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25 questions people ask before and after installing. If yours is missing, ask us and we will add it.
Getting started
What is AI App Builder?
An Android app that builds Android apps. You describe the app you want in plain English; an AI agent interviews you, generates the screens and navigation, previews them natively on your phone and exports a complete Android Studio project. It is a no code app builder where the "no code" part is a conversation rather than a canvas.
Do I need to know how to code?
No. If you can describe the app to a friend, you can describe it to the builder. If you do code, you get a clean project you can extend.
Is it free?
Every new account gets 100 free credits, enough for a small app. There is no subscription; further credits are bought as packs. Previewing, hand-editing and exporting cost nothing. See pricing.
Which phones does it run on?
Android 7.0 (API 24) and newer. Apps you build support the same range.
Do I need a computer?
Not to build, preview or export. You need Android Studio on a computer (any OS) to compile the export into a Play-ready bundle — or someone who has it.
What it builds
What kinds of apps can I make?
Anything made of screens, lists, forms and data: business, menus and ordering, booking, trackers, quizzes, catalogues, community and event apps, portfolios, internal tools. With native capabilities: camera, location, notifications, biometrics, barcode scanning. See the use cases.
What can't it make?
3D games, heavy video or audio processing, and apps that are mostly a backend (marketplaces with payments and payouts, social networks). It can make the phone-side screens for those; the server is separate work.
Can it make iPhone apps?
Not today. The builder runs on Android and exports Android projects. The screens are standard HTML/JS and portable, but the shell and export target are Android.
Can apps have user accounts and a database?
Yes, with a backend you connect — Firebase is the usual choice. The builder generates the screens and the calls; you set up the project. Most small apps do fine without accounts, loading content from a Google Sheet instead.
Can it take payments?
Not out of the box. Generated stores and booking apps send orders by WhatsApp, email or a form, or open a payment link. Native card payments need a provider's SDK added to the exported project.
Can it use my existing website's content?
It can load data from any public CSV or JSON URL, including one on your website. It does not wrap or convert a website — for that, a website-to-app converter is the right tool.
Building & iterating
How long does it take?
A first working version in under ten minutes; a polished app in an evening or two. Publishing adds Play's review time.
How do I change something?
Say it in the chat: name the screen and the change. Each request edits one file. The iteration guide has a playbook.
Can I edit the code myself?
Yes. Screens are plain HTML/JS you can open in the builder's editor or after export. Hand edits cost no credits and the AI reads them on the next request.
What if the AI makes a mistake?
Describe what you did, what you expected and what happened; it fixes the specific screen. You can also undo a generation and rephrase.
Can I import a design from Figma?
No. Describe the layout in words and colours in hex; the builder produces clean, consistent screens in your palette.
Export & publishing
What exactly do I get when I export?
A zip with a complete Android Studio project: Gradle wrapper, Kotlin shell (activity, navigation, bridge, one adapter per capability used), your screens and data in assets, a manifest with only the permissions your features need, and your launcher icon at every density.
Do I own the app?
Yes, outright. No licence, no badge, no revenue share. Modify it, sell it, hand it to a developer.
Can I publish to Google Play?
Yes, under your own developer account. The publishing guide covers the account, signing, the bundle, the listing and the data-safety form.
Will Play accept an AI-generated app?
Play reviews behaviour and policy compliance, not how the code was written. Capability-driven exports declare minimal permissions, which makes the data-safety form short and honest. You still need a privacy policy URL.
Can I share the app without the Play Store?
Yes. Build an APK and send the file; phones show an 'unknown sources' prompt. Common for internal, school and event apps.
Privacy & data
Where are my projects stored?
On your phone, in the app's private storage. Nothing is published unless you export and share it.
Is my prompt sent anywhere?
The prompt and the relevant project files are sent to our server so the AI model can answer. They are not used to train models and are not shared with third parties beyond the model provider processing the request.
Does the builder contain ads or trackers?
No ad SDK. Sign-in uses Google's Firebase Authentication to keep your credits with your account. See the privacy policy.
What data does an exported app collect?
Only what you built it to. A local-only tracker collects nothing. The exported manifest and your own screens are the truth — read them before filling in Play's data-safety form.
Build your first app tonight
Describe it in a sentence, watch the screens appear, tap through them on your phone. Free to start — 100 credits, no card, no code.
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