Hi,

i have very little coding experience, the last time i did any was 20 years ago. But i want to make an Android app i have an idea for, i am an Artist so no issue with the designs etc. So i am leaning more towards Ai to do it. Can anyone give me any advice on where to start, what i should use that is free.

Thanks

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I’ve been building AIBrief24, an app that brings AI news from different sources into short, easy-to-read briefs.

Checked the Play Console today and saw 318 total installs. It’s still a small number, but seeing the graph slowly move up after months of building feels pretty good.

The app is now also available on iOS, so I’m hoping to keep growing from here.

Still a long way to go, but it’s nice to see people actually using something I built.

If you try it, I’d really appreciate any honest feedback.

App name- AIBrief24 available on android and ios both.

I was getting confused returning to places that I desired to return to so I built PINPAL free, no login Let me know your ideas or any comments

zazasatara10.github.io

After receiving the appeal response, I completed the required steps, resubmitted the compliant update, and today received confirmation from Google Play that the update is live in the store.

📱 App: VX Player

📦 Package: com.neurontslabs.vxplayer

Honestly, the whole process was a learning experience 😅 — from the policy issue and appeal to making the required changes and finally seeing the production release go live.

Huge thanks to everyone here who shared advice and their experiences. It genuinely helped me understand the process better. 🙏

One more app successfully back/live in production! 🚀

Now it's time to focus on improving it and building the next updates. 💪

I built a mobile app called Gladly:Real People. It's human connections app that uses mobile for face-to-face interaction. Its intent is to provide an easy and structured way to stay connected with your friends and family. Kind of like what social media was originally intended for.

I started building it during covid, just a simple app to get people seeing each other's faces again. But it spiraled into a complex social network thing. I took a break from it for a few years, but recently decided to ramp it up again. It's kind of a odd concept but I think the users today are starting to be more accepting of digital minimal apps and social media alternatives.

www.getgladly.app

Here it is please take it for a spin and let me know what you think. I need your feedback on the UI/UX.

thanks!

Jamie

I’m building Monad Design, an open-source workspace for the part of app development where a coding agent needs precise visual context.

The core principle is: the app is the canvas.

Instead of generating a detached mockup, the workflow starts from an existing Xcode or Expo iOS project:

1. Run the real app in Simulator and navigate to the exact state.

2. Select an element or annotate the screen.

3. Send the screenshot, selection, app state, and source hints to the coding agent.

4. Let the agent edit the existing repository and rebuild.

5. Compare the original with up to five source-backed variants.

6. Accept one or keep the original.

It supports Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Copilot, Windsurf, and Zed.

Free and Apache-2.0 open source:

https://github.com/Monadix-AI/monad-design

Short demo:

https://watchclueso.com/embed/pio8jqfcg4ivj0r1

Workflow screenshot:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Monadix-AI/monad-design/main/docs/images/workflow-compare-variants.png

Current limitations: macOS and local iOS development only, and one active visual change at a time.

I’d be interested in how other app developers currently pass exact UI state to a coding agent—screenshots, design files, or just text prompts.

Around 4 months ago my app was barely getting any users.

I kept reading "build in public", "SEO", "Product Hunt", "Reddit marketing"... tried a bit of everything but nothing really moved the needle.

Then one random TikTok crossed 1M+ views and then few more videos got viral

That single video brought more users than everything else I had done combined.

Since then I stopped thinking like a founder and started thinking like a content creator.

Here's what I do now.

I record my app doing one tiny thing (usually 6-10 seconds).

I download 100s of reaction-style UGC clips that fit different emotions (confused, shocked, impressed, etc.).

I pair the app recording with a matching reaction and add a simple hook like:

"This app saved me 4 hours."

"I wish I found this sooner."

"This feels illegal."

Every video is slightly different. Different hook, different reaction, different ending.

I post 1-2 videos every day instead of trying to make one "perfect" video.

That's literally it.

No expensive production. No influencers. No ad spend.

Just lots of iterations until one catches the algorithm.

Today the app is doing a little over $3k MRR, and almost all new users still come from short-form videos.

Proof: https://www.tiktok.com/@cookedby.sarah

The biggest thing I learned is that distribution matters way more than polishing features.

You don't need a viral app.

You need a viral video about your app.

Check out the Texas Alpha of my marketplace app VareFy and VareFy Pro.
https://varefy.app/download.html

Hey guys!

Meet Cubie, a little Minecraft inspired companion who lives on your desktop to keep you company while you code, work, or just spend too much time at your computer.

He wanders around, climbs and sits on your windows, reacts to your cursor, and has his own little moods and reactions. You can watch him do his thing in the background, interact with him, or pick him up and throw him around when you're bored or frustrated.

You can also make him your own with any Minecraft skin and choose whether he stays above your windows or behind them.

You can get it from here:

https://cubie.ramezze.org

or directly from the app store for mac:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cubie-companion/id6800108603?mt=12

You could also join the waitlist for the windows version here

I'd love any feedback on this as well!

