Make or change apps by asking

How it works

To change an app, hold its tile and tap Edit with AI. To make a new one, tap ＋ New app on your apps screen, or open the ✎ Build tab. Say what you want in plain words, the way you would tell a person. A minute or so later the change is there. Not quite right? Say so, and it changes again.

Making and changing apps uses AI: the free starter AI on the phone, limited per day, or your own subscription or key. See Do you need AI?

How to ask well

• Say what it is for. "A rota for six staff over two weeks, so nobody closes twice in a row" works better than a list of fields.
• One change at a time. Small requests land accurately; a paragraph of them does not.
• Name what you see. "Put the total at the top of the Orders tab", "make the Add button bigger".
• Give the real numbers and words. "Delivery is $2.50, free over $30", "call the tabs Today and Later".

Requests that work well on the business apps, as tested:

• "Add a tip line to the checkout" (Shop)
• "Customers must book at least 24 hours ahead" (Bookings)
• "Add a field for allergies" (Phone Orders)
• "Invoices are due in 14 days, and add a thank-you line" (Quotes & Invoices)
• "Ask if they need a high chair" (Waitlist)
• "Show prices without cents" (Menu Board)

Each Gallery app's page has more ideas under Make it yours: see all apps.

Settings first, new features second

Many things you might ask for are already a setting: a delivery fee, a minimum notice, overtime hours, a currency, your hours. Look in the app's setup or settings first. When you ask for a change that is a setting, Studio changes the setting and tells you where it is, so you can change it again yourself later without AI.

Ask for a new feature when there is no setting for it: a new field, a new tab, a new rule, a different layout.

Check it, and undo if needed

• After a change, try it once with real numbers, especially when it touches money: a total, a tax, a discount.
• Didn't like it? Open the app's menu → History and restore the version before. See History and restore.
• Changing a Gallery app makes it your version. Gallery updates are then offered, never forced: updates.

What the builder won't do

Studio refuses requests that would put you or your customers at risk, and suggests a safe way instead. For example:

• Taking card numbers. Apps never collect card details. Customers pay through the methods in your Business Profile: a payment link, PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, Zelle or cash.
• Sending texts automatically. Texts and reminders to customers open on your own phone, one at a time, for you to send. See reminders to customers.
• Showing private details in public. A TV screen shows first names or initials, never phone numbers.