Compare 3 Kotlin courses from top providers — filter by price, level, provider & certificate.
These Kotlin courses cover the language fundamentals and Android app development. The shortlist below holds three options: a free beginner course on Codecademy, a free Udacity Nanodegree for Android, and a paid Udemy Android development path. They suit a reader who wants to start coding in Kotlin, build Android apps, and choose a price point that fits their budget.
Learn Kotlin fits the most common reader — a beginner who wants free, guided instruction with a certificate in under 10 hours.
| Situation | Course to pick | Why it fits |
|---|---|---|
| Free learner, beginner level | Learn Kotlin | Free price, 9 hours, certificate included, rated 4.5 by 1K+ learners |
| Android app focus, career switcher | Developing Android Apps with Kotlin | Udacity | 4-month duration, free, certificate, beginner level, Udacity credential |
| Udemy marketplace, lifetime access | Android App Development with Kotlin | Beginner to Advanced | Paid price, self-paced, lifetime access, certificate, 4.2 rating from 2K+ ratings |
| Attribute | Free options | Paid option |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Two courses are free: Codecademy and Udacity | Udemy course has a listed price set by the provider |
| Certificate | Both free courses offer a certificate | Udemy certificate available upon completion |
| Duration | Codecademy: 9 hours; Udacity: 4 months | Not specified in pack; self-paced |
| Placement support | None listed for any course | None listed for any course |
| Stage | What you learn | Course that fits |
|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Syntax, basic types, functions, null safety, object-oriented features | Learn Kotlin |
| Intermediate | Android UI building, activities, fragments, coroutines, networking | Developing Android Apps with Kotlin | Udacity |
| Advanced | Clean architecture, MVVM, unit testing, release signing | No advanced-level course in the supplied data |
| Provider | Courses offered | Price range | Certify |
|---|---|---|---|
| Udemy | 1 course | Not published by the provider | Yes |
| Codecademy | 1 course | Free | Yes |
| Udacity | 1 course | Free | Yes |
Android developer, mobile app engineer. The Codecademy course leans on syntax skills; the Udacity course leans on Android app building.
Same shortlist as below, side by side — including who runs it and why it stands out.
| Course | Provider | Rating | Price | Duration | Why pick this one | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Android App Development with Kotlin | Beginner to Advanced | 4.3★ | ₹479 | 68 hours | Most popular — 16.9K learners | View ↗ | |
| Learn Kotlin | Codecademy | 4.5★ | Free | 9h | Free — and still gives a certificate | Start free ↗ |
| Developing Android Apps with Kotlin | Udacity | Udacity | 4.5★ | Free | 4 months | Free to audit | Start free ↗ |