Can I make an app for my club without coding?

Yes. Start with the free Events & Tickets, Members Club or Messaging & Groups template, or the premium Community Hub, pick your colours, and install it on iPhone and Android. Ask for changes in plain English.

Can the community app take membership fees or donations?

No. None of the community templates take payments. Link to your existing payment or giving page, or ask for a payment step as a change.

Can I keep the app to invited members only?

Sign-up is open by default and an install link is not an access control. Ask for an invitation or approval step, and test it before relying on it.

community app builder · Updated 24 September 2026

A community app builder for clubs, groups and charities

A community app builder should let you start with what your group needs most. Glassly has four finished starting points: Events & Tickets for RSVPs and check-in, Members Club for a membership card, sessions and notices, Messaging & Groups for conversations, and the Community Hub, which puts events, a wall and member profiles in one app. The first three are standard templates, free to claim; the Community Hub is premium and costs credits to claim. All of them run on iPhone and Android.

See the Events & Tickets template All templates

Templates to start from

Events & TicketsFree
Publish events, take RSVPs and scan people in at the door.
Made for a promoter running club nights or gigs, a comedy or theatre venue, a community festival and a workshop host.
Does not charge cards in the app (a ticket shows its price; paying happens outside the app).
Members ClubFree
Memberships, events, bookings and announcements in one place.
Made for a private members' club, a golf, sailing or cricket club, a coworking space and a supporters' club.
Does not take membership fees in the app and sell event tickets.
Messaging & GroupsFree
Direct messages, group chats, photos and read receipts.
Made for a family, a class of parents, a team or crew and any group that has outgrown a chat app.
Does not make voice or video calls, reach people who are not in the app and restrict sign-up to invited family members by default.
Community HubPremium · 20 credits
Announcements, events with RSVPs, groups and a member wall.
Made for a charity or nonprofit and its volunteers, a faith community, a residents' association and a scout group or youth club.
Does not take donations or payments and sell tickets.

Pick the one job that matters

Who is coming on Thursday: Events & Tickets, with RSVPs against a capacity and QR passes for check-in.
Who is a member: Members Club, with a membership card, sessions, notices and a directory.
Talking between meets: Messaging & Groups, with direct and group conversations and photos.
All of it in one place: the Community Hub, with announcements, events, groups and a member wall.

What none of them do

None of them take dues, donations or ticket payments; link to your existing payment page for those. Sign-up is open by default, so if the group must be invitation-only, ask for an approval step and test it before sharing the link. The group chat guide and the charity guide go further.

What it costs

Standard templates are free to claim and make yours: pick the colours, add your own icon or logo and preview it on the web, with sign-in, a database and file storage already working.
Free accounts get 5 native builds to install on your phone, and 5 AI credits to try changes in chat.
A free app keeps its template’s name. Your app’s own name comes with any plan.
Building your own idea from a description needs a plan. Premium templates cost credits at claim, and each one shows its price before you spend anything.
Free apps run on our starter backend. It sleeps after an hour without use and wakes when the app is opened, holds up to 250 MB, and after 60 days needs moving to your own Supabase project (Supabase has a free plan). You get a week’s notice and we guide the move.
No card is needed to start.

Plans: Basic is $5 (£3.99) a month with 50 credits, Pro is $19 (£14.99) a month with 250 credits, Business is $49 (£36.99) a month with 1000 credits. For iPhone installs through Glassly, connect your own Apple developer account (standard fee $99/year, paid to Apple). Android installs from a link, subject to device permissions and developer verification. Publishing on Google Play needs your own developer account ($25 once, paid to Google). Full pricing.

Quick answers

Can I make an app for my club without coding?: Yes. Start with the free Events & Tickets, Members Club or Messaging & Groups template, or the premium Community Hub, pick your colours, and install it on iPhone and Android. Ask for changes in plain English.
Can the community app take membership fees or donations?: No. None of the community templates take payments. Link to your existing payment or giving page, or ask for a payment step as a change.
Can I keep the app to invited members only?: Sign-up is open by default and an install link is not an access control. Ask for an invitation or approval step, and test it before relying on it.