--- title: "Fan Club App Builder: Exclusive Content for Members | GoodBarber" description: "Build your official fan club app without code: exclusive behind-the-scenes content, a membership sold in the stores, alerts sent to members only." canonical_url: "https://www.goodbarber.com/membership/fan-club/" lang: en --- # Fan Club App Builder: Exclusive Content for Members | GoodBarber ![A racing team's garage at the end of the day: mechanics bent over a single-seater without its bodywork, stacked tires, tool chests, and the circuit grandstand beyond the open door](https://portalresize.ww-cdn.com/beautifull_pict/v1/836x470/50x50/6/92/img/1793100232592_31/header-fan-club.jpg) Create your fan club app # Fan club app: behind-the-scenes content for your members, with the membership sold in the stores ## On Friday evening, the fan club posts the video of the car being set up in the garage, for members only, and only members get the notification. In Montreal, Lea sees the qualifying times in her own time zone. The next day, a fan joins after reading the start of the story. Give your official fan club, whether it follows a racing team, a driver, a sports team, a band or a creator, a native iPhone and Android app built with no code: behind-the-scenes content only members can open, a monthly or yearly membership paid through the App Store and Google Play, and meetups just for them. [Start for free](https://www.goodbarber.com/create/) Free 30-day trial - No credit card required ## Pioneers of no-code 15 years of experience building native apps for businesses and content publishers. And the numbers to prove it. [Start for free](https://www.goodbarber.com/create/) 25 000+ Daily downloads for apps built with GoodBarber* 30 000+ Clients have brought their app projects to life with GoodBarber 2011 The year GoodBarber was born: no-code, before anyone else [Trustpilot](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/goodbarber.com) * Source: internal download tracking, App Store and Google Play, April 2026. ### Friday, in the garage At 8 p.m., the fan club posts the video of the car being set up, filmed in the garage. Only members get the notification "Friday's behind-the-scenes is live." A fan who hasn't joined yet opens the article: he reads the first two paragraphs, then the app offers him the membership, with a one-week free trial. [See push notifications](/extensions/push-notifications/) ### The schedule in her time zone In Montreal, Lea opens "Race weekend in your time zone." Practice, qualifying and the race show up in her phone's time, with a countdown to the next session. The fan club only wrote the schedule once, in the circuit's local time. [See the AI Extension Builder](/extensions/ai-extension-builder/) ### A year on the house For Tom's twentieth birthday, the fan club gives him a year of membership from the subscribers list; he had signed up in the app without joining yet. On Sunday, at the club's stand at the circuit, a flyer carries an App Store promo code for fans discovering the app. [See Memberships](/extensions/in-app-purchase/) ## A race weekend What a member gets from Friday to Sunday, and what a fan who hasn't joined yet gets to see. [Start for free](https://www.goodbarber.com/create/) ## From behind the scenes to the membership, your fan club's app What you keep for members, how fans join, then what keeps the club alive between two meetups. 1. 1 ### Choose what members get Pick, item by item, what only members can open: articles with photos, videos, podcast episodes, agenda events, the map points where the club meets. You need at least ten before publishing. Set how many paragraphs other fans read before the invitation to join; photo galleries stay public. 2. 2 ### Sell the membership Create one plan per duration, monthly or yearly, with a price for iOS and one for Android, and a free trial if you like. Apple and Google take the payments, handle renewals and cancellations. Our experts walk you through the store submission: approval is never guaranteed, but the help counts. 3. 3 ### Keep the club alive Notify members only when new behind-the-scenes content is out, announce meetups in the agenda, and give everyone the race schedule in their own time zone. Members also find their content in the web version of the app, with the same account. One membership level for every member, and no member chat or member card with the store subscription: the other way to run it is explained in the FAQ. ## Fan club app, social network or subscription platform? Three ways to gather fans around a club: what each one lets an official fan club do, and what it doesn't. | | Your GoodBarber app | A social network | A subscription platform | | ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------ | ----------------------- | | Behind-the-scenes content only members can open | ✓ Yes, item by item | Depends on the network | ✓ Yes | | A membership paid through the App Store and Google Play | ✓ Yes, monthly or yearly | Depends on the network | Depends on the platform | | A notification sent to members only | ✓ Yes | Depends on the network | Depends on the platform | | The race schedule in each fan's time zone | ✓ Yes, built with the AI Extension Builder | Depends on the network | Depends on the platform | | Your club alone on screen | ✓ Yes, it's your app | No, among other accounts | Depends on the platform | | A chat between members | No, not with the store subscription | ✓ Yes | Depends on the platform | ## What your members find in the app ### Behind the scenes on video The garage, the briefing, the walk back to the paddock, on [video](/extensions/cms-videos/), for members only. ### The stories [Articles](/extensions/cms-article/) with photos, of which other fans only read the opening. ### Audio episodes The club's [podcast](/extensions/cms-podcasts/), with some episodes kept for members. ### Meetups Members' meetups in the [agenda](/extensions/cms-agenda/) and the meeting point on the [map](/extensions/cms-map/), visible to members only. ### The schedule in their time zone The race weekend converted to each phone's time zone, with the countdown. ### Alerts A [notification](/extensions/push-notifications/) when behind-the-scenes content is out, sent to members only. ### The club on the web The same members-only content in the web version of the app, with the membership account. ## What AI brings to your fan club Three uses: the schedule in each fan's time zone, behind-the-scenes stories translated for members abroad, a club kept running by your assistant. To build ### Race weekend in your time zone Ask the AI Extension Builder for this section and type the schedule into your request, in the circuit's local time: practice, qualifying, race. Each fan sees the times in their phone's time zone, detected on its own, with a countdown to the next session. No settings, no data stored, and the same idea works for a concert tour. Free To translate ### Behind the scenes in several languages Your members follow the club from Canada, Brazil or Japan. One-click translation turns the behind-the-scenes article into another language while keeping the club's tone; you read it over before publishing. To operate ### A club kept running by your assistant "Give Tom's account a year of membership for his twentieth birthday." "Post the garage article in the Behind the scenes section." Through MCP, Claude or ChatGPT grants the subscription, creates the article in the back office, then tells you what it did. Included Extension Store The extensions a fan club installs. Memberships comes with Pro and is an add-on with Premium. Nothing extra to pay for CMS sections, push alerts, the AI Extension Builder or MCP. [illustration for Memberships MembershipsMake money in your app with Memberships$49/month](https://www.goodbarber.com/extensions/in-app-purchase/) [illustration for CMS Articles CMS ArticlesCreate and publish articles from your back officeFree](https://www.goodbarber.com/extensions/cms-article/) [illustration for CMS Videos CMS VideosShare your videos in your appFree](https://www.goodbarber.com/extensions/cms-videos/) [illustration for CMS Podcasts CMS PodcastsBroadcast your podcasts in your appFree](https://www.goodbarber.com/extensions/cms-podcasts/) [illustration for CMS Agenda CMS AgendaPublish your events in your appFree](https://www.goodbarber.com/extensions/cms-agenda/) [illustration for CMS Map CMS MapDisplay your points of interest on a mapFree](https://www.goodbarber.com/extensions/cms-map/) [illustration for Push notifications Push notificationsSend notifications to keep your users engaged and informedFree](https://www.goodbarber.com/extensions/push-notifications/) [illustration for AI Extension Builder AI Extension BuilderDescribe a feature, AI creates it in your appFree](https://www.goodbarber.com/extensions/ai-extension-builder/) [illustration for MCP MCPConnect your content app to Claude, ChatGPT, or any AI assistant through MCP, and manage your content by conversation.Free](https://www.goodbarber.com/extensions/mcp/) ## How much does a fan club app cost? Premium publishes your app natively for iPhone and Android; Memberships is an add-on there, while Pro already includes it. On every membership sold, Apple and Google keep their share. | **Premium** · iOS, Android and web app | $55 /month, billed annually | | -------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | | Memberships, with