An education app development company for course companion apps.
An education app gives your learners lessons, practice and progress tracking on their phone, so they keep going between sessions. As an education app development company, our main offer is a course companion: one course or programme, built into a focused app for coaches, course creators and training teams who already have the material. Every project starts with a written scope and quote, and the education app cost guide explains what changes it.
Built for
- Course creators turning a course into a mobile companion
- Coaches who set practice between sessions
- Language and music teachers with daily exercises
- Companies onboarding staff with short lessons and quizzes
- Exam prep providers with question banks
- Pricing
- Written quote after scope
- Platforms
- iOS and Android
- Best fit
- One course or programme
- You own
- Files and original assets
A learner works through a daily practice session
- 1The learner signs in and sees today's lesson on their course path.
- 2They watch a short video or read the lesson, then answer a few practice questions.
- 3The app marks answers, explains mistakes and schedules weak questions to come back later.
- 4Progress and streaks update, and a reminder is set for the next day.
- 5The coach or admin sees which learners are stuck and which lessons lose people.
What a sensible first version includes
- Sign-in and learner profile. Account, enrolled course and progress.
- Course path. Modules and lessons in order, with locked and completed states.
- Lesson player. Text, images, audio or video lessons.
- Quizzes and practice. Multiple choice and simple input questions with feedback.
- Progress tracking. Completion, scores and streaks.
- Reminders. Push notifications for practice.
- Content admin. Add and edit lessons and questions without a developer.
Integrations
- Payments or in-app purchase
- Selling digital lessons inside the app usually falls under the stores' in-app purchase rules.
- Existing course platform
- Signing in with existing course accounts depends on that platform's API.
- Video hosting
- Lesson videos stream from a video host with access control, which has its own fees.
- Email tool
- Send learner progress or sign-ups to your mailing list.
Costs after launch
- Hosting, database and content storage
- Apple Developer Program, 99 USD a year, and a Google Play developer account, 25 USD once (both in your name)
- Store commission on in-app purchases and subscriptions
- Video hosting subscription if you use video lessons
- Maintenance and content updates, agreed separately
Enterprise LMS and school-district projects
Our offer is a bounded course companion: one course or programme, the learner flows above and a content admin. Enterprise learning platforms and school-district projects usually need single sign-on, privacy and accessibility compliance, roster or student information system integrations and procurement reviews. Those need a discovery phase before we can quote, and some are a better fit for an established LMS. Tell us about them in the app quote form and we will say plainly whether we fit.
What changes the quote
Every app gets a written scope with assumptions before any price.
- Question and exercise types
- Multiple choice is simple; audio, drawing or graded free text add work.
- Content volume and admin
- A content admin for many lessons costs more than a fixed set.
- Payments
- In-app purchase, subscriptions or access codes change the flow.
- Learner data
- Children's data or school use needs extra privacy care and review.
- Teacher or coach view
- Class lists, assignments and reporting add a second role.
When to buy existing software instead
If you mostly need to sell and host video lessons, a course platform with its own app will be cheaper and has payments built in. Schools needing timetables, grading, parent portals and student records are better served by a school management system; that is a broad product we are not the right fit for. A custom app makes sense when practice, feedback or progress works in a way a course platform cannot show. The course app vs web guide helps with the choice.
What you own
After full payment, you receive the project files and the original assets created for your app. Third-party services, SDKs, fonts and licensed assets remain subject to their own license terms, and accounts like your developer, hosting and payment accounts stay in your name.
Before you commission: education apps
- Guide · 8 minEducation app development cost for a course companionWhat drives education app development cost: adult course companions versus school systems, accounts, payments, content admin and children's data rules.Read more
- Guide · 4 minCourse app vs mobile website: which fits the learner?Course app vs mobile website compared on offline lessons, progress, reminders and content operations, with a real lesson flow to test your own course against.Read more
- Guide · 4 minEducation app MVP features: a first-release checklistEducation app MVP features for a first release: lessons, quizzes, progress and authoring, plus who gets access and who owns the course content.Read more
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Education apps: FAQ
Can the app be used by children?
It can, but children's data needs extra care with consent, privacy disclosures and store family policies, and we scope that work explicitly.
Can we sell the course inside the app?
Yes, usually through Apple and Google in-app purchase, which takes a store commission; we explain the options during discovery.
Do you build systems for whole schools?
Usually not. Broad school systems with grading, timetables and parent portals are better served by existing school software.
Can I update lessons myself?
Yes. Version one includes a content admin so you can add and edit lessons and questions.
How do I start?
Send a short brief or the full questionnaire through the app quote form and you receive a written scope and quote.
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Tell us the workflow. Get a written scope.
About four minutes. Assumptions, timeline and quote come back in writing.