For over a decade, our community of founders, builders, and innovators have used Bubble to transform their ideas into powerful web apps.

Today, we’re answering our community’s most consistent request by launching the public beta for native mobile apps, making Bubble the complete platform for designing, building, publishing, and scaling any app you can imagine. 

Why Bubble? Bubble vs. other options 

James Devonport is the co-founder of the Create With UK conference, an AI and visual development conference. He and his team knew a mobile app of their conference website would help attendees get more from the conference — but, in his words, “we never thought it would be possible for us to launch an app into the iOS and Android app stores, because typically it's quite an expensive process and it takes a long time.” 

Even with the latest tools on the market, building an app for both web and mobile typically results in:

• Higher development costs for building separate web, iOS, and Android experiences
• Months or years of development time, plus the costs of specialized teams for each platform
• Endless maintenance work when adding features or making updates for each app, with its own language or framework

Bubble now eliminates this dilemma entirely. 

We’re combining the best of Bubble — a platform that millions know and trust — with the unique needs of native mobile app development. Bubble isn’t just a single platform for building separate apps. Instead, you get a streamlined and unified experience for building and launching apps for web, iOS, and Android. Your apps can share a database, workflows, and even core design elements and styles.

Even better: Bubble makes it accessible for anyone, regardless of technical background, to build for both web and mobile. With Bubble, founders and builders no longer need entire mobile-specific teams and long development timelines to build what they envision.

We’re building for a future where you don’t need to choose between web or mobile, speed or scale, AI or human creativity. Building everything on one, full-stack platform gives you a single tool to learn and a streamlined building experience. 

James and the Create With UK team of two built their entire event conference app in about a month. “We’ve all been kind of blown away at just how quickly it’s come together and how quick we managed to get it approved and on both of the big App Stores,” James said. “Even with AI helping you, I don’t know if that’s possible without doing it with Bubble.” 

While mobile development on Bubble still comes with a learning curve (and we're working on adding more features, since the mobile editor is still in beta), we've seen our early users make the leap from web to mobile on Bubble with tons of success. Bubble’s visual programming fundamentals, from design to backend workflows and databases, all translate to building for mobile, too. If you’re new to visual programming, our intuitive editor, step-by-step lessons, and supportive builder community are all here to help you bring your vision to life.

And we’re just getting started

These days, having a mobile app is table stakes for any digital business in operation. And it’s crucial for Bubble’s mission of making software creation more accessible. That’s why we’re releasing the beta version of our mobile editor to the public, even before every feature we’ve been working on is available. 

What that means: We’re still working on new features for mobile builders! Here’s what’s coming first: 

• Today: Build native mobile apps with core visual development capabilities. 
• Later this year:
  • In-app purchase capabilities 
  • Plugin editor for mobile 
  • New AI-powered mobile app generation and component creation

Get the full breakdown on what’s new below, or watch our launch recap: 

Building for mobile on Bubble: Here’s how it works

Starting a new project

With this launch, we’re introducing projects to support apps that work across all platforms — web, iOS, and Android. The true power of projects comes from the shared backend. Your database, workflows, and API connections work seamlessly across both your web and mobile apps, eliminating duplicate work and reducing time spent on creating experiences for web, iOS and Android.  

• Every time you create a new app in Bubble, it now starts as a project. For existing Bubble users, your current web app is automatically converted to a project.
• A project can contain:
  • A web app
  • A mobile app
  • Both a web and mobile app, for complete cross-platform solutions
• Use the app switcher in the upper left-hand corner of the editor to effortlessly move between your web and mobile interfaces while maintaining a single, unified backend.

Design: Create native mobile experiences without code

Bubble has long been known and loved for the control it gives you over your entire UI/UX — no depending on restrictive templates here. But mobile app users have come to expect a UI that behaves in recognizable patterns. 

With Bubble’s native mobile editor, you get the best of both worlds: complete control over your app’s UI/UX, with built-in components that make sure your apps feel native to iOS and Android users.

• Drag-and-drop visual editor/canvas: Build native mobile apps in an intuitive, visual way, without code. Start with native building blocks like mobile views, modals, and sheets.
• Out-of-the-box elements: Adhere to Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines and Google’s Material Design principles with pre-built components that make app store approval easier than ever.
• Use native device capabilities: Unlike responsive web apps, mobile apps built on Bubble can use native device features like camera access, location services, and push notifications — all through the same visual interface you already know.

Build: Add custom functionality without complexity

• Native mobile triggers and actions: Use Bubble’s drop-down “if this, then that”-style workflows to build custom logic for your mobile apps. New mobile actions let you use native device elements and gestures like tapping to open the device’s photo library, or swiping to open an app menu.
• Seamless backends: Use the same backend for your web and mobile applications, sharing your built-in database, backend workflows, and API connections across both platforms.
• Mobile plugins: Access community-built plugins designed for mobile use. In the future, you can build custom plugins as well. 

