GiveMeApp

What GiveMeApp is

GiveMeApp is a no-code builder for Android and iOS apps aimed at small businesses: shops, service businesses that take bookings, food delivery and companies that want an app beside their website. The site is in Russian and its prices are in rubles. Its headline reads "Мобильное приложение для вашего бизнеса" (a mobile app for your business), promising a shop, online booking for services, a customer base and push notifications, "Без программистов" (without programmers) and a launch in one day. The company says "20 000+ приложений уже создано", meaning more than 20,000 apps have been created. The footer carries "2020 - 2026 GiveMeApp Project".

The pitch is self-service. You register, build the app in the online constructor yourself, and the site says nobody else needs to be involved because everything runs automatically. If you get stuck, the company's support service helps with building the app.

What you build and how

4 steps. The homepage lays the process out as register (free, in a minute), assemble in the constructor (no code, from ready-made blocks), receive the APK and AAB files (one for installing, one for Google Play), and publish to Google Play or the App Store, or hand the app out by QR code. After the first build you keep the app up to date yourself: you edit its information and receive new versions to upload as updates to Google Play. The site also says the service will help you place your app in the App Store.

The building blocks. The constructor is a set of ready-made blocks you switch on as needed:

• Taking orders. A product catalog with a cart and promo codes. Orders arrive in your personal account, in Telegram, by e-mail, or through an API into your CRM or another well-known service, with Frontpad, Bitrix24 and RetailCRM among the examples the page names.
• Online booking. The client picks the service, the specialist, the date and the time, and you can set the schedule of staff and services for each day.
• Food delivery. A menu with a cart and delivery zones on a map, with its own delivery cost for each zone.
• Push notifications. Promotions and news sent straight to customers' phones, without limits, on the Pro and Maximum plans.
• Interactive map. Your addresses and delivery zones, so a customer sees the contacts of an office or details of their delivery zone in one click.
• Forms and requests. A form builder with any fields, with submissions sent to e-mail or Telegram.
• Catalog from your site or a CRM. Products are pulled from an existing website automatically and refreshed on a schedule, and loading from Frontpad, RetailCRM and others can be connected, on the Extended and Maximum tiers.
• Photos and content. Galleries, sliders, a tile menu, website pages and custom HTML.
• Closed sections. Content behind registration: a personal account, clubs, bonus programs or members-only material.

The kinds of app. The site describes an online store, food delivery for a restaurant or online service, and a service and booking app for a beauty salon, clinic, car service, tutor or craftsman. That last one lists services with prices, photos and descriptions, shows staff, sends bookings to Telegram or e-mail, and respects working hours and taken slots so there are no double bookings, with push reminders for clients. A website app wraps your existing site through the "Страница сайта" (website page) content block, which the site says takes a couple of minutes and costs nothing. A business-card app holds your contacts. A company app sits beside the corporate website, and the page says GiveMeApp apps integrate easily with it. Portfolios, product lists linking back to your site and blogs are named as further uses.

Examples. The company published several test apps in Google Play, each with an Android download or install link and an iOS launch link: an electronics store, food delivery, a manicure master, a beauty salon, a hotel, apartment renovation, custom kitchens and upholstered furniture. Two videos show a free food delivery app on the Basic catalog tier and an electronics shop app on the Extended tier.

How the iOS test launch works. An instruction page explains how to open an app on iOS: download GiveMeApp Tools from the App Store (or through a QR code), open the Projects section, type the project code into the "Поиск проекта" (search project) field and press search. Running the app on iOS by any code on any device is listed among the Pro plan's extras.

Plans and prices

The pricing section separates the app plans from the catalog tiers.

• Free. The constructor, an APK file to install on Android, an AAB package for publishing in Google Play, the option to run the app on iOS, and a QR code for downloading it. Paid functions are added "когда понадобятся" (when you need them).
• Pro, 390 rubles per month. Connected separately to any app after it is created. It adds sending push notifications through the sending interface, editing the app without ordering a new build, loading changes and fresh content without users downloading a new version, and launching the app on iOS by any code on any device.
• Catalog, Basic, free. Up to 10 products, up to 10 catalogs, orders sent to Telegram and a promo code system.
• Catalog, Extended, 2,990 rubles per month. Up to 100 products and 100 catalogs, loading products from your own or another site, orders to Telegram, e-mail and other services, promo codes, online payment of orders in the app, and real-time catalog updates without updating the app.
• Catalog, Maximum, 4,990 rubles per month. Up to 1,000 products and 1,000 catalogs (more on request), everything in Extended, plus a points system, order management through the company's website, push notifications through its interface, separate cart settings per app and catalog, and all the Pro plan's benefits in every app on the account.

Single functions can also be configured on their own: booking forms with staff, date and time selection, registration and login to close parts of the app or the whole app, and a higher product and catalog allowance without a paid tier. These are billed on a monthly or a daily rate.

Custom work from 10,000 rubles. For what the constructor lacks, the company offers to adapt your app to a specific task, build a new app to your specification, add individual functions and integrations, and handle publishing and support in Google Play and the App Store. You describe the job through its Telegram account or by e-mail and get an estimate.

Support and news. The company runs a Telegram channel for new features, development plans, app ideas and answers to frequent questions, and it mentions ways to earn through the service in a pinned post there. A YouTube channel, documentation and a blog complete the set.

Who it suits and who it does not

GiveMeApp suits a shop owner or service business that reads Russian and wants a first app with little spend. A salon that wants online booking, a small food seller with delivery zones, or a store with up to 10 products can start free and see whether customers use it. The 390 ruble Pro plan matters once you want push messages or want to change the app without a new build, and the Extended and Maximum tiers bring in-app payment and larger catalogs up to 1,000 products. When the constructor runs out, the custom development offer is a way forward without changing platform.

It is a poorer fit for an English-speaking team, because everything on the site is in Russian. The building blocks are aimed at shops, bookings and information apps, so a founder planning a complex product with custom logic will lean on paid development rather than the constructor.