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Build apps and games with ChatGPT or Claude. Read practical guides and build stories, and compare ways to create and share your own apps.
I made a football team availability app for our weekly matches
Players answer with one tap. The team sheet fills in reply order and extra players move onto a visible waitlist.
26 August 2026
Lovable alternatives that keep your app private (2026)
Seven Lovable alternatives compared on the thing most lists skip: what it actually costs to keep your app private to the people you invite.
22 August 2026
How to make an app for your friend group (2026)
You don't need the app store or any code to make an app for your friends. Six ways, from a shared sheet to a real invite-only app.
22 August 2026
Podda vs Wabi vs Lovable vs Replit (2026)
Four ways to turn a description into a working app: who each one is really for, and what it costs to keep the app private.
22 August 2026
How to make a free app for your family and friends (2026)
You can make a real app for free by describing it to ChatGPT or Claude. What differs is what free actually includes. Here is the breakdown.
22 August 2026
How to share an app you made with ChatGPT (2026)
ChatGPT wrote you an app, and now it is stuck in the chat. Here is how to get it to your family and friends, privately or with a link.
22 August 2026
How to share an app you built with Claude Code (2026)
Claude Code built the app, but it only runs on your machine. Here is how to get it to your family and friends, from a quick demo link to a private home.
22 August 2026
How to share a vibe-coded app privately
You built an app with ChatGPT or Claude. Here's how to get it to the people it's for, whether that's your partner or a club, without publishing it publicly.
18 August 2026
Podda vs Lovable
Podda and Lovable both let AI build you a real app. Here's how they differ, and where each one honestly wins.
18 August 2026
What is personal software?
Personal software is an app built for one person or a group, not for customers or the public. Here's what makes it different.
18 August 2026
The 9 best ways to build a private app for your family (2026)
Nine honest ways to build an app just for your family in 2026, compared on the thing most lists skip: what it costs to keep the app private.
18 August 2026
Build a chore-splitting app for your house
A chore tracker built around how your house actually splits jobs, made by asking ChatGPT or Claude, private to the people you live with.
18 August 2026
How to build a trip planner for your friend group
Watch a trip planner get built in real time, then ask ChatGPT or Claude for your own. Nothing to set up on either end.
18 August 2026
What is Podda?
Make apps and games by talking to ChatGPT or Claude. Learn how Podda works, what you can build, and how to keep it private or share it.
17 August 2026