--- title: Introducing a new custom app developer experience - Shopify developer changelog description: Shopify’s developer changelog documents all changes to Shopify’s platform. Find the latest news and learn about new platform opportunities. source_url: html: https://shopify.dev/changelog/introducing-a-new-custom-app-developer-experience md: https://shopify.dev/changelog/introducing-a-new-custom-app-developer-experience.md --- [Back to Developer changelog](https://shopify.dev/changelog) January 24, 2022 Tags: * Platform # Introducing a new custom app developer experience We’ve simplified the app model at Shopify by introducing a new experience for creating, configuring, and building custom apps in the Shopify admin. Custom apps now support all of the functionality that private apps do today, and provide better security. Going forward private apps will be replaced by custom apps, however existing private apps can still be used and modified. Learn more about \[the different types of app you can build] ().