The impact so far
Students leave with a real app, live on the web
Nobody watches a demo. Every group describes an idea, Base44 builds it, and they keep improving it until the end of the day. These numbers come straight from the apps students handed in.
2
Build days run
104
Apps built by students
102
Apps live on the web
Measured from the Manchester apps (build day 5 Nov 2026)
51 of 53
apps live on the web
About 20 min
median time to build an app (bar shows 20 of 60 minutes)
38 of 52
apps refined three or more times after the first build
32
apps that designed their own database
Built on the day
A few of the apps students built
Student projects made in a single day. They are prototypes, not finished products, and any figures inside them are illustrative.
RescueMech
A design study for a robotic rescue frame that reaches disaster zones and delivers supplies.
Open the app, opens in a new tabLive dashboard · East MidlandsEcoBot Tracker
A live dashboard for a litter-collecting robot: where it is, what it has picked up, and the impact so far.
Open the app, opens in a new tabData viewer · East MidlandsOrbitalLink
A satellite and space-mission viewer showing planetary positions and orbital data.
Open the app, opens in a new tabGame · ManchesterBurger Run
A spooky browser game: survive five nights at the burger shop, outrun the monster, win the big burger.
Open the app, opens in a new tabGame · ManchesterColorDash Obby
An obstacle-course game with eight levels, each painted in the colours of a different place.
Open the app, opens in a new tabLive map tool · ManchesterNearest Stop
Type an address and see the closest bus stops on a live map, with the walk time to each.
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