The Buildova build challenge

Think you've got what it takes?

Build a web app, free. No credit card, we give you $20 of build credit to get started. The app with the most public votes wins $1,000 cash. See what you can build.

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No tech skills needed. Built in 30 minutes.

How the challenge works

Four steps to a shot at $1,000

Describe an idea in plain English and our engine builds it into a real, working web app. Publish it, gather votes, and the most-loved app wins.

Step 1

Claim your $20

Step 2

Describe your idea

Tell the engine what you want in a sentence or two. It builds a real web app, live on the internet, in under 30 minutes.

Step 3

Publish and rally votes

Share your live app. Anyone can vote publicly for the apps they like best.

Step 4

Most votes wins

When the challenge closes, the app with the most public votes takes $1,000 cash. Everyone who entered keeps the app they built.

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What you walk away with

Everyone builds. One wins big.

$1,000

Cash to the app with the most public votes.

$20

Free build credit for everyone who enters. No card.

30 min

From a sentence to a live web app. No tech skills needed.

Challenge offer

Join at half price, just for the challenge

Want to keep building beyond your $20? For the duration of the challenge, our exclusive membership is half price.

Limited to the challenge

$298 once, for life

instead of ~~$497~~ You save $199

$50 of free build credit included, and credit never expires.
Build whenever you want, pick up right where you left off.
Only pay a few dollars for what you build. No markup games.
No monthly fees. No annual plans. Never.
Need an integration we haven't built yet? Talk directly to the founder, tell us what you need, and we'll build it in.

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Start free on your $20 first. The half-price membership is there if you want to keep going.

Direct line to the founder

Missing an integration you need? Just ask.

If your idea needs an integration we have not built yet, you are not stuck. Tell us what you need and we build it into the engine, often within the challenge.

No support ticket queue, no "it's on the roadmap". You talk to the person building it.

The Buildova founderBuilding the engine, in public

Questions

The challenge, answered

Does it really cost nothing to enter?

Yes. No credit card to start. You get $20 of build credit on the house, which is enough to build and publish your app for the challenge.

How is the winner chosen?

Public votes. You publish your live app, people vote for the ones they like best, and the app with the most votes when the challenge closes wins $1,000 cash.

Do I need to know how to code?

No. If you can describe it, you can build it. Most apps go from a sentence to a live web app in under 30 minutes.

What is the half-price membership?

For the duration of the challenge you can join our membership for $298 instead of $497, paid once for life, with $50 of build credit included. Build whenever you want, only pay a few dollars for what you build, with no monthly or annual fees, ever.

What if I need an integration you don't have?

Talk directly to the founder. Tell us what you need and we will build it into the engine, often while the challenge is still running.

What kind of apps can I build?

Real ones. Customer logins, online payments, booking calendars, automatic emails and texts, file uploads, AI features and more. Name a tool you already use and the engine builds that in on demand.

Think you've got what it takes?

Build a web app on our $20, get it in front of the public, and go for the $1,000. It costs you nothing to find out.

Accept the challenge

Free to enter, $20 build credit, no card. Membership half price for the challenge: $298 instead of $497, with $50 of build credit.