Bilt.me

Product Introduction

1. Definition: Bilt.me is a no-code/low-code mobile app development platform with a proprietary Figma-to-native-code conversion engine. It technically categorizes as a design-to-code automation tool specifically for iOS and Android applications.
2. Core Value Proposition: Bilt.me exists to eliminate the manual, error-prone, and costly handoff process between UI/UX designers and developers. Its primary value is in converting high-fidelity Figma designs into production-ready, native mobile app code with pixel-perfect accuracy, drastically reducing development time and cost.

Main Features

1. Figma Plugin & Direct Frame Import: The Bilt Figma plugin allows designers to directly import selected frames from a Figma file into a Bilt project. The system parses the underlying design data—including vectors, constraints, and styles—rather than using screenshots, ensuring high-fidelity input. Once imported, frames are available as thumbnails for the entire team.
2. Pixel-Perfect, Intent-Preserving Conversion: The core technology analyzes the actual Figma file structure, interpreting layout grids, spacing (padding, margins), typography (font families, sizes, weights), and color values (HEX, RGBA) to generate corresponding native UI code (SwiftUI for iOS, Jetpack Compose for Android). This ensures the output matches the designer's intent, not an approximation.
3. Code Ownership & GitHub Integration: A key technical feature is that Bilt provides full ownership of the generated source code. The platform automatically commits the built app's codebase to a connected GitHub repository. This allows developers to review, modify, extend, or take the code for continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) outside the Bilt ecosystem.
4. Live Preview & Direct-to-Device Testing: After conversion, users can instantly preview the functional app on a physical iPhone or Android device via a generated preview link or QR code. This allows for real-time user experience testing and validation without requiring an App Store build submission.

Problems Solved

1. Pain Point: The traditional design-to-development handoff is inefficient, involving static redlines, specification documents, and manual reconstruction of designs, leading to inconsistencies ("close enough"), communication overhead, and extended project timelines.
2. Target Audience: Primary users are UI/UX Designers in tech startups and digital agencies, Solo Founders & Entrepreneurs with design skills but limited coding resources, and Front-End or Mobile Developers seeking to accelerate the initial UI build phase. Secondary users are Product Managers overseeing the design-to-build workflow.
3. Use Cases: Rapid prototyping of a mobile app MVP directly from Figma designs; bridging the skill gap for designer-founders who want to ship a product without hiring a developer; enabling development teams to use high-fidelity design comps as a single source of truth for the UI layer.

Unique Advantages

1. Differentiation: Unlike general no-code platforms (e.g., Bubble, Adalo) that use proprietary components, Bilt generates standard native code. Unlike other design-to-code tools that may output basic HTML/CSS or React Native, Bilt specifically targets native iOS and Android codebases, resulting in better performance and access to native APIs.
2. Key Innovation: The platform's core innovation is its deep integration with the Figma API to parse design intent and structure, translating Figma's auto-layout and constraint systems into native mobile layout constraints (SwiftUI stacks, Compose rows/columns). This goes beyond visual matching to create a maintainable, logical code structure.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. How accurate is the Figma-to-app conversion in Bilt.me? Bilt.me's conversion is highly accurate, as it builds the app directly from the underlying data of your Figma file—including exact spacing, fonts, colors, and layout constraints—rather than from a screenshot, ensuring pixel-perfect replication of your design.
2. Do I own the code that Bilt generates from my Figma designs? Yes, you retain full ownership of the source code. Bilt.me automatically pushes the generated native iOS (SwiftUI) and Android (Jetpack Compose) code to your connected GitHub repository, allowing you to modify, extend, or deploy it independently.
3. Do team members need a Figma account to use imported designs in Bilt? No, once a Figma file is imported into a Bilt project via the plugin, any team member (e.g., project managers, developers, clients) can view, select, and use the design frames within Bilt without needing Figma access or an account.
4. What are the limitations of importing frames from Figma into Bilt? While Bilt excels at converting static UI frames and layout, complex interactive prototypes, custom Figma plugins, or highly dynamic animations within Figma may not be fully translated and would require additional native code implementation.
5. Is there an extra cost for using the Figma import feature in Bilt.me? No, the Figma import functionality is a core feature of the Bilt.me platform and is included in its pricing plans. There is no separate fee for using the plugin or importing designs.