There are three realistic ways to get an app of your own, and the right one depends on what you actually need:
- A wrapped web app — fastest and cheapest. A native shell around your existing website or catalogue, plus a splash screen, push notifications, and a one-tap "WhatsApp us" button. Built and published in days.
- Cross-platform (React Native / Flutter) — what EximHub uses. One codebase, compiled into two real native apps for Android and iOS. The best balance for most small businesses.
- Native Android (Kotlin) — full control, Android only, and the slowest of the three. Worth it only if you're Android-only and already have a developer.
None of these require you to learn to code anymore. An AI coding assistant — Claude Code, OpenAI's Codex, Google's Gemini CLI, or Google's newer Antigravity — can build any of the three paths for you: you describe what you want in plain English, it writes the code, runs it, and shows you the result. The three guides below take you from "nothing installed" to "app ready for the Play Store."