Modaal Community of Mobile builders events

    Hackathons, Buildcamps, buildathons and online community educational sessions where people learn how to build and grow real native iOS and Android apps with Modaal.

    Upcoming

    Mobile Build Club: make your vibecoded app delightful — with Nesrine Changuel

    Tue 8 Sep 2026, 15:30 CEST
    Mobile Build Club: make your vibecoded app delightful — with Nesrine Changuel logo
    OnlineFree

    AI made building easy but standing out hard. A practical session on taking your AI-built mobile app from functional to delightful, using the Delight framework developed over a decade at Google, Spotify and Microsoft.

    Where
    Online (Google Meet)
    Who took part
    Founders, indie hackers, PMs, designers and vibecoders who want their app to feel human and polished — not generated. Includes a live roast of one builder's app screens.
    What came out of it
    The Delight Grid for mapping features by functional and emotional impact, delight enhancer patterns, and prompts you can bring straight back into your vibecoding workflow.
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    Mobile Build Club: marketing a B2C brand on a small budget — with Alison Feldmann

    Wed 30 Sep 2026, 16:30 CEST
    Mobile Build Club: marketing a B2C brand on a small budget — with Alison Feldmann logo
    OnlineFree

    When anyone can build the same app with the same AI tools, taste and community are the moat. A practical breakdown of how small B2C teams turn trust and attention into real users and growth, without a big budget.

    Where
    Online (Google Meet)
    Who took part
    Marketers and founders at early-stage B2C companies. Alison was employee #10 at Etsy and helped grow it to 35 million users, before leading brand and marketing at Eventbrite, Zalando and Booking.com.
    What came out of it
    A framework for standing out: positioning and visual identity, community as an early growth lever, partnerships and PR on zero budget, and creator marketing basics.
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    Workshop: vibecoding mobile apps, from idea to App Store — VibeConf 2026

    Tue 6 Oct 2026
    Workshop: vibecoding mobile apps, from idea to App Store — VibeConf 2026 logo
    In-personPathé Tuschinski, AmsterdamPaid — VibeConf ticket required

    A one-hour, hands-on workshop at VibeConf 2026: why now is the moment to build, the mobile tech stack in plain language, web vs native, and a live demo building the first screens of a real app from scratch with Modaal.

    Where
    Pathé Tuschinski, Amsterdam
    Who took part
    Founders, PMs, designers, solopreneurs and curious builders. No coding experience needed. Taught by Elena Avramenko, founder of Modaal.
    What came out of it
    You walk away with a clear end-to-end picture of how a mobile app is built, a prompting method that keeps an AI agent on scope, and free personal onboarding to Modaal. Part of the VibeConf programme — your conference ticket is all you need.
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    Idea to iOS & Android App, no coding required — Maven buildcamp

    Next cohort: 8–30 Oct 2026
    Idea to iOS & Android App, no coding required — Maven buildcamp logo
    Online€500€250for Modaal users

    A guided online buildcamp where you build a true native iOS and Android app in one month and release it — with Modaal orchestrating the workflow between you, your coding agent, Xcode and Android Studio, so your build stays stable and scalable.

    Where
    Online, live cohort on Maven
    Who took part
    Taught by Elena Avramenko (15+ years in product and marketing, 100+ MVPs) and Ivan Misuno (15+ years iOS developer, ex-Uber and Meta). Rated 4.8/5 by students.
    What came out of it
    You leave with a shipped, scalable native app — not a prototype. All Modaal users get 50% off the €500 course fee.
    See the course on Maven →

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    Past

    Modaal Buildcamp — Summer 2026 cohort

    Summer 2026
    OnlineFree

    A guided cohort where builders took an idea to a working native iOS app with their own coding agent.

    Where
    Online, worldwide
    Who took part
    A cohort of solo founders, designers and engineers building in parallel over several weeks.
    What came out of it
    Every participant left with a real Swift codebase on device, and several went on to TestFlight and the App Store. The programme runs again with each new cohort.
    See the programme →

    Modaal Buildathon

    2026
    OnlineFree

    A short, focused build sprint: ship a native app from a blank project inside the event window.

    Where
    Online
    Who took part
    Builders from the Modaal community, working solo and in small teams.
    What came out of it
    Working native apps shipped in days rather than months, with the strongest entries featured in our Examples gallery.
    See the programme →

    LEZO × Projector Ukrainian buildathon

    2026
    OnlineFree

    A Ukrainian-language buildathon run together with LEZO and Projector for local builders new to native mobile.

    Where
    Ukraine, online
    Who took part
    Ukrainian founders, designers and developers from the LEZO and Projector communities.
    What came out of it
    Participants shipped their first native iOS projects with an AI coding agent, and the strongest ideas continued as real products after the event.