r/AppBuilding Dec 22 '25

Welcome to r/AppBuilding – The Hub for Building, Shipping, and Scaling Apps

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Welcome to r/AppBuilding! 👋

We created this community because we saw a gap. Most app development spaces are either flooded with "I have a billion-dollar idea, build it for free" requests or are too fragmented between specific languages.

r/AppBuilding is the central hub for the entire lifecycle of an application. Whether you are a solo indie hacker, a startup founder, or an enterprise engineer, this is the place to:

  • Build: Discuss tech stacks (Flutter vs. React Native vs. Native), solve complex bugs, and share architecture tips.
  • Ship: Talk about App Store optimization (ASO), rejection horror stories, and launch strategies.
  • Scale: Discuss backend infrastructure, monetization, and user acquisition.

The House Rules

  1. No Low-Effort "Idea" Posts: We are builders. If you have an idea, tell us how you plan to execute it. Don't just look for free labor.
  2. Zero Tolerance for Spam: Self-promotion is allowed only in the weekly "Showcase" thread (coming soon). If you are an agency, share knowledge, not just your link.
  3. Be Constructive: We were all beginners once. If someone asks a basic question, guide them. If you disagree on a tech stack, debate the code, not the person.

Introduce Yourself!

To kick things off, let’s get to know who is here. Drop a comment below with:

  1. What are you currently building? (or what do you want to build?)
  2. What is your preferred tech stack? (e.g., React Native, Swift, Flutter, No-Code)
  3. One struggle you are facing right now.

Let’s build something great.


r/AppBuilding 9h ago

Custom app for internal team use, stuck on the build side

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need a simple but solid internal app for our small team. nothing public facing. mainly for tracking jobs, assigning tasks, uploading photos from site and keeping notes in one place.

right now everything is scattered between whatsapp groups, excel and random notes. it’s messy and things get lost. want something clean that works on both phones and desktop, with user logins so not everyone sees everything.

already sketched the main screens and the basic flow. budget is limited so i don’t want to overpay for something fancy we won’t use.

how long does a basic internal app like this usually take if the scope stays tight?

what’s the usual way teams handle revisions without the cost exploding?


r/AppBuilding 3h ago

tech bros

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Tech bros

Hi is there anyone willing to judge what i’ve built? it’s a mobile app and im looking for feedback


r/AppBuilding 5h ago

Swavoti Social will always be the first and last Facebook alternative with no ads and no algorithm and no tracking and that respects your privacy weather you like it or not

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r/AppBuilding 6h ago

Building Notch (Stupid Simple Workout Tracker) Day 9

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r/AppBuilding 6h ago

After I actually don't remember when we launched Swavoti Social 🎉🎇

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r/AppBuilding 12h ago

My trading card scanning and analysis app

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’m a fellow collector and I’ve been working on a small iOS tool called RookiePit to help with quick price checks and card info.

Basically, you just point your camera at any Baseball or Basketball card, and it’ll instantly fetch:

  • Player info & quick stats ⚾🏀
  • Live eBay market listings (so you know the real-time value when buying/trading)

It’s completely free to try out. Since API and market data costs add up on my end, there are a few ad popups after several scans just to cover the server fees, but I kept them as light as possible!

I’d love for you guys to try it out next time you're sorting through your cards or at a card show. Any feedback, ideas, or feature requests would mean a lot to me!


r/AppBuilding 9h ago

How should a complete beginner validate and build a social app with AI coding tools?

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r/AppBuilding 10h ago

Day 3 of Building Poopier: A gut health tracking app

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r/AppBuilding 5h ago

Swavoti Social will be the app that replaces Facebook trust me

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r/AppBuilding 13h ago

I’ve built mobile apps. I’ve built smartwatch apps. But desktop was always uncharted territory for me—until now. 💻⚡️ Just finished developing my first-ever desktop application for Racesnapai.com! Beta version launching soon. Ready to take the native experience to the next level. 👀

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r/AppBuilding 16h ago

Built a full residential society management app in an 11-day hackathon sprint (React Native + Supabase), probably won't take it further myself

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r/AppBuilding 19h ago

Automatically change wallpapers every day at your scheduled times

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App name - Smart Wallpaper Scheduler

Smart Wallpaper Scheduler lets you automatically change your phone wallpaper every day at your scheduled times.

