Help center

Get the most from App Renovation

A friendly guide to what you can do here: build and publish websites, use the app on your computer, Android phone or iPhone, and make it look and speak the way you like.

Why people use it

A website of your own, without the hard parts

You describe your business; App Renovation helps you build, publish and keep a professional website, from any device.

  • No code needed

    Build pages from ready-made blocks: headline, pictures, prices, questions, contact and more. Change anything by clicking it.

  • Start from a template

    Pick one of more than 30 starting points for shops, restaurants, clinics, portfolios, events and more, then make it yours.

  • Write faster with AI

    Save your details in My Website, let the AI build from them and get a first draft of the whole site. Paid plans can also ask AI to rewrite, shorten, translate or improve a single block.

  • Publish in one click

    Your site gets its own web address the moment you publish. Update it whenever you like and go back to an earlier version if needed.

  • Hear from your visitors

    Add forms to collect messages, bookings and requests, then read every answer in one tidy place.

  • Use it anywhere

    The same account works in your browser, on a desktop app, on Android and on iPhone, in your language and in light or dark mode.

Get the app

Use App Renovation on every device

Pick whatever suits you today. Your account, your sites and your settings follow you everywhere.

  • Nothing to install

    Web

    Open the website in any modern browser on a computer, tablet or phone. It adapts to the size of your screen and always shows the newest version.

    • Works in Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge
    • Layout adapts from phone to wide screen
    • Links and bookmarks work as you expect
  • Windows, macOS, Linux

    Desktop app

    A dedicated window for your computer, so App Renovation sits next to your other apps instead of getting lost among browser tabs.

    • Opens in its own window, with the same account
    • Links to other websites open in your normal browser
    • When a new version is released, install the latest one from us
  • Phones and tablets

    Android

    Take your sites with you. The Android app follows your phone's language and dark mode and fits around camera notches and gesture bars.

    • Made for touch: big buttons and swipe-friendly lists
    • Uses your phone's language automatically
    • Status bar colours match the theme you choose
  • iOS

    iPhone and iPad

    The iOS app feels at home on iPhone and iPad, with safe spacing around the notch and home bar, and light or dark mode that follows your settings.

    • Made for touch, with the same features as the web
    • Respects your device language and appearance
    • Ask us for the install link for your device

One account, every device

Sign in once on each device and everything is there: your sites, your saved blocks and your choices. An internet connection is needed because your work is kept safely online, not only on one device.

Languages

Speaks five languages

The whole app is available in English, Spanish, French, Dutch and German.

  • EnglishEnglish
  • EspañolSpanish
  • FrançaisFrench
  • NederlandsDutch
  • DeutschGerman
  • The first time you open the app it uses your device language when it is one of these five, otherwise English.
  • Change it any time: open the Account menu (the person icon at the top right) and choose Language. Your choice is remembered.
  • Our Dutch, German and French websites open in their own language straight away.
  • Building a site? AI can write it in any of the five languages, and you can translate a block or a whole page with one click.
Themes and modes

Make it look the way you like

Two things you can change: the mode of the app (light or dark) and the theme of the websites you build.

Modes

A mode changes the colours of the app so it is comfortable in any light.

  • SystemFollows your device. If your phone or computer switches to dark in the evening, so does the app.
  • LightBright and clear, a good choice in daylight and for reading long text.
  • DarkEasy on the eyes at night and good for saving battery on many screens. This is the starting mode for new visitors.

How to switch: Tap the sun or moon button at the top of any page, or open the Account menu and use Appearance. The app remembers your choice on that device.

Themes for your websites

In Studio, the theme decides how your whole website looks. Choose a ready-made look or set everything yourself.

  • Eight one-click looks: Classic, Midnight, Sunrise, Forest, Ocean, Editorial, Playful and Luxe
  • Your own brand colour, background and text colour, with a warning if text would be hard to read
  • Fonts, heading weight, corner roundness, button style and spacing, with a live preview
Studio

Build, publish and grow your website in Studio

Studio is where your websites are made. Here is everything it can do, from the first template to a live site.

From idea to live site

  1. StartChoose a template or a finished sample site, or begin with a blank page.
  2. BuildAdd blocks, change the words, swap the pictures and drag things into the order you want.
  3. CheckPreview your site on desktop, tablet and phone sizes, and share a private preview link with a friend or client.
  4. PublishOne click and your site is live at its own address. Each publish is saved as a version.
  5. ImproveRead form answers, update your content and republish. Not happy? Make an earlier version live again.

What you can do

  • Your workspace

    Four pages that work together, in this order, and each one saves as you go.

