Build a consumer app
From idea to something people can open in their browser — designed, written, and live.
Press Enter to start building this one, or describe your own.
The first build
What exists at the end of the first session
- A polished consumer web app with real screens and flows
- Onboarding and landing pages that explain the product
- A live URL to share with your first users
- Fast iteration — describe changes, watch them land
Before you scale it
What a first version has to settle
The first thirty seconds
Onboarding is the product for a new user. Get someone from the landing page to their first useful screen without a detour.
One version at a time
Spin up separate projects for competing takes on the idea, compare them live, and keep the one people react to.
Phone first
It’s a web app people will open on a phone. Judge every screen at that width before you judge it anywhere else.
Beyond the build
A product is not a company
The site is the part you can see. These are the four other jobs a consumer app needs, and what Restart hands you for each.
Brand and UI
Brand
A name, a look, and a one-line promise that survives being read on a phone screen in a feed.
Launch pages
Launch
A waitlist page before it exists, a launch page the day it does, and a story worth sharing either way.
Onboarding flow
Customers
The path from a stranger tapping a link to a person who has done the thing your app is for, once.
Feedback and reporting
Operations
A place for users to tell you what broke, and a view of what people actually do once they are in.
Questions founders ask
Is this a native mobile app?
It’s a web app that works great on phones. Native iOS/Android builds aren’t something Restart produces today.
How fast can I put it in front of users?
A first version typically comes together in one session — you watch it build live, then publish to a public URL when it looks right.
Can I test different versions of the idea?
Yes — spin up separate projects for different takes, compare them live, and keep the one that resonates.
Other things founders build here
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- E-commerce Launch a product, brand, and storefront. “A storefront for small-batch ceramic tableware with a story-driven brand”
- Service businesses Package expertise into a scalable company. “A productized design service with three fixed-price packages and an intake form”
- Local businesses Build the digital foundation for a local operation. “A site for a neighborhood coffee shop with menu, hours, story, and event nights”