Arabic app prompts: 25 ready examples for building with AI

What makes a good app-building prompt? The template behind every example

A good prompt for building an app with AI is a short, structured brief that answers five questions: who uses the app, what each user does, what data is stored, how payments and notifications work, and how the interface should look. All 25 prompts below follow that template, so you can copy any of them and change only the details. They work in English, Modern Standard Arabic or your own dialect.

Why a fixed template? The agent building your app needs decisions, not slogans. 'Make me a nice restaurant app' leaves hundreds of choices open, so the AI makes them for you. 'An ordering app for a Jeddah restaurant: customers order, pay with mada or Apple Pay, and the kitchen sees orders on a screen' gives it a map. For the fundamentals, see how to write prompts that build better apps.

Prompts for online stores and selling (1 to 5)

For anyone who wants their own store rather than a fixed template. Each prompt names the currency, local payments and delivery, the details people most often forget.

1. Perfume and oud store: 'An Arabic RTL store for perfume and oud. Product pages with sizes priced in SAR, a cart, mada, Apple Pay and Tabby, shipping across Saudi Arabia with fees by city, and an admin dashboard for products and orders.'
2. Abaya store with sizes: 'An abaya store with sizes and colors per piece, stock per size, several photos, and discount codes for Ramadan and Eid. Customers track orders; I get a WhatsApp alert for each new order.'
3. Pre-order dessert shop: 'A home dessert shop: orders at least two days ahead, customers choose a pickup date and time, delivery inside Riyadh only, and a daily order limit so I never overcommit.'
4. Bilingual UAE store: 'A small Dubai electronics store in Arabic and English with a language switch, AED prices including 5% VAT, card, Apple Pay and Tabby, and an optional Makani number in the address.'
5. Coffee subscription: 'A monthly specialty coffee subscription: customers choose roast and quantity, pay monthly by card, and can pause or cancel. Admin sees active and cancelled subscriptions.'

For broader store templates (home page, filters, abandoned carts), see prompt templates for building an online store.

Prompts for bookings and services (6 to 11)

Booking apps depend on precise rules: duration, open slots, deposit and cancellation. State them as numbers.

1. Home salon: 'A booking app for a women’s home salon in Riyadh. Services have a duration and price; the client picks service, stylist and time, pays a 30% deposit with mada, and can cancel free up to 6 hours before. WhatsApp reminder a day before.'
2. Padel courts: 'Booking for 3 padel courts, by the hour or 90 minutes, higher prices after Maghrib and on Friday and Saturday, full payment upfront, and an admin switch to close a court for maintenance.'
3. Chalets: 'Chalet booking with morning, evening and full-night slots, a calendar of booked days, a non-refundable deposit with the balance on arrival, and holiday and Eid pricing.'
4. Dental clinic: 'Appointments for a clinic with 3 dentists, each with a schedule. Patients get a confirmation and reminder; reception can reschedule. Patient details visible only to the dentist and reception.'
5. Mobile car wash: 'The customer drops a map pin, picks wash type, car size and a free slot; each washer sees the day’s jobs in order on their phone.'
6. Home maintenance: 'Plumbing, electrical and AC requests: the customer describes the problem with a photo, admin assigns a technician, who updates the status and adds parts cost before payment.'

Prompts for restaurants and internal tools (12 to 18)

Restaurants need fast ordering and a tidy kitchen; companies need tools that replace spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups.

1. QR menu: 'A QR menu per table: guests order and pay by phone, and orders reach the kitchen screen with the table number. Arabic and English, with photos and calories.'
2. Coffee pickup: 'Pre-order for a coffee shop: order, pay, choose a pickup time, earn a point per order; 10 points give a free drink.'
3. Own restaurant delivery: 'Delivery ordering without aggregator apps: zones with different fees, a minimum order, and drivers who see only their assigned orders.'
4. Home kitchen in Ramadan: 'Iftar meal pre-orders in Ramadan: ordering closes at 12 noon, delivery before Maghrib, iftar times per city with Hijri and Gregorian dates.'
5. Shop inventory: 'Inventory for a spare-parts shop: coded items, stock across two branches, low-stock alerts, and a log of every movement with the employee name.'
6. Attendance and leave: 'Staff sign in with their phone number, request leave for manager approval, see their balance; the manager gets a monthly report.'
7. Simple CRM: 'A lead tracker for an agency: source (Snapchat, TikTok, referral), stage, owner and follow-up reminder, with a dashboard of leads per stage.'

Prompts for education, community and new ventures (19 to 21)

1. Quran memorization circle: 'An app for Quran memorization circles: the teacher records each student's daily memorization and review, parents see their child's progress, and there is a weekly report of memorized parts.'
2. Online courses: 'An Arabic course platform: video lessons grouped into units, a short quiz after each unit, a PDF certificate on completion, and payment per course with mada or Apple Pay.'
3. Launch page for a new idea: 'An Arabic and English landing page for an app that is not built yet: a clear headline, three benefits, a sign-up form for phone number and city, and a dashboard showing daily sign-ups.'

Prompt 21 tests demand before you build a product, one of the smartest uses of AI building. See validate your app idea.

Prompts after version one: edit, design, fix and launch (22 to 25)

Most of your time after version one goes into short messages that add or fix one thing. Four templates for that stage:

1. 1
   22. Add one feature

   'Add discount coupons: percentage or fixed amount, expiry date, usage limit. Change nothing else on checkout.'

2. 2
   23. Change the design

   'Use dark green and gold, larger text on product pages, and check every icon and arrow mirrors correctly in Arabic.'

3. 3
   24. Report a bug

   'On the booking page, picking Friday shows an error and no slots. Expected: slots 4 pm to 11 pm. Fix it and test the other days.'

4. 4
   25. Pre-launch review

   'Test phone sign-in, payment, cancellation, staff and manager permissions, and every page on mobile. List findings before changing anything.'

The golden rule: one feature per message, so you always know what broke what. See build one feature at a time and, for bug reports, how to report a problem to an AI agent.

How do you adapt an example to your own project?

Your business has details no template knows. Before pasting any prompt:

• Swap city, currency and payments for yours (SAR and mada in Saudi Arabia, AED in the UAE, KNET in Kuwait).
• Use your real numbers: durations, deposit, delivery fees, opening hours.
• Define roles: who sees what, who edits prices, who can cancel.
• Name your channels: WhatsApp confirmations, a link in your Snapchat bio.
• Say what to leave out: 'no driver app in version one'.

A complete example combining every element:

Common mistakes when writing Arabic app prompts

Another trap is using a famous app as the only description. 'Like Haraj' means different things to different people, so the agent guesses. Describe the job, not the product. If results drift, read how to reduce AI hallucinations.

A good prompt is not necessarily long; it is one that leaves no important decision to guesswork.

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