Premium | $49 /month | | **Pro** · Memberships included | $105 /month, billed annually | The Standard plan publishes the web version only, with no paid membership. Apple and Google developer accounts are paid to them directly. [See all pricing](https://www.goodbarber.com/pricing/content/) ## What our customers say Reviews posted by GoodBarber customers, across all industries. ### [GoodBarber is a powerful app builder.](https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/60f08679f9f48702a8e6869e) GoodBarber is a powerful app builder. If you want to build your app using a pre-built template, GoodBarber is ideal for you. At Global Academy, we almost completed the 5th year using their easy-to-use pre-built platforms to build premium Apps for our customers. Also, Goodbarber's customer support is excellent. Highly recommended. Melissa Okta ### [Great support and always very helpful answers.](https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/60c0ca7cf9f487099ce24eb9) Great support and always very helpful answers. Nothing is too trivial for the team to answer. ### [Responsive support and usually quick.](https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/60ad3c03f9f4870a94ace1d1) Responsive support and usually quick. Software is by far the best in the market, with tremendous capabilities for configurations. ## Fan clubs: questions about the app **### What app builder suits a fan club?** GoodBarber is a no-code app builder: your fan club creates its own iPhone and Android app with it, sells the membership as a subscription in the stores and keeps its behind-the-scenes content for members. The same approach works for the fan club of a racing team, a driver, an athlete, a sports team, a band, a K-pop artist or a creator: [start your fan club's app](/create/). **### How do fans pay for their fan club membership?** Through an App Store or Google Play subscription, monthly or yearly, renewed until the fan stops it. You can offer a free trial. Apple and Google take the payments, handle cancellations and keep their commission. **### Can we offer a "Fan" plan and a "VIP" plan?** No: every plan opens the same members-only content. You can, however, offer several durations, such as a month and a year. **### What can be kept for members?** Articles, videos, podcast episodes, agenda events and map points, item by item, with an adjustable preview for everyone else. Photo galleries can't be restricted: put your behind-the-scenes photos inside articles. **### Can we notify members only?** Yes: a notification can go to subscribers only, for instance when new behind-the-scenes content is out. **### Can we give a membership as a gift?** Yes: from the subscribers list, you offer a membership to a fan who signed up in the app, and you pick how long it runs. Promo codes are created in the App Store and Google Play, then shared through a link, a notification or a flyer. **### What about a members' chat or a member card?** Not with the store subscription, which can't be combined with those features. The other route brings together accounts, a members' group, a tiered member card and a chat, with a fee the club collects outside the app: it's the route our [supporters' club app](/membership/football-fan-magazine/) follows. You have to pick one or the other. **### Can we sell merchandise or tickets in the app?** No: the subscription sold in the stores only unlocks content. Your merch shop and ticketing stay on your website, and a link in the app takes fans there. **### Can Apple or Google reject the app?** They review every app and every subscription before approving them. Our experts walk you through the submission: it guarantees nothing, but it helps. The details are on the [publishing service](/app-publishing-service/) page. **### How much should a fan club budget for the app?** Premium with the Memberships add-on, or Pro, which includes it; add the commission Apple and Google take on each membership. You'll find the amounts, in your currency, in the price box, with every plan spelled out on [the pricing page](/pricing/). With GoodBarber, your fan club sells its membership in the stores, keeps its behind-the-scenes content for members and tells them first An app in your name, where each member finds what only they can see, and where a fan on the fence reads enough to want to join. [Explore all the benefits](/extensions/) [PreviousFootball supporters' club app: your members, away trips and polls in one place](https://www.goodbarber.com/membership/football-fan-magazine/)[NextBand app for your fans: new releases, music videos, tour dates and a fan club, under your band's name](https://www.goodbarber.com/booking-app/music-bands/)