How to log into the Skool app

TL;DR

Open the Skool app or go to skool.com, tap Log In, choose either Continue with Google or email + password, and you're in. The mobile apps are wrappers around the same web account, so anything that works on one works on all three. If login fails, 90% of the time the cause is one of three things: you signed up with Google but tried email-and-password (or vice versa), your phone is autofilling an old password, or you have two accounts under different emails. Reset the password from the email you actually signed up with, log in once on the web, then re-open the mobile app — that sequence fixes almost everything.

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Logging in on iOS

Install Skool from the App Store (search "Skool" — the icon is a yellow circle with a white S). Open it, tap Log In on the splash screen, and you'll see two options: Continue with Google and Continue with Email. If you originally signed up with Google, use Google — it'll show your Google account picker. If you signed up with email, type the email you used and your password. The app remembers the session, so you only do this once unless you log out or reinstall. After login, communities you've joined appear in the left rail; tap any one to enter. Push notifications need a separate permission prompt — accept it if you want DMs and post replies to ping your phone. If the app loads to a blank screen after login, force-quit and reopen; that clears a known WebView state bug. iOS doesn't currently support biometric auto-login for Skool, so Face ID won't fire — your iCloud Keychain password manager will autofill instead.

1. 1
   Open Skool

   Launch the Skool iOS app, Android app, or go to skool.com on any browser.

2. 2
   Tap Log In

   On the splash screen or top-right of the website, click Log In.

3. 3
   Choose your method

   Pick Continue with Google if you signed up with Google, otherwise enter your email and password.

4. 4
   Authenticate

   Approve the Google prompt or type your password. Skool will redirect you to your communities.

5. 5
   Allow notifications

   On mobile, accept the notification permission prompt so DMs and replies push to your phone.

6. 6
   Verify your community list

   If a community is missing, you may have logged in under a second email — check by signing out and trying the alternate.

Logging in on Android

The Android flow mirrors iOS. Install Skool from Google Play, open the app, tap Log In, then pick Continue with Google or Continue with Email. Google sign-in is one tap if you're already signed into the Google account you registered with. Email sign-in needs you to type your address and password manually. After your first login, the session persists across reboots and app updates. Communities you've joined load on the left rail. Notifications require allowing the system permission — Android 13+ shows a separate prompt the first time. If the app force-closes during login, the cause is usually a Play Services version mismatch; update Google Play Services from the Play Store, restart the phone, and retry. The Android app is a wrapper around skool.com just like iOS, so if web login works in your phone's Chrome, the app login will work too.

Logging in on the web

Go to skool.com and click Log In top-right (or visit skool.com/login directly). Same two choices: Google or email. The web is the most reliable surface — every feature works there, no app-store update lag, no WebView quirks. If you're an owner managing a paid community, do most of your admin work on the web; the dashboards and member CSV export render better on a real screen. Cookies are session-based; clearing site data signs you out. If you use a password manager, save the email-and-password version even if you normally sign in with Google — when Google has an outage (it happens once or twice a year) you'll want the fallback. tools4skool runs as a Chrome extension that uses your existing skool.com web session, so once you're logged in on Chrome you don't enter credentials anywhere else.

When login keeps failing

Run this in order. First, confirm which method you originally used — Google or email. The dead giveaway: if Skool says "no account found" but you know you have one, you probably signed up with the other method. Try the alternate. Second, reset your password using the Forgot Password flow on the web; the email arrives within two minutes. Third, clear cookies for skool.com (or reinstall the mobile app), then log in fresh. Fourth, check whether you have two accounts under two emails — common if you used a personal Gmail to join one community and a work email to join another. Skool doesn't merge accounts, so you'll need to pick which one is canonical. If none of that works, contact skool.com/help with your account email and the community URL you're trying to reach. Owners: if your members are reporting login failures in bulk, check Skool's status page and X account first — platform-wide outages happen occasionally and clear within an hour.

Owners: what to tell members who can't get in

Pin a 30-second loom in your Help category showing the exact login flow with the Google button highlighted. Half of "can't log in" tickets are members who don't realize they signed up with Google. The other half are members on iOS whose autofill is wrong. Give them the three-step fix above and you'll deflect most of the volume. tools4skool's Welcome DM sequence can include a screenshot of the login screen as the first image DM — image DMs land harder than text and reduce "how do I get back in" chats.