How To Make An App in 2021

 

10 STEP GUIDEHow To Make An App in 2021

 by Chris Ching  Last updated February 4, 2021

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If you’re curious about the app making process but not sure where to start, this is the guide for you!

Here I’ll give you a comprehensive step by step guide from idea to execution. To make things easier, feel free to jump around based on your goals:

• Get inspiration for a great app idea
• How to validate your app idea is a good one
• How to further flesh out your app idea
• Ways to build/implement your app idea
• Tips/advice to get your app noticed in the App Store

If that sounds good to you, let’s get started!

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How to make an app for beginners in 10 steps

1. Generate an app idea
2. Do competitive market research
3. Write out the features for your app
4. Make design mockups of your app
5. Create your app’s graphic design
6. Put together an app marketing plan
7. Build the app with one of these options
8. Submit your app to the App Store
9. Market your app for maximum exposure
10. Improve your app with user feedback
11. Bonus: App making resources

STEP 1

Generate an app idea

If you already have an app idea, then you’re set. Go to the next step!

However if you’re still working on having a great idea for an app, I’ve got a handful of really good techniques to help you come up with your next hit app idea.

There are no new app ideas. Just riffs off existing ones.CLICK TO TWEET

First keep in mind that there is rarely a completely new idea that is born from nothing.

There are over 4 million apps in the Google Play and Apple App Store combined according to Statista.com:

Number of apps in app stores (Statista.com)

Most ideas are variations and combinations of old existing ideas. If you keep this in mind, it opens up your mind to think more creatively. Alright, on to the first technique:

Technique #1: The Remix Technique

One way to come up with a great app idea is to put a twist on an existing idea or try to combine elements from various apps that you like.

This happens all the time and produces great results!

For example, Words with Friends, a popular mobile game from Zynga is basically Scrabble but online with social and multiplayer features that makes it easy to play a long game in short pockets of free time.

This is none more apparent than with the multitude of dating apps out there. Every month there seems to be a brand new dating app coming out that targets a different audience or with a set of features (usually not new) that aren’t in “other” dating apps.

Here’s how you can do it for yourself:

Think of a few apps that you use very often. Is there a way that you could take the most useful features and meld them together to form a new type of app?

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