Cades

What is Cades?

Cades was a browser-based AI platform that built mobile apps from a written description. You chatted with its AI agent to plan the app, generate screen designs and write native code for iOS and Android, then tested the result on virtual devices and moved towards publishing on the App Store and Google Play. Its Product Hunt tagline promised text to mobile app in minutes, and directories described it as a tool for developers and founders who wanted to skip weeks of setup.

Cades launched on Product Hunt on 23 November 2024, made by Manish, Raunak Sett and Gokul Sar, and finished third Product of the Day with 294 upvotes. AIPure reported 98,863 site visits in January 2025. On 9 January 2025 the same team launched Fenado AI, saying they had launched Cades about six weeks earlier and changed direction after finding most users were entrepreneurs validating ideas rather than developers. Fenado AI now builds apps and websites for founders, and the cades.dev domain could not be reached in October 2026.

Key Features

• Text-to-app creation: Cades generated native iOS and Android app code from a plain-language description of the idea. Users refined the result by chatting with the AI agent rather than writing the code by hand.
• Design AI agent: A design agent produced screen layouts and interface components from prompts. Founders without design skills could see a working visual draft of each screen before any code was finalised.
• Intelligent cloud IDE: Cades included a browser-based development environment with AI code autocomplete. Developers could open the generated project and edit it directly, without installing mobile tooling on their own computers.
• Virtual device testing: Built-in emulation let users test apps on virtual iOS and Android devices inside the browser. That removed the need for a physical phone or a local simulator during early testing.
• Automated publishing: Cades guided submission to the App Store and Google Play from the same workspace. B12’s directory listing noted that this deployment automation was still in alpha at the time.
• Instant prototypes: Users could share a working prototype with a single link. That helped founders show an idea to co-founders, testers or investors before committing to a full build.

Pros

• Fast idea to prototype: Cades compressed early mobile development from weeks to days, according to SwitchTools. One chat could produce designs, code and a testable prototype in the same browser tab.
• Low entry cost: A free tier offered 500,000 tokens a month, and Neura Market reported the first Pro plan at $18 monthly. That made experiments affordable for solo developers and students.
• Native code output: Cades produced native code for both iOS and Android rather than a web wrapper. Users kept a real mobile project that could be edited further in the cloud IDE.
• Strong launch reception: Cades finished third Product of the Day on Product Hunt with 294 upvotes. Interest held up afterwards, with AIPure recording close to 99,000 visits in January 2025.

Cons

• Short product life: Cades was replaced within about six weeks of launch when the team moved to Fenado AI. Anyone who built projects on it had little time before the product changed direction.
• Site now unreachable: The cades.dev domain could not be reached in October 2026, so new sign-ups and old project access are not available there. Users must look to Fenado AI or another builder instead.
• Publishing was unfinished: B12 described the automated publishing feature as alpha software. Store submission therefore still needed checking by hand, which removed some of the promised time saving.
• Token limits on free tier: SwitchTools noted that the free tier’s token allowance limited complex prototypes. Vague prompts also needed several rounds of refinement, which used up the monthly allowance quickly on larger projects.

Who is Using Cades?

• Solo developers: Generated starter mobile projects in the browser.
• Startup founders: Built prototypes to test app ideas quickly.
• Designers: Turned screen ideas into working app drafts.
• Students and educators: Experimented with mobile app creation on a free tier.

Pricing

Cades is no longer sold under its own name, and its token-based plans ended when the team moved to Fenado AI (checked October 2026).

B12 listed the same tiers at $20, $50 and $100 a month, so the earlier figures may reflect annual billing. Fenado AI is a different, service-led offer: CompareBestAI and B12 report a free plan plus Business Plus at $1,999 and Business Express at $9,999 a month, which we could not confirm on Fenado’s own site. Treat every figure here as historical or reported and confirm current terms directly with Fenado AI.

What Makes Cades Unique?

An all-in-browser mobile pipeline was the core of Cades. Design generation, native code, a cloud IDE, virtual device testing and store publishing sat in one workspace, so a user never had to install Xcode or Android Studio to reach a testable app. Most prompt-to-app tools at the time focused on web apps, while Cades targeted native iOS and Android output from the start. Its quick pivot to Fenado AI shows the team chose a done-for-you founder service over this developer-focused tool.

Compatibilities and Integrations

• Platforms: Ran in the browser, with no local install required.
• Output: Native mobile apps for iOS and Android.
• Publishing: Guided App Store and Google Play submission, in alpha.
• Sharing: One-link prototypes for testers and stakeholders.

Cades Tutorials

These steps describe how Cades worked before the pivot, and Fenado AI follows a similar chat-first flow.

1. Signed up at cades.dev and opened a new project.
2. Described the app idea in plain English to the AI agent.
3. Reviewed the generated screens and refined them through chat.
4. Edited code in the cloud IDE and tested on virtual devices.
5. Shared a prototype link or started store publishing.

How We Rated It

Summary

Cades suited solo developers and founders who wanted to move from an app idea to a testable native prototype without local tooling. Its main limitation now is simple: the product was replaced by Fenado AI within weeks of launch, and cades.dev no longer loads. Fenado AI offers a founder-focused service instead, with reported business plans far above Cades’ old prices. If you need a similar self-serve builder today, trial two or three current mobile app generators on the same short brief before choosing one.