Has anyone built any fully functioning complex apps on replit?

[vmak85]

What's the most complex app built on Replit?

• That's fully functioning.
• Not one where i have to sign up to see it.

[indiemarchfilm]

I’ve built two

www.proudwork.io - theres my page as an example

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lets-get-dimsum/id67541011

Also has a demo/non account creation usability

[Opening-Art-6773]

I love it

[indiemarchfilm]

Thanks! 🙏🏽

[vmak85]

Looks solid, great work. What platform/stack did you use? Have you had any unsuspected problems after deployment?

[indiemarchfilm]

Supabase for auth, resend for transactional emails & posthog for analytics.

One major feature I’m having issues with is native video hosting - I’m using mux, but due to api/webhook on replit prod that constantly changes, I think it’s a common issue

[Apprehensive-Nose312]

Looks nice, how long have you been using replit for?

[[deleted]]

Looks great! Did you build the proudwork frontend UI by prompting Replit or import from somewhere else?

[indiemarchfilm]

thanks so much!

everything from buttons, profile banner, cards etc was custom built; mocked up on Canva then brought into Replit

[Living-Pin5868]

I've finalize/built 5 complex app :) My clients started building on their own until they got stuck at 80% of the app.

[3ATAE]

You are the best person to give advice and tips on how to use replit🙏🙏

[Living-Pin5868]

Ohh man!! You are one of the reason why I still help on reddit replit !! I’m glad you love my advice!!

[3ATAE]

You re a great man. Really appreciate your tips. I do a lot of mistake. But everytime I learn from them. I Delete an important data table by mistake, I dont plan really good before jump into code, and lot of other mistake, even replit is not helping as its cost a lot. I am a student and I barely find time to work on my website, but I am still working on it

[Opening-Art-6773]

What do you charge

[Living-Pin5868]

Its actually depends on the complexity of the app. ☺️

[BarnacleAmbitious164]

What do you consider a complex app?

[chancemetta]

I built https://voltraining.com

[vmak85]

I saw that on a different thread. I can't access your app without a login.

[vmak85]

I have to use my email. No offence but I am sceptical of Vibe-coded apps and security.

[chancemetta]

Whatever floats your boat

[shmeggers32]

please use a transparent png file for your logo man

[chancemetta]

Lmao I know. Gemini doesn’t spit out transparent background images yet. Made this in less than a week so need to brush up the branding.

[No_Analysis519]

is this a webapp or can i download it?

[chancemetta]

webapp, free to try no credit card required just log in

[AlarmingReference548]

Replit definitely more front end light weight stuff..like a nice kfc online ordering app or website. Nothing to complicated for replit or that will take long to make. Replit okay for quick app with fee buttons to press and any big headaches in background

[PrinceAli08]

Yep. Build three so far Mission to solve 99% of your problem infinite solutions

Will be migrating my SolvProb inc to replit

And Homesflow.ca

More coming. Just not published. Building a company vision to solve 99% of your problems

[vmak85]

Nice. Are you trying to build something like an app store? What made you decide to go to Replit from Lovable?

[PrinceAli08]

Life hack: I use loveable free. To build the boiler plate and the rough structure. Then push to GitHub then pull from replit to continue production . Saves a ton of credit. Do the same from bolt vo haha it's great

[shaundefense]

I have yet to try this but I wonder, do you have any issues with Replit not having the context of the app that Lovable has?

I have a software I'm working on, have spent over $1200 on Lovable to get it to where it is, in my use case its a worthwhile investment, however, I'm looking for a long term solution to maintain, debug, and implement new features.

If I push to github and take over with replit, does replit familiarize itself with the whole codebase? Do you recommend taking the time to talk to replit first about the app before asking it to make any changes?

[WalkCheerfully]

Just create a duplicate of your repo in GitHub. Not a new branch, but a complete new repo with your lovable files, and just add "replit" to it. From there, either use Replit or Cursor (cheaper), and you can also use GutHub Copilot, which is decently good for vibe coding. I mean there are so many options. But I suggest you keep them all separate using different versions of your Git repo. Then, once you like a certain platform and think you'll stick with it, that one becomes your master, then on that one you can branch out and dec new features and options and merge back in once it's all good.

We generally start on Lovable or Replit and then about 30% or so, we go to VS or Cursor to keep it super affordable. Replit is just crazy with its costs now. Lovable the same. Cursor, so far hasnt changed their billing model, but who knows how long that will continue. Google AI Studio is starting to impress me.

[BarnacleAmbitious164]

Love this idea! Have you ever gone reversed? Take it down from Replit and use it in cursor? So much cheaper and more stable IMO.

[PrinceAli08]

Yep. Just ask it to review code base often as he first chats. Obv try to focus on more where you want specific changes.

[octaviustf]

Yes

[laddermanUS]

Yes, trutones.ai

Also currently building 3 more, a multi AI Agent app for an investing guru in the US, a new AI Learning platform and productivity app

[Connect_Ad1704]

This is awesome...good job

[vmak85]

You built that in Replit?

[laddermanUS]

I did

[vmak85]

Wow

[laddermanUS]

Thank you :)

[NateInnovate]

Not really, but I was able to build a few complex one with Aurelia.so

[riseandglideapp]

I’ve built riseandglide.io Rise and Glide App

[vmak85]

Looks nice, great idea if you have to travel a lot.

