Ideaship.
For founders without a technical team
Your app idea,
shipped.
One platform, being built to evaluate your idea, build the app, get it into the App Store and put it in front of your first users. You bring the idea — Ideaship handles the voyage.
Live market research · An honest verdict in a minute
Where we actually are: idea evaluation and clickable prototypes work today. Everything beyond that is being built, in order, and marked below. We’d rather show you the map than sell you the destination.
The voyage, plotted.
Four waypoints between the idea in your head and an app in your users’ hands. In order, because that’s how launches work. Two of them are open.
Waypoint 1
Live nowDescribe your idea
Type it in plain English. Guided questions capture who it's for, the problem it solves and how it makes money. No specs, no jargon.
Waypoint 2
Live nowSee if it will float
You get an evaluation report: real competitors, real search demand, a difficulty score and a recommended first version — before a line of code exists. Sometimes it tells you not to build.
Waypoint 3
Partly liveWatch it take shape
Today you get a clickable prototype in about a minute — real screens, working navigation, your own sample data — and you change it by describing what you want. The functional version, with sign-in, payments and a database, is what we're building next.
Waypoint 4
ComingLaunch and grow
Store listing, screenshots and submission, then a marketing autopilot that posts for you, tracks your rankings and reports your growth. None of this exists yet. It's the reason Ideaship is being built.
Where we’re heading
Three of these are live and free to use right now. The rest aren’t built yet, and we’ve labelled them so. A roadmap written in the present tense is just a lie with better manners.
Evaluation report
Live nowCompetitor and demand data from live web research, with an honest build / adjust / high-risk verdict.
Clickable prototype
Live nowA multi-screen preview of your app you can tap through — real navigation, realistic sample content.
Change it by chatting
Live now"Make the main colour green." "Add a reviews screen." Describe the change, see it applied, undo if you don't like it.
Guided, step-by-step journey
ComingEvery stage explained in plain English — what it is, why it matters, exactly what to click — with a checklist you tick off as you go.
Working iOS + web app
ComingBuilt on a hardened codebase you own — code, accounts and revenue would be yours.
Automated security scan
ComingCode and dependency checks on every build, with a plain-English report. A scan, not an audit — we'll always say which.
App Store submission
ComingListing, screenshots and keywords prepared; rejections handled and resubmitted. Apple still decides.
Marketing and ads
ComingSocial content written and posted, rankings tracked, ad creatives tested — and nothing spends until you approve the budget.
Straight answers
What can Ideaship actually do today?
Evaluate your idea against live market data, and turn it into a clickable prototype you can change by chatting. That's it, and it's free. Everything further along the voyage is on the roadmap, not in the product. We say so on this page rather than in the small print.
Do you guarantee App Store approval?
No one can — Apple reviews every app and makes the final decision. When submission ships, we'll prepare it to their guidelines and handle change requests and resubmissions. We won't promise the outcome.
Do I need to know how to code?
No. You describe, review and approve. The platform does the technical work, and every stage is explained in plain English on the way.
Who owns the app?
You will. When the build ships, it's published under your own Apple account, the code is yours, and any revenue goes to your accounts — not ours. That's how it's designed, and it's why you keep an Apple Developer account rather than us holding one.
Are there costs besides Ideaship?
Yes, and we’d rather you knew now. Apple charges an annual fee to publish on the App Store. A domain costs money if you want one. Advertising, if you ever choose it, is charged by Meta or Google, with a budget you set. We don’t quote figures because they change and vary by country — we link to each company’s own pricing instead. You will never reach a paid step without being told first. Read what it costs.
Start with your idea.
Get an honest, evidence-based evaluation of your app idea in about a minute, then a prototype you can tap through. Free while we’re in early access.