Retool Mobile — Ship iOS and Android apps, no mobile expertise required

Hi, Product Hunt! I’m Sean from the product team at Retool, and I’m so excited to introduce Retool Mobile as we launch into public beta. Retool Mobile makes it easy to build production-grade native iOS and Android apps remarkably fast, using languages you already know like JavaScript and SQL. Connect your databases and APIs, assemble pre-built mobile components, and instantly deploy apps to your mobile workforce. No mobile development experience required. Retool Mobile allows you to: • Design your app UI using 20+ mobile optimized components including geolocation, a barcode scanner, NFC reader, signature pad, a Zebra integration, and more to tap into your device’s native capabilities • Connect to any existing production database such as Postgres, MySQL, Mongodb, Retool DB, or any 3rd-party APIs such Salesforce, Stripe, and Twilio • Customize any part of your app by writing JavaScript, and add custom colors and themes to match your brand • Publish your app via iOS and Android app stores, or as a PWA. Never have a version out of date with rapid over-the-air updates to instantly push new features to thousands of devices on the Retool Mobile app (our early users have found this feature really useful!) • Branded apps are available for our enterprise customers, allowing you to whitelabel and apply custom branding to apps, as well as manage the app lifecycle in a controlled environment and deploy to App Stores under your own company name • Offline support, push notifications, charts, a PDF viewer, more layouts, and a mapping component coming soon Why we built Retool Mobile Mobile development is really hard, but with more than 80% of the global workforce operating on the go, it’s time to upgrade from clunky, outdated software into a solution that matches the needs of mobile workforces. Historically, developers have had to compromise—either on function by using no-code solutions that don’t offer enough flexibility, or on developer speed and costs by writing apps from scratch using React Native or Flutter. We built Retool Mobile so developers can solve business needs of all kinds, even if they don’t have mobile development experience. Getting started If you want to start using Retool Mobile, you can sign up for free today at retool.com/mobile. Retool Mobile is free for up to teams of 5, and included in every existing Retool plan. To learn more, check out our docs, demo video, and launch blog post. We’re eager for your feedback and here to answer any questions that you might have. Thanks, Sean

While I love the idea and how easy it is to get past through all the complex stuff with passing the data and connecting APIs, I think you guys are misleading the audience a little bit here. You keep saying “App store deployment” and “Deploy instantly to app stores”, but you're not actually bridging the Apple or Google Developer experience publishing the app to their stores. What you're building in Retool web or mobile app you're shipping to Retool mobile “consumer” app that's published in the AppStore or Google Play. Unless I'm missing something? But end users of the app won't be able to view the app without the Retool Mobile app. Again, I think this is still pretty amazing what you allow to do with just a few clicks. But I feel like it could be less confusing if say I'm looking for a “no-code mobile app builder” thinking I can build my messaging app or something. Possibly change the messaging to “Build internal mobile apps”?

I love retool but before this I could use it in all the projects that I would have liked to! That’s the missing link for me to use it even more in all the projects where a mobile interface is a must have 😄 Next update (hopefully), Airtable integration 👀

great, really. Honestly? after a cool tool like retool workflow, it sounds very hard to me to believe that in few months after retool workflow you can be able to launch another such cool and complex product like retool mobile. I mean, that's impressive. A bit scary, because it's "too good to be true", but i like good surprises:) I'll check it out, you rock guys

I would invest in Retool if I could. I discovered their web tool several years ago and have been impressed with their ongoing improvements to the website, as well as the favorable changes in pricing and other areas. What an outstanding team!

Really cool! One question: let's say I wanted to add some customization UI into the app for one screen that Retool just doesn't support (i.e. like an Uber map or something very custom UI)? Is there a way to add custom code into the app?

Congrats Jamie and team!! I've been looking for a mobile internal tool builder for years. Retool mobile does exactly what I need it to and is extremely easy to set up.

Congrats on the launch! Will be considering it for the next mobile project. 👌

With the suite of products that Retool has developed at break neck speed they will no doubt fulfil my own prophecy about becoming the software company of the 2020's

Looks amazing! Congrats on the launch.

We've been using Retool for a while in our company. Retool Mobile was a great addition to it! We were able to easily launch several apps to improve our team's productivity on the go with very little effort. Keep up the great work!

Love the layout and Design style, Congrats on the Launch! 🎉 🎉

Congrats on the launch, team Retool! Super impressed by all of the team's latest releases 🤩

Cool stuff. Congrats on the launch!

Congrats Retool team! The onboarding experience is incredible!

Congrats Retool Mobile team, this is awesome to see!

Congrats on the launch