Top 10 Skool Alternatives With a Mobile App in 2026

The best skool alternatives with a mobile app are the ones where your client opens one app and finds everything that matters between sessions: today's task, a habit to tick, a check-in to answer, the next call, the group, and the course. Skool gives members a tidy community and classroom, but on the phone it is still Skool's product, carrying Skool's name, sitting beside every other group the member has joined. So the question to settle first is whose app your clients should live in, and what they can actually do there on a Tuesday afternoon when you are not on a call.

Our pick is Coachful, because it puts booking, payments, agreements, programs with daily habits and check-ins, courses and the community into one client home and app under your branding, with one login for you. We make Coachful, so read the ranking with that in mind; every other entry below is described from what its vendor publishes and what public reviewers report, as listed in October 2026. If you want the wider picture first, our main guide to Skool alternatives for coaches covers the category without the mobile focus.

What do coaches need from a Skool alternative with a mobile app?

Coaches leaving Skool for a better app usually need the phone to carry the coaching work itself, not only the feed. A community app keeps people talking; a coaching app keeps people doing the work you assigned.

Skool is genuinely good at a few things, and it is fair to say so before leaving. It combines community, classroom and calendar in one group, its leaderboards and levels give members a reason to post, its discovery brings in people browsing for groups, and its pricing is two plans with no tiers of feature gating. Skool's own Trustpilot page showed 1.6 from 54 reviews when checked on 2026-10-25, so public sentiment is mixed, but plenty of coaches run successful groups there.

Where coaches outgrow it is the gap between "member of a group" and "client in a program". Skool's packet notes list no 1:1 client records, intake forms, habits or check-ins, no custom domain website, funnels or email automation, and payments only through Skool Payments. On a phone, that gap shows up in very practical ways:

• Daily touchpoints. A client who should log a habit at 7am and answer an evening check-in needs those prompts in the app, not in a post they have to scroll to find.
• Booking from the phone. Rescheduling a session, paying for one, or answering intake questions should happen in the same place the client already opens.
• Private and group in one place. Your 1:1 notes, the client's goals and their cohort chat belong together, with clear lines about what is private.
• Your brand. Many coaches want clients to see their name and colours, not a marketplace of other groups. Our guide to custom branded coaching apps explains the formats, from a branded space inside a shared app to an app in your own store account.
• Agreements and payments. A coaching agreement signed before the first call, plus payment plans or subscriptions through your own processor.

A useful way to test any app on this list: write down the five things a client should do between two sessions, then check whether each one can be done on a phone without leaving the app. The comparison in our guide to coaching portals with a mobile app uses the same idea.

Which Skool alternatives with a mobile app are worth a look?

Ranking criteria: one login for the whole client journey, what clients can do on the phone between sessions, whose brand the app carries, total stack cost, and setup effort (including Coachful's free white-glove build).

How did we choose and rank these apps?

We started from the mobile question and worked outward. Every tool here gives members or clients a phone app of some kind, documented by its vendor; tools without one (Podia and Kartra, for example, are listed without a mobile app in our vendor notes) were left out.

Then we scored each tool on what a coach coming from Skool usually misses:

1. Between-session delivery on the phone. Tasks, habits, check-ins and goals count for more than a feed alone.
2. Brand on the app. Whose name the client sees, and what it costs to change that.
3. One login for the client journey. Booking, paying, signing, learning and talking in one place, versus stitching tools.
4. Total stack cost. Plan price plus transaction fees plus the app add-on, plus whatever you still need to buy separately.
5. Setup effort. How long until a real client can use it.

Prices are as listed by each vendor in October 2026. We have not run hands-on tests of the other platforms; where a detail could not be verified, we say so.

1. Coachful: the client app built around the coaching program

Coachful is a coaching platform where one membership covers booking, payments, contracts, program delivery with habits and check-ins, courses, a community, a website with funnels and email, and an AI assistant. You get one login. Your client gets one branded home and app where all of it shows up.

