Whether you're looking to teach someone how to wrestle a crocodile (which we do not recommend!) or you have a PhD in Quantitative Mathematics, we all could use some help with improving how we deliver the content we're passionate about.

I work as a Customer Success Manager supporting our Thinkific Plus clients, and one way that I've seen course creators transform their businesses is with the Thinkific App Store.

I've seen firsthand how the 80+ apps available today can enable creators to set up advanced marketing funnels, effective lead magnets, interactive learning scenarios, gamification, and so much more. Apps add value to your business by saving you time on administrative tasks, and they can help improve content by confirming where your students are engaging the most.

So, which are the apps that you absolutely need to level up your online academy?

When I go to a restaurant I ask the waitress or waiter: "What is the most popular meal?" instead of "What do you recommend?"

The reason why might be subtle, but it's because the way I phrase my question significantly impacts the type of response I get. I want to crowdsource my information on the best meal and not rely on one person's taste buds to make my selection. In this metaphor the waiter or waitress at the restaurant.

To get you the best possible answer, I polled our team of Launch Specialists and Customer Success Managers and asked them: "What apps do you think are some of our customers' favorite and most effective apps?"Then, I took a look at the apps suggested in the app store, and searched for the ones with the most installs across all of our Thinkific sites. I curated the information I gathered from my poll with my team and in my search through the Thinkific App Store, and distilled it down into this list.