Fastshot

What Fastshot is

Fastshot is an AI app builder that turns a plain-language description into a native iOS and Android app. Its home page says the output is built with Expo, and its comparison pages say the code is real React Native that you can keep. It is written for two readers. Founders and solo builders can describe an app idea and get a store-ready build. Shopify brands can generate a retention app, with push notifications and loyalty logic, from their store data. The page author bio names Elvira Dzhuraeva as the founder, describes her as a former Senior Product Manager at Google, and calls Fastshot "YC-backed".

What you build and how

The home page lays the flow out in four steps. You describe your idea in plain language ("No code required"). Fastshot generates designs, branding and assets, and you review mockups and tweak them. It then builds the approved design as a native iOS and Android app. Finally you deploy with one click to the App Store and Google Play, and Fastshot generates the store metadata, screenshots and docs for you.

Backend and accounts. The home page says you can add user accounts and data persistence instantly. Fastshot manages a Supabase backend, with PostgreSQL, auth, storage and API keys, along with Google and Apple sign-in. The page puts it as "No backend setup. No auth configuration." So a first app does not need a separate database service wired in by hand.

Monetization. The home page lists rewarded ads with simple on/off controls and says the setup works with subscriptions. It describes mixing monetization strategies as a way to maximize revenue.

What people make. The page footer lists use cases such as a calorie tracker, a dating app, a habit tracker, a task manager, an expense tracker and a social media app. These are general consumer apps, built from a prompt.

The Shopify path. This is where the comparison pages go into detail. They describe a flow where you scan a QR code and the app loads through Expo Go "against your real Shopify catalog", with the retention flows wired to your store on the first preview. You then tune the logic in plain English. The page gives the example "VIP tier 2 to see drops 30 minutes early": Fastshot regenerates the affected files and you see the diff. In the company's words, "The iteration loop is prompt-to-code, not ticket-to-roadmap." The integration with Shopify is at the API level. The MobiLoud comparison names the Storefront API, the Customer Account API and webhooks, and says that is what enables event-driven push and offline-friendly browsing. Loyalty rules read your Shopify customer metafields, and push is "wired to Shopify webhooks".

Native build and shipping. The final step on the Apptile comparison reads "Native builds compile in the cloud. Signing, submission metadata, and store assets are part of the project." The company's FAQ list on the home page also asks whether Fastshot includes an APK and IPA builder and how to build one, and whether you can test before publishing, though the answers are not in the text on the page.

Ownership of the code. Both comparison pages stress that you keep the source. The Apptile table lists "Full project export" and describes the output as "Standard React Native project" with "no runtime dependency", so nothing ties the app to Fastshot after export. The MobiLoud page says the output is a standard React Native project, "the same toolchain thousands of approved App Store apps use".

Wrapper apps versus generated apps. The MobiLoud comparison is useful for understanding the product. It describes MobiLoud as wrapping an existing storefront in a native shell, which it says is quick to ship and fine for a brand whose mobile site already converts well. Fastshot's pitch is for brands where the app itself is the retention surface: push timing, native screens, offline browsing and interactions that are not a page request. The same page suggests that some brands run both, with a wrapper as a cheap acquisition surface and a Fastshot app for the top 10-20% of repeat customers.

Where it sits among the Shopify app builders. The company's pages describe Tapcart as a native template builder and Vajro as the low-price template builder. Apptile is called the closest direct competitor on AI positioning. According to Fastshot's table, Apptile configures an app layout against the Apptile runtime, while Fastshot generates "Real React Native + Expo source code".

The evidence from the company's site

Price. The Apptile comparison page lists Fastshot at "$1,000/mo per app", described as "Flat per-app price; no seat or usage tier". It sets that against Apptile's "Tiered monthly subscription per account", as Fastshot characterizes it. The home page carries a "How much does Fastshot cost?" question, but the text on the page does not show the answer or any other plan or price. No free plan or free trial is described anywhere on these pages, and no usage limits are given.

What the $1,000 buys, per the company's page. AI-generated React Native source, push wired to Shopify webhooks with flows that are code, loyalty rules that read customer metafields, full project export, and custom logic "Whatever you can describe". The company says time to a first working build is "Minutes", previewable on a phone.

Scale claims. The home page says "Trusted by 10,000+ builders worldwide". Treat it as the company's own claim. It also links to a Discord community, tutorials and a blog.

Compliance. The pages state no SOC 2, ISO or HIPAA claims and no hosting region, and they give no integration count or template count.

Who it suits and who it does not

A Shopify brand with repeat customers is the clearest fit. If the plan is VIP tiers, early access to drops, event-driven push and offline-friendly screens, the pages show how those are described in plain English and generated as code. An agency building a store app for a client could use the full project export to hand over a React Native project. A developer who wants an escape hatch will like that the output is a standard project rather than something that only runs inside a vendor's runtime.

A solo founder with a general consumer idea can follow the home page path from prompt to store submission, but the only price the pages state is the Shopify one, so the cost side of that route is not something the pages answer. A store with a strong mobile site and a mostly web-shaped retention plan may be better served by the wrapper approach the company itself describes as a fair choice: MobiLoud, in its words, "ships an app in hours with zero rebuild and zero ongoing UI work". And a team that wants to test whether an app helps at all will notice that $1,000 per app per month is a commitment, as the flat price has no lower tier on the page.

One caveat. Editing in plain English regenerates files, so someone on the team should be comfortable reading the diff Fastshot shows. The code is yours, and the pages do not describe a visual editor for hand-tuning screens.