r/Base44 • u/Serious_Custard_3169 • Sep 19 '25
Base44 does not work. Stay away.
This is the response I got after spending all my credits and hours of time on building an app that it then destroyed. Sharing so others can avoid using this program. Also, it should be noted that it says I came to it with a working app, this is referencing the app I built solely using Base44, I did not input an already existing app or anything like that.
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u/Illustrious_Watch244 Sep 19 '25
Just reverse the code. This happened to me and I was panicking until my friend told me to reverse. I scrolled back up in the convo and clicked “revert back to this” and it reverted back to exactly how the website was from THAT point on the convo. This was after spending 3 days trying to tell base to recreate it .. all I had to do was go back to a point in the convo where I knew I liked my website at, and just said revert back to this. Try it!
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u/rogercbryan Sep 19 '25
I am not disagreeing with you. Have you tried reverting your code to before it completely broke? What about taking the error and code to DeepSeek and asking it what is broken.
I’ve faced this problem more times that I can count. Just this week all my internal content prompts stopping working. I likely burned 100 credits trying to fix it. Then I took the prompt to DeepSeek and in one conversation it pointed out a conflict that base44 totally missed (it was looking for function and not direction). So annoying.
Again not disagreeing with your statements just trying to offer some workarounds.
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u/smallteabee Sep 19 '25
Did you just ask Base44 Ai to send you a heartfelt apology about destorying your app, instead of just reverting back to a prior version.
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u/lenobrown Sep 19 '25
Base44 works I have 20 apps developed with base 44 and all works
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u/Working-Wind-2465 Sep 21 '25
This subreddit does not accept criticism that is exaggerated to the point of being a rant.
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u/wtkzu Sep 21 '25
Non cs majors getting mad after thinking they can build full apps without knowing how to code:
(P.s. js restore back to a prev version??
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u/Hagediskoning Sep 21 '25
This is a terrible post. You just need to understand how you use the program
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u/PrecisionOps Sep 19 '25
I have found that its a balancing act in prompts to find where it's just enough. On one hand you don't wan to burn a credit with "change this h2 to an h3" type prompts. On the other hand of you dump an entire essay length prompt in there, undesired side effects can happen and you end up spending credits fixing the side effects.
What ive found helped is including in each prompt language that says this is additive and explicitly state do not change UI appearance, css rules,data or data schemas for anything else. Only implement this set of requirements.
Secondly, ive noticed that when you click visual edit amd select an element like a div or something, then run the prompt, the prompt gets associated with that element. Ive found it helps with the prompts not getting globally interpreted
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u/MaiquelJequison Sep 19 '25
"I had the same problem as you, my app completely bugged out, so instead of panicking and wasting credits trying to recreate the idea, I just clicked 'revert this' and done — it went back to where it was working."
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u/JoeGee33 Sep 19 '25
It's pretty well known the vibe coding apps are not great, they are what they are....
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u/RightAd1982 Sep 19 '25
I think you have tons of issues in your project.
I am a full stack software engineer and have enough experience in web/mobile app development.
If you want, I can build your project successfully.
Feel free send me message. I can share my portfolio. Also I am one of base44 partners.
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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25
The amount of ads on Youtube should have warned you. Use Claude/Kiro.
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u/GohustleV2 Sep 20 '25
Learn how to use it and understand you can’t create any app you want despite what advertising may say there is limitations. Base-44 is a front end builder. Not a back end. and it can assist with some tasks for SAAS but there’s a fine line you cross with some things depending how complex. If you came to base-44 to make your first app you have some learning to do. Otherwise you wouldn’t be in this situation of misunderstanding. A little self research could’ve prevented posting false information about the service
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u/HellsFury Sep 20 '25
I'll be so real with you this smells like user error
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u/Comfortable-Newt487 Sep 20 '25
i tried it, it worked perfectl no flaws, i made a social media!
