Start Guide

1

Sign up and start your free trial

Go to reyapp.io and create your account. Every new account starts with a 14-day free trial that gives you full access to every feature, no credit card required.Once you’re logged in, you’ll land on your Rey dashboard, where all your apps live.

2

Create a new app

From the dashboard, click New App. You’ll see two options:

• Choose a template: start from a pre-built app layout (audio content app, AI chat, tracking app, and more) to move faster.
• Start blank: open an empty canvas and build everything from scratch.

3

Design your first screen

The canvas is your visual editing surface. You’ve got two ways to build:

• Add components directly — tap the + button in the bottom-right of the canvas to open the component palette. Pick a category — Screen, Layout, Text, Button, Image, or More — and choose an element to drop it onto your screen.
• Talk to Rey AI — tap the bot icon in the bottom-left of the canvas to open the chat window and describe what you want. Rey generates or edits screens for you based on your prompt.

Once a component is on the canvas, select it to open its property toolbar, which appears above the component. The toolbar adapts to whatever you’ve selected and typically covers:

• Settings — component-specific options like the destination of a link
• Data — connect a component like a List to a data table, and bind elements inside it to data fields
• Layout — size, padding, margins, and alignment
• Logic — triggers, actions, and rules (see Logic)
• Styles — colors, fonts, borders, and other visual properties

To add new screens or switch between them, open the Design panel (paintbrush icon in the top toolbar) and use the Objects tab — every screen and its objects lives there as a nested tree. A typical app starts with at least a Home screen and a Detail or Profile screen.

Use Rey AI to generate your first screen in seconds. Click the Rey AI icon in the toolbar, describe what you want — for example, “a home screen for a fitness tracking app with a daily step count, a workout list, and a start workout button” — and Rey generates a fully designed screen you can edit immediately.

4

Add data to your app

Most apps need to store and display information. Open the Data panel by clicking the database icon in the top toolbar, then click New Table. Add fields (Text, Rich text, Date, True/false, Multiple choice, Number, Image, Audio, Relation), then add entries directly in the table editor. Your app can read from and write to this table using actions. See Tables for full details.

5

Add logic to your components

Logic makes your app respond to what users do. To add it, select a component on the canvas (such as a button), open the Logic panel, and choose a When tapped action.Common actions include:

• Go to screen — navigate to another screen
• Play audio — play a sound or audio track
• Show paywall — prompt the user to subscribe or purchase
• Show flash message — display a short confirmation or alert
• Open link — launch an external URL
• Set user variable — store a value tied to the current user
• Show review prompt — ask the user to rate your app
• Show notifications prompt — request push notification permission

Use Apply rules to gate actions with if/then/else conditions — for example, only showing the paywall when the user isn’t already subscribed.

6

Preview your app on your phone

Rey offers both an in-browser web preview and a real-device preview. To preview on your phone:

1. Download the Rey app from the App Store or Google Play.
2. Sign in to the Rey app with the same account you use in the editor.
3. Tap your project in the list to open it on your device.

Your app opens on your device and updates in real time as you make changes on the canvas. Tap through your screens, test your logic, and verify that your data loads correctly.

Keep the Rey app open on your phone while you design. Every time you save a change, the preview refreshes automatically.

7

Publish your app

When your app is ready to go live, click the rocket icon in the top toolbar and choose your target:

• App Store (iOS) — Rey packages your app and guides you through the App Store Connect submission flow.
• Google Play (Android) — Rey builds the APK/AAB and walks you through the Google Play Console submission steps.
• Web — Rey deploys your app to a hosted URL instantly, with an option to connect a custom domain.

Submitting to the App Store and Google Play requires active developer accounts with Apple ($99/year) and Google ($25 one-time fee). Make sure your accounts are set up before you reach the publish step to avoid delays.

After publishing, Rey gives you a shareable link and a submission status tracker so you can follow your app’s review progress without leaving the dashboard.

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What’s next?

• Core Concepts — understand the mental model behind every Rey project
• Building Your App — advanced canvas techniques, component customization, and layout tips
• Rey AI — get more out of the agent with detailed prompting strategies
• Data — learn relationships, filtering, sorting, and real-time data binding