Starter
₹0
Free forever
Go live today, on your own.
The foundation
5% platform fee, only on sales
- Website on your own domain
- Self-serve setup from the dashboard
- Courses, live classes, tests & UPI checkout
- Hosting, SSL & updates included
You don't need a developer, an agency, or ₹2 lakh in the bank to launch a branded coaching app in India. You need a logo, a name, and 5 minutes. Here's exactly how to go from zero to your own Android app on Play Store — with your brand, your students, your revenue.
TL;DR
Sign up on Igniter (free). Upload your logo — our AI extracts your brand palette instantly. Pick a template. Your branded Android APK is generated and live on Play Store within 24 hours. Add courses, set prices, start selling. free website to launch, app ₹9,999 once, 5% only when a student actually pays.
Why now
In 2026, running a coaching institute in India without a branded mobile app is leaving serious money on the table. Three structural shifts have made this non-negotiable:
Parents install your app first, visit your website second. Since 2024, over 78% of first-time coaching-institute discovery in India happens on Google Play Store, not on Google Search. Parents search "[exam name] coaching in [city]" on Play Store directly. If you're not there, you don't exist to that segment.
Recurring notifications are the new WhatsApp. Push notifications from your branded app have a 38% open rate in India versus 12% for WhatsApp broadcasts. When you need to announce a new batch, send a doubt-resolution reminder, or push a limited-time discount, your own app is the only channel that reliably reaches students without WhatsApp's broadcast throttling.
Piracy is killing margins on shared platforms. YouTube unlisted links, Google Drive leaks, and Telegram piracy cost coaching institutes an estimated 30–45% of potential video-lecture revenue. A DRM-protected branded app with encrypted playback is the only way to stop this.
Owning your own coaching app isn't about looking fancy. It's about installs, notification open rates, and piracy protection — three things that directly affect your top line.
The method
This is the exact process thousands of Indian coaching owners have used on Igniter. Total time: 5 minutes to generate the app, about 2–4 hours to populate your first courses, 24 hours for Play Store to approve.
Step 1 — Sign up (10 seconds). Go to igniterapp.com, click Sign Up with Google or email. No credit card. You're in.
Step 2 — Upload your logo (20 seconds). Drop your PNG or JPG. Our AI scans it and extracts your primary brand color, secondary accent, and suggested text colors automatically. You can override any of them, but 95% of users keep the AI palette.
Step 3 — Pick a template (20 seconds). Swipe through 110+ app templates in different vibes — minimalist, bold, dark mode, playful. Every template is production-ready; none are mockups.
Step 4 — Generate APK (10 seconds). Click Launch. Our builder server compiles a native Android APK under your brand name. You get a download link immediately for internal testing, and we push to Play Console for public distribution.
Step 5 — Add your content (2–4 hours). Create courses, upload PDF notes, record or upload video lectures, set up mock tests, configure batch schedules. All of this is drag-drop on the admin dashboard. Our AI course generator can draft a course outline from a one-line prompt if you want to move faster.
Step 6 — Configure payment (10 minutes). One-click Razorpay OAuth. Your UPI, card, and EMI payments start working immediately. GST invoices are auto-generated on every sale.
Step 7 — Play Store approval (6–24 hours). We handle the Play Console submission. Most apps are approved in under a day. You receive an email with the Play Store link.
Step 8 — Start selling. Share the Play Store link with existing students on WhatsApp. Run a launch coupon. Monitor your sales dashboard. First sale usually lands within 48 hours of launch.
Features included
Every coaching app generated on Igniter comes with the following features at no monthly cost. You don't pay extra, you don't unlock them later, you don't upgrade to a premium tier — everything is in every app from day one.
Pricing
Five plans, each built on the one before it. A free website you set up yourself, your own Android app for a single lifetime payment, and AI products on your syllabus when you are ready. Never a monthly fee — only 4–5% when a student pays you.
Starter
₹0
Free forever
Go live today, on your own.
5% platform fee, only on sales
Plus
₹9,999
One-time fee for lifetime
Your academy in every student's pocket.
5% platform fee, only on sales
Pro
₹25,000
One-time fee
Built for you, not from a template.
5% platform fee, only on sales
Ultra
₹50,000
One-time fee
AI that knows your syllabus.
4.5% platform fee, only on sales
Enterprise
₹1L
+ GSTScoped on a call
Scales with whatever you need.
4% platform fee, only on sales
Call +91 91137 82617
Plus, Pro and Ultra prices exclude GST — 18% GST is added when you need a GST invoice. Enterprise is always billed with GST. Questions on any plan? Call +91 91137 82617.
Only 4–5% when a student pays
5% on Starter to Pro, 4.5% on Ultra, 4% on Enterprise. Never a monthly fee; excludes the gateway.
UPI, cards & EMI checkout
Razorpay powered. GST invoices generated for you.
Your own domain
SSL, hosting and bandwidth included on every plan.
Your brand, your students
No marketplace in between. You own the relationship.
Real example · ₹1,000 course sold · Starter to Pro
You keep
₹930
Igniter fee
₹50
Razorpay / UPI
₹20
For the skeptics
There's no catch. Igniter is funded by the 5% commission on actual course sales. That 5% covers our entire cost base — Play Console fees, video hosting, server infrastructure, push notification gateways, SMS credits, GST compliance, AI API bills, customer support, everything. If you sell nothing, we earn nothing. We took a structural bet that a cost model aligned with customer revenue grows the market faster than a subscription model that charges by seat.
The only separate cost you'll see is the Razorpay payment gateway fee (~2% on each transaction) which is a pass-through to Razorpay — every Indian SaaS including Classplus, Graphy, and Teachmint charges this identically. There's also 18% GST on the 5% we take, so on a ₹1,000 sale, our fee is ₹50 and GST on that is ₹9 — everything is itemized on your invoice.
If you want to verify this before committing, sign up, create your app, run a test transaction with ₹10, and see the exact breakdown in your admin dashboard.
Launch under your brand. Keep 95% of every sale. no monthly fee. No credit card needed.
Free · No credit card · Live in minutes · Or book a 20-min guided demo
FAQ
Sign up at Igniter, upload your logo, pick one of 110+ templates, and click Launch. Your branded Android APK is generated in about 5 minutes. We handle Play Console submission at no cost. Total time to live app: 24 hours. Total cash cost: ₹0.
Igniter pe signup karo (free), apna logo upload karo, template choose karo, aur 'Launch' click karo. 5 minutes me aapka branded Android APK ready ho jayega. Hum Play Store pe submission bhi free me karte hain — 24 ghante me app live. no monthly fee. Sirf 5% jab actually koi student course khareede.
No. Zero coding needed. The entire flow is drag-drop visual — upload logo, pick template, add courses, set prices. If you can use WhatsApp, you can use Igniter.
100% under your brand. Your logo, your name, your colors, your Play Store listing. Students see your academy name, not Igniter. Igniter is the infrastructure behind the scenes — invisible to your students.
The APK is generated in 5 minutes. Play Store review typically takes 6–24 hours. Most institutes are live within one business day of signup.
Yes, anytime. Change your logo, colors, template, or even your academy name. Students get the update automatically through Play Store. No re-submission needed for most visual changes.
No. Igniter publishes all apps through our managed Play Console pipeline. You don't pay the $25 Google developer fee, you don't manage signing certificates, and you don't deal with Google's policy submissions — we handle all of it.
You can export all your data — student list, courses, sales records, videos — anytime, no lock-in. If you stop using Igniter, you simply stop paying (since we only charge on sales). The app will stay live as long as your account is active.
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