What the client sees on their phone

The client app ships under the Coachful listing with your branding, so clients download it once and see your space, your programs and your name. Inside, a multi-week program breaks into weekly goals and daily tasks, with habits, morning and evening check-ins, goals with progress bars and streaks. That is the part Skool does not attempt: the daily rhythm of a coaching engagement rather than a classroom someone visits when they remember.

Goals tie it together. A goal's Daily momentum section pulls in linked tasks and habits, and reflection tabs sit right below, so a client can tick a habit and write a two-line reflection in under a minute on the bus.

Check-ins are built as coaching flows. You pick a Welcome flow, a Morning Check-in or an Evening Check-in from the library, edit the questions, and the answers land on the client record next to their goals, notes, intake answers, sessions and payments. Each client gets a status (thriving, active, quiet or at risk), so you can see who has gone silent in the app before it becomes a cancellation.

Here is a short walkthrough of how programs are built and delivered:

The community part, for coaches who liked Skool's feed

You do not give up the group. Coachful has a community feed, group chat, direct messages and video events, and cohort groups are created automatically when someone enrolls in a program. Group calls and webinars run from the same place. Courses come with modules, lessons, drip and completion tracking, and they appear in the same client home. If you ran a Skool classroom, the material can move across; clients, programs and content are imported for you during onboarding.

What sits behind the app

• Booking: availability rules, buffers, minimum notice, time-zone detection, two-way Google, Apple/iCloud and Outlook sync, built-in video or auto-created Zoom, Meet or Teams links, intake questions on booking, and email reminders plus SMS (24 hours before) and WhatsApp (1 hour before) once messaging is enabled.
• Payments: through your own Stripe Connect or Razorpay account, with one-time payments, subscriptions, payment plans, coupons, Apple Pay and Google Pay. Coachful takes a 0% platform fee (since August 2026); you pay only Stripe or Razorpay processing. Compare that with Skool Payments, which is Skool's only processor.
• Agreements: coaching agreements with e-signature sent before the first call and stored on the client record.
• Website, funnels and email: a section-based website builder with custom domain and 30 homepage templates, booking and checkout funnels, and email sequences with triggers and branching.
• Michelle, the AI assistant: drafts programs and emails, summarizes recorded sessions and briefs you before sessions, working from your live practice data. Questions are included in the membership; confirmed builds use AI credits.

What Coachful does not do

Be clear on the limits before you move. Coachful is not HIPAA-certified, so clinical records belong elsewhere. There is no PayPal and no permanent free plan, though a free trial exists. The client app is your brand inside the Coachful app, not an app in your own App Store account. There is no Garmin, Fitbit, Whoop or Oura sync, and Apple Health sync is not publicly available. Coachful also has no member discovery marketplace like Skool's, so new members come from your own website, funnels and social channels.

Pricing is flat and monthly; lower plans cap the number of clients, Pro is unlimited, and monthly plans cancel in one click (current plans: Lite: $29/month for up to 5 clients; Solo: $49/month for up to 20 clients; Pro: $99/month with unlimited clients; Studio: $199/month with unlimited clients).

Why Coachful stands out: a free white-glove service. From Create, the "We'll build it for you · FREE" card lets you describe what you want built: your website, a program, a funnel, a course outline, a check-in flow, an email sequence. Attach up to 8 reference links and up to 10 files (logos, photos, brand guides, copy), and the Coachful team builds it inside your own account, usually within about 24 hours. Nothing gets invented; gaps such as prices or credentials are left for you to fill. One recent build: a somatic coach leaving Kajabi had the homepage and About page rebuilt and the contact form connected. Another: a real-estate and money coach got a year-long cohort program with an application form, an eight-page site and a free nine-day bootcamp funnel. Details are in our white-glove service guide.

Who it suits: coaches who deliver programs and not just sessions, solo coaches growing into a small team, and anyone replacing four to six tools. For a direct feature check, see Coachful vs Skool.

2. Mighty Networks: a bigger community with its own apps

Mighty Networks is the closest thing to "Skool, but larger". It is a community, courses and events platform, and members use Mighty-branded apps. If you want an app carrying your own name, Mighty reserves that for Mighty Pro, which is custom-priced.

