Idea -> App Store

How to Build and Ship Your First App With AI

Move from an app idea to a product you can submit to the App Store, with practical guidance for the decisions, debugging, and launch work along the way.

Idea → App Store is a guide for developers who want to use AI to build and ship their first app while staying in control of what they’re building.

Follow the whole journey

• Find an idea worth testing and choose a manageable first version.
• Plan and code with AI without losing track of how your app works.
• Work through design, debugging, APIs, and payments.
• Prepare your App Store submission and respond to rejection.
• Create screenshots, choose pricing, and find your first users.
• Decide what to improve after launch.

Prompts you can use as you go

Throughout the book, practical prompts help you work through the task in front of you. Use them to question an idea, narrow your scope, investigate a bug, or prepare for launch.

The focus is on making better decisions with AI, including knowing when its answers need checking.

Who this is for

Developers with some coding experience who want to ship an iOS app, including indie developers and side-project builders who have started projects but struggled to finish them.

This is a practical guide to the process, not a promise of instant expertise or guaranteed income.

What you get

• The complete ebook in PDF and EPUB.
• A PDF with a clickable table of contents.
• An EPUB for reading in compatible ebook apps.
• Prompts, examples, and checklists throughout the book.

About the author

I’m Andras Varga, an indie developer who builds and ships apps with AI. This book shares what worked, what didn’t, and what I wish I’d known about the process, from the first idea to the work that continues after launch.