The Android app builder for native apps on Google Play

It depends on the tool: some load a website inside the app, others compile a native app. GoodBarber generates native binaries compiled in Swift and Kotlin: not a web app in a shell. Your Android app is compiled in Kotlin and installs from Google Play like any other app; the native technology page explains how it works.

No. You design the app in your browser without code, GoodBarber builds it online, and you submit it in Google Play Console: any computer with a browser is enough, plus an Android phone to test the app. The one-time setup in Google's consoles follows a step-by-step guide, or GoodBarber's publishing service does it for you. A Mac comes into play for the iOS version, if you upload it to Apple yourself.

Yes. A GoodBarber Android app is built and published with your own Google Play developer account, even if GoodBarber's publishing team submits it for you, so the app and its users stay yours. The fee is 25 USD, once, paid to Google and not to GoodBarber, and Google verifies your identity. Choose the account type carefully, since it cannot be changed later: Personal for an individual, Organization for a company, which needs a D-U-N-S number.

Google's review usually takes a few days, sometimes a week or more for a new app. With a personal developer account created after November 13, 2023, Google first requires a closed test with at least 12 testers for 14 days in a row before you can apply for production; an Organization account skips this step. If Google rejects the app, GoodBarber's support team helps you with its message; with the optional publishing service, the team handles the rejection with you and resubmits.

Yes, at two stages. While you build, the free My GoodBarber app previews your changes on your Android phone. Once the app is generated, you install the test version, an exact copy of the app Google Play will get, from a link you can share with your team or a client; it is where you test push notifications and social login. Android may show a Play Protect warning for this test install: choose Install anyway.

Yes, to sell access to your content. With GoodBarber's Memberships extension, users take a monthly or yearly subscription through Google Play to unlock your premium content, and you can remove ads for subscribers. Google takes its service fee on each subscription; GoodBarber takes no commission. The extension is paid on the Premium plan and included in the Pro plan, for Content apps: it sells content, not physical products, bookings or classes.

Native Android and iOS apps start at GoodBarber's Premium plan, which also includes the web version, hosting, the back office and push notifications; every plan is on the pricing page. Add 25 USD, once, paid to Google for your developer account. GoodBarber's publishing service is optional and paid per publication. You start with a 30-day free trial, no credit card, and subscribe when you are ready to publish.