# Really Confused About Coda **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask the Community\ **Created:** [April 25, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/really-confused-about-coda/7721 "2019-04-25T20:21:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![Paul\_Danyliuk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/paul_danyliuk/32/27228_2.png) [@Paul\_Danyliuk](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Paul_Danyliuk)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/really-confused-about-coda/7721/5 "2019-04-28T14:47:44Z")
Welcome to the community! Indeed, Coda is not an app-building platform; you cannot build packageable apps with it. The “Coda apps” statement is just a marketing copy, just like the “No code” one (because formulas are technically still code, just not the “conventional programming language” kind of code like C++ or Python). What Coda actually is — a cloud doc platform, think Excel online / Google Sheets, but with more ways to present the data, and with buttons that you can program to perform actions. I believe, the “doc as powerful as an app” statement is there only to set Coda apart from rivals like Notion. Coda is basically Notion + actions. This addition lets you build _custom workflows_, not only to-dos and journals. To sum up: **Coda does not let you make apps — but it lets you build docs that can substitute many kinds of apps.** Then there’s also me who likes to abuse Coda and build various crazy stuff, like a [chat bot](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/chat-bot-engine/7317) or this [snake game](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/lcd-display-snake-game/7754), just for fun and to explore the potential of the platform --- _[View the full topic](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/really-confused-about-coda/7721)._