diff --git a/.changeset/stale-ducks-sing.md b/.changeset/stale-ducks-sing.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59eb956fd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/stale-ducks-sing.md
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+---
+'@backstage/create-app': patch
+---
+
+Migrated away from using deprecated routes and router components at top-level in the app, and instead use routable extension pages.
+
+To apply this change to an existing app, make the following changes to `packages/app/src/App.tsx`:
+
+Update imports and remove the usage of the deprecated `app.getRoutes()`.
+
+```diff
+-import { Router as DocsRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs';
++import { TechdocsPage } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs';
+ import { CatalogImportPage } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-import';
+-import { Router as TechRadarRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-tech-radar';
+-import { SearchPage as SearchRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-search';
+-import { Router as SettingsRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-user-settings';
++import { TechRadarPage } from '@backstage/plugin-tech-radar';
++import { SearchPage } from '@backstage/plugin-search';
++import { UserSettingsPage } from '@backstage/plugin-user-settings';
++import { ApiExplorerPage } from '@backstage/plugin-api-docs';
+ import { EntityPage } from './components/catalog/EntityPage';
+ import { scaffolderPlugin, ScaffolderPage } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder';
+
+
+ const AppProvider = app.getProvider();
+ const AppRouter = app.getRouter();
+-const deprecatedAppRoutes = app.getRoutes();
+```
+
+As well as update or add the following routes:
+
+```diff
+   <Route path="/create" element={<ScaffolderPage />} />
+-  <Route path="/docs" element={<DocsRouter />} />
++  <Route path="/docs" element={<TechdocsPage />} />
++  <Route path="/api-docs" element={<ApiExplorerPage />} />
+   <Route
+     path="/tech-radar"
+-    element={<TechRadarRouter width={1500} height={800} />}
++    element={<TechRadarPage width={1500} height={800} />}
+   />
+   <Route path="/catalog-import" element={<CatalogImportPage />} />
+-  <Route
+-    path="/search"
+-    element={<SearchRouter/>}
+-  />
+-  <Route path="/settings" element={<SettingsRouter />} />
+-  {deprecatedAppRoutes}
++  <Route path="/search" element={<SearchPage />} />
++  <Route path="/settings" element={<UserSettingsPage />} />
+```
+
+If you have added additional plugins with registered routes or are using `Router` components from other plugins, these should be migrated to use the `*Page` components as well. See [this commit](https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/abd655e42d4ed416b70848ffdb1c4b99d189f13b) for more examples of how to migrate.
+
+For more information and the background to this change, see the [composability system migration docs](https://backstage.io/docs/plugins/composability).
diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/src/App.tsx b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/src/App.tsx
index cf31647ce0..d4f1178899 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/src/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/src/App.tsx
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ import {
   CatalogIndexPage,
   CatalogEntityPage,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog';
-import { Router as DocsRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs';
+import { TechdocsPage } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs';
 import { CatalogImportPage } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-import';
-import { Router as TechRadarRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-tech-radar';
-import { SearchPage as SearchRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-search';
-import { Router as SettingsRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-user-settings';
+import { TechRadarPage } from '@backstage/plugin-tech-radar';
+import { SearchPage } from '@backstage/plugin-search';
+import { UserSettingsPage } from '@backstage/plugin-user-settings';
+import { ApiExplorerPage } from '@backstage/plugin-api-docs';
 
 import { EntityPage } from './components/catalog/EntityPage';
 import { scaffolderPlugin, ScaffolderPage } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder';
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ const app = createApp({
 
 const AppProvider = app.getProvider();
 const AppRouter = app.getRouter();
-const deprecatedAppRoutes = app.getRoutes();
 
 const App = () => (
   <AppProvider>
@@ -54,19 +54,16 @@ const App = () => (
           >
             <EntityPage />
           </Route>
-          <Route path="/docs" element={<DocsRouter />} />
+          <Route path="/docs" element={<TechdocsPage />} />
           <Route path="/create" element={<ScaffolderPage />} />
+          <Route path="/api-docs" element={<ApiExplorerPage />} />
           <Route
             path="/tech-radar"
-            element={<TechRadarRouter width={1500} height={800} />}
+            element={<TechRadarPage width={1500} height={800} />}
           />
           <Route path="/catalog-import" element={<CatalogImportPage />} />
-          <Route
-            path="/search"
-            element={<SearchRouter/>}
-          />
-          <Route path="/settings" element={<SettingsRouter />} />
-          {deprecatedAppRoutes}
+          <Route path="/search" element={<SearchPage />} />
+          <Route path="/settings" element={<UserSettingsPage />} />
         </FlatRoutes>
       </SidebarPage>
     </AppRouter>