Build Native iOS and Android Apps Without Code with GoodBarber App Builder
Written by Muriel Santoni on
Last reviewed: May 2026
Building a professional mobile app used to mean hiring a developer, waiting four to six months, and spending tens of thousands of euros or dollars. With GoodBarber, you configure native iOS and Android apps, plus a Progressive Web App, from a single web-based back-office. No code to write, no agency to manage, no separate hosting contract. One platform covers everything from first design to daily operation.
GoodBarber is a complete and extensible platform to build native apps and PWA without coding.
Thanks to its expertise, GoodBarber App Builder is recognized as the best No-code app maker on the market in terms of high-quality design and visual appeal of its apps.
Create apps faster and easier without coding, right now.
No code required, no technical skills: everyone can use it!
✅ Use pre-built templates or start a custom app from scratch.
✅ AI-assisted content editor
✅ AI section builder
✅ Build Android, iOS and PWA apps seamlessly.
✅ Create professional apps with stunning design and UX without a single line of code.
✅ Designed for for small and medium businesses, freelancers, and content creators

Get the most out of mobile apps with an app builder
Flexible and reliable mobile app builder, GoodBarber is the tool you need to build apps faster, with a top-notch design out of the box. You'll benefit from an easy-to-use online tool and outstanding customer support:
- ✓ AI-assisted back-office
- ✓ Drag and Drop Visual Interface
- ✓ Time and Cost saving
- ✓ Integration with Third-party tools
- ✓ Tasks Automation
- ✓ Native app and PWA support
- ✓ Pre-designed templates
- ✓ Customizable UI/UX
- ✓ Real-time app previews
- ✓ Push notifications
✅ What Is An App Builder and How does it Work

Also known as No-Code app builder, "App maker" or "App creator", these tools are hosted on a Cloud platform accessible online 24 hours a day, which guarantees high availability, security appliance and scalability.
Based on automation routines, an app builder doesn't require any programming skills. It provides a very productive design environment to help users make their own apps.
An App Builder can be programmed to perform repetitive tasks faster and accurately: in this sense, an app builder is a smart technology to build mobile apps.
From the User Interface perspective, many app builder platforms provide a WysiWyg visual editor with Drag and Drop features in order to help users visualize their app as they go, in real time, which makes it easier pushing edits and successive iterations.
An app maker is generally designed to deliver cross-platform apps and help users build mobile apps that work seamlessly across all major platforms. Additionally, app builders back-office includes built-in development, testing, debugging, and deployment tools for developers using their own software and hardware to build mobile apps for any platforms. For example: operating through an app builder, you can use an Apple device to create apps for Android, or a Linux device to make an iOS app.
These are concepts and technologies belonging to app builders ecosystem:
Platform Types: Native iOS, Native Android, Progressive Web App (PWA)
Editor Features: No-code, drag-and-drop, WYSIWYG, real-time preview
Design: Templates, UX/UI consistency, design system
AI Features: AI Assistant (GPT-3.5, GPT-4), content generation
Integrations & Automation: Zapier, Make (Integromat), Public APIs
Monetization: In-app purchases, ad networks, ads
Team Structure: R&D, UX/UI Design, Marketing, Customer Success
Support: Cloud-based availability, multilingual customer support
Pricing Plans: Free PWA trial, Standard, Premium, PRO
- Target Audience: SMBs, freelancers, content creators, solopreneurs
GoodBarber works differently from most app builders: it does not generate a web app wrapped in a mobile shell ("hybrid" or "WebView"). Its three independent compilation engines produce:
- a native iOS app in Swift, submitted to the Apple App Store.
- a native Android app in Kotlin, submitted to the Google Play Store.
- a Progressive Web App (PWA), accessible in any browser.
All three are generated from the same back-office configuration — design once, compiled natively on three platforms. This is what "no-code native" means in practice.

GoodBarber: App Builder since 2011
GoodBarber is one the most acclaimed and trusted no code app builder for mobile apps, primarily due to the high quality design and user experience offered by its apps.
GoodBarber was founded in 2011, by Sébastien Simoni, Jérome Pietri and Dominique Siacci, in Corsica (France). It has been building apps for customers since 2012. That timeline matters: fourteen years of engineering in a category most competitors entered after 2018.
