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Memberside vs BuddyBoss App

The BuddyBoss App is a native app for sites on BuddyBoss Platform, which replaces BuddyPress. Memberside reads BuddyPress as it is, BuddyBoss Platform too, and Ultimate Member, which the BuddyBoss App does not list. Here is how the two compare, from each company’s own pages.

Facts read 11 October 2026, each linked to its source
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The groups screen, listing community groups a member can join

Which one fits

Two good answers to different questions

Neither is the right choice for every site. This is the situation each one suits, before the detail.

Pick Memberside if

your site runs Ultimate Member, BuddyPress or the other plugins on our list, and you want native screens you arrange yourself.

You design it yourself on a drag-and-drop canvas, and every screen compiles to a Flutter widget, or its team sets it up and submits it as a paid service. Pages it has no screen for open as web pages inside the app.

Pick BuddyBoss App if

your community already runs on BuddyBoss Platform or LearnDash, and you want offline courses and in-app purchases.

Configured in WordPress admin, with a Managed tier that does it for you. Flutter screens for community and courses; pages without one, such as the shop, fall back to your website.

The difference

Where each one is ahead

Every row of the comparison where one product's answer is stronger than the other's. A row either company leaves unpublished counts for neither.

Where Memberside is ahead

  • Ultimate Member — Plus 24 extensions[2]
  • BuddyPress[2]
  • WooCommerce — Shop and cart; checkout on your site[6]
  • Works offline — Saved screens and images, every plan[7]
  • Free plan — Android, 3 builds a month[1]

Where BuddyBoss App is ahead

  • Refunds — 14 days[9]

Side by side

Memberside and BuddyBoss App, row by row

As each company describes its own product. The numbers link to the page each fact came from.

FeatureMembersideBuddyBoss App
How it is built
Native screensDrawn by the app, not loaded as a web pageYes[4]FlutterYes[11]Flutter, plus web fallbacks
Design screens yourselfArrange what a screen showsYes[4]Drag-and-drop canvasYes[12]App pages in the block editor
Built for youA team does the setupExtra cost[5]Paid setup and feature hoursExtra cost[9]Managed plan
Your plugins in the app
Ultimate MemberProfiles, directories, extensionsYes[2]Plus 24 extensionsNo[14]Not listed
BuddyPressYes[2]Partly[13]Needs BuddyBoss Platform, which replaces it
BuddyBoss PlatformYes[2]Its bundled forums exceptedYes[12]Its own platform
LearnDashYes[2]Courses, lessons, quizzesYes[10]Courses work offline
WooCommerceYes[6]Shop and cart; checkout on your sitePartly[15]Web fallback
Every other pluginWorks without a screen built for itPartly[3]Opens as a web page in the appPartly[15]Web fallbacks
Shipping and running it
iOS and AndroidYes[1]iOS with Pro, or a build pack on FreeYes[9]Launch; Solo is one store
Store submission done for youExtra cost[5]Paid service, in your own accountsPartly[9]Managed plan; pages disagree on the others
Your branding onlyNo builder name in the appYes[1]Pro and upYes[9]
Push notificationsYes[1]25,000 a month on Pro; extra cost on FreeYes[10]Unlimited
In-app purchasesYes[6]Grants a member role or a WooCommerce productYes[14]Eight membership and course plugins
Works offlineYes[7]Saved screens and images, every planPartly[9]Course content
Buying it
Free planYes[1]Android, 3 builds a monthNo[9]
Pay monthlyYes[1]Yes[9]Solo and Launch
RefundsNo[8]Runs to the end of the periodYes[9]14 days

Cost

What one app costs

The first year, and three years with any renewal increase, from each pricing page.

Year one
  • Memberside Pro$490
  • BuddyBoss App App Launch$999
Three years
  • Memberside Pro$1,470
  • BuddyBoss App App Launch$4,997
Memberside Pro:
$490 a year, billed yearly ($49 a month otherwise). No renewal increase is published. Pro covers five apps; on Free, iOS builds need a build pack.[1]
BuddyBoss App App Launch:
$999 in year one, then $1,999 a year at renewal. The app needs BuddyBoss Platform, which is free; the Launch web plan ($199, then $399) is extra if you use it.[9][13]

One app on both stores, on the cheapest plan that does it, billed yearly where that is offered. Store fees (Apple $99 a year, Google $25 once) are the same for everyone and left out.

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Moving over

Your site stays as it is

Memberside reads the plugins you already run, so nothing is migrated and members keep their accounts.

  1. Step 1

    Install the Memberside plugin

    On your WordPress site. It reads your plugins for the app and adds nothing to your pages.
  2. Step 2

    Start from a layout

    Pick one of the starting layouts. It fills its screens from the plugins your site runs, and you arrange the rest on the canvas.
  3. Step 3

    Build and try it

    Put the build on your own phone, then ship it from your own Apple and Google accounts.

What your plugins become in the app

Questions

Moving from BuddyBoss App

No. Memberside reads BuddyPress as it is: the activity stream, members, groups, profiles, messages and notifications as native screens. It reads BuddyBoss Platform too, apart from its bundled forums. The BuddyBoss App needs BuddyBoss Platform, which replaces BuddyPress on your site.

Yes. Ultimate Member is what Memberside was built around: member directories, profiles, account settings and its extensions, each as a native screen. Ultimate Member is not among the plugins the BuddyBoss App lists.

Yes, through Apple and Google in-app purchases. A purchase grants the member a role on your site, or a WooCommerce product as a paid order. The BuddyBoss App connects in-app purchases to eight membership and course plugins, so if yours is one of those, it is worth checking both.

Memberside Pro is billed yearly with no published renewal increase. The BuddyBoss App’s Launch plan costs less in its first year than at renewal, when its price roughly doubles. The cost chart above has both, worked out from each company’s pricing page.

Every fact about the BuddyBoss App comes from BuddyBoss’s own pages, read on the date shown, and each one links to its source below. If something has changed since, tell us through support and we will correct the page.

Sources

Every fact about BuddyBoss App comes from its maker’s own pages, read on the date shown. The full comparison, with AppMySite and MobiLoud as well, is in WordPress app builders compared. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.

  1. [1]Memberside — Pricing, read 11 October 2026
  2. [2]Memberside — Supported plugins, read 11 October 2026
  3. [3]Memberside — Product overview, read 11 October 2026
  4. [4]Memberside — Canvas, read 11 October 2026
  5. [5]Memberside docs — Managed services, read 12 October 2026
  6. [6]Memberside docs — Selling digital products in your app, read 11 October 2026
  7. [7]Memberside docs — Offline mode, read 12 October 2026
  8. [8]Memberside — Terms & Conditions, read 11 October 2026
  9. [9]BuddyBoss — Pricing and FAQ, read 11 October 2026
  10. [10]BuddyBoss — Mobile app, read 11 October 2026
  11. [11]BuddyBoss docs — App Next Gen, read 11 October 2026
  12. [12]BuddyBoss blog — Native app blocks (25 June 2026), read 11 October 2026
  13. [13]BuddyBoss docs — Can I run my app without a website, read 11 October 2026
  14. [14]BuddyBoss docs — Membership plugins in the app, read 11 October 2026
  15. [15]BuddyBoss docs — Web fallbacks, read 11 October 2026

BuddyBoss App is a trademark of its owner. Memberside is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to BuddyBoss App or its maker; the name is used only to identify the product being compared.

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