

    I would always use the website on my Mac in class so I could split the screen and take notes. it would never load, I would always be three-four slides behind, and my quiz questions would hardly ever load in time for me to answer them. I figured I’d just start using the app, but I have the same issues on the app that I have on my Mac. the connection is always “poor”, and my professor can’t ever use it either - and will insist that the students are taking up the bandwidth and are causing the app to crash and lag (?? don’t know where he got that from), costing us our attendance points. and I know I’m not the only one, whether it be in my class or across everyone who has bought the app, that has these issues daily. if I have to pay this much for an app that simply takes *attendance* and gives mini class quizzes, I expect it to work 100% of the time, flawlessly. the rest of my university uses a free attendance app and I have never had an issue with it - ever. drop your prices, and fix your interface. this app is a whole mess, a money scam, and absolutely ridiculous. if they have to charge for the app to keep it running and whatnot, why not $.99, $2.99, $4.99?? where did the $27 and $50 come from? the people buying it are college students with little income who are forced to by their professors. incredibly pathetic for something that never works.

    DoodlerFromTX · 30 Aug 2026

  3. 2/5Mobile App Flaws

    I love TopHat for my lectures and I think it’s a wonderful way to absorb new material. It has a really clean and user-friendly interface. However, it is virtually unusable on the mobile app. Maybe it’s just the iPhone, but I’ve used TopHat on several different iPhone models and it is extremely frustrating. The videos will time out and end unexpectedly, the app frequently crashes, attempting to do my homework questions on the mobile app is completely out of the question (as it will continuously freeze or divert you to the top of the page without notice). Overall, a great app to use on a non-mobile device, but I don’t recommend relying on this app if a mobile device is all you have access too. And since today many of us students are always on the go and like to absorb new material in a variety of ways, I have to say this app is just not it. Nothing more frustrating than paying exorbitant prices for tuition and then you can’t even have the content delivered effectively! I wish my school would abandon TopHat and use something more functional all around!

    Why Niantic Why · 30 Aug 2026

  4. 4/5Definitely got better

    The way that the professor utilizes this app is definitely important. Since you can't receive notifications for due dates, your professor will hopefully be diligent about that. Other than that, I think this is a really nice tool for classrooms. It's interactive, and has some cool question types (heat maps, clicking on images, matching, etc) although some of them are either difficult to use or don't work because my professors struggled. What's cool is you can go back and forward in the slides your professor has up so if you're a slow writer you can still get all the notes. Overall, this is a really nice idea and needs a little work but I enjoyed having it in my class. Definitely could do with more organization in the content, it's a little overwhelming when all the slides are posted and you're trying to study.

    Iemmzii · 30 Aug 2026

  5. 2/5Sketchy

    The app itself and its mediocre design and execution is not what bothers me. At the end of the day we all download this app because some professor thought a $30-dollar-per-semester was somehow going to improve our learning. What really bothers me is not knowing why am I forced to always say share my location with this app. Marking attendance with location makes sense, right? Except that the app does no allow you to be marked as present if the app location setting is on “while using the app”. If that wasn’t enough, I got a notification telling me how many times a week this app was using my location; guess what? The little map showed me that it was using it even when I was not in class (and therefore not even using the app). I am already paying for this service and I would like to know what exactly are they doing with my location. Also, toggling the location setting is not a solution; FIX YOUR APP!

    i_smell_bs · 30 Aug 2026

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Versions

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  • 8.100.0

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have included general stability and performance improvements.

  • 8.101.0

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have included general stability and performance improvements.

  • 8.102.0

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have included general stability and performance improvements.

  • 8.103.0

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have included general stability and performance improvements.

  • 8.104.0

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have made improvements to the subscription experience for eligible users, along with performance improvements and bug fixes.

  • 8.105.0

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have made improvements to the subscription experience for eligible users, along with performance improvements and bug fixes.

  • 8.106.0

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have made improvements to the subscription experience for eligible users, along with performance improvements and bug fixes.

  • 8.107.0

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have made improvements to the subscription experience for eligible users, along with performance improvements and bug fixes.

  • 8.108.0 · 16 Jul 2026

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have made improvements to the subscription experience for eligible users, along with performance improvements and bug fixes.

  • 8.109.0 · 3 Aug 2026

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have made improvements to the subscription experience for eligible users, along with performance improvements and bug fixes.

  • 8.87.1

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have included general stability and performance improvements.

  • 8.88.0

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have included general stability and performance improvements.

  • 8.89.0

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have included general stability and performance improvements.

  • 8.90.0

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have included general stability and performance improvements.

  • 8.91.0

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have included general stability and performance improvements.

  • 8.91.1

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have included general stability and performance improvements.

  • 8.91.2

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have included general stability and performance improvements.

  • 8.92.0

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have included general stability and performance improvements.

  • 8.93.0

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have included general stability and performance improvements.

  • 8.94.0

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have included general stability and performance improvements.

  • 8.95.0

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have included general stability and performance improvements.

  • 8.96.0

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have included general stability and performance improvements.

  • 8.96.3

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have included general stability and performance improvements.

  • 8.97.0

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have included general stability and performance improvements.

  • 8.98.0

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have included general stability and performance improvements.

  • 8.99.0

    Thank you for using Top Hat! To make our app better for you, we bring regular updates to the App Store. In this update, we have included general stability and performance improvements.

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