How to Create an Educational App: A Step-by-Step Guide

To create an educational app, you decide who it is for and what they should learn, turn your material into lessons in video, audio and text, choose how learners get access, and publish the app to the App Store and Google Play. You can hire developers to build it from scratch, or build it yourself with a no-code platform like Audiorista, which lets educators, course creators and training companies launch a branded learning app without writing code. This guide takes you through both routes, the features learners expect, and the steps to launch.

Why create your own educational app?

Learners study on their phones, in short sessions, on the bus or between meetings. A dedicated app puts your courses on their home screen under your name, instead of in a browser tab or on a course marketplace next to everyone else's. You decide the price, you own the relationship with your learners, and you can remind them to keep going with push notifications.

Two ways to build an educational app

If your idea is a game-like app with exercises that react to each answer, you will most likely need custom development. If your app is about delivering courses and lessons, a no-code platform is the fastest and cheapest route.

Features an educational app needs

• Courses and modules that take learners through lessons in order.
• Video, audio and text, so learners can watch, listen on the go, or read.
• Listening history and favorites, so learners can find lessons they have played and save the ones they want to return to.
• Free and paid content: a free first lesson, the rest for paying learners.
• Payments: subscriptions and single courses, in the app on iOS and Android and on the web.
• Access for groups: give a class, a school or a company team access at once.
• Push notifications that remind learners to keep going.
• Your own brand: your name, logo and colors in the App Store and Google Play.
• Analytics on which lessons learners finish.

How to create an educational app with Audiorista, step by step

1. Define your learners and goals. Who the app is for and what they should be able to do after each course.
2. Plan your courses. Break each course into short modules and lessons that work on a phone.
3. Record and upload your lessons as video, audio and text, and organize them into courses in the dashboard.
4. Design your app with your logo, colors and app icon.
5. Set up access: subscriptions, single courses, free lessons, or access for a class or team you invite by email.
6. Preview it on your phone before anyone else sees it.
7. Publish to the App Store and Google Play.
8. Keep learners going with push notifications and new lessons, and use analytics to improve courses.

See how educators use Audiorista.

What it costs to create an educational app

With custom development you pay developers, designers and testers for the first version, then for every update and new operating system version. A no-code platform replaces that with a monthly subscription, and you add lessons yourself. If you sell inside the app, Apple and Google take a fee on each purchase, so include that when you set your prices.

Ideas for educational apps

• Course creators who want their courses in their own app.
• Language teachers with audio lessons for practice on the go. See our language learning app page.
• Training companies that give employees short lessons to take anywhere.
• Coaches who package programs into modules. Read how to create an online coaching app.
• Educational publishers with books and audiobooks. See the ebook store app builder.

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FAQ

How do I create an educational app?

Define your learners and goals, plan your courses, record your lessons, upload them to a no-code platform like Audiorista, design the app, set up access and publish to the App Store and Google Play.

Can I make an educational app without coding?

Yes. With a no-code app builder you upload lessons, design the app and publish it from a dashboard. Apps built around games or adaptive exercises usually need custom development.

How much does it cost to develop an educational app?

Custom development is the most expensive option, with costs for the first version and every update. A no-code platform costs a monthly subscription instead.

How do educational apps make money?

Through subscriptions, single courses, free lessons that lead to paid courses, and deals that give a school or company access for a group of learners.

Ready to create your own educational app? Start building with Audiorista.

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