100 Tools to Create Viral Mobile Apps

To launch a viral mobile app, you need to align a great idea, engaging game design, impactful branding, and effective distribution. To achieve this, there are simple strategies based on specific tools.

Today, I want to share the tools we use most often at THE QUEST to help mobile app creators maximize their app’s virality (and therefore success). You’ll discover solutions to identify and validate a high-potential app idea, platforms to make your design more engaging, websites to optimize UX & boost the viral loop, and tools to better distribute your app (both organically and through paid strategies) for a snowball effect.

If you want to launch a mobile app and reach the top charts, it all starts with using the right tools. Let’s go 👇

⚠️ The article is regularly updated with new tools ⚠️
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1/ Ideation

Tools to validate your ideas and understand your market:

• TikTok Trend Discovery: Discover the latest trends on TikTok.
• GummySearch: Analyze Reddit communities and their needs.
• Answer the Public: Explore frequent user questions.
• Google Trends: Identify emerging trends in your industry.
• Pollfish: Conduct surveys to validate your hypotheses.
• Flowise: AI agent creation tool capable of performing various actions, like collecting feedback on social networks to identify needs.
• SparkToro: Find relevant audiences & understand their behaviors.
• Sensor Tower: Analyze the performance, including revenue, of online apps.
• Hacker News: Technology forum launched by Paul Graham & YC.

2/ Design

Tools to design apps that are viral-by-design:

• Figma: Tool for creating UI/UX mockups.
• Mobbin: Library of mobile app screenshots.
• App Fuel: Browse through 600+ screenshots from the best apps!
• ScreensDesign: Discover how successful iOS apps design their screens, onboarding & paywalls.
• Refero: UI/UX Design Inspiration for Your Next Project
• Proto: Create interactive prototypes.
• Maze: Prototypes with integrated user testing.
• PaywallScreens: Library of the best paywall screens for inspiration.
• Dribbble: Library of mobile app graphic identities.
• UIZard: Low-energy collaborative prototyping tool.
• Wireframe: Wireframe creation.
• Codia AI Design: Convert screenshots into editable Figma designs.
• ASO Report API: Retrieve ASO screenshots of an app from the stores.
• ABTest: Curated collection of A/B test results from best-in-class apps

3/ Development

Tools to help you quickly build a functional app:

• Cursor: AI code editor.
• Expo: Create universal native apps with React, compatible with Android, iOS, and the web.
• Code Canyon: Buy pre-built mobile app scripts.
• Flutter: Develop, test, and deploy beautiful experiences across mobile, web, desktop, and embedded systems from a single codebase.
• Xcode: Apple’s IDE for developing native iOS apps.
• Android Studio: Official IDE for Android development.
• Flutter Templates: A collection of open-source Flutter templates.
• React Native: Open-source framework for building hybrid apps.
• RN.new: An interactive command-line interface (CLI) for creating an Expo app.
• Amplitude: Analyze user behavior to improve experience and retention.
• Mipanel: Simplified tracking of user interactions.
• Superwall: Create and manage customized paywalls to maximize conversions.
• Adapty: Manage and optimize in-app subscriptions.
• Adjust: Track ad campaigns and user engagement.
• AppsFlyer: Measure ad performance and mobile attribution.
• RevenueCat: Easily manage in-app subscriptions.
• AdMob: Integrate mobile ads.
• OneSignal: Personalized push notifications.
• CleverTap: User lifecycle management.
• Braze: Cross-channel engagement platform.
• Leanplum: In-app A/B testing and personalization.

4/ Marketing

Tools to help distribute your mobile app:

Socials account management

• Grid Panel: 4G and 5G mobile proxy for TikTok.
• Shadow Rocket: Connect a raw proxy to an iPhone.
• BulkAccountsBuy: Purchase TikTok accounts for your creators.
• Snaptik: Download videos without watermarks.
• DuoPlus: Manage accounts with virtual phones.
• MyPrivateProxy: Proxy server to mask your connections.
• DistrictDroid: Complete platform for proxies and US phones.

Viral Content Inspiration

• Shortimize: Track the performance of creator accounts.
• Typecast: Library of high-performing TikTok content.
• Viral TikTok Tracker: Get inspired by tracking viral content.
• Transitional Hooks: Video hook database for TikTok.

Organic Content

• N8N: Automation software (perfect for time-consuming tasks).
• Synthesia: AI-generated videos with realistic avatars.
• SeaArt: AI-powered short video generator.
• Sora: Generate videos from text & images.
• Pictory: Transform text into video.
• Runway ML: Create advanced AI visual effects.
• MakeUGC: Generate AI-powered UGC videos.
• Waifu2x-Extension-GUI: Video upscaling + interpolation tool.

Influence Marketing

• Favikon: Find content creators on Instagram and TikTok, including their emails.
• Emelia: Send personalized emails to content creators.
• LetzDM: Automate DMs to TikTok creators.
• CreatorHunter: Targeted database of consumer app creators.
• Euka: Find TikTok Shop affiliate creators.
• Influencity: Analyze influencers and manage collaborations.
• GoMarketMe: Affiliate platform for iOS and Android.
• FirstPromoter: Affiliate tool for subscription-based products.
• ManyChat: Automate Instagram DMs to generate leads.
• Rewardful: Affiliate solution for SaaS.
• Tolt: Create affiliate programs for your apps.
• Home From College: Recruiting US students for various missions.

Advertising

• Foreplay: Library of winning TikTok and Meta ads.
• TikTok Top Ads: Explore the best-performing TikTok ads.
• Facebook Ads Library: Explore Meta ads.
• BigSpy: One of the largest ad databases across multiple platforms (Facebook, TikTok, Google, Instagram, YouTube).
• MobileAction: Analyze Facebook, Google Ads, TikTok, and even Apple Search Ads (ASA).
• App Radar: Improve your ASO on stores and maximize organic growth.
• Split Metrics: Optimization and experimentation platform for mobile apps, specializing in A/B testing for app store pages.

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