Teachable and Skool don't list a branded app, so your students use the platform's own app or your site in a browser. Kajabi, Thinkific, Mighty Networks (through Mighty Pro) and Circle (through Circle Plus) do put your name and icon in the App Store and Google Play, as a branded version of their own app sold as an add-on, a top tier or a quoted package. Orbit, your own branded app for courses, videos and community, is a native app built as its own product for creators with an established audience and revenue, and if you're just starting out, Kajabi, Teachable or Skool is the better place to begin.
So if your students keep asking whether there's an app, most of the big platforms can now say yes. What separates the options is how much of the app you can shape, what members can do inside it, who keeps it running, and what it costs each month.
Which Kajabi Alternatives Let You Have Your Own App on the App Store?
Four of the six platforms below sell a branded app, and each one makes it available in a different way.
Which course and community platforms offer your own branded app, and what it costs.
| Platform | Your own branded iOS and Android app? | How it's offered and current price | Fees on your sales | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kajabi | Yes, on Pro or as an add-on | Included on Pro ($499/mo, or $399/mo billed annually). A $199/mo add-on on Basic ($179/mo, $143 annually) and Growth ($249/mo, $199 annually). Every plan also gets the shared Kajabi app | Kajabi Payments: 2.9% + 30¢ on Basic, 2.8% on Growth, 2.7% on Pro | Creators who want courses, email, funnels and a website in one tool |
| Teachable | Doesn't list a branded-app option | Shared Teachable app. Starter $39, Builder $89, Growth $189 per month ($29, $69, $139 billed annually) | 7.5% on Starter; 0% on Builder and Growth with Teachable Payments, plus processing | Simple course sites you can set up quickly |
| Thinkific | Yes, as an add-on | Branded Mobile is $199/mo (10% off annually), included on select Plus plans. Thinkific's team builds and maintains it. Start $109, Grow $219, Expand $499 per month ($82, $164, $374 billed annually) | Payment processing fees apply | Course-first creators who want a branded app without a custom contract |
| Mighty Networks | Yes, with Mighty Pro | A managed app under your name and icon, priced by quote. Standard plans: Launch $79, Scale $179, Growth $354 per month | 2% on Launch, 1% on Scale, 0.5% on Growth | Community-first creators who want a managed app |
| Circle | Yes, with Circle Plus | Custom branded iOS and Android apps, priced by quote. Professional $89, Business $199 and Scale $419 (billed annually) use the standard Circle app | 2% on Professional, 1% on Business and Scale, 0.5% on Plus | Communities that want a polished space |
| Skool | Doesn't list a branded-app option | Members use the Skool app. Hobby $9/mo, Pro $99/mo | 10% + 30¢ on Hobby; 2.9% + 30¢ on Pro (3.9% + 30¢ on transactions above $899) | Fast, game-like communities |
| Orbit (your own branded app for courses, videos and community) | Yes, a native app under your name | Grow from $1,500/mo (usage-based AI and video), Unlimited $8,000/mo, no setup fees. Our team builds, publishes and maintains it on iOS, Android and web | No revenue share from Orbit | Creators with an established audience and revenue who want the app to be their product |
Checked November 7, 2026 against each vendor's public pricing and help pages: Kajabi, Teachable, Thinkific, Mighty Networks, Circle and Skool. Prices change; confirm before buying.
Does Kajabi Have a Branded App, and What Does It Actually Cost?
Yes. Kajabi's Branded Mobile App is included on the Pro plan, which cost $499 a month, or $399 a month billed annually, when we checked on November 7, 2026. On Basic and Growth it's a $199 a month add-on. That puts Basic plus the app at $342 a month billed annually or $378 paying monthly, and Growth plus the app at $398 billed annually, a dollar under Pro. If you're on Growth and want the app, moving to Pro is usually the simpler choice.
