Support

Write to hello@simkinselgazar.com and a person will answer. Most questions are covered below.

Your account and signing in

Sign in with Google is the whole sign-up: there is no form and no password to make, and it is the only way to sign in. A new account starts with 100 free tokens, and your apps and tokens follow that Google account to any browser or device. Your balance is shown in the top bar and on the Tokens page.

Signing in takes you to Google and brings you straight back; Foundry never sees your Google password. If you leave Google's page before choosing an account, nothing changes: tap Sign in with Google again.

The Foundry Android app is coming soon. Everything on this page is about the website.

Tokens

• A new account gets 100 free tokens, once per Google account. Deleting your account and signing in again with the same Google account does not give them again.
• A new app costs 100, 200 or 300 tokens by its size (small, with records, or big); Foundry reads your request and shows the price before you build. A change to one of your apps costs 50, 100 or 200 tokens by its size, also shown first.
• If a build ends without a working app, its tokens are refunded automatically. If our build server stops part way, another one carries on where it stopped, without charging again. If you cancel a build yourself you see what comes back before you confirm: everything while it is planning, after that the price minus the AI work already done. Everything that comes back comes back as tokens.
• All sales are final: token purchases are not refunded in money, and tokens do not expire. If you think a charge is wrong, email us before disputing it with your bank. A payment we suspect is unauthorised (a warning from Stripe or the card issuer, or a bank inquiry, on a payment of $15.00 or less) is refunded by itself in full; a refunded or disputed purchase loses its tokens and pauses new builds on the account until we have looked at it.
• Buy tokens on the Tokens page: any whole-dollar amount from $5 to $200, 100 tokens a dollar, paid with Stripe by card (Apple Pay and Link included) or, where checkout offers them, a US bank account or Klarna. A bank payment's tokens arrive when it settles, usually within a few business days. The Tokens page also lists every purchase, charge and refund.

Making an app

Describe the app in plain words. Be concrete about what it should do: "a tip calculator that splits the bill between people and remembers the last tip percentage" works better than "a money app". As you type, Foundry reads the request and shows what it will cost (100, 200 or 300 tokens by size), and tells you right away when something cannot be built as an app that runs on its own in a browser. A small app usually takes about 30 minutes on our servers; one with lists and records, or a big one, about 1.5 hours; the build page shows every step, and you can close it and come back from My apps.

To change an app, open it from My apps, type the change and tap Make the change (50, 100 or 200 tokens by its size: small, medium or large). Foundry reads the size from what you type and shows the price before you press it; the price shown is the price charged. Each change makes a new version of the app. Fixing something the app was first asked to do is free: use the box on the app's page.

Using and downloading an app

Open a finished app from My apps. Only you can open it until you share a link. Tap Open in its own tab to use it full size; once opened, it also works offline and your browser can install it.

Download (one .html file) gives you the whole app in one file that opens from your computer or phone with no internet. Download the source (.zip) gives you the whole project; run it with npm install && npm run dev. An app that needs an online service says so on its page.

Apps run in your browser, so your browser asks before an app uses the camera, microphone or location, and you can change those answers in your browser's site settings. What an app saves stays in the browser you use it in.

Sharing

Open a finished app from My apps and tap Create a share link. Anyone who has the link can use the app until you revoke it; the link does not expire on its own. People using a link keep their own saved data in their own browser, separate from yours. They can use the app but cannot download it or its source; only you can.

To stop a link, tap Revoke next to it. That stops only that link: whoever is using it loses the app within 10 minutes, and your other links keep working. Your app, its address and your saved data stay as they are.

Deleting things

Open an app from My apps and tap Delete this app: its files, every version and its share links are removed right away. Deleted files stay in our private storage as hidden old versions for 30 days, then they are deleted too. An app that is being built cannot be deleted until you cancel the build, and neither can your account. A copy you downloaded stays on your device. To delete your whole Foundry account, use Delete my account at the bottom of My apps, or see Delete account.

Something is wrong

If an app does not work, or an app made something offensive or harmful, email us with the app's name and what happened. If a build is stuck or your balance looks wrong, email us from the Google address you sign in with and say roughly when it happened.