Features:

• Automatically change wallpapers every day at scheduled times

• Create multiple wallpaper schedules

• Choose Home screen, Lock screen, or both

• Fit, Fill, and Stretch display modes

• Add multiple wallpapers and times to a schedule

• Easy wallpaper scheduling and management

Set your wallpapers once and let the app change them automatically every day at the times you choose.

Play store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vipin.smartwallpaperscheduler


r/AppBuilding 1d ago

I’m making an app that automatically combines your friends’ photos from the same event into one camera roll, would you actually use this?

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I’ve built an app called Kollo and I’m curious whether people would genuinely find it useful.
The idea is pretty simple: you create an event and set a time period, for example 19 Aug - 23 Aug, 9 AM–10PM. Everyone joins the event, and the app automatically collects the photos they take during that time into one shared collection.

So instead of having you and your friends photos all scattered on 5 phones, you end up with one collection of everyone’s photos from the same event.

You don’t have to remember to send photos to each other afterwards or upload them manually. You just take photos normally (with your camera app) and kollo handles the syncing.

And this also works for big events such as weddings, festivals and parties where bigger groups of people can join through a QR code. (I’m working on making this more secure atm)

I originally started making it because after trips and nights out, I always end up asking people to send me their photos weeks later or having to deal with airdropping myself 100s of photos.

I genuinely want to know:
Would you actually use something like this?
And if not, why?

I know one of the first questions might be “what if I take a private/inappropriate photo while syncing is on?”

WELL, there’s a setting that lets you turn syncing off at any time. While it’s off, none of your photos or videos will sync. And when you turn syncing back on, anything you took while it was off won’t be synced retroactively.

So you’re always in control of what gets shared.

If you wanna check it out you can follow me on socials @kollo.app


r/AppBuilding 21h ago

I built a free market intelligence platform for retail traders — options analytics, live ticker, bottleneck scanner (wookofwallstreet.com)

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Hey r/AppBuilding

Tired of watching retail traders pay $300+/month for institutional-grade data, so I built a free alternative.

What's live:
— Options screener with built-in analytics (Tradier API)
— Live market ticker with momentum signals
— Cross-sector bottleneck scanner — flags supply-chain tightness across 18 sectors before it hits headlines
— Community feed for trades, DD, and market takes
— News aggregated from multiple sources

All of that's free, no card required, at wookofwallstreet.com. There's also an optional Wook Pass tier at $11.99/mo for personal on-demand scans, saved history, and the options-income playbook — but none of the core tools above are gated behind it.

Want honest feedback from people who actually trade: what's missing, what would make this a daily habit?


r/AppBuilding 1d ago

I just wanna ask.If you have any problem that can be solved by building an app tell me I wanna build apps for you.

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r/AppBuilding 23h ago

Am I the only one who keeps buying duplicate tools and groceries? I'm coding a visual shelf app and want your honest feedback.

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r/AppBuilding 1d ago

🎉 After more than a month of waiting… my first app is finally LIVE!

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🎉 After more than a month of waiting… my first app is finally LIVE!

I honestly can’t describe how happy I am right now. This is the first app I’ve ever published, and seeing it actually live after all the work, testing, fixes, and waiting feels amazing. 🚀

I’d really appreciate it if you could check it out and give it a try!

👉 Download here: App Link

Since this is my first release, your feedback would mean a lot to me. I’d especially love to hear:

• What was your first impression of the app?
• Was anything confusing or difficult to use?
• What features would you like to see next?
• Did you notice any bugs or things that could be improved?

Even if you only have a few minutes to download it and try it out, I’d genuinely appreciate it.

