How to create your professional app from scratch in 2025 (without coding and without depending on anyone)

• Introduction: Creating an app is no longer just for experts
• What you need to get started (and what you don't need)
• Why 80% businesses can have their own app
• The 5 most important decisions before building your app
• Step by step: create your professional app with King of App
  • Structure and design
  • Key Features
  • Publication in stores
• How much does an app really cost in 2025?
• The most common mistakes when creating an app (and how to avoid them)
• Real-life examples: apps created without programming
• What would you do differently if you could start over?
• Conclusion: Your app, your business, your control

1. Introduction: Creating an app is no longer just for experts

For years, creating a mobile app was a privilege reserved for large companies, specialized technical teams, or startups with a significant initial investment. The combination of cost, complexity, and technical dependency excluded thousands of professionals, SMEs, freelancers, local media outlets, retailers, associations, and content creators.

But all that it is no longer like that.

Today, with the right tools and the right strategy, any person or team can create a professional app without programming, without depending on anyone, and without spending thousands of euros. The secret is not in "doing magic," but in use smart, open, and flexible technology, such as the one offered by King of App.

This article isn't an empty promise. It's a clear, practical, and up-to-date guide to creating your app in 2025, step by step, professionally, without code if you want, and with complete control if you decide to expand.

2. What you need to get started (and what you don't need)

To create your app, you don't need to be a programmer, have a technical department, or pay exorbitant licenses.

✅ What you DO need:

• A clear idea of what you want your app to do
• A website, blog, or online store (optional, but recommended)
• A logo, colors, and basic branding
• Images and icons (own or stock)
• Access to a platform like King of App
• A Google Play and/or Apple Developer account if you want to publish

❌ What you DON'T need:

• Know how to program
• Hire an agency
• Spend €6,000 on development
• Relying on limited templates
• Handing over control of your project to a third party

Today you can do more with less, if you choose well from the beginning.

3. Why 80% businesses can have their own app

Does your business need an app?
If you meet any of these conditions, the answer is yes:

• You have one community: clients, students, readers, members…
• You offer updated content: news, products, videos, events…
• Want send push notifications to your users
• You need a direct channel of reservations, contact or sales
• Are you looking to improve the loyalty and brand value
• You want to be visible in Google Play or Apple Store

In all these cases, an app can increase your revenue, improve your customer relationships, and differentiate you from your competition.

And if before it was unviable due to price or complexity, now it is a accessible competitive advantage.

4. The 5 most important decisions before building your app

Before getting into the how, strategic decisions must be made. Here are the five most important:

1. What is the main objective of your app?

Sell? Inform? Connect? Loyalty?
Having this clear determines the structure and functionality.

2. Will your app be public or only for registered users?

This defines whether you need login, access levels, exclusive content, etc.

3. Do you need to connect to other systems?

Like an online store, CRM, news channel, video channel, etc. If you use WordPress, WooCommerce, or external APIs, King of App can integrate it.

4. Do you have your own content or are you going to generate it from scratch?

You can use your website as a base or build everything directly from the platform.

5. Do you want to start without programming, but have the option to scale?

If the answer is yes, you need a platform that gives you access to the source code, like King of App, and not a closed system.

5. Step by step: create your professional app with King of App

🔹 Step 1: Register and create your project

Access to King of App and start a new project. You can choose to start from an existing website, a template, or from scratch.

🔹 Step 2: Design the structure

Use the visual builder to define:

• Main menu (tabs, hamburger or grid)
• Sections (catalog, news, form, profile, etc.)
• Navigation between pages
• Branding: colors, fonts, logo, and icons

🔹 Step 3: Add key features

Activate modules with one click:

• 📩 Contact or reservation form
• 🛍️ Product catalog or ecommerce
• 🔔 Push Notifications
• 🔒 Login and user profiles
• 🗓️ Event calendar or agenda
• 🧾 Exclusive content and user dynamism

All this without writing code.

🔹 Step 4: Test your app

View it in the real-time simulator or install the APK on your Android phone. Adjust the design or navigation to suit your experience.

🔹 Step 5: Publish on Google Play and Apple Store

With the packages .AAB and .IPA generated by King of App, publish the app from your developer account. You can request help compiling and signing if needed.

And that's it: You already have your professional app active, ready to scale or grow with your business.

6. How much does an app really cost in 2025?

The big barrier that prevents many businesses from creating their app is the fear of cost. But let's break it down:

💰 Traditional (custom) development

• Design and prototype: €1,000 – €3,000
• Frontend and backend development: €4,000 – €10,000
• Compilation and publication: €1,000
• Monthly maintenance: €200 – €500

Total: between €6,000 and €15,000 (minimum)

✅ Development with King of App (open source)

• Use of the platform: Free or from €290/year if you want professional support and publishing
• Customization and modules: Included
• Publication in stores: Included or with optional service
• Maintenance: You decide when and how

Total: from €0 to €290 the first year

🧠 Conclusion:

It's not just that it's cheaper. It's that You save months of work, technical dependencies, and avoid hidden costs.

7. The most common mistakes when creating an app (and how to avoid them)

❌ Starting without a clear objective

Avoid this by first defining the value your app will provide.

❌ Thinking only about technology

Remember: an app is a business tool, not just a technical product.

❌ Choose a closed platform

When you want to grow or integrate something new, you will regret it.

❌ Not thinking about maintenance

Use a modular system like King of App for quick upgrades.

❌ Make everything “custom” from the start

Start simple, measure results and evolves without redoing everything.

8. Real examples: apps created without programming

🛒 Natural cosmetics store

With a catalog synchronized with your website and a weekly push of promotions.

🗞️ Local news outlet

App connected to your WordPress, displays sections, videos, and alerts.

🎓 Language school

With a private area for students, recorded lessons, and a class schedule.

💪 Personal trainer

It offers routines, videos, personalized push messages, and a booking area.

None of them knew how to program. They all used King of App.

9. What would you do differently if you could start over?

This is what many people are saying after launching their app on closed platforms:

"I would have started with something more open. Now I have to redo everything."
“I didn’t think I’d want to add payments, but now I can’t.”
“I depend on support from a platform that doesn’t respond.”
“I can’t migrate my users or content.”
“I thought the basic plan would be enough for me, now I pay triple.”

Therefore, the best decision is Start with a solution that gives you freedom from day one.

10. Conclusion: Your app, your business, your control

Creating an app in 2025 is not a technical issue, it is a strategic decision.

And like any smart decision, it requires:

• Choose tools that fit you, not the other way around.
• Invest time in understanding your needs, not in solving technical problems
• Bet on platforms that give you freedom, control and scalability

With King of App, you can create a professional app without programming, but with all the power to do so if you need it.
You can start with the basics and evolve to where your business needs it.

And best of all: without losing control, without overpaying, and without depending on anyone.

The question is no longer Yeah you need an app.
The question is:
Do you want to do it right from the start?