Where it beats Skool for a phone-first group

The appeal for a Skool switcher is scale and events. Launch includes 3 hosts, 10 moderators, 200 GB storage and 20 hours a month of livestreaming for up to 100 attendees. Scale lifts that to 5 hosts, 30 hours and 200 attendees. For a coach whose members mostly show up for live sessions and replays on their phone, that is a real step up from a basic group calendar.

Price as listed

Launch is $95/mo ($79/mo annual) and Scale is $215/mo ($179/mo annual). Growth is listed at $354/mo on annual billing. Mighty adds a platform fee on sales of 2% on Launch, 1% on Scale and 0.5% on Growth and Mighty Pro, plus Stripe processing. There is a 14-day trial with no card required, and trials include Growth features. Trustpilot showed 3.3 from 219 reviews on 2026-10-25.

Limits for coaches

Mighty's vendor notes list no 1:1 scheduling, invoicing or contracts, and no per-client habits, check-ins or private coaching plans. That means a coach running private clients alongside the community would still need a booking tool, a payments setup for invoices and somewhere to keep client notes. The app is built for members of a network, so the "my week with my coach" view does not exist as such.

Pick it over Coachful if your business is a large paid community where livestreams and member-to-member activity are the product, and private coaching is rare or handled elsewhere.

3. Circle: strong community software, branded app at the top tier

Circle is community software with courses, events, live streams and paid memberships. For coaches, the relevant mobile detail is that Circle's pricing puts branded mobile apps on Circle Plus only, which is custom-priced. Our Skool vs Circle comparison covers the community side in more depth.

The Skool comparison in practice

Circle gives you more structure than a single Skool group: spaces, multiple admins and moderators, and room to separate a free audience from paying members. Professional includes 3 admins and 10 moderators; Business includes 5 admins and 15 moderators. Both include 2,500 AI credits a month. A coach running two or three cohorts plus an alumni space tends to find this layout easier to manage than one long Skool feed.

What it costs

Circle lists Professional at $89/mo, Business at $199/mo and Scale at $419/mo, all on annual billing; monthly prices were not shown. On payments, Circle takes 2% on Professional, 1% on Business and Scale, and 0.5% on Circle Plus, plus Stripe processing. The 14-day trial needs no card. Trustpilot showed 4.1 from 129 reviews on 2026-10-25.

Where coaches hit the edges

Circle's vendor notes list no 1:1 scheduling, no client management back office, and no per-client habits, check-ins or coaching plans. So the phone experience is excellent for discussion and events but does not carry your private coaching work. If a branded app is the reason you are leaving Skool, check what Circle Plus costs for you before planning around it.

Pick it over Coachful if your offer is mainly a membership community with several spaces and moderators, you do little 1:1 work, and you would rather pay for a dedicated community tool than a full coaching stack.

4. Kajabi: courses and funnels, with a branded app product

Kajabi is a course, community, website, funnel and email platform for selling knowledge products. Its site lists a "Branded Mobile App" product (seen on kajabi.com on 2026-10-30); we could not verify which plans include it or whether it costs extra, so confirm that with Kajabi before buying for the app alone.

Why Skool coaches consider it

Kajabi fills the gaps Skool leaves on the marketing side: a website, funnels and email in one account. A coach who outgrew Skool because there was no way to capture leads, run a launch sequence and sell a course from a sales page will find all of that here. Coaching is structured as products and communities, which suits a coach selling a signature course with a group around it.

Listed pricing

Basic is $179/mo ($143/mo annual) with 5 products, 2,500 contacts, 1 community and 0 AI credits. Growth is $249/mo ($199/mo annual) with 50 products and 25,000 contacts. Pro is $499/mo ($399/mo annual). Kajabi Payments in the US is 2.9% + $0.30 on Basic, 2.8% on Growth, 2.7% on Pro; using another provider (excluding PayPal) adds a Kajabi fee of 0.5% to 2% depending on plan. The standard trial is 14 days. Trustpilot showed 3.4 from 2,347 reviews on 2026-10-25.

