Product Manual

How to use FrankenApp

Everything the platform can do, in plain English. Start with Getting started, or jump to whatever you're building.

Start here: which one are you?

Pick the closest match. Each path is four steps, in order, and nothing else matters until they're done.

I want my own app
You have an idea, a business, or just a hunch.
  1. 1Open the Workshop and pick a door
  2. 2Let the plan get scored and cut to a version 1
  3. 3Download the pack and paste prompt 1 into your builder
  4. 4Watch it fill in on the Build monitor
I want to sell apps to businesses
You want paying clients under your own brand.
  1. 1Set your name, logo, colours, and payment link
  2. 2Find local businesses worth approaching
  3. 3Send a branded quote and get it accepted
  4. 4Deliver as milestones and hand over on one private link
I want a TV channel
You have video and want a 24/7 channel on real TVs.
  1. 1Create the channel and name it
  2. 2Add your content
  3. 3Set the schedule
  4. 4Publish to the stores and the web

Getting started

AppLab & Workshop

The Workshop - build a whole app in 6 steps
Build-a-Bear for software. Non-technical, ~15 minutes, ends with a ZIP you upload to Lovable.
12 min read
Kits and starter recipes - what they are, in plain English
Ready-made pieces of app you can drop into your build, grouped into packs by the job they do.
6 min read
The build list check - proof, not promises
FrankenApp grades your app against build-manifest.json and retries what is missing.
3 min read
PRODUCT_MANUAL.md - your app's source of truth
Auto-generated in every Workshop ZIP. Kept updated by Lovable on every change.
4 min read
VIP Tools - everything you need to sell what you built
Readiness score, hosted sales pages, sales copy, emails, social posts, video studio, next versions. Uses your own OpenAI key.
8 min read
Turn an idea (or a website) into a build plan
Three doors: I have a website, I have an idea, I have no idea yet.
6 min read
Your build path (the timeline in the top bar)
The whole journey on one rail, from idea to launched app, open at any time.
3 min read
Track how much of your app is actually built
Connect your app once and see what is done, what is missing, and what to paste next.
5 min read
Which outside services your app needs
Run the services check, then add keys one at a time. Your accounts, your bills.
5 min read
Monthly upgrades for an app you already run
We compare your app against the kit shelf and suggest what to add next.
4 min read
When your builder gets stuck
Describe what went wrong and get the exact fix to paste back.
4 min read
Use FrankenApp from ChatGPT
Connect once, then ask for kits, plans and prompts without leaving your chat.
3 min read
The parts you picked
Your basket of kits, and the prompt that installs them.
3 min read
Naming your app and grabbing the address
Brandable names, checked live against the registries, filtered to the yearly budget you set.
4 min read
The Marketing Hub
Launch emails, social visuals and sales copy for the app you just built.
4 min read
What your own users are asking for
Requests, complaints and cancellation reasons from your app, matched to kits that fix them.
4 min read
Your blueprint page
The written plan behind your app: what it does, who for, and what gets built first.
3 min read
Has anything slipped?
We remember every check answer, so a thing that worked last week and fails today gets its own alarm.
3 min read
Cut to a finishable version 1
We score every part on how much it matters against how much work it is, then keep the ones that earn their place.
3 min read
What it costs to run
Your monthly bill at 100, 1,000 and 10,000 users, plus prices that cover it.
3 min read
Size up the rivals
We read who already sells this, what they charge, what people complain about, and where the gap is.
4 min read
What you get free every month
Each app gets a generous free allowance for watching how people use it. Here is what it covers and what happens if you run out.
3 min read
The Flagship Vault - ten whole systems, unlocked once
What the vault opens, when to use each build, and why there is nothing to cancel.
3 min read
Traffic Lab - getting found on Google
Connect your own free Google Search Console, see the searches you already show up for, and get a short list of jobs each month.
4 min read
Autopilot - what to do next, without asking
Set a goal for the app and let the planner keep naming the next move.
3 min read
Insight - what people actually did in your app
Sign-ups, drop-outs, recordings, errors and a revenue alarm, with the fix prompt attached.
3 min read
Put your app in the Showcase
A public page for the thing you built, so people can see it and use it.
2 min read
The Bonus Vault and the Founders Club
Where the launch bonuses live, and what the Founders Club room is for.
2 min read
Make a short video of what you built
A short clip for your sales page, your listing or a social post, written from your own app.
2 min read

Agency (sell to clients)

Native Forge

Big Screen Studio

Publishing and sharing

Advanced