Every Kajabi plan also includes the free Kajabi app, where students reach your content inside an app with Kajabi's name on it. The branded version gives you your own store listing. Kajabi's help center lists what you can customize: brand colors throughout the app, the app icon, name, store description and screenshots, and custom screens for a welcome page, an onboarding carousel and a links menu. It also adds in-app offers, push notifications, custom widgets and screen variants for different groups of students.
To set it up, you create Apple Developer, Google Developer and Google Cloud accounts and get a D-U-N-S number, the business ID the app stores ask organizations for. Kajabi quotes one to two weeks for Apple's approval and six to eight weeks for Google's. We cover what that stage looks like on any platform in the full process of launching your own course app. If your business already runs on Kajabi's email, funnels and website, this is a strong package at a clear price.
What Do Teachable, Thinkific and Skool Give You Instead?
Teachable doesn't list a branded-app option. Its mobile app page describes one shared Teachable app for students on iOS and Android, so your students use that app or your site in a browser. In return, it's one of the quickest ways to get a course online, from $39 a month, or $29 billed annually, as checked November 7, 2026.
Thinkific sells Branded Mobile as a $199 a month add-on, with 10% off annually, and includes it on select Plus plans (checked November 7, 2026). Its team builds and maintains the app for you. Thinkific's page lists the app name, icon and load screen as what you set, along with primary colors, button styles and text colors. Content changes are made on the web version of your site and then show up in the app.
Skool doesn't list a branded-app option, so members join your group through Skool's own app. At $9 a month on Hobby or $99 on Pro (checked November 7, 2026), it's an inexpensive way to find out whether people will show up.
Mighty Pro or Circle Plus: What Does a Managed Branded App Involve?
Both are done-for-you programs built on top of a community platform, and both are priced by quote rather than listed (checked November 7, 2026).
Mighty Pro promises "YOUR app under YOUR brand in the App Store and Google Play Store." It's built on Mighty Networks' platform, and Mighty handles development and maintenance, with strategy calls, design work and ongoing support included. Its guide lists logos, color schemes, layouts and splash screens among the things you can customize.
Circle Plus includes custom branded iOS and Android apps, a custom app builder and a customizable welcome experience. Circle's pricing page says store submission is done for you, a dedicated launch team gets you live, and ongoing app store operations are handled by Circle.
In terms of service, these two are the closest to what we offer, because someone else handles the stores and keeps the app running. If your business is mostly community and you already use Circle or Mighty Networks, get their quote before you look anywhere else.
What's the Difference Between a Platform's Branded App and an App Built as Its Own Product?
Every branded option above starts from the platform's own app and applies your brand to it. The vendors' own pages describe the customization in similar terms: name, icon, colors, a load or splash screen, and a set of screens or layouts you can adjust. That's a sensible design for a platform serving thousands of creators. It also means the features and structure inside your app come from the platform's product, which is built to serve all of its creators.
Orbit, your own branded app for courses, videos and community, starts from the other side, because the member app is the whole product. Before anything is built, our design team works with you on your brand and creates a full design kit for the app, with your colors, logo, artwork and fonts. Inside, the app is built for daily use, not only for watching lessons, with an AI assistant that answers from your content, a feed of short clips cut from your long videos, stories, challenges and leaderboards. Across apps running on Orbit, members spend an average of 98 minutes a day in their app, and 86% do more than watch: they finish lessons and join challenges.
An assigned team at sagulabs, the same engineers and designers who built your app, keeps it running with updates, fixes and security patches. Thinkific, Mighty Pro and Circle Plus also maintain your app for you, so that part isn't unique to us. The difference is how much of the app is designed around you and your members. For the revenue side of that time spent in the app, we've written about why owning the platform increases LTV.
When Does Your Own App Make Sense, and When Is Kajabi, Teachable or Skool the Better Choice?
If you're starting out or still validating an offer, a dedicated app is the wrong first step. Teachable gets a course online quickly, Skool shows you fast whether a community will form, and Kajabi puts courses, email, funnels and your website in one place, all for far less per month. If students then ask for an app, Kajabi's or Thinkific's branded version is a natural next step that keeps your content where it already is.