The trade-offs

Kajabi's vendor notes list no habit tracking or daily client check-ins, and coaching does not run as per-client plans. The entry plan caps you at 5 products and 2,500 contacts. For a Skool switcher, the cost jump is also large: Kajabi Basic is roughly twice Skool Pro before any app question is settled.

Pick it over Coachful if you mainly sell courses through launches and funnels, want Kajabi's marketing tools specifically, and your coaching is delivered as a product rather than a daily program with check-ins.

5. WithMe: a creator app with message-based 1:1 coaching

WithMe, run by FitWith LTD, is a creator platform for courses, memberships, communities, digital products, email and Instagram comment-to-DM. Clients use the WithMe-branded iOS and Android app; a custom-branded app is a paid extra.

The coaching model it supports

WithMe has two coaching product types worth separating. Coaching Call products book sessions through Google Calendar, Google Meet or Zoom, and clients pay before choosing a time. 1:1 Coaching products are ongoing coaching by messages, goals and resources, with no call booking attached. For a coach whose work is mostly async ("send me your week, I'll reply"), that second format fits the phone well.

Price, with a caveat

WithMe has one plan, the All-in-One Creator Hub. Its pricing page shows $29/mo ($25/mo on annual, $300 a year), but its help center says new trials since 2026-08-11 are $49/mo, so check the price at sign-up. The trial is 14 days and needs a card. WithMe takes 0% commission; you pay Stripe fees only, and PayPal works through Stripe. Trustpilot showed 3.8 from just 2 reviews on 2026-10-29, which is too few to read much into.

Gaps to know about

Extra people get admin logins, but there is no per-seat pricing or multi-coach tooling, so a coach planning to add an associate coach will hit a ceiling. Calls and message coaching are separate products, so a single client journey that combines booked sessions, daily habits and check-ins takes some arranging.

Pick it over Coachful if you are a solo creator-coach who coaches mostly by message, sells to an Instagram audience, and wants a low single-plan price for an app your followers can download today.

6. Teachable: course apps for students, coaching on the side

Teachable is a course and digital-product platform with student mobile apps. For a Skool coach whose classroom was the main draw, it is a straightforward place to host courses that students take on their phones.

Fit for a course-led coaching offer

Teachable suits coaches who sell a self-paced course and add a few calls. Starter allows 5 products with 1 admin; Builder allows 10; Growth allows 50 with 5 admins. Students are listed as unlimited, with up to 1TB of video. The student app is for consuming the course, which is the experience most course buyers expect.

Cost as published

Starter is $39/mo ($29/mo annual) and carries a 7.5% transaction fee. Builder is $89/mo ($69/mo annual) and Growth $189/mo ($139/mo annual), both with 0% platform fee. Teachable Payments processing is 2.9% + 30¢ for US cards and 3.9% + 30¢ international. The plan cards show a 7-day trial plus a 30-day guarantee. Trustpilot showed 3.3 from 1,110 reviews on 2026-10-25.

What a coach still needs

Teachable's vendor notes list no native scheduling or calendar sync (coaching calls rely on tools like Calendly and Zoom), and no client habits, daily check-ins or per-client plans. On Starter, the 7.5% fee is higher than Skool Pro's percentage. A coach who wants accountability on the phone, rather than lessons, will be adding tools.

Pick it over Coachful if your business is mainly self-paced courses with occasional calls booked elsewhere, and a student app for lessons is all the mobile experience you need.

7. Thinkific: a course academy with a paid branded app

Thinkific is a course platform with communities, memberships and coaching or webinar products. Its branded mobile app is an add-on at $199/mo on top of the plan.

Why it lands on a mobile shortlist

Thinkific is one of the few tools here with a published price for a branded app, which makes budgeting honest. A coach running an academy with thousands of students, several courses and a community attached gets a clear picture: Start includes 10,000 current students, 2 admins and 1 community with 10 spaces; Grow lifts that to 6 admins and 3 communities.