Today, apps built on GoodBarber receive a download every 4 seconds, measured across the Apple App Store and Google Play, across all customer apps on the platform. That is roughly 20,000 downloads a day, in 152 countries.
Other credentials worth naming:
- BPIfrance Excellence label 2022, 2023, and 2024 (three consecutive years). Bpifrance's recognition of top French companies with strong growth prospects, selected from a network of 2,000 vetted high-growth companies.
- First app builder to formalize a design system. GoodBarber's Smart Design system predates any equivalent in the no-code category.
- Back-office in 16 languages. Published apps in 33 languages.
- All customer and end-user data hosted exclusively on servers in Europe:full GDPR and BDSG compliance without configuration.
Its Graphical User Interface backed by Drag-and-Drop functionalities and AI assistance makes app building easier for everyone, regardless of technical knowledges. A user-friendly CMS helps to provide apps with a personalized and smooth user experience, enabling features such as push notifications, one-click payment, QR codes and much more.
GoodBarber App Builder is also reputed for its ease of use and exceptional experienced customer support. Cloud-based platform, your builder is always available and accessible from any type of connected device from anywhere: this allows everyone to create professional apps at anytime.
With GoodBarber App builder you can start building an app for free: test native app features and publish a free PWA for 30 days.
Build Native and Web apps to leverage mobile business
![]() | Mobile app builder for Native Apps and PWA without coding |
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With GoodBarber No Code App Builder, you're able to create native apps (iOS and Android) and Progressive Web Apps seamlessly. Most no-code app builders produce one of two things: a Progressive Web App (a responsive website installed on the home screen), or a hybrid app (a WebView wrapping a web page in a native shell). GoodBarber produces genuinely native binaries.
Cross-platform app development aims to reduce costs by delivering a single project that will run on all operating systems. It is very common that a company wants to make a mobile app targeting as wide an audience as possible. Therefore, that business app should be ideally available on iOS, Android and Web browsers to be accessible on both Desktop and Mobile devices. | |
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Native apps are designed and coded specifically for each type of device and its operating system. They allow access to 100% of the capabilities and hardware resources of the device. Offering a native application to your users means offering them the best value for money for their mobile device.iOS App BuilderDesigned for Apple iPhone devices, our iOS mobile apps are developed with the native Swift and Objective-C languages for iOS, using UIKit framework. The iOS compilation engine outputs Swift code and a compiled binary that you submit to the Apple App Store. It accesses native iOS APIs as push notifications via APNs, camera, geolocation, StoreKit in-app purchases, biometric authentication, just as a hand-coded app would.Our iOS apps meet high quality standards required by Apple's App Store Review Guidelines. Android App BuilderDesigned to work on all Android devices, our app making software delivers Android apps developed with Java and Kotlin native languages for Android, using Android Studio framework and Android SDK. The Android compilation engine outputs Kotlin and produces an .aab or .apk for the Google Play Store. Same native API access: FCM push, camera, geolocation, Google Play Billing for in-app subscriptionsGoodBarber Android app creator ensures interoperability on all mobile devices, tablets and smartphones from all manufacturers around the world. GoodBarber's No Code app development platform is designed to comply with legal and technical requirements in force on Google Play Store. | |
Progressive Web Apps | ![]() |
| The PWA engine (JavaScript / Angular) produces the web version of the same app, accessible in any modern browser — no app store, no install friction. Covers desktop users the native apps don't reach.
Progressive Web Apps are a cost effective way to build mobile apps. Our PWAs are designed to work with all web browsers, on all types of devices: desktop, smartphone and tablets. Their main advantage is to provide an exceptional user experience, including many features such as push notifications, offline mode and direct access, without downloading or installing any app. With GoodBarber PWA builder, creating a web app becomes very easy and affordable. One back-office. Three outputs. Mobile, tablet, and desktop: all covered | |
GoodBarber: An App Builder for everyone
Who should use an app builder? At GoodBarber, we believe app maker platforms are designed for everyone who wishes to create a mobile app. However, you should definitely choose a no-code app builder if you:
- You have no technical knowledge
- You are a solopreneur or a small startup
- You wish to reduce development time and costs
- You want to leverage the potential of an app maker to build your app, which would otherwise require an app development team
GoodBarber use cases:
- Content creators and publishers
- e-Commerce and local businesses
- Marketing teams at larger organizations
- Web agencies and Resellers
GoodBarber for Design: create beautiful apps
without a single line of code
- ✓ optimize creation workflow for its users
- ✓ ensure top quality design of outgoing mobile apps
App Design objectives:
- Guarantee a smooth and optimal user experience
- Ensure visual consistency between the pages of an app across different platforms.