Publish: Launch a real business, not just a prototype

• One-click publishing: Publish your apps directly from the Bubble editor with a streamlined submission process for the App Store and Google Play Store.
• Enterprise-grade security: Benefit from Bubble’s enterprise-grade security and reliable infrastructure that scales as your user base grows.
• Faster updates: Manage app versions with ease, offering over-the-air updates for minor changes or full builds for major updates.

Bubble uses React Native, a JavaScript framework, to create cross-platform mobile apps that work for iOS and Android out of the box. Its popularity has led to a thriving open-source ecosystem of libraries, community, and customers, including Amazon, Coinbase, Discord, Facebook, and more.

How scaling businesses are building for mobile on Bubble

Our beta testers have already launched mobile apps in just weeks that previously would have required teams of developers and months to build. 

• Football Edge: Transformed their soccer training concept into a fully-functional mobile app in just 1.5 weeks, dramatically speeding up their time-to-market compared to traditional development approaches. "Bubble allowed us to launch quickly and iterate based on user feedback rather than spending months in development,” said Adam Goodyer, a freelance Bubble Developer. See a walk-through of Adam’s app — and how he built it in the Bubble editor: 

• Wonder Words: Successfully adapted their web-based children’s storytelling platform to iOS and Android within two weeks. “The ability to share our backend between web and mobile applications was a game-changer for our small team,” explained the founder, Felipe Santos.
• Create With Conference: Developed and deployed a complete event conference scheduling app in only one week, supporting thousands of attendees with real-time updates about the speakers and schedule. 

"We were able to deliver a professional solution in a timeframe that would have been impossible with traditional development."
— James Devonport, co-founder of Create With Conference

How much does it cost?

We think having native mobile apps on Bubble is a game-changing release. We’re still shipping features and fixing bugs, but we wanted to get it in your hands as soon as possible and make it easy to start learning your way around and building great things. So between now and October 1, we’re giving everyone the ability to deploy mobile apps at no additional cost.

• If you’re already building on Bubble, you can add a mobile app to an existing paid plan for any given project for free. This means, for now, you can publish web and mobile apps for the price of one published app, and expand your reach without increasing costs.
• If you’re new to Bubble or want to launch a new app, you can start building your mobile app completely free (as always). When you’re ready to publish to the app stores, you’ll need to select one of our existing web app plans — Starter, Growth, Team, or Enterprise.

Starting in October (with the ability to opt in the month before), we’ll add new versions of those plans to match the project you’re building: 

• Web-only plans that look identical to the ones we have today
• Mobile-only plans for those building exclusively for mobile
• Web + mobile plans for projects that span both platforms

You can learn more about these future plans here. In the meantime, try out the native mobile builder at no additional cost — we hope you have fun learning, building, and experimenting!

How to start building for mobile on Bubble

If you’re already part of the Bubble community, our mobile app builder is available in your Bubble dashboard! 

Want to build a mobile version of an existing web app? In your Bubble dashboard, your existing web app is now a project. Use the app interface manager in the toolbar to add a mobile app to your project. Both apps will share the same backend database and workflows, so you’re not rebuilding everything from scratch. 

If you want to make a new mobile app, here’s what to do: 

1. Sign up for Bubble if you don’t already have an account. 
2. Create a new project from your Bubble homepage. 
3. Select which app type(s) you want to build — web, mobile, or both. 
4. Follow our guided onboarding process to set up the basics of your app(s). 
5. Take our Getting Started with Bubble for Native Mobile course, featuring Bubble educator Matt Neary. 

Since this is a beta release, we’re looking for your input as we improve it and add more complex features. We know that not every use case will be supported yet — certain complex scenarios may require future updates that we're actively working on. Drop by the forum to share what’s working for you and what could be better — your feedback directly impacts what we build! 

And when you build something awesome, we’d love to see it. Use the #BuiltWithBubble hashtag on social media to get featured on our channels, and submit your app to our app gallery for the chance to be featured on our newsletter and blog.

We can’t wait to see what you create! 

All the resources you need for day one and beyond

Whether you’re new to designing mobile apps or a Bubble expert, we have plenty of resources to make your transition to mobile development as smooth as possible. 

Learn more about native mobile development

• What exactly is a native mobile app? See how it differs from a web app → 
• Learn the basics: Native mobile app terminology you should know → 

Watch a walk-through to see how it works

• New to Bubble? Matt Neary's intro course is a step-by-step guide to building a production-ready mobile app and deploying it in the app stores. → 
• Bubble veteran? Watch our mobile deep dive →

Dive into the details in the Bubble manual  

• Getting started step-by-step: our mobile app quickstart guide →
• Learn more about native mobile views →
• See what device-specific actions and resources you can use right now → 
• Dive into creating workflows and actions that can span web and mobile → 
• Everything you need to know about publishing and updating mobile apps → 

Build once, ship everywhere: Building for web and mobile 

• Get an overview of native mobile apps vs. web app development on Bubble → 
• Check out elements that can be used for web and mobile apps to save you time on development → 
• Deep dive into the differences between web and mobile elements → 
• Have a question? Ask expert builders in the Bubble forum → 

Hear more about building for mobile directly from Bubble co-founders Josh and Emmanuel — and get a sneak peek at what’s to come: