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Interplay vs SkillCat vs Quinn
Interplay, SkillCat, or Quinn for trades training?
A full technical training program does four jobs: trade fundamentals, certification, company-specific training, and rollout across your team. Interplay and SkillCat are strongest on fundamentals and certification. Quinn is strongest on company-specific training and rollout, and doesn't focus on certification. Many trades companies use a library alongside Quinn.
These are the three names trades leaders compare most often when they want more than ride-alongs.
Most of them are really asking how to build a program, not which app to buy. This guide breaks it into the jobs a program has to do.
The short version: Interplay and SkillCat cover the trade. Quinn covers your shop. Most programs need both.
At a glance
| Job | Interplay | SkillCat | Quinn |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trade fundamentals | Prebuilt trades library | General trades courses | Ready-made courses |
| Certification prep | Yes, including EPA 608, OSHA 10, and NATE | Yes, including EPA | Not the focus |
| Company-specific training | Not the focus | Not the focus | Built from your SOPs, equipment, job types, and customer conversations |
| Rollout across the team | In the platform | App for individual techs | Paths by role, sent by text, with results by tech |
| Simulations | General equipment | General equipment | 3D walkthroughs of your units |
Trade fundamentals
- Interplay
- Prebuilt trades library
- SkillCat
- General trades courses
- Quinn
- Ready-made courses
Certification prep
- Interplay
- Yes, including EPA 608, OSHA 10, and NATE
- SkillCat
- Yes, including EPA
- Quinn
- Not the focus
Company-specific training
- Interplay
- Not the focus
- SkillCat
- Not the focus
- Quinn
- Built from your SOPs, equipment, job types, and customer conversations
Rollout across the team
- Interplay
- In the platform
- SkillCat
- App for individual techs
- Quinn
- Paths by role, sent by text, with results by tech
Simulations
- Interplay
- General equipment
- SkillCat
- General equipment
- Quinn
- 3D walkthroughs of your units
How to build the program
- Start with fundamentals. New techs need the trade before your process. A library covers this well.
- Cover certification. If EPA or other certifications matter, use a tool built for them.
- Add your way of doing the job. Your equipment, your job types, and the customer conversations that drive revenue.
- Roll it out and check progress. Paths by role, practice before the real call, and results managers can act on.
The four jobs, and who covers them
1. Trade fundamentals
2. Certification prep
3. Your way of doing the job
4. Rollout and results
Where teams get stuck
- "More of a cartoon type setup." That's from a home services group. General simulations don't look like the units your techs service.
- Fundamentals and your process end up in different places. Techs learn the trade in one tool and your way on the truck.
- Nobody owns the rollout. Without paths by role, every manager decides what new techs take.
The payoff: a program that takes new techs from the trade to your standard, with a clear path for every role.
How teams combine them
Interplay or SkillCat
Quinn
Questions to ask in your evaluation
- “Which of the four jobs does our current setup cover?”
- “Do we need certification prep, company training, or both?”
- “Who owns rollout, and how will I know a tech is ready to go solo?”
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Interplay Learning and SkillCat are trademarks of their respective owners. Quinn is not affiliated with or endorsed by them. Information is based on public sources and customer conversations as of November 2026.