    • My Website, Information: save a piece of information about you or your business for each website your plan allows, started from one of about 600 areas
    • My Website, Pictures & videos: for each website up to five pictures or videos (50 MB in total), made small and fast for the web
    • My Website: the AI builds your website from your saved information; look at it, then publish
    • My Studio: the editor for every site you have, with forms, versions and analytics
  • Templates

    More than 30 complete starting points with pages, colours and sample wording.

    • Shops, restaurants, clinics, hotels, portfolios, events and more
    • Multi-page sites ready for Home, About, Services, Pricing and Contact
    • Add your business name, contact details and colour as you start
  • The editor

    Everything happens on one screen: a block list, your page in the middle and settings on the right.

    • More than 30 block types, from hero and features to gallery, pricing, timeline and forms
    • Drag blocks to reorder, or right-click a block for every action
    • Undo and redo, and your work saves itself as you go
  • Size and layout

    Control how big each block is and where it sits.

    • Set width, height and position, and put two blocks side by side
    • Shared menu, header and footer that you edit once for every page
    • Pages stack neatly on phones automatically
  • Write with AI

    AI helps with the words of the site you chose, and you stay in control.

    • Tell the AI about your business and it rewrites the wording of your template's pages (layout, pictures, links and prices stay)
    • Rewrite, shorten, expand, simplify, fix spelling or change the tone of one block
    • Write search titles and descriptions, translate a page, or review it for tips
  • Pictures

    Add your own images and make them fit.

    • Upload photos, crop, rotate and resize them before they are saved
    • Choose the shape of a picture and how it fits its frame
    • Add a short description for every picture so more people can enjoy your site
  • Media library

    Pick from shared pictures or keep your own, all in one dialog.

    • Suggested pictures for your template, a shared library and your own media
    • Every picture shows its type, size in pixels and file size, and warns when it is too small
    • Select many files to tag or delete them, and see which sites use a picture
  • Forms and answers

    Let visitors write to you from your website.

    • Questions such as text, email, phone, choices, ratings, dates and consent
    • Read, search, sort and organise every answer, and export them to a spreadsheet
    • Get an email for each new answer and send a thank-you message to the visitor
  • Content lists

    Keep lists of things like blog posts, products, team members or events.

    • Show them as cards, a list or a table
    • Each item can have its own page
    • Draft items stay private until you publish
  • My blocks

    Save a block you like, give it a name and reuse it on any of your sites.

    • Right-click a block and choose Save to My blocks
    • Copy a block to another page in one click
    • Find your saved blocks in the list on the left
  • Your plan and your sites

    Every account can use all four workspace pages and build in Studio. Paid plans also get AI help inside Studio, and more websites at the same time.

    • Free accounts: build, edit, publish and delete your own sites, use templates, and chat with our help assistant
    • How many websites you can have at the same time depends on your plan; the Pricing page shows it for each plan. Sites in the trash do not count, so delete one or upgrade to add more
    • Paid accounts: everything Free has, plus all AI in Studio (the assistant, Write with AI, rewriting blocks and pages, picture descriptions)
    • Make my own copy: on the Templates page, copy a published website into your own account as a draft, under a name you give it
    • To upgrade, choose a plan on the Pricing page
  • Global blocks

    Write a block once and show it on many pages.

    • Right-click a block and choose Make global block, then insert it on other pages from the Global blocks list
    • Change it in one place and every page that shows it changes after you publish
    • Great for a promo bar, a call to action or a footer; Unlink makes it a normal block again
  • Analytics

    See how your published website is doing.

    • Page views per day for the last 7, 30 or 90 days, and your top pages
    • Form conversion: how many visits ended in an answer
    • Nothing personal is stored: no IP address, no cookie, no visitor ID
Good to know

Quick tips and where to get help

A few habits that make everything smoother.

  • Keep your details private

    Never share your password with anyone. We will never ask for it by email, chat or phone.

  • Work saves itself

    Studio saves your draft a moment after every change. Your site only changes for visitors when you publish.

  • Use the keyboard

    Ctrl or Cmd with Z undoes, with S saves now, and Delete removes the selected block.

  • Stuck on something?

    Read the answers in Frequently asked questions, or send us a message from the contact page and we will help.

  • Your privacy

    We explain what we collect and why in our privacy policy, which you can read at any time from the footer.

  • Someone else's website

    Only a website's owner can open, change, publish or delete it. You can make your own copy of a published website on the Templates page; you give the copy a name of its own. If you need help with a site, contact support.

Ready to build your website?

Start with a template today, and ask us anything along the way. The first conversation is free and without obligation.

Talk to us

About the help center

The help center explains what you can do with App Renovation: build and publish websites, use the app on web, desktop, Android and iOS, and change the language and theme. Start with the section that matches your question. Your workspace has two pages: My Website and My Studio.