The nonprofit app builder with AI, without a development budget
Members reach for their phone to check what happens this week and whether there is still room. With Eqlo as your nonprofit app builder, one sentence about your organization is enough to get the events, the sign-ups, the members-only directory and the dues. The committee tries it on their own phones with a QR code before anyone pays a cent.
24 hLife of each QR code you hand to the committee
14 daysBefore renewal, when the dues reminder goes out
0%Taken by Eqlo on dues and donations
$19A month on Plus, for builds signed for the stores
Saturday run · 9:00 · 18 signed up
Places left · 12
Members’ directory
Notice · start moved to the park gate
The screen members open first: the next run, how many are coming, the places left and the latest notice.
Who uses a nonprofit app builder
Every organization puts something different first. A sports club lives on its sign-ups, a parents’ association on news that travels fast, an alumni network on its directory. Describe yours in a sentence and the screens, the tables and the membership form follow that description.
Sports club
Sessions and races with a capped number of places, a sign-up per session and the list of who is coming.
Arts and culture group
The season’s program, bookings for each show and a signup form for the newsletter.
Parents’ association
Upcoming meetings, volunteer sign-ups for the school fair and the names of the class representatives.
Social club
Outings with a place and a date, a members-only area and the photos of past events.
Charity
A donation page paid through Stripe, news from the field and a form for new volunteers.
Community events group
A public calendar, a volunteer rota by role and a contact form for partners.
Professional association
A directory reserved for paying members, events and documents kept behind the member sign-in.
Alumni association
Profiles by graduating year, the annual reunion with its sign-ups and a supporting membership.
The common thread is simple: members should find the date, the place and the latest change without asking anyone. When the answer is in the app, the secretary stops answering the same question thirty times.
The three screens members come back to
Committees tend to picture a large app with a dozen sections. In practice, members return to three screens, so build those first and keep the rest for a later season.
01
Events and sign-ups
Each event shows its date, its place and the number of places still free. A member signs up with a short form instead of replying in a group chat, and the committee sees the list of names in the admin, ready to export as a CSV file.
02
The members-only directory
The directory sits on a page reserved for signed-in members, and Google never indexes it. Members sign in with a code sent by email, valid for 15 minutes, or with a password. If someone leaves, the committee blocks the account and signs it out of every device.
03
News and last-minute changes
A notice at the top of the first screen carries the change of time or the cancellation for bad weather. You edit it from the admin and it shows at once, with no new store review. Eqlo does not send push notifications, so urgent news still needs an email or a text message.
Illustrative scenario
A running club, step by step
This scenario describes no real club. A running club of three hundred members holds three runs a week, collects a yearly membership fee and keeps its member list in a spreadsheet. The secretary writes two sentences describing the runs, the sign-ups and the membership, then imports the spreadsheet into the admin.
300 rowsImported from the members’ spreadsheet
15 phonesOpened the QR test link during the week
2 changesRequested by the committee before publishing
For a week, fifteen committee members and regular runners open the test link without creating any Apple or Google account. They ask for two changes: an emergency contact field on the sign-up form, and a directory that shows only the first name and the role. Each change is one sentence typed in the chat, and the app updates at once.
2026 membership · $45
Renewal · March 1
Reminder · 14 days before
Pay by card · Stripe
The yearly membership: the amount, the renewal date, the reminder sent 14 days before, and card payment on the club’s Stripe account.
Memberships and dues without the paperwork
The treasurer gains the most time here. Three pieces do the work that used to fill a binder.
01
A membership form shaped by your rules
Name and contact details, plus what your organization needs: a category, a parental consent for a minor, a medical certificate sent as a file. Each answer becomes a row in the admin, so nobody types up paper forms at the start of the season.
02
Payments that land in your own account
You connect the organization’s Stripe account, and every membership fee or donation is paid straight into it. The level, the amount and the renewal date are stored for each member. Eqlo takes no commission on that money.
03
Reminders the treasurer no longer writes
Fourteen days before a membership ends, the member receives an email with a Stripe payment link, and paying renews the membership for a year. A “to renew” filter shows the treasurer who is still outstanding.
The budget for publishing in the stores
Building and testing in the nonprofit app builder costs nothing. Publishing involves the stores’ own fees and, only if you want signed builds, an Eqlo plan. Store prices were checked in September 2026 and can change, so look at Apple’s and Google’s pages before you sign up.
What a nonprofit pays to put its app in the stores
Item
Amount
Note
Test link and QR code
$0
no Apple or Google account
Eqlo Free plan
$0
five active projects, one seat
Eqlo Plus plan
$19 a month
signed iOS and Android builds
Google Play account
$25 once
a one-time registration fee
Apple Developer Program
$99 a year
Apple runs a fee waiver for eligible nonprofits
Apple’s fee waiver is a request you make to Apple, with proof of your nonprofit status, and Apple alone decides. Eqlo has no part in that process.
A sensible order is to test first and open the developer accounts only after the committee has voted for the app. Until then, nobody has spent anything.
Developer accounts in the organization’s name
Open the Apple and Google accounts as an organization, not under the chair’s personal name. Committees change every few years, and an app tied to a former member’s account becomes very hard to update. Both stores ask an organization for a D-U-N-S number, which is free.
On Plus or Team, you connect the App Store Connect key and the Google Play service account. Eqlo checks both with the stores, stores them encrypted, builds the signed files and uploads them to TestFlight and to Google Play’s internal test track. The listing text, the privacy answers and the icon are prepared for you; the store screenshots are yours to capture.
Google asks new personal accounts to run a closed test with 12 testers for 14 days before going public. An organization account avoids that step, and a club already has a dozen willing testers if it ever applies.
Do we need an Apple or Google account to try the app?
No. The test link opens on iPhone and Android without any developer account. Each link lasts 24 hours, counts how many times it was opened and can be revoked. You only need the store accounts on the day you publish.
Does Eqlo offer a discount for nonprofits?
Eqlo has the same prices for every organization: Free at $0, Plus at $19 and Team at $49 a month. The Free plan covers building and testing the whole app. On Apple’s side, eligible nonprofits can ask for the yearly fee to be waived.
Can several committee members manage the app?
Yes. Plus includes three seats and Team ten, with roles such as editor or viewer. You can also invite the treasurer to this project’s admin alone, with a custom role that opens only the dues table, and the activity log records who changed what.
Who is responsible for members’ personal data?
The organization remains the data controller. You can export the member list as a CSV file at any time, delete an account on request, and ask hello@eqlo.app for a data processing agreement.
Can only paying members see the directory?
Yes. Put the directory on a page reserved for Premium members and grant Premium until the end of the membership year. When that date passes, the page closes to the member until they renew.
What happens when the committee changes?
You change the roles in the Eqlo workspace and hand over the developer accounts, which belong to the organization. The app, its data and its history stay where they are.
Do we also get a website?
Yes, because the app and the website are the same project. The website presents the organization and takes new members online, and the store app displays that same site, so an update to the events shows in both places at once.
Describe your club and try the app on the committee’s phones
The Free plan covers five active projects with no card. Build the app, send the QR code to the committee and decide together before paying any store.
