By QuikAuthor Team | Last updated: July 2026 | Timeline verified against SafetyCulture's published migration guidance, July 2026 | 10 min read
Key Findings
- The EdApp platform retired on 31 March 2026. The data export window closed on 20 April 2026.
- Customers who moved to SafetyCulture's free plan kept their courses but lost their users, groups and completion records. Preserving historical training data required upgrading to a paid annual plan.
- SC Training is not shutting down. Several comparison articles claim it is. EdApp, the legacy platform, retired. SC Training is the surviving product and is actively sold.
- SC Training gates SCORM export behind its enterprise plan, so content built there cannot be exported on a self-serve tier.
- QuikAuthor includes standalone SCORM export on every plan including free, capped at 10 lifetime exports on the free tier.
What Actually Happened to EdApp
SafetyCulture acquired EdApp in 2020 and rebranded it to SC Training in May 2024. On 31 March 2026 the EdApp platform retired entirely, and the data export window closed on 20 April 2026.
Here is the part that matters most, and it comes from SafetyCulture's own migration guidance:
Customers moving to the free SafetyCulture plan could bring their courses across. But their users, groups and completion records did not transfer. Preserving historical training data required upgrading to a paid annual plan.
So organisations that had trained staff on EdApp for years had to pay to keep their own completion history. Completion history is the record auditors ask for.
The EdApp gamification system — Real Rewards and stars — was discontinued with no equivalent in SC Training.
A correction worth making: several comparison articles currently state that SC Training is shutting down. It is not. EdApp, the legacy platform, retired. SC Training is the surviving product, it is actively sold, and it remains a legitimate option.
Why Are L&D Teams Looking for an EdApp Alternative?
Three distinct reasons, and they call for different answers:
- The platform they built on no longer exists. EdApp retired. That is not a preference, it is a fact, and it forces a decision.
- SafetyCulture's core business is not authoring. SafetyCulture sells frontline inspections and operations software. Training is an adjacent product line serving deskless workers. That shows up in the product: an OSHA-heavy library, frontline delivery, and SCORM export gated behind enterprise — because export matters enormously to an instructional designer and not at all to a safety inspector.
- The lesson, not the vendor. If you built a library on a platform with no self-serve export and it went away on someone else's timetable, the fix is not simply to move. It is to move somewhere you can leave from.
Can You Still Import Your EdApp Courses?
This depends entirely on whether you exported before 20 April 2026.
- You exported in time. QuikAuthor's EdApp conversion toolkit takes your exported content and converts it into fully editable QuikAuthor courses. You keep your library.
- You did not export in time. Your EdApp files are gone. If your courses migrated into SafetyCulture, they may still be there, but SC Training gates SCORM export behind its enterprise plan, so getting them out is a commercial negotiation rather than a button.
- You are still deciding. Whatever you do next, choose a platform with standalone SCORM export on a tier you can actually afford. That is the whole lesson of the last six months.
QuikAuthor vs SC Training: The Comparison
| QuikAuthor | SC Training (SafetyCulture) | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 25 courses, 50 learners, no expiry, no card | 10 learners, unlimited courses, 1,000+ prebuilt courses |
| SCORM export on free | Yes, 10 lifetime exports | No. Enterprise only. |
| Paid price | PRO $69/mo or $799/yr (1 author, 200 learners) | $5 per learner per month, plus a mandatory $24 per month admin seat |
| True cost at 100 learners | $799/yr | $6,288/yr, or $62.88 per learner |
| AI on free | All features: avatar video, video editor, quiz generation, PDF conversion, compliance assistant | AI course generation and PDF conversion |
| Prebuilt library | None | 1,000+ courses, though US-centric and OSHA-heavy |
| Interactive templates | 60+ | Standard microlearning formats |
| Company focus | Authoring, exclusively | Frontline inspections and operations. Training is adjacent. |
| EdApp import | Yes, dedicated conversion toolkit | Migration to SafetyCulture (courses only, not records) |
On the admin seat: SC Training's headline price is $5 per learner per month. The mandatory $24 per month admin seat is not in the headline. At 100 learners the real figure is $6,288 per year, or $62.88 per learner — roughly 15 times QuikAuthor PRO at the same scale. The arithmetic speaks without help.
Where SC Training Is Genuinely Better
We are not going to pretend SC Training is a bad product.
