Our mission is to empower people across the globe to create apps that improve their lives and uplift their communities.
App Inventor was founded in 2007 by educators and researchers at MIT and Google with the vision of enabling anyone—including those who may not think of themselves as coders—to create mobile apps for real, effective change in their communities. appinventor.org is nonprofit organization established by the same team, and it expands upon the educational initiatives of the MIT App Inventor project by offering additional resources for teachers and students across the globe.
Learn more about appinventor.org’s impact and work by reading our Annual Report below.
App Inventor is the largest app development tool for global education.
App Inventor lowers the barrier for anyone, anywhere to create mobile apps.
Our platform was intentionally designed to be free, open source, and easy-to-learn with an intuitive graphical interface, making it approachable for first-time programmers and veteran developers alike.
Unlike other low-code app development platforms, App Inventor supports a range of devices, from the newest iPhone to Android 2.3, a decade-old operating system that is still used by the most under-resourced and vulnerable populations around the world.
“After learning App Inventor, 85% of students agreed that computer science can positively impact their community.”
— Mobile CSP, a College Board-approved AP Computer Science Principles curriculum that reaches 700+ teachers and 30K+ students
“App Inventor has been a powerful tool for me to develop applications that solve real-world problems.”
— Gitanjali Rao, TIME 2020 Kid of the Year, Inventor of Tethys, Kindly, and Epione
“Before App Inventor, I was a user of technology. Afterwards, my mindset changed from user to developer.”
— Isabela Sanchez Taipe, Regional Leader of UN’s Girl Up initiative, Ambassador for Chicas en Tecnología
App Inventor is a trusted educational resource used by established organizations across the world.
Mobile devices have revolutionized modern society, and App Inventor is revolutionizing who can create apps for those devices.
Join us to empower a worldwide community of thinkers, dreamers, changemakers, and doers to build apps that matter. appinventor.org, formally under the name App Inventor Foundation, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations are tax-deductible.