Comparison

Kajabi Creator vs Close CRM

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Kajabi Creator

Manage your online business from anywhere with instant updates on sales, new customers, and key business metrics. Organize and interact with your contacts, adding notes and custom tags on the go. Stay informed and in control of your business operations without being tied to your computer.

Highlights
  • Real-time business stats monitoring
  • Instant sales and customer notifications
  • Comprehensive contact management
  • Add notes and custom tags to contacts
  • Grant or revoke offers for contacts
  • Switch between multiple Kajabi sites
  • Dark mode support
Features
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Kajabi Creator enables you to manage your Kajabi business while on the go by providing at-a-glance updates and contact management. Even though running your own online business gives you more time flexibility than the typical 9-5, it’s still a time-consuming endeavor. Stepping away from your computer used to mean you had to be ok with missing essential updates and being unable to manage your contacts… … until now! With the easy-to-use Kajabi Creator app, you’ll get instant notifications of product sales, new customers, and other key stats so that you can stay on top of your business, no matter where you are. And with comprehensive contact management, you can keep all your customers and leads nicely organized. All it takes is a few taps to add notes, create a custom tag, and grant or revoke an offer from a contact. ■ Monitor key stats. Stay up to date on the health of your business with updates on net revenue, opt-ins, page views, and much more. ■ Notifications. Receive instant notifications on all transactions, sales, subscriptions, email sign-ups, and registrations. ■ Contact management. View, add, manage, tag, and edit contacts. You can also grant & revoke offers while on the go. ■ Switch between Kajabi sites. Easily switch to another one of your Kajabi businesses to see its analytics, contacts, and notifications. ■ Dark mode support. Give your eyes a break with dark mode. Simply choose dark mode in the phone’s default display setting. Terms of Service https://kajabi.com/policies/terms

About

Close CRM

Manage your sales pipeline and communicate with leads on the go. This app allows you to make calls, send texts, and emails directly from your device, with AI-powered call transcription and summarization. Stay organized with quick note-taking and task management.

Highlights
  • Direct communication with leads
  • AI-powered call transcription
  • Lead and contact detail access
  • Activity feed for context
  • Quick data entry and task management
  • Push notifications for updates
Features
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See why the world's fastest scaling sales teams trust Close as their CRM. With lightning-fast onboarding, free migrations, and a remarkable Support team––sales reps and leaders alike love using Close. What you'll experience with Close's mobile app: Easily communicate with prospects and customers Keep your Leads warm when you stay in touch––even while away from your desk. Increase the effectiveness of your sales cadences when you take + place calls, reply to texts, and email directly from the Close mobile app. Close will even send you push notifications of new texts, missed calls, and voicemails. Never take notes again Close’s AI-powered Call Assistant add-on automatically transcribes and summarizes every phone call––whether you’re talking to prospects on the desktop or mobile apps. Focus on the conversation at hand while Close generates an accurate, searchable summary of your call. Get context quickly on the go Easily see Lead and Contact details like addresses, Custom Fields, and Contact info. Freshen up on recent communications on the Lead Activity Feed before you meet with a prospect. Quickly add new data or Tasks Add Notes, update Opportunities, and manage your Tasks from your mobile device. A Close account is required to use Close CRM for iOS. About Close: We're a bootstrapped, profitable, 100% remote team of thoughtful humans who value autonomy and impact. We're eager to make a product our customers fall in love with over and over again. Today, we have 90+ team members from around the world—supporting and coaching thousands of customers to grow every single day.

Screenshots

Kajabi Creator4 screens
Close CRM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Close CRM at 3.5 against Kajabi Creator's 2.5. Close CRM also leads on review sentiment (36% vs 7%). Kajabi Creator's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Close CRM holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 52 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Kajabi Creator's written reviews are positive against 36% of Close CRM's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kajabi Creator ships an update every 10 days, Close CRM every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Kajabi Creator versus Close CRM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKajabi CreatorClose CRM
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (35 ratings)3.5 (52 ratings) — better
Positive reviews7.4% of reviews36.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3552 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKajabi, LLCElastic Inc

Customer experience

Kajabi Creator

All ratings35 ratings
Positive31.4%
Neutral11.4%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive7.4%
Neutral11.1%
Negative81.5%

Close CRM

All ratings52 ratings
Positive53.8%
Neutral9.6%
Negative36.5%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive36.4%
Neutral9.1%
Negative54.5%

Bugs and requests

Kajabi Creator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Close CRM

Reported bugs

26 issues
  • App is slow and glitchy
  • App crashes
  • 30 min delays
  • App is laggy
  • No full screen capability on iPad
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  • App is super laggy and does not respond well
  • App is super laggy and does not function well
  • Calls glitchy, skips on outgoing calls
  • Texting feature doesn't load
  • SMS/email part of inbox doesn't work
  • Error messages when linking with chat gbt
  • App is consistently glitchy and weird
  • Infinite loop when accessing lead details
  • Search function constantly freezes and crashes
  • Search function not searching at all
  • Edit email feature does not open saved email
  • App doesn't load on iPhone 14 pro iOS 17
  • Close app won't load or open
  • App crashes every 2 min
  • Takes forever to load anything
  • Lag when scrolling
  • Creates duplicate texts
  • Returns to Inbox all the time
  • Doesn't load after search and click
  • Crashes everytime user opens a lead
  • Takes forever to lead

Requested features

15 requests
  • Invest in building proper mobile apps
  • Optimize for mobile/iPad
  • Full-size version for iPad
  • Add missing features to mobile app
  • Fix telephony usage issues
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  • Fix texting feature
  • Fix edit emails feature
  • Add support for chat GPT feature
  • Improve UI/UX for mobile app
  • Roll back phone calls feature until option to disable
  • Fix bugs in desktop app
  • Make app fluid and less laggy
  • Fix infinite loop bug
  • Fix search function freezing/crashing
  • Fix app not loading after search and click

In-app purchases

None

Kajabi Creator

No in-app purchases

None

Close CRM

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kajabi Creator free?
Kajabi Creator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Close CRM free?
Close CRM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kajabi Creator or Close CRM?
Close CRM is rated higher. Kajabi Creator averages 2.5 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Close CRM averages 3.5 from 52 ratings.
Do Kajabi Creator or Close CRM have ads?
Neither Kajabi Creator nor Close CRM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kajabi Creator or Close CRM?
Kajabi Creator ships an update every 10 days, and Close CRM every 4 weeks. Most recently, Kajabi Creator was updated on October 23, 2026 and Close CRM on October 30, 2026.

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