Apps are the new UGC
Millions of regular people can now create
beautiful, capable, super-distributed apps
on 35+ platforms 
Telegram team
Mark Okhman
4,158 apps·3,430 creators·$12.9K creators’ MRR·Soft-launched August 31Telegram team
Mark Okhman
It's still hard to create an app people will pay for.It's hard to get users.We give creators capable building blocksto build where the entrance barrier is minimal
Parse Instagram account
Parse website to get menu
Average check by restaurant
Collect payments in chat
Send invoice reminders
Sync bookings to Notion
Tally$312
iMessage App
WhatsApp FlowTelegram Mini App
Messenger Chatbot
Reddit App
iOS App and WidgetGroup chats with friends
Organic feeds and reelsChannels
Stories and posts
Authenticatedaccount
in browser
an account
an app
payment card
a friend
identity
Major platforms are becoming the “app stores”
iMessage apps
WhatsApp Flows
TikTok Minis
YouTube Playables
Reddit Interactive Posts
YouTube PlayablesWhatsApp FlowsInstagram DM bots
Facebook Instant GamesTikTok MinisWeChat Mini ProgramsMessenger DM botsTelegram Mini AppsiMessage appsX chat agents
Alipay Mini AppsChatGPT appsReddit Devvit appsDiscord Activities
World Mini Apps
Base Mini Apps
Farcaster Mini AppsLINE Mini Apps
KakaoTalk Mini Apps
Zalo Mini AppsRoblox experiences
Slack appsShopify appsMicrosoft Teams appsZoom AppsTwitch ExtensionsClaude appsYour real use case becomes an app for millions
3Parse Instagram accountParse website to get menuAverage check by restaurantMenu picks for the group
Yourself
Your use case becomes an app you and your agents use daily.
@appss Mini App
Web App
iMessage App
Reddit App
ChatGPT App
WhatsApp Flow
Tally · Expense tracker for MacTally$312
Traction
Telegram
Telegrammacros per portion
Telegram
Business model
The model is built to compound: each revenue stream multiplies the others.
Free apps aggregate end-user traffic. We advertise to that audience directly and hold half of each app.
Credits2,075 / 3,000Subscription
Every tool costs credits, charged by usage, and we keep the margin over cost.
Creators hire influencers and buy each other's actions on @appss Pro. We take a cut of each deal.
Categories & competition
@appss
WabiWe start from the same idea: software for one person's own use, which their friends use too.
Wabi's apps live in its messenger threads, so users must join Wabi.
Ours live in @appss too, but also inside everyday messengers and platforms people are logged into, and can become independent native and web apps, which is what drives monetization.
Every app built on @appss makes us a bigger distribution hub.
MuseGrok Bot
ChatGPT DotsThese general-purpose agents know the person deeply. Building and publishing an app is heavy for them, and expensive to repeat per idea.
We empower them: through @appss an agent can turn ideas into apps for the person and run them as a business.
Codex
Claude Code
CursorThese agents build anything, but the person must spell out the task, and across every platform we support that brief gets very long.
Checking each platform's result depends on how technical the person is.
Lovable
Replit
v0
Rork
NewlyExisting builders do the technical part well: a description becomes a website or store app, one platform at a time, and the person takes it from there.
With the person's permission we generate and keep the app alive on far more platforms at once, so ideas get tested and an audience builds up.
Linktree
Forms
Calendly
TypeformEach tool began as one job done well on its own site, where the result stays: a booking link leads out of the conversation.
They are our map: each job has many use cases people would rather own as an app in their everyday chats, and we build for those markets one by one.
Roadmap
Team
ex-
Telegram team (TON Foundation)
Rice University
Boston College
Arizona State University
University of South Florida
Hyper IslandTelegram
Series
CDW
Gap
Starbucks
Saks Fifth Avenue
by Wassies
Context.dev
YC S26