How we built an AI-powered chatbot app covering 20+ real-life use cases using FlutterFlow.
đź“… July 2024 | Productivity & Lifestyle | FlutterFlow | Firebase | AI Integration
Meet the Product
In an age of information overload, people are searching for fast, reliable, and personalized guidance. Our AI Chatbot App was built to solve that problem. It brings together a wide range of expert personas from doctors and financial planners to chefs and travel guides, each powered by AI and designed to make everyday tasks easier.
Whether you're planning a vacation, seeking fitness tips, looking for mental health support, or simply want to stay updated on tech trends, the app provides a seamless, conversational experience that feels human and helpful.
Design & User Experience Approach
The app’s goal is to make expert-level help available to everyone, anytime. To achieve this, we focused on:
Simple onboarding with category-based navigation
Fast access to relevant chatbots through an intuitive UX
Clean, distraction-free UI to keep conversations at the center
Personalized feel while maintaining AI consistency across different personas
We used FlutterFlow’s drag-and-drop UI builder to quickly create beautiful interfaces for each category and chatbot, while maintaining design consistency across the board.
FlutterFlow as the Frontend Engine
FlutterFlow was the perfect choice to rapidly bring our idea to life. It allowed us to:
Launch a multi-category chatbot MVP in weeks, not months
Reuse design components across 20+ chatbot types.
Manage logic flows and screen transitions visually.
Customize chatbot UI cards for different user roles (health, legal, lifestyle, etc.)
We used FlutterFlow’s theme editor to brand the app easily and created reusable components to speed up future updates and chatbot additions.
Key Features & Integrations
AI Chatbot Engine: Integrated via REST APIs to support dynamic conversations.
Category-Based Bots: 25+ bots across healthcare, finance, tech, lifestyle, and more.
Custom Role-Based Flows: Unique question formats and reply logic per category.
Personalized Tips: Dynamic advice based on user inputs and saved preferences.
Multiplatform Ready: Built once, deployed to both Android and iOS.
Challenges & Workarounds
AI integration in FlutterFlow: While FlutterFlow doesn’t support OpenAI-style models natively, we used custom REST APIs and Firebase Functions to connect chatbots to AI services.
Scalability with Many Bots: We built reusable screens and widgets that could be dynamically configured by backend metadata, allowing us to manage 20+ bots with just a few components.
Personalization: Since full AI memory isn't natively supported, we used Firestore to track simple session-level user context and preferences.
Key MilestonesÂ
Launched MVP in under 6 weeks.
Integrated 25+ chatbot personas using reusable UI and logic.
Saved an estimated 70% in development time compared to traditional methods.
Achieved 100% cross-platform readiness with one FlutterFlow codebase.
Early user feedback highlighted ease of use, visual polish, and category diversity.