- Streamline template customization and apps UX overall, by implementing clear and easy design principles.
- App design 100% customizable:
Perfect templates designed by experts to the highest standard of UX to offer your users the best mobile experience out there. Every step of the way, you can preview all the changes you make to your app design in real time.
Get started your app from a pre-built template or create a custom app from scratch: with GoodBarber, it's up to you! Our No-Code App Builder makes you build professional mobile apps with the best UX and stunning design.
GoodBarber's Design System: Professional Apps Without a Designer
GoodBarber apps look professional because the platform runs a full three-layer design system underneath a simple configuration interface.What you see: pick a theme, choose colors and fonts, select layouts. The app looks polished, consistent, and on-brand across every screen and device.
What runs underneath: the same architectural depth as Material Design or Apple's Human Interface Guidelines — inside a no-code platform:
- 8 Foundation categories: Grid, Spacing, Breakpoints, Layers, Color, Typography, Image Aspect Ratios, Icons.
- 10 Atoms: Color, Font, Image, Gradient, Shape, Shadow, Size, Border, Blur, Overlay.
- Full UI component library: Text Field, Dropdown, Date & Time Picker, Button, Thumbnail, Form, and more.
- WCAG 2.1 color-contrast (minimum 4.5:1 ratio) — always enforced.
- Golden-ratio scaling across 18 named typographic levels — Display Headings down to Badges, with 150% line-height and a max of 90 characters per line.
- Touch targets of at least 48×48 dp on every interactive element.
- Multi-device gutter spacing that scales automatically — 8 px on mobile, 20 px on tablet, 28 px on laptop, 32 px on desktop.
Four meta-cells (Condensed, Enriched, Visual, Immersive) and 80 pre-built templates give you a starting point on every screen type. Thousands of customization options remain inside the design rails.

AI Features: Creation, Operation, and Your End-Users
GoodBarber's AI surface spans three layers: tools that help you build the app, tools that help you operate it, and features that serve your audience inside the published app.
AI for app creators: in the back-office
- Genius Palette (free, pre-installed) — A custom-trained in-house model that generates harmonious color palettes in one click. Collapses an hour of color theory into seconds.
- Assisted content writing — Generates articles, product descriptions, and announcements tuned to preserve brand voice, not produce generic filler.
- AI Extension Builder (in Beta) — Describe the feature you want in natural language; the back-office AI generates the extension's code, wires it to GoodBarber's own platform APIs, and renders it live. The output inherits the platform's hosting, design system, and store-deployment guarantees — not a code snippet to copy-paste.
AI for app creators: through external AI clients
MCP server + 30 Claude Skills (production-ready) — GoodBarber publishes an open-source MCP server at mcp.ww-api.com that exposes app operations as tools any MCP-aware AI client can call: Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT. Connect the endpoint, sign in with OAuth, and operate your app by natural language — add a product, schedule a push, query stats. GoodBarber calls this "agent ready": the door is open for AI agents to act on your behalf. 30 ready-to-use Claude Skills on GitHub provide curated workflow recipes.
AI for your audience: inside the app
RAG Chatbot (launched October 21, 2025 — from €29/month) — A Retrieval-Augmented Generation chatbot that answers your end-users' questions using your app's own content as the knowledge base, not the model's general memory. Answers grounded in what you've published, with optional links to source content. Model options: GPT-4o-mini or GPT-5.
Monetization
GoodBarber App builder provides with advanced monetization features through a large number of extensions, customizable and actionable at will.
Among several monetization strategies, Advertising and In-app Purchase are the two main ones available within GoodBarber's app making platform:
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In-App Purchase | ![]() |
In-App Purchase provide you with a recurring, reliable income as well as a more loyal and engaged audience. | |
Integration & Automation
GoodBarber is an extensible app building software designed to interface with many tools via connectors: integrate your apps with best third-party tools available on the market. This will help you to simplify the workflow, automate tasks and routines in order to save precious time. The R&D team ensure socket evolution and new connectors development.
