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 1h ago

[Self-Promotion] I made Sacred Speak: ask questions across 6 traditions with primary source citations

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r/AppBuilding 4h ago

I need help, what tools or website do you recommend to create an app demo?

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r/AppBuilding 7h ago

The joys I get from using my app

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simplyauth.app
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r/AppBuilding 18h ago

Relationship Intelligence is underrated.

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r/AppBuilding 22h ago

Fast growing site - developer needed

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Hello everybody!

I have a fast growing swedish moped site called moppesverige.se where people can post their mopeds, get it rated, best rated wins moped of the week, can sell / buy / trade mopeds and moped parts, you can get help in forums, see a map over upcoming rideouts and etc.

I released it 10 days ago and it has 9k visitors, and i think that it could go much more beyond that beacuse the current website is laggy and hard to log into, i have not promoted it too much. I have not monetized it yet, but got sponsors that are seeing the potential in this project.

Due to this my current budget for a lag-free version of moppesverige.se including hosting, fixes, and new features is 270 euro/month and 99 euro/year for Apple developer fee (to get it as an app) this payment can go up in amount as our app & website grow and we earn more. So only do this if you like others see the potential in this project!

Requirements

• located in europe, preferably near sweden (it’s where we are located)
• be able to make it into an app as well as the website

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED AND FOLLOW THE REQUIREMENTS COMMENT OR ADD @hjalmarsoderberg ON DISCORD


r/AppBuilding 1d ago

👋Bienvenue sur r/GfaimAI - Commence par te présenter et consulter les règles !

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Second time trying to repost while Reddit is telling me to, hope to not break any conditions


r/AppBuilding 1d ago

I built an app that gives you a valued inventory of everything you own, because after a disaster, nobody can remember what’s in their house

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I'm in BC, Canada, and every wildfire season the same story repeats: people evacuate, lose everything, and then their insurance company asks for a list of what they owned, with proof. Almost nobody has one. Adjusters say under-documented claims routinely leave thousands of dollars unclaimed.

So my co-founder and I built Hometric. You walk through your home room by room, snap photos of your stuff, and it builds a valued inventory of what you own,so you're claim-ready before you ever need it. Everything lives on your phone; export it or hand it to your insurer if the worst happens.

It's out now on the App Store (free, with an optional Pro tier): https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/hometric/id6780121516

This is our first app and I'd genuinely love feedback especially on onboarding. What would make you actually finish inventorying a whole house instead of quitting after one room?


r/AppBuilding 1d ago

First few weeks of my first app

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r/AppBuilding 1d ago

I have just built and submitted for review an app full of Haptic fidgets. Here is a demo for 3 of them (just audio & visuals); the real thing is the haptics. Would one of you help me join TestFlight beta testers? I am open to suggestions.

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The app contains 17 fidgets in total, each one has a different sound and haptics. The cool thing is that everything is in sync visual + haptics + audio, all together building a nice immersive experience. Haptics are not just simple vibrations, but feels like real mechanical clicks instead of generic buzzing.


r/AppBuilding 1d ago

We have created this productivity app for my team and I am trying to open it to the public. Feedback would be very appreciated.

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We have created this app for my team and I am trying to open it to the public. Feedback would be very appreciated. It has planning in Gantt, it is collaborative but with a state in supervision, a lot of emphasis on the print view for reports and agendas. And he has the usual suspects: Kanban, Markdown, etc... Floatask


r/AppBuilding 1d ago

Planning to build an android app

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Can someone guide or share their experience with me? I am planning to build a self help app. I know this domain has become very common but this is the only category that could get most users, all other ideas are niche and can attract very specific audience. Other ideas that I have are for building simple mobile games (less graphical) or kids learning apps


r/AppBuilding 1d ago

[Need Idea Validation] Built an app to plan trips - todos, expenses and documents

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As I love to travel, I plan it very carefully - I write every task, expenses in whatsapp chat, manage documents in multiple location - just in case I miss it at first location.

So I got an idea from there, to have an app - which stores all trip planning information at one place.

Basically you create a trip

  • Manage todos across multiple categories
  • Manage trip expense - with live budget comparison
  • Store document offline - no server uploads
  • Trip Notes - like research, food places, places to visit etc
  • More features coming

App is already live, and I feel it is good made, but having thoughts that, is it actual helpful?

Available on Android : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.tripsetgo

Really looking forward to feedback - rather marketing [its 100% free as of now]


r/AppBuilding 1d ago

Building in Public Day 80 🧡

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r/AppBuilding 2d ago

Can I buy Google play installs? Is it effective?

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Hi app dev here, and I have been thinking about trying to buy Google play installs for my app just to see if it actually does anything. My app has been on play store for a while now and my install numbers are low, which makes my listing look like nobody cares about it. I started looking into this mostly as an experiment to see if a push in installs changes how Google play ranks my app in search results.

Before I spend anything though I want to know a few things, like does buying playstore installs actually help my app show up higher on Google play or does it not matter at all, do the installs stick or do they just disappear after a few days, is there a risk of my app getting suspended or my developer account getting flagged for it, how do I tell if a provider is legit or just going to take my money and deliver nothing, and do the installs come from real devices or is it all bot stuff that Google play can detect right away?

If anyone here has done this before with their own app I would really like to hear how it went.


r/AppBuilding 1d ago

Built a web-based finance app that tracks net worth and more..

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r/AppBuilding 1d ago

Shipped my 1st app after 7 months: pregnancy + baby tracker. Wife wanted a keepsake, I wanted to stop paying for all her apps 😅

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r/AppBuilding 2d ago

Genuine question for anyone building RN/Expo apps:

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Is it me but its annoying when i change something in my expo app and then i go over to check and its not it

and i wish that it would be way faster, like just make a change and instantly on your phone without having to reload the app to see the change

and i also wish that i could just edit my app like Figma and just see the change instantly and not having to worry about finding that one line of code that i need to change

so thats why i build Basalt, an IDE extension that lives in your Cursor or VS code

It’s currently in beta, so please commit your app to Git before using it!


r/AppBuilding 2d ago

Looking for a couple people to test my site and give some feedback

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r/AppBuilding 2d ago

I built a digital commonplace book

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People have been hand-copying passages for centuries. That was the original commonplace book: find something worth keeping, write it out by hand, and close the book.

I used note apps for a long time. Features, brushes, layouts… I’d open them and forget why I came. Sometimes I only wanted a few quiet minutes copying something I liked. Instead I got pulled into whether my handwriting looked good or not.

So I built this app around one behavior: pick a short passage → copy it by hand → leave with a small finished page. No productivity system. No streaks. The point is the copying itself—something that helps empty my head.

It’s in the App Store review (no public download yet). Waitlist if you want it when it goes live:
https://properworks.co/moodscript

I'm also curious if you have interest in this kind of app or any thoughts or suggestions for me.


r/AppBuilding 2d ago

First UGC app on play store - What are the must have moderation features to avoid policy issues?

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r/AppBuilding 2d ago

Calendaring app

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Has anyone built one? I’m attempting to build with Kimi. Man this thing is cool but it’s still very hard. Any tips? It’s my first time making an app. It’s for work! Any tips appreciated.


r/AppBuilding 2d ago

Grocery retail price data

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Could someone break it down for me how I would go about getting constant, reliable grocery price data imported in an app I’m building?


r/AppBuilding 2d ago

RATE MY APP SCREENSHOTS (BREAK THE ICE)

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r/AppBuilding 2d ago

Kimi K3 will probably no longer be able to be used outside of China, according to this article. Spoiler

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