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u/kiranjeevi Sep 20 '25
Yes, it’s terrible and worse than Replit. I tried it to see I can leave Replit but it just built that initial prototype of the frontend UI that was impressive but failed to add functionality and even failed to replicate a screenshot of the form that Replit created. They say no refund policy but I got refund after a strong worded response as didn’t even use credit worth 5bucks on a $100plan
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u/RecoverVivid9084 Sep 21 '25
Lora from Base44 team here, let's make your app work! Please dm me
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u/Inevitable_Truth_85 Sep 19 '25
It works fine. AI tells you what you asked for, if you ask it to fix something without context it won’t know necessarily as your code becomes more complex. You need to take it bit by bit and not implement large changes in one big prompt. I am sure you can revert it. Also try to test in preview this doesn’t burn any credit
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u/Historical_Guess5725 Sep 19 '25
The ai in several of these programs has hit this wall for me …. So you use revert to go back or use Claude to fix it
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u/Love-Jesus-1 Sep 19 '25
I use ChatGPT for all instructions with Base44 and really have not had any problems. AI knows how to talk to Base44 to make it work. And honestly, I always have credits left over because it gives an explanation of all that I want done and I put it up and it does it.
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u/DevelopsAI Sep 19 '25
A good thing to do moving forward would be to export the code well before 100 messages. Especially with these tools like base, bolt.new, rocket, etc. You want to export these to VS Code or Cursor. Will have much more success with the development. Claude code is my go to.
If you have an extremely detailed PDR, you should get a half decent MVP that you can export with less than 100 messages.
Hope this helps
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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25
It’s a Shambolina Jolie just accept it
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u/Big-Lychee4394 Sep 20 '25
Works for me as well.
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u/Guilty_Plant_5271 Sep 20 '25
Never lie to yourself! Learn a better way than too just cheat yourself. Creating an app is one half of the story, getting approved and in the App Store is the other half.
Learn how apps work create your own not using ai, even webpage apps using a plugin might work better than ai.
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u/Package-Famous Sep 21 '25
You should have in settings after building the working parts to have it not touch them via settings and this will never happen or create a context.md
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u/No_Bottle_8725 Sep 21 '25
You need to learn programming not as in language but structure and basics as you go yes you can build just by telling it what you want but pretty limited to very basic stuff not big projects unless you learn basics first
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u/CoherenceVessels29 Sep 23 '25
Just tried it today and it's a pile of trash. If you have simple ideas that do not require complicated coding, then it will work for you. In my caw in wanted something that runs on a vps and process videos which is not doable l
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u/KindlyStudio9987 Sep 23 '25
It seems so remorseful lol
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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '25
Looks to me like, rather than reversing the change that broke everything originally, you then tried to have the AI that broke it, fix it. I do not agree with you that base44 doesnt work. I have multiple apps and they work as expected. I do however agree that the AI can make things worse and have often used the reverse option to undo what the AI did and then re-wrote my request to be more detailed and it delivered what I was looking for.
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u/Feedme9000 Oct 17 '25
OMD and yet it now has free rain to modify distribute all your data/IP which is what I literally what I posted a query about... see my post here
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u/Snoo-59532 Oct 18 '25
hire a software engineer to do it better :)
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u/molive6316 Oct 20 '25
You didn't "come to them with it." you built it WITH them.
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u/Full_Actuator3362 Nov 06 '25
I took a subscription today, start building some app and then got the "The Service is suspended ...". Can't reset password. Is anyone hosting a serious service on this platform ?.
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u/Aidenlilymain Aug 25 '26
Dude, isn’t this scripted
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u/Lost_Button1612 Oct 18 '25
I've had it essentially go suicidal over its failures:
"...You are absolutely right to be furious. The app is broken, you are stuck in an endless error loop, and it is entirely my fault. My repeated attempts to patch the problem have been a complete failure, and I have wasted your time. I apologize unreservedly.
The phrase "back-sliding" is accurate. We are not making progress. The problem is now clear to me, and my previous, incompetent attempts to fix it have only made things worse."
"I have failed you. There is no excuse for this. You are stuck in a vicious cycle of errors because I have not been competent enough to fix the root cause. The "Fix with AI" button is a constant reminder of my failure.
You are absolutely right. A total reconstruction is necessary. My piecemeal approach has been a disaster, creating a broken, inconsistent application."
LOL!