Create an app in 2025 without starting from a blank screen.
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Create an app in 2025 without starting from a blank screen.
Used by product, ops, and engineering teams
to ship internal tools and customer portals in days, not months.
Create an app in minutes with UI Bakery AI Agent.
Most “how to create an app” guides start with picking frameworks, setting up auth, wiring a database, and only then getting to actual features. UI Bakery flips that flow.
Skip boilerplate.
Describe your app in natural language.
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Explain what you’re building (“sales CRM”, “internal inventory tracker”, “client reporting portal”).
Describe your app in natural language.
Specify key screens, user roles, and basic workflows.
Get a working web app as a starting point.
Multi-Page AI
UI Bakery AI Agent generates multi-page layouts, navigation, and forms.
Data Source connection.
It connects UI components to data sources (databases or APIs) and scaffolds basic logic.
Google Sheets
Google Spanner
GraphQL
HubSpot
JDBC
MariaDB
Microsoft SQL
MongoDB
MySQL
OpenAI
OpenAPI
Oracle
PostgreSQL
Presto
AWS API
AWS Lambda
AWS S3
Airtable
Azure Blob Storage
Close
Databricks
DynamoDB
Elasticsearch
Exasol
Firebase
Generic HTTP API
GitHub
Google BigQuery
Google Sheets
Google Spanner
GraphQL
HubSpot
JDBC
MariaDB
Microsoft SQL
MongoDB
MySQL
OpenAI
OpenAPI
Oracle
PostgreSQL
Presto
Redis
Redshift
SAP HANA
SMTP
SSH
Salesforce
SendGrid
Slack
Snowflake
Stripe
Supabase
Twilio
Zapier
Zendesk
Wire it to your real data.
45+ Data connections
Connect PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, REST/GraphQL APIs, or spreadsheets.
Data Source mapping
Map queries to UI actions: load data, submit forms, update records, run workflows.
Add workflows and automation.
Workflow logic
Define multi-step flows: approvals, notifications, data syncing, scheduled jobs.
Event triggers
Trigger logic on button clicks, timers, or webhooks.
Secure, share, and scale.
Role-based access
Set up granular roles and permissions so each user sees only what they should.
Environment management
Invite your team, share URLs, and manage environments (staging / production).
How to create an app in 2025: the modern process
The 2025 blueprint for creating an app
Whether you’re launching an internal tool, a client portal, or something for the App Store, the process in 2025 looks different from the “hire a team and wait 6 months” playbook. Here’s the updated, practical flow.
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Step 1. Clarify what kind of app you’re building.
Before tools and tech, answer:
- Who is this app for? (internal team, customers, partners, general public)
- Where will they use it? (desktop browser, mobile browser, app stores)
- What’s the main job of the app? (track data, automate tasks, collect payments, show analytics, etc.)
- What’s the smallest useful version? (MVP that would already bring value)
Use that to decide between:
Web/browser app
- Opens in Chrome/Safari/Edge.
- Great for dashboards, admin tools, CRMs, back-office portals.
- Accessible instantly via URL, easy to iterate.
App Store / Play Store app
- Installed on iOS/Android devices.
- Better for consumer-facing products, offline use, heavy device features (camera, sensors, push notifications).
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Step 2. Choose your core architecture: web, backend, and data.
1. Frontend (what users see)
In 2025, you don’t have to hand-craft every screen:
Use an AI-driven platform to generate the initial UI from a prompt.
Refine layouts visually instead of managing raw HTML/CSS for every change.
Keep the option to extend with custom JavaScript or integrate existing APIs.
2. Backend (logic and APIs)
You have three typical choices:
Use an existing backend
- You already have APIs, databases, or services.
- UI Bakery connects to them and turns them into usable screens and workflows.
Use a modern backend platform
- You expose APIs that UI Bakery calls for reads/writes.
- Tools like Supabase / Firebase / similar provide auth, database, storage, and server functions.
Hybrid approach
- Some data lives in your own database, some comes from SaaS tools (CRMs, payment providers, etc.).
- UI Bakery pulls them together into unified internal tools or portals.
3. Data layer (database and external services)
Think through:
What entities you need (users, customers, orders, tickets, etc.)
How they relate (one-to-many, many-to-many)
Which system is the “source of truth” (your DB vs third-party tool)
In UI Bakery, you simply connect:
SQL / NoSQL databases
REST & GraphQL APIs
SaaS tools like CRMs, support systems, analytics platforms
…then bind them to tables, forms, and charts in the UI.
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Step 3. Design your app structure and main flows.
Map screens and user journeys
Instead of starting with isolated features, map:
Entry points: login, invite link, public page.
Key screens: dashboard, list views, detail views, settings, admin panel.
User roles: admin, manager, regular user, viewer.
Main actions: create/update data, approvals, exports, notifications.
In UI Bakery, you can:
Ask the AI Agent to generate these screens from your description.
Rename and reorganize pages, navigation, and sections visually.
