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SDK58 — The Expo SDK 58 beta is open. It ships the React Native 0.88 release candidate, and the beta period is stated as three to four weeks11/01 — For anyone who requested an extension, Google Play's target API deadline lands on November 1. Forty-four days outEASENV — A long-open report: secrets handed to a local build arrive as the literal variable name rather than its value, and the damage surfaces much laterNEW — The replacement the table recommended had already shut down. A record of reconciling all 74 rows of the deprecation listUISCENE — iOS 27 requires the new scene lifecycle. SDK 57 makes it something you opt into; it only becomes the default in 58CREDIT — What "AI errors don't cost credits" actually covers becomes clear once you record a day of asking for the same fix more than onceSDK58 — The Expo SDK 58 beta is open. It ships the React Native 0.88 release candidate, and the beta period is stated as three to four weeks11/01 — For anyone who requested an extension, Google Play's target API deadline lands on November 1. Forty-four days outEASENV — A long-open report: secrets handed to a local build arrive as the literal variable name rather than its value, and the damage surfaces much laterNEW — The replacement the table recommended had already shut down. A record of reconciling all 74 rows of the deprecation listUISCENE — iOS 27 requires the new scene lifecycle. SDK 57 makes it something you opt into; it only becomes the default in 58CREDIT — What "AI errors don't cost credits" actually covers becomes clear once you record a day of asking for the same fix more than once
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Business/2026-04-27Advanced

Building a Multi-App Portfolio Business with Rork — A 90-Day Blueprint from 12 Years of Indie Development

Trying to make app one a hit is the most common indie failure. This blueprint walks through how to build a portfolio of apps with Rork Max — drawing on twelve years of personal indie development including AdMob-funded six-figure months — laid out as a 90-day roadmap.

Business/2026-04-27Beginner

Rork: Funding History, Company Background, and What Developers Should Know in 2026

Rork has become a serious player in AI app builders, but its funding history and company background remain surprisingly underreported. Here's what every developer evaluating Rork should know in 2026.

Business/2026-04-27Intermediate

The Shortest Checklist to Earn Your First Dollar with a Rork Max App — From Idea to App Store Revenue

Many indie developers using Rork Max get stuck at App Store submission and never reach a single dollar of revenue. Here's a no-fluff checklist to ship a paying app fast — leveraging Rork Max's native SwiftUI generation and the App Store's actual rules.

Business/2026-04-27Intermediate

Privacy Policy Templates for Rork Apps: A Practical Guide for App Store Submission in 2026

Right before submitting a Rork-built app to the App Store, the part that quietly trips up most indie developers isn't the code — it's the privacy policy. Here's a working English template plus the gotchas I learned the hard way.

Business/2026-04-26Advanced

Building a Rork Max Top-100 App That Pays

Going from 'Rork Max can generate a SwiftUI native app' to 'this app sits in the App Store category Top 100 and earns $1,500–4,000/month' is a real gap. Here's the complete monetization playbook — architecture, AdMob, IAP, subscription, ASO, and retention — with working SwiftUI code.

Business/2026-04-26Beginner

Making a SwiftUI App on Rork Max Profitable: Three Decisions — Plan, Monetization, Timing

When you build a SwiftUI native app on Rork Max, profitability rarely hinges on the price tag — it hinges on which plan, which monetization model, and when you ship. Three decisions from indie experience that make the subscription pay back from month one.

Business/2026-04-26Intermediate

App Store Rejection Playbook for Rork Apps

Rork-generated apps tend to bump into specific App Store review patterns. Here is a guideline-by-guideline playbook of the rejections I actually hit, a quick-reference table, what changes in September 2026, and a pre-resubmission checklist.

Business/2026-04-26Beginner

Rork's Free Plan and Free Trial — What You Actually Keep When the Credits Run Out

What ends a Rork free trial is messages, not days. Export while it is still free, verify it builds outside Rork with a small script, then decide about paying.

Business/2026-04-26Intermediate

Rork Max Pro vs Plus: Which to Pick, From Three Months of Real Usage Logs

Rork Max Pro and Plus differ in monthly credit quota, build-queue priority, native-API pre-approval, and the MAU cap — not just price. From three months of running four apps in parallel, here is which to pick and exactly when to switch.

Business/2026-04-25Advanced

Rork vs Lovable: A Developer's Honest Comparison Guide

Both Rork and Lovable are AI-driven app builders, but they target completely different surfaces, ship different stacks, and reward different workflows. A practical comparison from real production use.

Business/2026-04-25Advanced

How I Push a Rork-Built App Toward $700/Month — A Field Guide to Pricing Tests, Retention, and Churn Defense

A premium playbook for taking a Rork-built app to roughly $700/month in revenue, focused on pricing tests, retention engineering, and churn defense. Distilled from 12 years of running indie apps in parallel — what actually moved revenue, what didn't, with realistic numbers and code.

Business/2026-04-25Beginner

Rork AI App Builder Review 2026: What 30+ Apps Taught Me About Where It Wins and Where It Doesn't

Rork is less flashy than the marketing videos suggest, but more dependable than I expected. After building 30+ apps with it as a solo developer, here is an honest take on the territory it owns and the territory you should still write yourself.