Numbers from the pricing page

Start is $109/mo ($82/mo annual), Grow $219/mo ($164/mo annual) and Expand $499/mo ($374/mo annual). Prices rose about 10% on Aug 13, 2026. Thinkific charges 0% transaction fee when you use Thinkific Payments, at a rate described as in line with other processors at 2.9%; third-party gateways carry an extra fee not listed on the page. There is a 30-day trial on self-serve plans. Trustpilot showed 1.8 from 868 reviews on 2026-10-25. The pricing screenshot shows euros for visitors in Europe.

The coaching gaps

Thinkific's vendor notes list no built-in 1:1 scheduling (coaching relies on external booking links) and no client habits, daily check-ins or per-client plans. Add the app and Start costs $308/mo before payments, which is more than three times Skool Pro.

Pick it over Coachful if you run a large course academy, need a branded course app with a published price, and your coaching is a small add-on to the courses.

8. LearnWorlds: a structured school with an app add-on

LearnWorlds is a course and LMS platform with a website builder, funnels, SCORM and interactive video. Its branded mobile app is a separately priced add-on; the price was not printed in our vendor notes, so request it before you plan around it.

The angle for a Skool switcher

LearnWorlds is the pick for coaches whose classroom has turned into a proper school: certificates, interactive video, assessments, SCORM packages for corporate clients. Pro Trainer includes 5 admins, 2,000 active learners a month, 20 SCORM packages, 15 page funnels and 2,000 mass emails a month. Learning Center adds up to 10 client groups, useful if you sell training to companies.

Listed prices and fees

Starter is $29/mo ($24/mo annual), with 1,000 active learners a month and a $5 fee per paid enrollment. Pro Trainer is $99/mo ($79/mo annual) and Learning Center $299/mo ($249/mo annual), with no LearnWorlds fee on sales; Stripe or PayPal fees of 2.9% + $0.30 apply. The trial is 30 days, and LearnWorlds says no card is required. Trustpilot showed 4.8 from 423 reviews on 2026-10-25. The pricing page above shows euros.

Watch-outs

Active-learner caps apply per month on self-serve plans, so a busy launch month can push you up a tier. The vendor notes describe LearnWorlds as not built for 1:1 client management, habits or check-ins. The app question is open until you get a quote.

Pick it over Coachful if you sell structured training with assessments or SCORM to companies, and a learning app matters more than daily coaching touchpoints.

9. Patreon: a membership app your audience may already have

Patreon is a membership and content platform with posts, video hosting, Collections, community chats, polls and direct messages. Members use Patreon's app, and creators can live stream to members from a webcam, the mobile app or streaming software such as Zoom, with chat and replays.

When Patreon makes sense for a coach

Patreon fits a coach who is really a content creator: weekly videos, audio lessons, a members-only chat, and an audience that already has the Patreon app. There is no dedicated course builder, but Collections can be sold as one-time purchases. Creators on subscription billing can offer a 7-day free trial on any tier (not available through iOS in-app purchases).

The fee model

There is no subscription. The Standard plan for pages published after Aug 4, 2025 takes a 10% platform fee on processed payments, plus processing (2.9% + $0.30 for US card payouts), 2.5% currency conversion when members pay in another currency, and payout fees. That compares with Skool Hobby's 10% + 30¢, so the economics are similar to Skool's cheapest plan. Trustpilot showed 1.2 from 958 reviews on 2026-10-30.

What is missing for coaching

Lives are one-to-many broadcasts, not booked one-to-one calls. Patreon's vendor notes list no scheduling or booking, intake forms or client notes. Your members also live inside Patreon's brand and app alongside every other creator they support, which is the same issue many coaches have with Skool.

Pick it over Coachful if you publish content to a paying audience, coaching is informal, and you would rather pay a percentage of revenue than any monthly fee.

10. Discord: free chat with a mobile app, and little else

Discord is a free chat platform with text, voice, video, forum and stage channels, roles that gate channels, and scheduled events. Members use the Discord app, and every member needs a Discord account.

How coaches use it

Some coaches run an accountability server: a channel per cohort, a weekly voice call, a wins channel, roles that unlock channels for paying clients. Group video in a voice channel shows up to 25 cameras, and Go Live screen share reaches 50. For bigger sessions, Stage channels hold up to 10k listeners. Scheduled events in a voice channel are capped at 99 participants.

