Can I edit the screens the AI generates from my sketch?

Yes. Every generated screen is fully editable in the RapidNative editor. Swap components, change styles, restructure the layout, add logic. The AI is a starting point; you keep full control over the final design and code.

Wireframe to app vs. sketch to app: what is the difference?

A wireframe is a structured, tool-drawn layout (usually in Figma, Balsamiq, or Excalidraw). A sketch is anything looser: whiteboard, paper, napkin. RapidNative handles both because it reads visual intent, not file format. A hand-drawn sketch and a Figma wireframe follow the same generation path.

Can I convert Excalidraw drawings to React Native code?

Yes. Import an Excalidraw file or draw directly in the embedded canvas, generate the app, and export production-ready React Native (Expo) code when you are ready. You can also keep iterating inside RapidNative before exporting.

Are my sketches used to train the AI?

No. Your sketches and generated projects stay yours. We don't use them to train models. This matters especially if you are sketching client work or unreleased product ideas.

Is there a free way to try sketch-to-app conversion?

Yes. You can draw or upload a sketch, generate the app, and preview it live on your phone without paying. Signup is only required when you want to save the project or export the React Native code.

Turn a whiteboard sketch into a real React Native app.

Sketch on our Excalidraw whiteboard. RapidNative turns it into a working React Native app on your phone in 5 minutes.

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Why it matters

Why Whiteboarding Matters

Ideas start as sketches on whiteboards, in notebooks, or in Excalidraw. Most tools stop at a clickable prototype; we ship yours as a deployable React Native app.

With RapidNative's Whiteboarding feature:

Draw in Excalidraw

Sketch directly on our embedded Excalidraw whiteboard.

Full-stack React Native app

Screens, navigation, and a Supabase backend generated from your sketch.

Preview on your phone

Scan a QR to open the working app live. Not a mockup.

Ship to App Store

Deploy the same codebase to the App Store and Google Play.

How it works

From whiteboard sketch to React Native app in four steps

Draw on our Excalidraw whiteboard, let RapidNative turn the sketch into a working React Native app, preview it live on your phone, and ship the same codebase to the App Store. No rebuild.

Step 01
Sketch on our whiteboard
Draw directly in our embedded Excalidraw canvas. Boxes become screens, arrows become navigation.
Step 02
AI builds a working app
RapidNative reads shapes, layouts, and flow, then generates the full React Native codebase with screens, navigation, and a Supabase backend.
Step 03
Preview it live on your phone
Scan a QR to open the working app instantly. A real React Native build, not a mockup.
Step 04
Ship to the App Store
Deploy the same codebase to the App Store and Google Play. No rebuild.

Who it's for

For everyone who Sketched before Shipping

Founders, PMs, designers, and agencies. Turn any whiteboard session into a working React Native app you can hand to users.

Founders

Sketch your MVP on the whiteboard and ship a real React Native app to TestFlight. No designers or engineers required.

Product Managers

Turn a whiteboard session into a working app your team can try, before spec writing, before engineering cycles.

Designers

Sketch the flow, generate the app, keep editing in a canvas-style editor. Ship the same file to the App Store.

Agencies

Run whiteboard workshops with clients and hand them a working React Native app the same day.

Use cases

Where designers turn sketches into shipped apps

Design sprints

Convert a 5-day design sprint into a working React Native app users can try same-day. Not a Figma mockup.

Wireframe to React Native

Sketch a wireframe on our Excalidraw canvas, generate the full app. Skip the Figma-to-dev handoff.

Client workshops

Turn client workshop sketches into a demoable React Native app in the same meeting.

UX prototyping without the throwaway

Skip the clickable prototype step. Ship the prototype as a real app to TestFlight.

Deployment

From sketch to App Store, one native codebase

Most sketch-to-app tools stop at a prototype. RapidNative rebuilds your design as a real React Native app and handles the entire App Store and Google Play submission: certificates, screenshots, review response.

Native React Native, not WebView

Passes Apple and Google review as a real native app, not a wrapper. Same performance as a hand-coded build.

We handle App Store submission

Certificates, provisioning profiles, screenshots, metadata, review response. You approve; we submit.

Same codebase, both stores

One React Native build ships to the App Store and Google Play. No fork, no separate iOS/Android engineering.

Preview before you pay

Scan a QR to run the actual native app on your phone first. Pay only when it goes live.

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Why it's different

Why designers pick us over sketch-to-prototype tools

Most tools stop at a static wireframe or clickable prototype. RapidNative takes your sketch all the way to a shippable React Native app.

Canvas-style editor for designers

Keep editing generated screens in a canvas-style tool. The code updates as you edit; no dev handoff.

Full React Native codebase, not a wrapper

Screens, navigation, and a Supabase backend, all generated. Not a WebView. Not a design spec.

Live preview on your phone

Scan a QR to open the actual React Native app on your device. See it before you ship it.

One codebase ships to both stores

Deploy to the App Store and Google Play from the same React Native build. No throwaway wireframes.

FAQ

Common questions

Can you turn a whiteboard sketch into a mobile app?

Yes. Sketch inside our embedded whiteboard (or import an Excalidraw file), tap Generate, and RapidNative builds a working full-stack React Native app from your drawing in minutes. Boxes become screens and components, arrows become navigation, and text becomes labels. All editable afterwards.

Can AI convert a hand-drawn or napkin sketch into an app?

Yes. Snap a photo of your paper or napkin sketch and upload it. The AI reads shapes and layout the same way it reads a digital drawing. Cleaner sketches produce cleaner screens, but rough is fine; you can refine the generated app in the editor.

Which sketching tools does RapidNative support?

The embedded whiteboard is Excalidraw-based, and you can import Excalidraw files directly. You can also upload photos of paper or whiteboard drawings, screenshots of Figma or FigJam frames, or exports from tools like Miro. The AI reads pixels, so anything sketch-like works.

How does the AI read my sketch?

It detects layout intent: rectangles become screens or UI elements, arrows become navigation, repeated shapes become reusable components, and text becomes labels. Groups of shapes are inferred as sections. If a shape is ambiguous, you can adjust it after generation. Nothing is baked in.

What do I get after generating from a sketch?

A working full-stack React Native app: screens, navigation, and a Supabase backend already wired up. Preview it live on your phone via QR, edit any screen in the canvas-style editor, and when you're ready deploy the same codebase to the App Store and Google Play. Not a prototype. A real app you can ship.

Is RapidNative a sketch-to-prototype tool or a sketch-to-app tool?

Both, but you don't stop at the prototype stage. Most sketch-to-prototype tools produce a clickable mockup and hand it off to engineering. RapidNative generates a full React Native app from your sketch: preview it like a prototype, edit it like a design tool, and deploy it to the App Store like a shipped product, same codebase throughout.

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