The blog
Straight answers about getting an app built
What it costs, how long it takes, and the parts nobody warns you about — from someone who gets apps into the stores for a living.
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How to move your app off Lovable and onto your own Supabase (a free tool that does it for you)
Move your Lovable app to GitHub and your own Supabase, stop paying for Lovable, and get it ready to become a real iOS and Android app. A free tool, and how it works.
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Why did Apple reject my app? The common App Store rejections, and how to fix them
Apple rejected over two million app submissions in 2025. Here's what the common rejection guidelines actually mean — 2.1, 2.3, 4.2, 4.8, 5.1.1 and more — and how to fix them and get approved.
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Google Play's 12 testers for 14 days rule: how to get through it and get production access
New Google Play developer accounts must run a closed test with 12 testers for 14 days before they can publish. Here's how the rule works, where to find testers, and how to pass the production access review.
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How much does it cost to build a mobile app? Real numbers, from $186 to six figures
What it really costs to build a mobile app in 2026 — doing it yourself with AI, hiring a freelancer or an agency — plus the store fees and running costs nobody quotes you.
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How to hire an app developer as a non-technical founder (and the option most people miss)
Agency, freelancer, or build it yourself with AI? An honest guide for non-technical founders to the ways of getting an app built — what each costs, what can go wrong, and the middle option most people don't know exists.
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How to turn your Lovable app into a real mobile app (and get it into the App Store)
Lovable builds web apps, not App Store apps. Here's how to take your Lovable project to iOS and Android properly — export the code, rebuild it natively with Expo, and own your backend.
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Replit to mobile app: how to get your Replit app into the App Store (and when to take it out of Replit)
Replit can build native mobile apps now. Here's how its App Store route works, where it runs out of road, and how to take your Replit app's code and data with you when it does.
From the archive
FlutterFlow articles
Kealy Studio has moved on from FlutterFlow, but these still help plenty of people, so here they are.
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Deep Linking in FlutterFlow: A Complete Guide
Universal links and app links for a FlutterFlow app, from the associated domains to the files your website has to serve.
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iOS Push Notifications with Supabase Auth in FlutterFlow
Push notifications on iOS when your users sign in with Supabase rather than Firebase, with Edge Functions doing the sending.
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Enhancing Your FlutterFlow App with a Solid Supabase Setup
Using the Supabase CLI to give a FlutterFlow app a local database, migrations and a proper development setup.
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How to deploy a Python API with your Firebase app
Putting a Python API on Google Cloud beside a Firebase app, and calling it securely from FlutterFlow.
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How to set up Supabase with Firebase Auth in FlutterFlow
Keeping Firebase for sign-in while your data lives in Supabase, with the token kept in step on every login.