SkieCan a coaching institute allow apps like PW or Unacademy on its tablets?
Yes. Any learning app that is on Google Play can be added to the app store and put on a group's allowed list, including PW, Unacademy or Byju's style apps. Students then see only those apps. Your own proprietary app also works if it is published on Google Play. Private APK distribution is not available yet.
Coaching institutes often buy tablets so that students can use one or two content apps and nothing else. In Skie that is an ordinary app list. Every app comes from Google Play, so a mainstream learning app is simply added to the catalog and then allowed for the batch.
To add one, paste the Play Store link into the organisation app store. The name, icon and details fill in on their own, and you set a category and an age band. If the owner of your organisation has approval switched on, a new app first shows as waiting for Skie, then becomes available. Publish moves it from draft to live in your store.
Then you attach the app to the batch's list. Students see the apps on the list and nothing else. Play Store can stay hidden, so they cannot install extras. The install guard silently removes any app installed outside the list, and unknown sources are blocked.
Your own app is fine if it is on Google Play, even as a closed or limited release that your students can reach. Private APK distribution is not available yet, and it is something the team is working on.
Some content apps use their own downloads or login, and those need the network. The web filter and Chrome rules still apply on Wi-Fi and on mobile data. If a lecture app plays video through Chrome, SafeSearch and restricted mode apply there.
A practical tip: install the app on a test tablet first, open a full lecture and a test, and note any helper apps it asks for, such as a PDF viewer or a keyboard. Add those to the list before the batch starts.