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Building an App Using AI (No Coding Experience Needed)

What if you could turn a simple idea into a real, profitable app—without writing tons of code?

I did exactly that using AI tools, and I’m breaking it down step by step so you can too.


Here's The Game Plan:

1️⃣ Find a Viral-Worthy Idea

  • Solve a real problem (e.g., productivity, fitness, finance).
  • Keep it simple (describe it in 3 words).
  • Make it shareable (users should WANT to tell friends).

2️⃣ Steal (Smart) UI Designs
Used Mobbin to copy slick designs from top apps. Tweaked them in Figma to match my brand.

3️⃣ Let AI Write the Code
Cursor AI (like ChatGPT for coding) built my app in React Native. Just described what I wanted, and it generated the code!

4️⃣ Add a Backend in Minutes
Supabase handled user logins & data storage—no server needed.

5️⃣ Make It AI-Powered
Integrated DeepSeek API so users can add tasks via chat (e.g., “Remind me to call Mom tomorrow”).

6️⃣ Launch on App Stores
Used Expo to build & submit to Apple & Google—no Mac required!


Why This Works in 2024

  1. AI does the heavy lifting (less coding, more building).
  2. Proven templates (why reinvent the wheel?).
  3. Fast & cheap (no big dev team needed).

💰 How to Monetize

  1. Freemium model (basic free, premium features paid).
  2. Subscriptions (monthly AI usage).
  3. Ads (if it fits your audience).

Ready to Build Your Own?

Tools I used:

  1. Cursor AI (code generation)
  2. DeepSeek (AI chat)
  3. Supabase (backend)
  4. Expo (app deployment)

The best part? You don’t need to be a coding expert—just a problem-solver with hustle.

Who’s building their first AI-powered app? Let’s chat in the comments!

on April 9, 2025
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    I feel like there has been an eruption of AI app builders lately, and I think they're very interesting to test and play around with. They have the same idea mentioned in the article but require a lot less effort from the user.

    The question is, are any of them actually able to produce high-quality native mobile apps? or are they simply gimmicks?

    Would love to hear about anyone's experinces with them.

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      I agree with you that there are a lot of AI app builders in the market rn.
      There are few no-code App builders like Adalo, and Bubble they are quite good.

      But the Full Stack AI app builders (bolt.new, Create.xyz, Lovable.dev) they are great for prototyping, not to launch as they write a code and have error in them and then exhaust all the credits in fixing the errors which they themselves wrote.

      AI based IDE's are quite good, like cursor, trae, windsurf, these are working fine as you can mention the rules and constraints for the builder model to follow.

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        I've heard of another one that never really gets mentioned for some reason.. nandbox. do you have any experience with it?

        It seems to produce fully native apps in just a few minutes with zero-code PLUS it's the only one I've seen that has an integration with Chatgpt, they made their own App Builder GPT recently.

        Would love to hear your thoughts.

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          [Apologies for the late reply]

          I will try today, and then give you the full feedback on it.

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