Price and payment rules

A server is free. Paid access through Server Subscriptions is free to enable, but only for US-based owners with a US bank account, and it allows 1 to 3 monthly tiers. On desktop and browser purchases, Discord takes a 6% payment processing fee plus transaction fees, then a 10% platform fee on the remainder. Trustpilot showed 1.4 from 456 reviews on 2026-10-30.

Why it ranks last here

Discord has no course builder, client records, intake forms, booking, email or sales pages built in. A coach using it still needs every other tool, and outside the US you cannot charge through Discord at all. It is a good free chat layer and a weak business system.

Pick it over Coachful if your audience already lives on Discord, you need only a no-cost chat and voice space, and you handle sales, booking and courses with other tools.

How do the features compare side by side?

The matrix below focuses on what a client can do inside each app between sessions, plus the back-office pieces Skool switchers ask about most.

"Not in our notes" means the vendor information we checked did not cover it, not that the feature is absent. Ask the vendor if it matters to you.

What does each option cost at 5, 15 and 40 clients?

Most community and course tools do not price by client count, so their figures below are the list price of the plan that fits a coach at that size, before payment processing and platform fees. Treat the plan choice as an example; your contact counts, products and admins may push you up a tier.

Skool's 5-client column assumes Hobby; a coach who wants the lower percentage fee would pick Pro at any size. Also remember what is not in these figures: for most tools in the list, a booking tool, an e-signature tool and an email platform are separate purchases. Our article on Skool alternatives that cost less adds those up in more detail, and Skool alternatives with more payment options covers processor choice.

How would you set up a mobile-first coaching program in Coachful?

Here is a worked example for a coach moving a 12-week group program off Skool, with clients who should open the app every day. Adjust the names and timing to your own offer.

1. Ask for the build. From Create, open "We'll build it for you · FREE" and describe the program: 12 weeks, one group call a week, a daily habit, a Monday goal and a Friday reflection. Attach your Skool classroom outline and your logo. The team builds it in your account, usually within about 24 hours.
2. Move your members across. Export your Skool member list (Skool exports name, email, join date and membership answers to CSV; posts, DMs and course progress are not exportable). Clients, programs and content are imported for you during onboarding.
3. Set the daily rhythm. Pick the Morning Check-in and Evening Check-in flows from the coaching flows library and edit the questions to match your method. Add one or two habits per week, not ten.
4. Link goals to tasks. Give each client a 12-week goal with a progress bar, and link the week's tasks and habits to it so the Daily momentum section shows what matters today.
5. Turn on the cohort group. Enrolling clients in the program creates the cohort group automatically, so the feed and group chat your Skool members liked carry over.
6. Add booking for 1:1 calls. Set availability, buffers and minimum notice, connect Google, Apple or Outlook calendar, and add intake questions. Enable SMS and WhatsApp reminders if your clients prefer them.
7. Send the agreement and payment. Attach your coaching agreement for e-signature before the first call, and connect Stripe or Razorpay for a payment plan or subscription.
8. Tell clients to download the app. Send one email with the download step and what to do on day one: open the app, answer the first check-in, book the kickoff call.
9. Watch status in week two. On the client list, look for anyone marked quiet or at risk and message them directly, before the silence turns into a refund request.

If your program includes training or nutrition, the Fitness & Nutrition pack adds a workout builder with illustrated exercises, workout logging, macro targets and private progress photos to the same app. Coaching is not medical care; clients with injuries, medical conditions or disordered eating should get clearance from a doctor, and clinical records belong in a clinical system. More niche guides: Skool alternatives for fitness coaches and group coaching software.

What mistakes do coaches make when picking an app?

The common mistakes come from judging the app by its store listing instead of by a client's actual week.