![]() | Zapier |
| Zapier is a no-code tool that you can use to connect apps and automate different tasks. | |
![]() | Make (Integromat) |
| With Make add-on, connect your eCommerce app to thousands of other online services. Build workflows, automate repetitive tasks within your Shopping apps. Make your work easier. | |
![]() | Public API |
| Scale up your eCommerce app with our Public API. Endless automation possibilities for logistic management. With our Public API, upload your catalog inside your Shopping App and Facebook shop. | |
GoodBarber vs. Other App Builders: How It Compares
The mobile app creation market has three broad classes of builder. Here is where GoodBarber sits relative to each.
The all-inclusive advantage: with most alternatives, the subscription is just the builder. You pay separately for hosting, a database (Airtable, Supabase), push notification infrastructure, a payment gateway integration, and analytics. With GoodBarber, all of that is included in one subscription. The total cost of ownership is approximately one-tenth of traditional custom development and a fraction of the stack cost you would assemble from competing builders plus their required third-party services.
Note: This comparison reflects publicly observable product characteristics as of May 2026. Verify current details on each platform's own site before making a final decision.
Choose the most versatile app builder
While opting to build an app with a No-Code/AI tool has many advantages, the choice of the best platform boils down to your business rules and goals. Once you've decided to go with an app builder, choose the one that offers multiple features, adapt to all devices and all kind of business: GoodBarber is made for you!
- Content Apps for publishers
- Shopping apps for your eCommerce store
- White Label app reseller program
- Use Pre-built templates or build from scratch: more than 190 extensions to customize your app

Content Apps Builder: produce content for an engaged audience
The back-office surfaces: an integrated CMS (articles, videos, podcasts, photos, agenda, maps), 30+ external content connectors (WordPress, RSS, YouTube, Vimeo), real-time content updates without resubmitting the app, push notifications across iOS/Android/PWA, members' areas with chat and community spaces, and a full monetization stack.
Monetization options for Content Apps:
- In-app purchase subscriptions via Apple StoreKit and Google Play Billing — one tap for the end-user, no payment form to fill. GoodBarber handles StoreKit and Play Billing integration end to end; you configure the offer in the back-office.
- Ad networks: Google AdMob, Ad Manager, and Facebook Audience Network, plus an internal ad server for direct sponsorships.
- Memberships: paywall premium sections behind a login, managed in the back-office.
Typical use cases
Newspapers, radio stations, online courses, tourism guides, content creators, faith communities, schools, employee communication, events, non-profits, booking apps.eCommerce App Builder: Boost your Online Store with a Shopping app
| GoodBarber is a fully functional Ecommerce App Builder, designed for mobile devices! Deliver the best Customer Experience within a Shopping app: seamless navigation, fast loading, one-click payment, push notifications. Built for shops, restaurants, and local businesses that sell products and services on mobile. The back-office surfaces: product catalog with variants, shopping cart and checkout, order management with real-time notifications, customer management, promo codes, and a full local-commerce feature set: curbside pickup, click-and-collect, delivery zone management, time-slot booking. One-Stop-Shop eCommerce development Platform:
Two key differentiators for eCommerce Apps:
Typical use caseseCommerce stores, restaurants (Click & Collect, home delivery), grocery, pickup & delivery, general retailers. |

App Builder for Reseller Business. Try White Label App Reseller program
| GoodBarber's App Reseller program allows you to build and sell mobiles apps easily. You are enabled to create an unlimited number of apps and publish them on the Web (PWA), on Google Play Store (Android apps) and on the App Store (iOS apps). You have access to a dedicated management interface from where you build your apps. The GoodBarber brand is hidden from the projects you create and display your brand instead. |
| White Label Apps | Unlimited apps builder | Dedicated Support & Assistance |
Over 190 extensions to build your own app the way you want
| Whether you start building your app from scratch or using pre-built templates, with GoodBarber you'll take advantage of more than 190 extensions to make custom apps for iOS and Android that perfectly match your needs and ambitions. Every feature not built into the core platform lives in the Extensions Store: 190+ add-ons organized across 18 functional categories, installed in one click, with no development work and no separate third-party billing. Most extensions critical to daily operation are free: push notifications, geofencing, all 22 payment gateways, Google Fonts, Pexels stock photos, YouTube, Vimeo, WordPress, RSS, Zapier, Make, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel, the analytics dashboard, the AI assistant, the ChatGPT extension, and more. Specialized add-ons that unlock revenue or retention mechanisms are billed monthly on top of the subscription, typically in the €4–49/month range: Memberships (€49/mo), White label (€40/mo), RAG Chatbot (€29/mo), Chat (€20/mo), Time slots (€15/mo), Authentication (€12/mo), Discount codes / Loyalty program (€10/mo each). Notable integration partners in the catalog: Zapier, Make, Salesforce, HubSpot, Notion, Airtable, Slack, Twilio, Typeform, SurveyMonkey, ActiveCampaign, AppsFlyer, Countly, Donately, Buy Me a Coffee, and dozens more. Some picks: | |||
