I built a study-abroad app for international students β€” just shipped it on the App Store πŸŽ“

Hey Replit community! :waving_hand:

After months of building (and a lot of late nights), I finally shipped my first iOS app on the App Store β€” and Replit was the home base for the whole thing.

The problem I wanted to solve

Helping students who want to study abroad is messy. Programs, deadlines, tuition, language requirements β€” info is scattered across hundreds of university websites, often in languages you don’t speak. I went through this myself and thought: there has to be a cleaner way.

Meet My University :graduation_cap:

A mobile app that puts study-abroad info in one place:

  • :classical_building: Browse universities and programs by country, field, and budget
  • :robot: An AI tutor that answers questions about applications, motivation letters, visa basics β€” in plain language
  • :globe_showing_europe_africa: Multi-language support (English, Spanish, Ukrainian)
  • :mobile_phone: Built for iOS first (Android coming soon)

:backhand_index_pointing_right: App Store: β€ŽMy University: Study Abroad App - App Store
:globe_with_meridians: Web: https://my-university.pro

The stack (all glued together on Replit)

  • :mobile_phone: Mobile: Expo + React Native
  • :globe_with_meridians: Web: React + Vite + Tailwind
  • :gear: Backend: Express 5 + PostgreSQL + Drizzle ORM
  • :locked_with_key: Auth: Clerk
  • :credit_card: Subscriptions: RevenueCat
  • :rocket: Deployed via Replit + EAS Build

Replit’s monorepo workflow + AI assistance honestly saved me weeks. Being able to spin up the API, web, and mobile artifact side by side in one workspace made iteration fast.

A small ask :folded_hands:

If anyone here has thought about studying abroad β€” or just wants to support a fellow Replit builder β€” I’d really appreciate it if you:

  1. Download the app and try the AI tutor (it’s free to chat)
  2. Leave an honest review on the App Store :star: β€” even one line helps a ton with discoverability
  3. Drop feedback in the comments β€” what’s confusing, what’s missing, what would you add?

Happy to answer any technical questions about the stack, EAS build pipeline, RevenueCat setup, or anything else. Always learning.

Thanks for reading :raising_hands:

Looks awesome :clap:
I’m on Android so I can’t test iOS directly, but I may send it to a friend with an iPhone. Congrats on shipping the App Store release :rocket:

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