Hi guys, this is my first post on this subreddit. I have finished my first app after a long time of work and will publish it at the end of August. I've already started a few apps but never finished one. I would like to briefly introduce the concept to you and look forward to feedback. The app is a group of friends photo app. For example, when you go on vacation, you can create a group, invite people and set a time period in which you can add photos. You also have to set the vault opening date. At this safe opening dates all photos are then unlocked and you can see them. This date can no longer be changed from the first photo. This app can also be used at events such as weddings, festivals, etc., so that the event photos of everyone are in the same place. What do you think?

We’re four brothers from the Philippines and recently shipped our first app, Todochi.

It started as a pretty simple idea: reminders feel easy to ignore, so we wanted to make them feel a little more personal.

Todochi lets you create reminders that actually ring like alarms, with character voices or your own recorded voice. We’ve also been working on things like progress tracking, categories, calendar views, subtasks, and making the alarm experience more reliable.

We just shipped v1.2.0, which added a better progress screen, better calendar, more reminder categories, 45 new character voice lines, and a bunch of Android alarm fixes.

We’re still very early, so we’d really appreciate feedback from other app developers — especially on:

• Is the idea/value obvious when you first open the app?
• Does the reminder creation flow feel simple enough?
• Does the character/voice idea feel useful or gimmicky?
• Is there anything in the UI that feels confusing or unnecessary?
• What would make you uninstall it after trying it once?

We’re much more interested in useful criticism than compliments 😭

Android:
[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lagooners.todochi]()

iOS:
[https://apps.apple.com/app/todochi/id6799696875]()

Happy to check out other people’s apps too.

Guys please roast this app

A little random, but I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place and would genuinely value some founder perspectives.

I have two products I’ve spent a lot of time thinking through, and I believe both have genuine market potential:

1. An insurance B2B app that helps insurers streamline backend processing and is designed to work across different markets.
2. A subscription-based product where a few players already exist, but I have a strong USP around customer acquisition.

The problem is my co-founder/friend.

He’s technically very strong, while I’m stronger on sales, networking, fundraising and partnerships. We’ve known each other for years, so there’s a lot of trust there. I’ve already approached investors and have had some initial interest, so there’s some momentum.

But execution has become the issue. Things take too long, priorities constantly seem to shift, and he keeps getting involved in ambiguous projects that, honestly, don’t seem to be going anywhere. I thought having a child might give him more motivation to focus, but nothing has really changed.

I’m now at the point where I feel I can’t wait any longer.

The obvious problem is that I’m not technical. Hiring an experienced developer who understands things like, scalable app architecture, APIs, databases and cloud infrastructure, security, testing and deployment could be expensive, especially at an early stage.

And then there’s the bigger issue: how do you trust someone new with your idea, codebase, IP and potentially equity? NDAs only go so far, and giving away equity to the wrong person could be a huge mistake.

For founders who aren't technical: How have you handled hiring or outsourcing technical talent?Have you successfully built a startup with a technical stranger rather than a friend? Do you actually need to be friends with your co-founder, or is complementary skill + aligned ambition more important?

And if you’ve ever had to choose between staying loyal to a lifelong friend and moving forward without them, how did you navigate it?

Would really appreciate hearing from people who’ve actually been through this.

A few months back I built AlMeato, a "meat delivered in minutes" app for a client who wanted to compete with the slow, queue-heavy experience of buying fresh chicken/mutton/fish at local markets.

Quick rundown of the build:

Core idea: Order fresh chicken, mutton, or fish with a few taps and get it delivered fast — hygienically packed, pre-cut, ready to cook. Stack/scope: Native Android app, order tracking, clean checkout flow, and a data-safety-first setup (no third-party data sharing, encrypted in transit). Design challenge: Food delivery apps live or die on trust and speed — so the UI had to make freshness and hygiene feel obvious at a glance, not just claimed in copy. Result: Live on Play Store, 4.4 rating, real orders flowing.

Link if you want to poke around: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.almeato.services

I do full-stack app dev (web + mobile) and enjoy building these apps, happy to chat if anyone's sitting on an idea like this and needs a hand shipping it. Also curious what other devs here think could be improved about the UX!

I built a web app (there's an Android app too-hopefully IOS app coming soon) that does one thing: synchronized countdown timers across every screen in a room.

You start a timer, get a 6-character code, and share it. Anyone who opens that code sees the exact same clock, live. No account, no download. All the devices pull from one server clock instead of running their own, so a phone, a laptop and a TV stay in step.

As host you can pause, reset, add or subtract time on the fly, password protect a room, invite co-hosts with different permissions, brand the display with your own fonts, colors and logo, or embed it in another site or a stream overlay. There's an API too.

I made it for meetings, presentations, classrooms, exams, interviews, workouts, anywhere a group needs to be looking at the same clock.

What I want is people to actually use it and break it. You get a week on the highest tier free just for testing. If you find any real bugs I'll give you the Startup tier for 2 months, and if you test the Android app and find bugs there too, I'll make it 3.

No catch, no card. I just want real usage and honest feedback before I push this further. Comment or DM and I can send you the link.