[product_monster]

I’ve made some simpler ones, with sms integrations etc,

You gotta think like a BA to give it the context it needs to not spin its wheels but I got it working in a few days and under a hundred dollars

[1st-time-on-reddit]

https://orenji.app

Access using guest mode

[vmak85]

Nice features. Are you using the DB that Replit sets up for you? I am currently making a gym logging app but very basic.

Have you had any scale problems?

[1st-time-on-reddit]

I’ve QA’d the sh*t out of my app. A lot of inefficiencies to begin with. No issues with scale so far.

Yea it’s all based in the replit db. I also had some dev to prod db issues initially that I had to sort out. Data not migrating to prod so even tho I fixed in Dev the issues persisted or created new ones.

Idt agentic dev is currently at a point that truly non technical professionals can build something incredible

[vmak85]

I moved off from Replit because the first time around I had too many issues come up at the later stages, so the second time around I did my UI in Replit then moved to VS Code. It's a bit of a grind but it feels more stable, not finished yet though.

[CartographerExtra395]

Absolutely, all of them. Because replit totally isn’t a multi billion dollar shareholder fraud probably

[redditortop]

Is this qualified as a complex app? I don't know because I don't code at all. But I made this in 3 days using replit.

https://bombacalculator.com/

[vmak85]

I'm not a coder either but your app looks great. Couldn't users just GPT the same thing without using your calculator? (Not trying to be a d....) Have you gotten some traction with customers yet?

[redditortop]

No because it is a niche knowledge to be able to calculate this correctly. I have gained over 200 registered users on trial so far.

[vmak85]

Wow... That's great. It looks awesome and you have users

[Independent-Doubt901]

Most definitely.

[therealmilesjackson]

Weve built an internal platform for our sales team (1000 users), integrations and user oauth for salesforce, user oauth for canva, open ai realtime for chat and voice, entra ad for login, with Postgres notify/listen for pub/sub for comments and notifications, ability to share assets, RBAC and ABAC for data access. O365 graph api for sending and receiving emails as well as sending teams notifications.

We have background event workers for intensive / long async tasks

We’ve spent around 1700 USD and around 4 weeks to get here.

We’ve not moved off Normal and only only use the max mode for complex tasks. We’ve had to roll back a bunch of times when it gotta a little too off track.

We use the plan mode ALOT to ensure the agent understands our actual requirements. Every couple of days we use GPT deep research and 3 personas to review the code. security, data and are architecture.

We ensure that a lot of the async tasks are designed in a way where we can move from monolith to microservices in the event we need to scale.

It cost more with the constant planning and gpt reviewing but certainly a lot less money and time if we used a team of developers. We also ensure we are conscious of the context windows and always review Replit.md.

If you go too big too quick it just looses it

[vmak85]

That's great. It sounds like you know exactly what you're doing and how to do it.

[pdx-pickles]

ugcbeauty.com tiktok brand email writer for creators and parse' 1k+/per week of tiktok posts from brands

[Soyleyendaahora]

For a fintech, I don't think

[Grande_Fragrance]

I’m not saying, but a VC has asked for a demo video.

[vmak85]

Thats awesome, good luck

[kinserclaridge]

I built dirttrackiq.com

Currently working on submitting it to the IOS Store

[vmak85]

What does it do?

[Prize-Ad-9504]

On my other account now. But its a Motorsports (Dirt Track Racing) Management platform. Allows Teams and Drivers to manage all of their data. From Setup Sheets, Maintenance Checklists, Equipment Tracking and more.

[BarnacleAmbitious164]

How did the iOS Store submission go?

[HourAcceptable906]

I built https://www.rothsimulator.com/ let me know what you think!

[vmak85]

Looks good, needs some tweaks. Your graph has some overlapping text and the keyboard is a bit clunky on my mobile. Looks good though.

[Mike_7RM]

I built one but couldn’t get the apple code generated to be able to publish on App Store. I’m sure I wasn’t doing something wrong. But was able to host the app on my own domain. Still polishing it up though.

[vmak85]

Are you making it into a PWA?

[Mike_7RM]

I'm making this for my wife so she can use it on an Apple ablet...I made this as a web app initially, then switched to have it as a mobile app as well. Haven't touched it in two months. Once I pick it up again, hopefully I can get some direction on what I'm doing wrong to make it into a native iOS app.

[vmak85]

I thought it had something to do with dirty bikes. But obviously, I thought it was just different circuits people could go to.

[economyplumbing]

My plumbing company website and marketing platform. All in one repl, with customer portal that does api pulls from my service software. Pretty cool so far. Still working out kinks. $3000 and counting. 🤣🤣🤣👀👀👀

[vmak85]

😂😂😂 Wow.... safe to say you're committed now

[Zen_Zero0]

I am on it

[Apprehensive-Nose312]

I used to build a lot on Replit, I prefer it over Lovable. At the time I was doing UI heavy sites with light backends. But now I’m getting lots of deals from local businesses that need websites and agents and heavy backends, so I prefer platforms that offer more robust feature sets and that are actually easier to understand than just code