I have a newbie question. I am building an app with react native and I was using firebase, I'd like to switch to graphcool but (sorry my ignorance I am a front end not backend developer) is graphcool like a real database? Can I use real time like with firebase? (I have a chat and remote push notifications to set up)

Yes, Graphcool Cloud free account includes up to 100mb database. https://www.graph.cool/cloud/

Thanks @kuldar I started looking at some beginner tutorials, firebase is also a bit confusing and it has no array, which is a problem for me when I want to execute certain queries

I've been doing all my prototypes on Graphcool (lately on Prisma) for over 6 months now. Totally loving how simple it is to get a data model and database up and running.

exactly what I am looking for, I want to focus on the front end not go mad with the backend and queries 😄