Before launch
Audience research, product strategy, validation, app design, development, pricing, App Store preparation, and launch planning.
We build you a business bigger than your audience.
You bring the audience and expertise. We build the product and the engine that turns it into lasting revenue.
Creator app development for content creators and influencers
Built by Foundry is a done-for-you creator app development and business operations company. We help content creators, influencers, and their teams turn audience expertise into owned subscription apps and recurring-revenue software businesses.
After launch
Product updates, conversion experiments, retention work, customer support systems, App Store updates, paid growth, and revenue optimization.
What the creator owns
The app-specific code, brand, content, customer data, customer relationship, revenue, and business upside. Built by Foundry retains its underlying platform technology.
Creator app development FAQ
Who is Built by Foundry for?
Built by Foundry is for established content creators, influencers, and creator teams with an engaged audience, repeat audience needs, and the ambition to build an owned recurring-revenue business.
What does Built by Foundry do after launch?
Built by Foundry continues operating and improving the app after launch, including product updates, pricing and onboarding tests, retention work, App Store updates, customer support systems, and growth experiments.
Do creators own the apps Built by Foundry creates?
Creators own their app-specific code, brand, content, customer data, customer relationship, revenue, and business upside. Built by Foundry owns the underlying platform technology that powers the app.
How long does a creator app take to launch?
Built by Foundry targets about three weeks from a validated concept to an App Store-ready launch, with timing depending on product scope, creator approvals, and App Store review.
How is Built by Foundry different from an app agency or DIY app builder?
Traditional agencies usually hand over a build and invoice, while DIY tools leave the creator to run product, engineering, QA, launch, and growth. Built by Foundry stays involved as the long-term product and growth operator and shares in revenue.
Your fans are already asking for help.
Courses, coaching, tools, and communities.
But building a product isn't your zone.
Developers, designers, months of work, huge upfront costs.
Meanwhile, you're stuck in one-off deals.
Sponsorships and brand deals don't build anything lasting.
We exist to change that
You bring the audience and expertise. We build the product. Together, we create something your fans love and you own.
From idea to income.
We listen
We learn your audience, what they need, and design the perfect product for them.
We build
Our team creates your custom product (you approve everything, zero technical work required).
You launch
Your product goes live. Your fans download it, play it, and pay for it. You start earning, together.
After Launch
Your Product Gets Smarter
Optimize pricingReduce churnTest onboarding flowsRun paid ad campaignsProduce UGC contentManage App Store updatesShip features from your commentsA/B test paywallsGrow your audience
We don't just build the product, we grow the business. Launch is day one. Everything after is where the real money is made.
What Makes Us Different
You own the business.
Your app, your brand, your users, your revenue.
You own the business we build together. The brand, the users, the data, the revenue. All yours. Built by Foundry owns the platform technology that powers it. The revenue share keeps us permanently aligned with your success. We only earn when you earn.
Lightning Fast
3 weeks from idea to launch. Not 6 months.
You Stay in Control
It's your app, your brand, your vision. You have final say on everything. We handle the execution.
Your Vision, Our Execution
We've worked with creators across every niche. We match the perfect product to your market. Anything is possible.
Why Not Use Something Else?
Self-Serve Creator Tools
A second job for $30/month- You build everything yourself
- You manage products, emails, and support
- A second job for $30/month
Creator Agencies
Slow, expensive, human-powered- $50K–$200K upfront
- 6–12 months to ship
- Then they send you an invoice
AI / Vibe-Coding It Yourself
Looks like an app, not a business- Looks like an app, not a business
- No pricing, retention, or conversion expertise
- Nobody shipping updates at 2am
Us
We build it. We launch it. We run it. We optimize it every day. You own the business. We share what it makes. Three weeks from idea to App Store.