• Paying for a branded app before checking what it does. A custom icon on a course app is still a course app. Check whether habits, check-ins and booking are inside it.
• Ignoring percentage fees. Patreon, Discord, Mighty, Circle and Teachable Starter all take a share of sales. At higher revenue, a fee can cost more than the plan.
• Forgetting the members' side of the move. Skool does not export posts, DMs or course progress. Tell members what will and will not carry over, and repost key resources in the new app.
• Splitting the client across three apps. A community app, a booking link and a separate habit tracker means three logins and lower follow-through. One app with fewer features often beats three with more.
• Assuming an app in your own store account is required. For most coaches, your branding inside a shared app gives clients the same experience with none of the store review work. Our guide on white-label app formats explains when your own listing is worth it.
• Losing discovery without a plan. Leaving Skool means leaving its discovery. Have a website, a lead magnet or an Instagram keyword flow ready before you switch.

Which Skool alternative with a mobile app should you choose?

Choose Coachful if your clients need to do coaching work on their phones between sessions: habits, check-ins, goals, booking, payments and the group, in one app with your branding. It is the only tool here where the app is organised around a client's program rather than a feed or a course list, and the free white-glove build gets the first version set up for you.

Choose Mighty Networks or Circle if your business is mostly community and you rarely run private clients. Choose Kajabi, Teachable, Thinkific or LearnWorlds if courses are the product and coaching is an add-on. Choose WithMe for low-cost message coaching to a social audience, Patreon for content memberships, and Discord if you need free chat and will build everything else around it. For 1:1-heavy practices, our list of Skool alternatives with 1:1 coaching goes deeper, and Skool alternatives with a website covers the marketing side.

Frequently asked questions

Does Skool have a mobile app?

Skool runs your group inside its own product, under Skool's name, next to every other group a member has joined. Our article on the Skool app covers what its mobile experience includes. Skool's feature set does not add habits, check-ins or 1:1 booking for coaching clients.

Which Skool alternative gives clients an app with my branding?

Coachful gives clients your branding inside the Coachful app, included in your Coachful membership. Mighty Networks offers its own branded apps on Mighty Pro, Circle on Circle Plus, and Thinkific and LearnWorlds sell a branded app as an add-on. Kajabi lists a branded app product, but we could not verify its plan terms.

Can I publish the Coachful app under my own App Store account?

No. The client app ships under the Coachful listing with your branding, not under your own App Store or Google Play account. For most coaches that is the simpler route, since clients get your space without you managing store reviews.

Can clients track habits and check-ins on their phone in Coachful?

Yes. Programs include weekly goals, daily tasks, habits, morning and evening check-ins, goals with progress bars and streaks, all in the client app. The answers appear on the client record so you see them before your next session.

What is Coachful's free white-glove service?

From Create, "We'll build it for you · FREE" lets you request a website, program, funnel, course outline, coaching flow, email sequence or similar, with up to 8 reference links and 10 files. The Coachful team builds it in your account, usually within about 24 hours, and leaves gaps such as prices for you to fill. It does not include recording videos, logo design or ad management.

Can I keep my Skool community feed if I move?

The feel of it, yes; the posts themselves, no. Skool exports members to CSV but not posts, DMs or course progress. In Coachful, a community feed, group chat and cohort groups created on enrollment give your members a familiar space.

Which option has the lowest fees on sales?

Coachful charges a 0% platform fee, so you pay only Stripe or Razorpay processing. WithMe also takes 0% commission. Patreon (10%), Discord (6% plus 10%) and Skool Hobby (10% + 30¢) take the largest shares among the tools here.

Is Coachful suitable for health or fitness coaches with medical clients?

Coachful is not HIPAA-certified and offers no BAA, so clinical records and insurance billing belong in a clinical system. For coaching that stays within scope, the Fitness & Nutrition pack covers workouts, nutrition targets, progress photos and weekly check-ins. Refer clients to a doctor when health issues go beyond coaching.

Can I try Coachful before paying?

Yes, a free trial exists, and monthly plans cancel in one click. There is no permanent no-cost plan. Plans are flat monthly, with lower plans capping client numbers and Pro unlimited.

How do I start?

Start the free trial, then request the white-glove build for your program or website so the first version is ready for your clients. Clients, programs and content are imported for you during onboarding. Plans are listed on the plans page.