An app built as its own product makes sense once the app is where your business happens. That usually means an established audience, steady revenue, members who open the app most days, and retention that depends on community and habit as much as on any single course. At that point, the experience inside the app is what keeps people subscribed.
We've been running creators' apps since 2020, and in our experience the ones who get the most out of their own app already had the audience before the app existed. An app makes a working business stronger. It doesn't create demand that isn't there yet.
What Does Orbit, Your Own Branded App for Courses, Videos and Community, Include?
Every Orbit plan includes the full feature set:
- A native app on iOS and Android under your name, plus a web version
- Video hosting and streaming, audio and PDFs, offline downloads, and casting to TVs with AirPlay and Chromecast
- AI built in: an assistant trained on your content, video Q&A, auto summaries, quiz generation, AI Clips, and a creation assistant that helps you write content and manage the app
- A private community with stories, posts in text, image, video, survey and quiz formats, comments, sections by subject and subcommunities
- Live streaming, challenges, points and leaderboards
- In-app payments and subscriptions, segmented push notifications and an analytics dashboard
- A design kit built around your brand, plus hosting, security, ongoing updates and support from your assigned team
Grow starts at $1,500 a month, with AI and video billed as you use them, so your costs follow your audience. Unlimited is $8,000 a month for corporations, education platforms and large operations, with unlimited AI, video and users. There are no setup fees, no revenue share and no long-term commitment. That's more each month than Kajabi's branded app, and it's a different level of product and service: an app designed around your brand, with a team that builds it, publishes it and runs it with you. You can see real client apps and both plans on the page for Orbit, your own branded app for courses, videos and community.
Common Questions About Kajabi Alternatives With Your Own App
Does Kajabi let me have my own app on the App Store?
Yes. Kajabi's Branded Mobile App puts your app name and icon in the App Store and Google Play. As checked November 7, 2026, it's included on the Pro plan at $499 a month, or $399 billed annually, and costs $199 a month as an add-on on Basic and Growth.
Does Teachable have a branded app?
Teachable doesn't list a branded-app option, as checked November 7, 2026. Its mobile app page describes one shared Teachable app, so your students use that app or your course site in a browser.
Can I get my own app with Skool, Circle or Mighty Networks?
With Circle and Mighty Networks, yes, on their top programs. Circle Plus includes custom branded iOS and Android apps, and Mighty Pro puts your app name and icon in the stores. Both are priced by quote and handle store submission for you. Skool doesn't list a branded-app option. All of this was checked November 7, 2026.
Is Thinkific's $199 branded mobile app worth it?
It can be, if your courses already live on Thinkific and you want your name in the stores without a separate contract. Thinkific's team builds and maintains it, you set the name, icon, load screen and colors, and content edits happen on the web version of your site. The price was $199 a month, with 10% off annually, as checked November 7, 2026.
When is an app built as its own product worth it instead of a platform's branded app?
When your app is where members spend their time and that time is what keeps them subscribed. If you have an established audience and revenue and want an app designed around your brand, with features built for daily use, it's worth comparing. If you're still validating an offer, a platform's app is the better start.
How much does Orbit cost compared with a platform's branded app?
Orbit, your own branded app for courses, videos and community, starts at $1,500 a month on the Grow plan with usage-based AI and video, and Unlimited is $8,000 a month, with no setup fees and no revenue share. Kajabi's Pro plan, which includes its branded app, was $499 a month as checked November 7, 2026, so Kajabi costs less each month. Orbit is a different level of product and service, with a team that designs, builds, publishes and runs your app.
Is Your Audience Ready for an App of Its Own?
If you already have members and you want their app to feel like yours, tell us about your content, your audience and the platform you use today. We'll tell you plainly whether Orbit fits, or whether a branded app on the platform you already use is the better move.
Tell us about your audience and what you sell, and we'll take it from there.