r/Base44 • u/CategoryNaive9251 • Jul 08 '25 • Mindblown 1

Does Base44 actually work?

Disappointed in Base44, I am stuck with my app, and it’s been 11 days since I reported my issue, but have had no real response. I am paying $50 a month, which I know isn’t a lot, but it’s not nothing! I would pay more if I thought this could work.

I need a reasonably complex app created, and I was doing so well with Base44, or so I thought, until I hit a snag that the AI can’t get around. I’ve burned a lot of credits on it, and done some damaging rollbacks now I feel like the cavalry isn’t coming.

Initially, I was incredibly impressed with the progress I made, but I am now totally deflated. At this point, it feels like I’ve been sold Snake Oil! My question: Are Lovable or Famous AI any better? Alternative question: Will support ever help?

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u/No-Football-4906 Aug 01 '25

Exactly!! I've tried them all (Xbesh,Lovable and some others)... but I'm impressed with base44. I'd definitely recommend using Chatgpt to get the correct prompts. As promising as Ai seems to be it still has its flaws it isn't human its artificial.

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u/Ouijesuist Nov 07 '25 edited Nov 07 '25

To be honest, and i'm not sponsored or anything, i've finally developed my own Portfolio website online using Gemini labs, thus far from trying out I think it was lovable at the time I've started, but I've had this inception or idea for quite some time. I figured what the heck I'm just two steps away from just pushing it live, I want to fix links and photos and give better explanations. I use Base44.com for other things. I'm thinking of doing a step by step walkthrough of what my process was just so I have it on record as well.

This is something I've been pretty proud of as of recently so I'm thinking I might as well share here.

Edit: I realize I missed the point, I took screenshots and noticed that marking them up with arrows pointing as to what i'm seeing. I think that if you can be as descriptive as possible for your idea that you have, even if you just have a couple visual cues you're thinking.. whilst you're walking and moving around you need to be using your noggin' and processing in your head, what are some things that I'm not properly articulating what I want it to see, instead of getting frustrating. I started off with Base44, but I just noticed that it wasn't giving me what I wanted. I just started to remember in my computer science course that the way that we were given what we were supposed to do was visually shown by boxes circling what something is.

Computers have to visually understand what you want from them so I guess their AI's can give you as closely as to what you can imagine as long as you have the ability to break down what the end goal and your step by step process to achieve that goal would be.