Apphive

What Apphive is

Apphive is a no-code app builder for native iOS and Android apps, and version 2.0 adds an AI builder that turns a plain-language description into screens, data models and flows. Its home page pitches it at anyone with an app idea who wants to describe it, refine it visually and publish to the App Store and Google Play without writing code. In practice that covers a founder validating a first product, a freelancer building for clients, and a small business that needs a booking, delivery or service app under its own brand. Its site does not say where the company is based.

What you build and how

You start one of two ways. The first is a prompt. The site gives an example: "A delivery app with a product catalog, cart, live courier tracking and card payments." Apphive then "assembles the screens and logic for you", and the company says you can generate a first version in minutes and then refine it visually. The second is a template, described on the site as a proven starting point. The 2.0 section lists four AI features: generating screens and flows from a prompt, AI-assisted design, copy and logos, a smarter editor with a cleaner modern interface, and visual refinement so that "you stay in control".

The editor is drag and drop. The site says you edit every screen visually, including your brand, colors, fonts and data, and that you can preview live on your phone with the Apphive previewer. The point of that previewer is that you see the app on a real device before you pay for anything.

Native capability is the main selling point, and the site lists it as things you drag onto a screen "no plugins, no glue code":

• GPS and maps, described as Google Maps, tracking and navigation.
• Users and auth, described as sign-up, login, Google and Facebook.
• Push notifications, described as native alerts to your users.
• Payments, described as charging with Stripe "and more".
• Databases, described as local or cloud data, your choice.
• APIs, described as integrating any API in minutes.
• Camera and gallery, to capture and show photos.
• In-app purchases, to sell subscriptions and items.

The home page also states "100+ API & payment integrations", which is the company's claim. Only Stripe, Google Maps, Google sign-in and Facebook sign-in are named on the site, so those are the only specific integrations worth counting on.

For publishing, the third step of the three-step flow reads: compile native apps for iOS and Android and publish them to the App Store and Google Play, with your own brand. The site says both platforms come from one project. It does not describe a web or PWA output, so treat this as a native iOS and Android builder.

The Marketplace is the second way in. Beyond the builder, the site lists 16 ready-made verticals, each configurable with your own brand: ride-hailing and taxi, delivery and orders, parcels and shipping, professional services, gas delivery, towing and roadside, moving and freight, shared transport, sports courts, gyms and classes, EV charging, coworking and rooms, creative studios, spa and wellness, equipment rental and event venues. A line elsewhere says you can create "apps like Uber or Airbnb" for taxi, delivery, restaurants, schools, events, real estate or clinics. For a reader arriving from the AI builder category, the relevant fact is that the AI output is editable screens and a data model, not a locked result. For one arriving from mobile apps, it is that the end product is a compiled native app in the stores.

The company's description of the editor is blunt: "Drag and drop elements, or let the AI do it, and you will have a mobile app in minutes." The site is offered in English and Spanish, with a language toggle in the header, so a team building for a Latin American market can read the same product in Spanish.

The footer also lists Docs, a community, YouTube, support and a consulting service, but the home page says nothing more about what those contain.

Plans, pricing and what the pages state

Pricing is built on one idea, quoted on the site: "Free to build. Pay only to publish." The company describes the free plan as a way to "develop and validate at no cost" and says to choose a plan only when you are ready to ship. Three plans are shown:

• Free: $0 a month, for building and validating.
• Premium: $70 a month, to publish to Android.
• Unlimited: $90 a month, for iOS and Android.

The site displays prices in US dollars and offers a currency switcher with MXN, COP, ARS, CLP, PEN, BRL, EUR, GBP and CAD. The home page links to a separate "See full pricing" page, and the home page itself states no per-plan limits on screens, records, users or API calls. Anyone budgeting should read that full pricing page before committing.

Scale claims on the home page are the company's own: "1,500+ apps already published with Apphive", "16 ready-made verticals" and "100+ API & payment integrations". The page does not name any customers. The navigation also carries a Showcases link and a Marketplace link. Security or compliance claims such as SOC 2 or GDPR do not appear on the home page, so there is nothing to report there.

Support options listed are an email address, a WhatsApp chat widget, a docs link, a community and YouTube. The company also lists consulting under its Company links, and the home page gives no terms for it.

Who it suits and where it is narrow

Apphive suits a founder who wants to test an app idea cheaply, because building and previewing cost nothing and the first bill arrives at publishing. It suits a freelancer or agency that wants a native taxi, delivery, gym or rental app for a client and would rather start from a vertical than a blank screen. It also suits a small operations team that wants a branded app for staff or customers with GPS, push notifications and payments.

The caveats are specific. Publishing to iOS requires the $90 plan, since the $70 plan covers Android only. The site does not mention code export, self-hosting, a web app or PWA output, or a free tier that publishes, so someone who needs any of those should ask before building. Per-plan limits sit on a pricing page outside what the site's home page shows. And an AI builder gives you a first version, not a finished one: the company's own wording is "generate a first version in minutes, then refine it visually", so budget design and testing time before you ship.