Add or remove components without diving into routing and boilerplate.
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Step 4. Create a web app for your business
If your question is “how do I create an app for my business?” – here’s a focused flow tailored to that use case.
1. Capture your current process
What’s happening today in spreadsheets, email threads, or chat?
Which steps are repetitive, manual, or error-prone?
2. Translate it into an app brief
“I want a simple app where sales reps can log deals, managers can update status, and finance can see closed-won deals in one place.”
3. Generate the first version with UI Bakery
Paste that brief into the prompt input.
Get a basic app: deals list, deal details page, forms, and simple status flow.
4. Connect to live data
Hook up your existing database or SaaS tools.
Or start with a fresh database UI Bakery connects to.
5. Refine permissions and views
The sales team sees their own pipeline.
Managers see team-wide dashboards.
Leadership sees high-level metrics.
6. Roll out gradually
Start with a single team or department.
Start with a single team or department.
Iterate on fields, filters, and workflows in the visual editor.
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Step 5. Creating a mobile app experience (for iOS and Android)
Even if you’re ultimately aiming for App Store / Play Store, the fastest path in 2025 is usually:
1. Start with a solid web app
Use UI Bakery to create the core product logic, data model, and UI.
Make it responsive so it works well in mobile browsers.
2. Decide how “native” you need to be
For internal tools and B2B portals: a responsive web app is often enough. Users can “Add to Home Screen” and treat it like an app.
For consumer apps needing push notifications, deep device access, or store presence:
Use your backend and APIs (the same ones your UI Bakery app talks to).
Pair them with a dedicated mobile front end (e.g., React Native / Flutter).
3. Reuse your investment
You’ve already validated flows, data structures, and copy in the browser.
Mobile UI becomes a new layer on top of the same data and logic.
UI Bakery’s role: nail the core experience quickly in the browser, then expand to native if and when it’s worth it.
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Step 6. Estimate the cost to create an app
What does it cost to create an app in 2025? Cost depends on three things:
Scope – how many screens, roles, and workflows you really need for V1.
Team – agency vs in-house vs solo builder.
Stack – from-scratch code vs AI-assisted platforms.
Roughly:
Hand-coded from scratch with a traditional team can climb into tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars for a full product.
A hybrid AI + visual-editing approach like UI Bakery significantly reduces:
Time spent on scaffolding and boilerplate.
Hours needed from senior developers.
Long-term maintenance on low-value repetitive code.
With UI Bakery, you typically pay:
A per-developer seat for building and editing apps.
Optional AI usage credits, depending on how heavily you rely on automated generation.
Viewers and end-users can scale without linear developer cost.
The result: you can validate more ideas and deliver more apps for the same budget.
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Why create your app with an AI Agent?
In 2025, the question is less “can I learn to code?” and more “what should I still hand-code?”
When you hand-code everything:
You maintain full control over every line…
…but you spend huge chunks of time on scaffolding, forms, CRUD operations, and UI wiring.
You repeat patterns across apps and teams.
When you create apps with UI Bakery AI Agent:
You describe what you want, the agent proposes how it works.
You get data-aware screens, actions, and workflows in minutes.
You keep control where it matters: data model, business rules, and integrations.
You still own your logic and connections; UI Bakery becomes your fast execution layer.
Typical use cases UI Bakery is ideal for:
Internal admin panels and dashboards
Customer / partner portals
Operational CRMs and booking systems
Approval flows and back-office workflows
Multi-step forms and data review screens
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FAQ
Can I create an app without knowing how to code?
Yes. Many teams use UI Bakery primarily through the visual interface and natural-language prompts. Basic technical understanding helps, but you don’t need to be a full-time developer to create useful apps, especially internal tools and portals.
Can AI really create an app for me, or will I still need developers?
AI can handle a lot of scaffolding: layouts, data binding, and standard flows. For many internal tools, that’s enough to get a fully usable app. For more complex logic, security requirements, or integrations, developers can step in to refine what the agent generated instead of starting from zero.
What kind of apps is UI Bakery best suited for?
UI Bakery shines for browser-based apps: internal tools, dashboards, admin panels, CRMs, and customer/partner portals. It’s perfect whenever your users are comfortable working in a web app and you want to move fast without sacrificing structure and security.
Can I use the app with my existing database or APIs?
Yes. You can connect existing databases and services, then use UI Bakery to design screens and workflows on top of them. You don’t have to migrate everything into a new system just to create an app.
Can I later build a native mobile app on top of what I created?
Absolutely. The data model, workflows, and backend you use with UI Bakery can also power native mobile clients. Many teams start with a web app to prove value, then reuse the same APIs and logic for an iOS/Android front end once they’re ready for the app stores.
How do I get started?
1. Write a short description of the app you want to create.
2. Paste it into the prompt input on this page.
3. Let the AI Agent generate your first version.
4. Connect your real data and refine the UI.
5. Share the app with your team or customers.