Start from a proven mobile app architecture. API gateway, auth service, push notifications for iOS and Android, media CDN, and analytics — ready to customize with AI.
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graph TD
iOS[iOS App] -->|HTTPS| GW[API Gateway]
Android[Android App] -->|HTTPS| GW
GW --> Auth[Auth Service]
Auth --> UserDB[(User Database)]
GW --> AppAPI[App API Service]
AppAPI --> PG[(PostgreSQL)]
AppAPI --> Cache[(Redis Cache)]
AppAPI --> MediaSvc[Media Service]
MediaSvc --> CDN[CDN]
MediaSvc --> S3[(S3 Object Storage)]
AppAPI --> NotifSvc[Notification Service]
NotifSvc --> APNS[Apple Push - APNs]
NotifSvc --> FCM[Firebase Cloud Messaging]
AppAPI --> AnalyticsSvc[Analytics Service]
AnalyticsSvc --> ClickHouse[(ClickHouse)]
GW --> SearchSvc[Search Service]
SearchSvc --> Elastic[(Elasticsearch)]A battle-tested starting point for mobile app backends.
Architecture supports both iOS and Android clients through a shared API gateway with platform-specific push notification routing.
Dedicated notification service routing to APNs for iOS and Firebase Cloud Messaging for Android with delivery tracking.
Media service with S3 storage and CDN distribution for images, video, and user-generated content at mobile-friendly speeds.
Analytics service with ClickHouse for tracking user behavior, session data, and app performance metrics at scale.
From app idea to production-ready architecture in minutes.
Specify whether you're building native iOS, native Android, React Native, Flutter, or a combination. The architecture template adapts the client layer while keeping the shared backend infrastructure consistent across platforms.
Open the template in Cybewave Studio and describe your app's specific features. The AI adds components like payment processing, social login, real-time chat, geolocation, or offline sync — all properly connected to the existing architecture.
Download the architecture as Mermaid code for your repo, PNG for documentation, or a full project scaffold with generated backend structure. Share the interactive diagram with your team or include it in your pitch deck.
Common scenarios where a mobile app architecture template accelerates development.
Building a social, fitness, food delivery, or marketplace app? This template gives you the complete backend architecture — auth, API, notifications, media — so you can focus on the user experience that differentiates your product.
Launching on both iOS and Android simultaneously requires a well-designed shared backend. This template ensures your API gateway, push notification routing, and data layer work consistently across both platforms from day one.
Investors want to see that you've thought through the technical architecture. This template gives you a professional system diagram showing how your app handles auth, data, notifications, and scaling — ready for your pitch deck.
When splitting work across backend engineers, the architecture diagram shows clear service boundaries. Each service (auth, notifications, media, analytics) becomes an assignable unit of work with defined interfaces.
Migrating a monolithic mobile backend to a service-oriented architecture? Use this template as the target state diagram. Compare it against your current architecture to identify migration steps and dependencies.
When scoping a mobile app project for a client, this template provides a professional architecture diagram in minutes. It sets expectations about system complexity and helps justify accurate project estimates.
Mobile apps have unique architectural constraints that web apps don't face. Users expect instant responses on unreliable networks, push notifications must route correctly across iOS and Android, and media must load quickly on varying connection speeds. An architecture that accounts for these constraints from the start prevents the painful rewrites that happen when a web-first backend gets shoehorned into mobile.
The API gateway pattern in this template is critical for mobile. It provides a single entry point that handles authentication, rate limiting, and request routing — keeping mobile clients thin and the backend flexible. When you need to add a new feature, you add a service behind the gateway without changing the client apps already in the App Store.
Push notifications alone justify careful architecture planning. iOS requires APNs, Android requires FCM, and both need token management, delivery tracking, and graceful handling of uninstalls. A dedicated notification service, as shown in this template, centralizes this complexity instead of scattering it across your codebase.
A mobile app architecture typically includes native or cross-platform clients, an API gateway, authentication service, core business logic API, push notification routing (APNs + FCM), media storage with CDN, caching layer, and analytics. This template covers all of these components.
Yes. The backend architecture is the same regardless of whether you use native iOS/Android, React Native, or Flutter for the client. The API gateway handles all client platforms through a shared REST or GraphQL interface.
Yes. Open the template in Cybewave Studio and use AI to add features like real-time messaging, payment processing, social login, offline sync, or geolocation services. Export as Mermaid code, PNG, or a project scaffold.
Yes. Cybewave Studio offers a free tier with 50 AI credits per month. You can open, edit, and export this template at no cost.
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