Passion.io review (2026): is it worth $119 a month, billed yearly?
Branded mobile app for courses, memberships and community
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Passion.io report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for a creator wanting a course in their own app
Passion.io builds a branded mobile app for courses, memberships and community, from $119 a month on annual billing. Your own branding needs the $279 plan and a store listing under your name needs $599, and there is no free plan or trial.
Who Passion.io is for
- Fits if your audience would rather use an app than a website
- Works for creators who already sell courses and want a mobile home for them
Who Passion.io is not for
- Skip it if you want to try it free, as there is no free plan or trial
- Pricey if you want your own branding, which needs Scale at $279 a month
- Tight if you want a store listing under your name, since that needs Expand at $599 a month
- Watch out: Apple, Google and Stripe fees apply on top of the PassionPayments fee, which the page gives as 3.9% on Launch
- Watch out: Passion Plus has no published price
Why Passion.io gets a 1.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for moneyLaunch is $119 a month on annual billing, but your own branding needs Scale at $279 and your own store listing needs Expand at $599, in the dearest tenth where courses tools start at $143.
- FFree plan and trialNo free plan and no trial on the pricing page.
- CFeaturesYour own app, courses with drip content, communities, an AI coach, in-app payments, push notifications and offline mode. Its focus is the app, a smaller job than a full course platform.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. Building and branding an app and its store listing is real work.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, iOS and Android, with 2 integrations on record. No desktop program.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Passion.io's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Passion.io's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 0 of the 41 other course and community platforms we grade, and level with 3.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 6 of 41) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $119 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 31 of the 36 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 12 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 42 course and community platforms we grade, cut by the letter each got. Passion.io’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 41, level with 8
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 41, level with 4
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 41, level with 26
- CEase of useAbove 4 of 41, level with 34
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 6 of 41, level with 34
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 39 course and community platforms. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Passion.io, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Passion.io you would be making a tool that builds and hosts other apps. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 38 of the 41 other course and community platforms grade higher. It costs $1,428 a year.
What you could make
- Online courses: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- A tool that builds and hosts other apps.
- A members' space with posts, chat and events that people keep coming back to.
- A chatbot builder hooked into the messaging apps.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- People on the other end: coaches. No app builder makes those.
What this rests on. Passion.io’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Passion.io?
Passion.io lets coaches and creators publish their own mobile app that delivers courses, memberships, group communities and direct messages to customers. Plans differ by branding, App Store listing and the number of AI messages included. Every plan includes an AI coach trained on the creator's content. A done-for-you tier is sold through the vendor's team.
Worth knowing
- There is no free plan or trial listed on the pricing page; the cheapest plan is $119 a month on yearly billing.
- Your own branding needs Scale, and a store listing under your name needs Expand at $599 a month.
- Apple, Google and Stripe processing fees apply on top of the PassionPayments fee, which the page gives as 3.9% on Launch.
- Passion Plus has no published price.
Key features
- Your own app
- Customers get an app for courses, videos and memberships. Your own branding starts on Scale, and a store listing under your name on Expand.
- Courses and drip content
- Interactive courses with quizzes, progress tracking and timers, released on a schedule; advanced drip content starts on Scale.
- Communities and messaging
- Group communities, chats and one-to-one messages inside the app; advanced versions from Scale.
- AI coach
- A context-aware AI coach trained on your content answers members, with monthly Conversational AI messages that rise by plan.
- In-app payments
- One-off and subscription payments, with a PassionPayments fee that falls from 3.9% on Launch to 1.9% on Passion Plus.
- Push notifications and offline mode
- Unlimited push notifications and offline mode are listed on Expand.
Passion.io pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Passion.io is a paid product, starting at $119 per month, billed annually ($149 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $119 per month, billed annually ($149 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Launch | $119per month, billed annually ($149 billed monthly) | Your own app, basic communities and drip content, one-to-one messaging, courses priced up to $10k, email support and 3,000 AI messages. PassionPayments fee 3.9%. |
| Scale | $279per month, billed annually ($349 billed monthly) | Everything in Launch, plus your own branding, Zapier, advanced communities, DMs and drip content, chat support and 7,500 AI messages. |
| Expand | $599per month, billed annually ($699 billed monthly) | Everything in Scale, plus an App Store and Google Play listing, Apple and Google Pay, unlimited users, products and videos, offline mode and 20,000 AI messages. |
| Passion Plus | Custom | Price agreed on request. Adds custom analytics, fast content migration, app submission by the vendor, a success manager and 60,000 AI messages. |
Read from passion.io on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Passion.io before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 20% with yearly billing
The pricing page says annual billing saves 20% against paying month to month: Launch $119 instead of $149, Scale $279 instead of $349, Expand $599 instead of $699.
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Common questions
Does Passion.io have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Passion.io is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Passion.io have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Passion.io is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Passion.io open source?
Passion.io is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.