- The prebuilt library is real value. Over 1,000 courses covering safety, compliance and onboarding. If your topic is covered, that saves you weeks. QuikAuthor has no prebuilt library.
- AI course generation and PDF conversion are available on their free tier, not gated. That is a genuinely generous free plan.
- The mobile app is polished and built for deskless delivery, which is a real strength if your workforce is frontline.
- SafetyCulture is a large, well-funded company with an enterprise compliance posture. QuikAuthor is a small team.
If your workforce is deskless, your topic is workplace safety, and you have no intention of ever leaving, SC Training is a reasonable choice.
How Do You Choose Your EdApp Replacement?
1. Do you need your content to be portable?
- Yes, or possibly: you need standalone SCORM export on a tier you can afford. QuikAuthor includes it on the free plan.
- No, never: SC Training's free tier is generous and its prebuilt library is genuinely useful.
2. What kind of training are you building?
- Workplace safety for a deskless workforce: SC Training's library and mobile delivery fit that.
- Onboarding, sales enablement, product knowledge, compliance beyond safety: QuikAuthor. The library will not cover your topic, so authoring speed matters more than prebuilt content.
3. Do you still have your EdApp files?
- Yes, exported before 20 April 2026: QuikAuthor's conversion toolkit imports them.
- No: start fresh, and choose a platform you can leave from.
4. How many learners?
- Up to 10: SC Training's free tier covers you.
- 11 to 50: QuikAuthor's free tier is the only one that covers you without payment.
- More than 50: compare the real numbers. QuikAuthor PRO is $799/yr for 200 learners. SC Training at 200 learners is $12,288/yr once the admin seat is counted.
Frequently Asked Questions
When did EdApp shut down? The EdApp platform retired on 31 March 2026, and the data export window closed on 20 April 2026.
Did EdApp customers lose their training records? Customers who moved to SafetyCulture's free plan kept their courses, but their users, groups and completion records did not transfer. Preserving historical training data required upgrading to a paid annual plan.
Is SC Training shutting down too? No. SC Training is the surviving product and is actively sold. EdApp, the legacy platform SafetyCulture acquired in 2020 and rebranded in May 2024, is the one that retired.
Can I import my EdApp courses into QuikAuthor? Yes, if you exported them before the window closed on 20 April 2026. QuikAuthor's EdApp conversion toolkit converts exported EdApp content into fully editable QuikAuthor courses, so you do not rebuild from scratch.
How much does QuikAuthor cost compared to SC Training? QuikAuthor's free plan includes 25 courses and 50 learners with no credit card. PRO is $69 per month or $799 per year for one author and 200 learners. SC Training charges $5 per learner per month plus a mandatory $24 per month admin seat, which works out at $6,288 per year, or $62.88 per learner, at 100 learners.
Does QuikAuthor support SCORM export like EdApp did? Yes, and on every plan. QuikAuthor exports standalone SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004 packages, with 10 lifetime exports on the free tier and unlimited exports on paid plans. SC Training gates SCORM export behind its enterprise plan.
How similar is QuikAuthor to EdApp? QuikAuthor keeps the fast, slide-based authoring flow EdApp users know: drag-and-drop editing, mobile-first design and rapid course creation. It adds AI content generation, PDF and video conversion, and 60+ interactive templates, and its roadmap is focused entirely on instructional design rather than workplace operations.
Is QuikAuthor mobile-only like EdApp was? No. QuikAuthor is fully responsive across desktop, tablet and mobile, with true full-screen layouts on every device. Courses look right on a laptop, not just a phone.
The Lesson Worth Taking From This
EdApp did not fail. It was acquired, consolidated and retired, which is a normal thing for software companies to do.
What made it painful was that customers had no self-serve way to take their content and their records with them. The export window was 20 days. The completion history required a paid plan.
Whatever you choose next, choose a platform you can leave from. That means standalone SCORM export, on a tier you can actually afford, not gated behind an enterprise contract you have to negotiate under pressure.
QuikAuthor includes it on the free plan. That is not a feature. It is an exit.
Related Reading
- Best Free Microlearning Tools 2026
- Best Microlearning Platforms 2026: An Architecture-First Comparison
Sources
- SafetyCulture EdApp retirement notice and migration guidance (verified July 2026)
- SC Training pricing page (verified July 2026)
Last updated July 2026. The EdApp timeline and migration terms are taken from SafetyCulture's own published guidance. Where a competitor is better than us, we say so.