15 Best App Development Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 App Development courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $79.00. 4 come from a named university or institution, including Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Vanderbilt University and University of Toronto. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $49.00 – $79.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "app development" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $79.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Mastering Android App Development
Offered by Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Transform your programming knowledge into professional Android development skills with this comprehensive course. Journey from fundamental Android concepts through advanced app development techniques using Kotlin and And...
$49.00listed price -
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Android App Development
Offered by Vanderbilt University
This Specialization enables learners to successfully apply core Java programming languages features & software patterns needed to develop maintainable mobile apps comprised of core Android components, as well as fundamen...
$49.00listed price -
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iOS App Development Basics
Offered by University of Toronto
iOS App Development Basics, the second course in the iOS App Development with Swift specialization, expands your programming skills and applies them to authentic app development projects. The topics covered in this cours...
$79.00listed price -
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2026 Mobile App Development With Replit AI - Vibe Coding
Offered by Alex Genadinik
The way we build software has fundamentally changed. You no longer need years of traditional programming experience to create a mobile app. With modern AI tools like Replit, you can build real, functional mobile apps by...
$49.00listed price -
5
Accelerate App Development with Gemini CLI
Offered by Google Cloud
"This course is designed for app developers and DevOps engineers who want to work smarter by using Gemini CLI, a generative AI agent made for the terminal and powered by Gemini. This course discusses Gemini CLI installat...
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Build Apps with AI — From Idea to Working Product
Offered by Vanderbilt University
Build Apps with AI — From Idea to Working Product Have you ever had an idea for an app — something that would make your life easier, your business sharper, or your work faster — but no way to make it real? Maybe you need...
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iOS Development for Creative Entrepreneurs
Offered by University of California, Irvine
This Specialization focuses on the basics of iOS application development. You’ll gain the skills you need to create your own app, including fluency in Objective-C and UIKit and SpriteKit user interface concepts, and you’...
$49.00listed price -
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From Prototype to Product with Replit Pro
Offered by Replit
This course is designed for non-technical professionals in marketing, sales, HR, finance, operations, and similar business roles who have already built a working prototype in Replit and want to move beyond solo building....
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Building Your First App with Replit
Offered by Replit
By the end of this module, you will be able to: •Describe the core principles of AI-assisted coding and how it simplifies software creation for users without programming experience. •Identify types of projects that can b...
$49.00listed price -
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The Non-Coder’s Guide to Vibe Coding
Offered by SkillsBooster Academy
Unlock the power of no-code development with Vibe Coding, the innovative approach that lets anyone create functional apps and professional presentations using plain English prompts. This hands-on course guides you step b...
$49.00listed price -
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Vibe Coding Essentials - Build Apps with AI
Offered by Scrimba
This specialization is designed for beginners who want to build software using AI—no coding experience required. You'll learn the fundamentals of vibe coding and how to use tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and ChatGPT...
$49.00listed price -
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Mastering SwiftData & SwiftUI for iOS Development
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
$49.00listed price -
13
SwiftUI & Node.JS FullStack - Build Twitter - iOS 16
Offered by Packt
This course offers a comprehensive journey into app development, guiding you through creating a Notes app and a Twitter Clone app using SwiftUI and Node.js. Starting with the basics, you’ll progress to advanced topics, i...
$49.00listed price -
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Build AI Apps with LangChain.js
Offered by Scrimba
Learn the basics of LangChain.js and build an internal company knowledge base using retrieval from a vector database. This hands-on course takes you step by step through the process of building AI-powered applications us...
$49.00listed price -
15
Boltnew AI - From Code to App
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
$49.00listed price
Best App Development Courses on Coursera compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 15 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $79.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $30.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 4 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Vanderbilt University and University of Toronto — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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