![]() | In-App Purchase | ![]() | Push Notifications |
![]() | WordPress Plugin | ![]() | Product Import/Export |
![]() | Local delivery & In-Store PickUp | Stripe | |
Shopify | WooCommerce | ||
Built for Compliance: Data in Europe, Privacy by Design
All data hosted in Europe
Customer and end-user data is hosted exclusively on servers in Europe. This is not a configuration option — it is the baseline. For customers in the EU, GDPR compliance starts here. For customers in Germany specifically, the platform includes dedicated handling for BDSG requirements, including options to disable specific Google services aligned with German privacy interpretations.No hidden SDKs in the binary
GoodBarber's compilation engines apply a strict policy: a library only ships in the binary if the corresponding feature is activated in the back-office. Disable a feature, the platform recompiles, and the related library is removed from the build. Apps don't just declare less: they contain less. Most no-code app builders bundle generic SDKs regardless of whether the feature is used; GoodBarber does not.IAB TCF v2 and Google Funding Choice: integrated
The Privacy Center includes a consent-management platform supporting the IAB Transparency & Consent Framework v2 and Google Funding Choices, for apps that monetize with advertising.Apps for Kids — compliant by construction
One declaration in the back-office marks an app as an Apps for Kids title (Apple Kids Category / Google Play Designed for Families). The platform automatically disables every feature incompatible with the program's rules — third-party analytics, behavioral ads, intrusive permissions. The build ships compliant. Most no-code builders cannot safely serve this category.Get a complete platform for every stage of app development
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An extensive team of international and highly skilled developers organized by technology:
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UX/Design | |
| A team of UX/UI designers is dedicated to constantly improving the CMS user interface, app templates and graphical elements. Up to 30 customizable themes and styles, GoodBarber is recognized as the best app builder for app design and style on the market. | |
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| The Marketing Department offers an holistic approach to deliver best Monetization features, Analytics tools, tailored acquisition strategies to enhance your Brand awareness and boost sales conversions. | |
Customer Success /After Sales | |
| A dedicated international team, operated in 5 languages, available 24 hours/day to respond to our customers issues and troubleshooting. Collecting customers ideas and suggestions, we and our customers, we build GoodBarber mobile app creation platform together. We are able to propose business solutions tailored on your needs. We assist you in Submission Process on the App Stores. | |
Pricing and Plans
GoodBarber offers custom pricing solutions based on your business needs. Moreover, you can create and publish a free PWA which will stand available on-air for 30 days. Then, you'll have to choose your plan to keep it alive.
GoodBarber offers three subscription structures:
- Content Apps: starting at 30 for publishers, creators, and communities.
- eCommerce Apps: for shops, restaurants, and local businesses.
- Resellers: for agencies managing a portfolio of client apps.
All plans are available monthly, annually, or as a one-time 10-year payment. There is no commission on app revenue and no per-transaction fee from GoodBarber (beyond standard payment-processor fees on online orders).
See all plans and pricing
A Free trial is available — no credit card required. You can build and preview your app before committing to a subscription.
Build Your App, Start Free Today
GoodBarber has been building apps since 2011. A download every 4 seconds, 152 countries, a platform that covers the full lifecycle: creation, daily operation, and long-term evolution. One subscription includes everything: hosting, the back-office, compilation, push infrastructure, analytics, and 22 payment gateways.
With GoodBarber App Builder, you're sure to get the most out of the expertise of professional app developers and designers who have been there since the early days of app building technology and are now at the cutting edge of the latest advancements in mobile apps development.
With a user-friendly visual editor, pre-built templates, and extensive features, GoodBarber App Builder emerges as a game-changer and stands out as a versatile solution for small businesses, freelancers, and content creators, achieving mobile apps with unparalleled design and the smoothest UX without coding.
Everyone can use it!
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