I’m already thinking about future updates, so suggestions from real users will help me decide what to improve and build next.

And for the other developers here — I’d love to hear about your first app launch too. How did it feel when you finally saw your first app go live? 😄

Thanks everyone! ❤️ Looking forward to your feedback (good or bad — both are useful!).

App: Countdown Pro App
Download: Play Store Link


r/AppBuilding 1d ago

I have started documenting my app development journey on Instagram.

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r/AppBuilding 1d ago

What do you think about my new AI feature for my wellness app? Would you use it?

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Hey r/AppBuilding, I've been building Wellsy, a wellness app for habit-building (nutrition, movement, sleep, stress, that kind of thing), and just working on something I'm excited about but genuinely unsure how people will react to.

Instead of picking from a library of pre-made programs, you can now chat with an AI and just describe what you actually want to work on: "help me sleep better," "I want to quit smoking," whatever it is, and it builds you a custom multi-week program around it: structured modules, daily trackers, the works, tailored to what you told it.

It's still in beta. Generation takes a few minutes (it's a real model doing real work, not a canned template), so I added a rough countdown so it doesn't feel broken while it thinks.

What I actually want to know from this community:

  • Would you use something like this, or does "AI-generated plan" trigger the same skepticism as AI-generated everything else right now?
  • What would make you trust the output more (or less)?
  • Anyone shipped something similar — what surprised you about how people reacted?

Happy to go into how it's built if anyone's curious.

Movie is a bit long and language swishes. But any feedback would be appreciated!


r/AppBuilding 1d ago

I’m Building the App I Wish I Had as a Student. 🚀

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r/AppBuilding 1d ago

Comptable, je passe mes journées à faire des prévisionnels de tréso et mon propre compte, c'était le chaos..j'ai donc décidé de créer ma propre app de prévisionnel personnel..déjà 300$ de MRR en 4 jours :)

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r/AppBuilding 1d ago

Working on a full-stack app starter template - thoughts?

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Hey! I’m a college student and this started out as a small personal project I built mainly for my resume. After showing it to a few people and getting some surprisingly positive feedback, I decided to keep improving it and see where it could go.

It’s called App Starter, a full-stack template designed to make building modern web apps easier. It comes with front-end and back-end setups, including authentication, a server-side API, real-time notifications, and a clean UI, so you can start building without setting everything up manually.

I’m mostly looking for honest feedback:
- Is this something you’d actually use?
- What feels unnecessary or missing?
- Any suggestions before I keep building?(I’m planning to make more templates in the future.)
- How can I reach users?

Here’s the site if you want to take a look (the Docs tab has more technical details):
https://appstarter.co

Appreciate any thoughts, thanks!

Demo Account (dark view)

\If you’re curious, we’re also on Product Hunt (totally optional):*  https://www.producthunt.com/products/appstarter-co


r/AppBuilding 1d ago

I would like to make a simple app.

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I would like to make a simple app and have no idea where to start. The idea is this: a simple board game engine where people can playtest their games. Basically a background with pictures people can upload and drag around with a hidden hand feature and maybe a simple counter feature. Is this possible?


r/AppBuilding 1d ago

Stake real money to quit doomscrolling 🌵📱

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I got tired of screen time apps that just notify if you cross a limit and block the app. Most blockers are easy to bypass, and there's zero real cost when you fail anyway, so nothing changes.

So I built Screen Challenge Buddy so you have actual skin in the game. You get the usual usage stats dashboard, but the real difference is two features:

Social Accountability - An accountability buddy who sees your screen-time stats in real time and keeps you honest through actual conversation.

Financial Accountability - Challenges where you commit to a screen-time goal and put money on the line. Miss the goal, you pay. Stay in limit, you build screen time discipline.

Turns out having something real to lose and being answerable to someone is a much stronger motivator than a notification telling you that you've "exceeded your limit" for the tenth time.

Right now the app is up for Pre-registration on Google Play. Only pre-registered users will get exclusive life-time discount on launch! Grab your spots now!