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Introducing Tile AI: Create Any App Feature with Just a Prompt

In today’s fast-moving digital commerce world, the brands that win are those that ship faster, personalise better, and adapt instantly to change. But for too long, the ability to build and launch custom app features has been locked behind developer bandwidth, sprint cycles, and technical gatekeeping.

That ends today.

We’re excited to introduce Tile AI – a transformative product from Apptile that lets merchants build fully functional, production-ready app components using natural language and visual prompts. No code. No dev handoffs. No delay.

Just describe what you want, and Tile AI does the rest – from logic and styling to deployment.

But here’s the best part: you can customise the tiles generated by AI with a visual editor exactly like you are already familiar with, or if you want more control, you can edit the generated code and tailor the output exactly to your needs, just like a developer.

What is Tile AI?

Tile AI is an AI-powered feature builder that translates simple prompts like:

“Create a banner that applies a discount and links to the summer collection”

…into live, app-ready components – complete with layout, in-app logic, styling, and preview.

The Problem: Innovation Bottlenecks in Mobile Commerce

Merchants move fast. Campaigns, offers, and user personalisation need to change weekly, sometimes daily. But even the simplest app feature request (like a countdown timer or dynamic banner) can take weeks when it requires:

This creates a frustrating gap between business velocity and technical capacity.

Tile AI closes that gap by putting developer tools into the hands of business users.

How Tile AI Works

Here’s how merchants (and developers) are using Tile AI today:

  1. Prompt: Describe the feature you want using natural language
  2. Generate: Tile AI builds a fully functional, styled tile with app logic included
  3. Edit: Use the no-code visual editor or dive into the underlying code for fine-grained control
  4. Preview: See exactly how it will look and behave in your app
  5. Publish: Add to any app screen instantly — no app update required

Read the help article: How Tile AI works?

What Makes Tile AI Different

Create Any Feature — Just Write a Prompt

With Tile AI, merchants can describe what they want in plain language and get a fully functional, production-ready feature in return.

From Image to Tile

See something you love in another app? Screenshot it – Tile AI will turn it into a working feature.

Upload any UI screenshot or mockup, and Tile AI will instantly generate a fully functional, editable tile – complete with layout, styling, and logic.

Logic Built In

Tiles aren’t just UI. They come wired with behaviour using Apptile’s Web Tunnel SDK:

Visual & Code Editing

Beautiful by Default

All tiles are styled using Tailwind CSS — responsive, consistent, and mobile-first.

Data-Driven with Chart.js

Need to show real-time insights? Tile AI supports dynamic visualisations using Chart.js.

Visual Property Panel

Change tile content, layout, links, logic, and behaviour with a visual editor. No code. No clutter. Fully live preview.

Who is Tile AI For?

🛍️ For Merchants

👨‍💻 For Developers

Tile AI is not a toy – it’s a production-grade assistant for shipping fast.

Why Tile AI Matters

Tile AI is more than a feature – it’s a strategic unlock.

It gives product and marketing teams the speed and freedom to build without friction, while giving developers a scalable way to support rapid experimentation.

It’s not just about shipping faster. It’s about shifting how product experiences are built and delivered, making AI and automation an integral part of your app lifecycle.

Available Across All Plans

Whether you’re on Core, Pro, Plus, or Enterprise, you can start using Tile AI today.

There are no paywalls, no gated upgrades – just full access to one of the most powerful app-building tools ever built for commerce.