Is there a Skool app for Windows or Mac?

No official one. Skool runs as a website on every desktop browser. You can install it as a Progressive Web App via Chrome (Install Skool from the address bar menu) and it'll feel like a native app on your taskbar. Avoid third-party Electron wrappers.

Why doesn't my Skool app send push notifications?

On Android, check Settings → Apps → Skool → Battery and set to Unrestricted. Aggressive battery savers like MIUI / Samsung's One UI kill background processes. On iOS, check Settings → Notifications → Skool. If notifications are on at the system level, log out and log back in — the push token sometimes desyncs.

Can I have multiple Skool accounts on the same app?

Officially, no — one logged-in account at a time. The web has the same limit. If you run multiple communities under different identities, log in/out or use a separate browser profile (or, on mobile, a second device).

Does the Skool app work offline?

Lightly. Already-loaded feeds and lessons are cached and viewable offline. New posts, DMs, and course progress require a connection. Don't expect the offline experience of a Notion or Obsidian — Skool is web-first.

Is the Skool app safe?

The official iOS / Android apps from publisher Skool, Inc. are safe — they go through standard App Store / Play Store review. The desktop wrappers and APK side-loads from third-party sites are not safe; they can capture your login. If it's not in an official store, don't install it.

Why is the Skool app missing features I see on the web?

Owner-side admin features (member approvals, settings, integrations, affiliate setup) are web-only by design. The mobile app is built for members and for owners doing day-to-day engagement. Heavy admin work is meant to happen on desktop.

Skool.com App: iOS, Android, Desktop — What's Real

On this page

What the app actually is
Mobile apps in detail
Desktop and the wrapper problem
What works where
Power-user tools
FAQ

What the Skool.com app actually is

Skool runs as a web app at skool.com. That's the canonical product. The mobile apps for iOS and Android are thin native shells around the same web product, with native push notifications and slightly nicer touch handling.

This is by design. Skool's small team (~30 people) doesn't have the headcount to maintain three separate codebases (web + iOS + Android + theoretical desktop). They picked web-first and let the mobile apps be wrappers. It's a sensible decision — the cost is feature parity sometimes lagging on mobile, the benefit is fast iteration on the web product.

If you came here looking for Skool desktop app for Windows / Mac: there isn't an official one. There are unofficial wrappers, mostly built with Electron or similar, that just point to skool.com. They aren't endorsed by Skool. Most just use the website in Chrome — pin the tab and you have 95% of what a desktop app would give you.

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The mobile apps — what's real

Both apps are listed under publisher Skool, Inc. That's the official one — be careful of imitations.

iOS (App Store): "Skool — Communities & Courses". Free download. Requires iOS 14+ realistically. Push notifications, biometric login, native video player for course lessons, decent offline state for already-loaded content.

Android (Play Store): same publisher, same name. Material Design wrapper. Push notifications work but are sometimes flakier than iOS due to Android's aggressive battery management — if you don't see notifications, whitelist the Skool app in your phone's battery settings.

What's better on mobile than web: push notifications (the only way to get real-time pings), biometric login, swipe gestures in the feed, easier video consumption.

What's worse on mobile than web: the Classroom (course player) is more cramped, owner-side admin controls are limited, no DM Blast or bulk member actions, smaller screen makes the Calendar painful to use.

Most owners use mobile to monitor and engage, and use desktop web to do the actual work.

Desktop — and the unofficial wrapper problem

There is no official Skool desktop app for Windows or Mac. If you Google Skool app for PC you'll find a few results:

BlueStacks / NoxPlayer / Android emulators: technically work, run the Android app on a PC, but feel terrible and burn CPU.
Electron wrappers from third parties: shells around skool.com. They work but you're routing your Skool login through code from someone you don't know. Don't.
PWA install via Chrome: hit Ctrl+Shift+I → Install Skool from skool.com in Chrome and you get a desktop-app-feel install. This is the legitimate path.

For 99% of users, the right move is: open skool.com in Chrome, pin the tab, optionally install as a PWA. You get every feature, native browser performance, and zero risk.

What works where — the parity table

Quick reference for owners deciding which surface to use for which job:

Posting and replying: works everywhere, web has the best editor
Watching course lessons: web > iOS > Android, mostly because of screen size
Live calls / events: web is where you'd run them; mobile is fine for joining
DMs: solid on all three, mobile gets the push notifications
Member admin / approvals: web only really
Editing community settings: web only
Stripe payment management: web only (Stripe redirects)
Affiliate links: web only to set up
Notifications: mobile (push) or web (browser tab)

Power-user tools — extending the Skool app

If you run a Skool community and live in the inbox, the Skool web app's native DM tooling will start to feel slow at 50+ members. There are no slash commands, no canned responses, no scheduled DMs, no cancellation triggers.

tools4skool is a Chrome extension that injects directly into skool.com on desktop. Because it piggybacks the page you're already logged into, there's no separate login, no API token, no password stored anywhere. What it adds:

Slash commands in the inbox — type /welcome and the canned welcome reply expands
Scheduled posts with a Post Now button to skip the queue
Auto DM sequences that trigger on multi-condition events (new member, cancellation, tag added)
Churn Saver: a recovery DM fires within 60 seconds of someone canceling
Comment Miner: extracts leads from a post's comments

Free forever plan: 1 sequence, 20 DMs/day, 1 account. Mobile users still benefit because the sequences run from the dashboard once configured. Paid plans from $29/month.

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Frequently asked

Yes. The mobile app is a free download. What costs money is creating a community ($99/month for owners after the 14-day trial) or joining a paid community (whatever the owner sets, typically $19–$497/month). The app itself never costs anything.