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Spotting the 30% of Bugs Rork Can't Fix Itself — A Hand-Fix Workflow Built Around Export
Rork resolves roughly 70% of the bugs it hits on its own; the remaining 30% needs your hands. Here is the criteria I use to decide whether to keep re-prompting or export and fix it myself, plus working code for the fixes.
Rork vs Rork Max: What's the Difference, and Which Should You Use?
What's the real difference between Rork and Rork Max — pricing, features, platform support, and Android availability? A side-by-side look, updated May 2026.
Your Rork App Is Stuck on "Processing" in App Store Connect — A Field Guide to Getting It Unstuck
You uploaded a Rork-built app to App Store Connect, but the build sits on Processing for hours and never shows up in TestFlight or for submission. Here is the exact diagnostic order I follow, plus the pre-upload checks that stop it from happening again — with working code.
Making Credits Add Up in a Rork AI Image App — Field Notes on Atomic Ledgers and Moderation
Credit billing in a Rork AI image and video app breaks in production because of the order between generation and deduction. Here are the field notes — atomic ledger consumption, idempotency, refunds on failure, and moderation — with Supabase code you can ship.
Where to Stop Letting Rork Fix Your Bugs: A Triage Routine for the 30% That Need You
Most bugs you hand Rork get fixed in a couple of regenerations. A stubborn minority loop forever, each fix spawning a new symptom. Here is the triage routine I use to split what to delegate from what to take over by hand, with retreat lines, regression guards, and a decision log.
Checking Age Without Collecting Birthdays — Wiring the Declared Age Range API into a Rork App
How to use the iOS 26 Declared Age Range API to receive an age band without ever storing a birthdate, with both the Rork Max native Swift path and the standard Rork (Expo) native-module bridge, plus where to draw the responsibility boundary.
Why Your Rork Max Native Swift Widget Freezes After Day One — Designing the TimelineProvider Refresh Budget
Native Swift home screen widgets generated by Rork Max stop rotating after the first day unless you understand the TimelineProvider refresh budget. Here is how reloadPolicy, App Groups, and deep links fit together in a real app.
Adding an Apple Wallet Stamp Card to a Rork Max App — Signing and Updates
You want a shop stamp card in Apple Wallet. When you issue a PassKit pass from a Swift app generated by Rork Max, the hard parts are not design — they are signing and remote updates. Here are the implementation essentials.
Notifications You Can Finish Without Opening the App — Interactive Notification Actions for Rork Apps
Those buttons and text fields that appear when you long-press a notification. Here is how to implement interactive notification actions in a Rork-built Expo app for an experience that completes without launching, including the background-execution pitfalls.
Putting Your Rork Max Native App's Content into iPhone Search — Becoming a 'Findable' App with Core Spotlight
Index the content of the native Swift app Rork Max generates into Core Spotlight, so users reach a specific in-app screen straight from iPhone search. Covers adding, updating, and removing index entries, plus the production trap of stale search results, from an indie developer's view.
Staging Wallpaper Packs Before the First Launch: Where Rork Max and Background Assets Fit
Content-heavy apps tend to greet new users with an empty grid. Background Assets downloads content out-of-band, ahead of the first launch. Here is how I implement it in Rork Max's native Swift, a domain Rork (Expo) cannot reach easily, plus how I decide when it is worth it.
Landing Users on the Right Screen Right After Install — Deferred Deep Links for Rork Apps
When someone follows a campaign link and installs through the store, the 'where did they come from' context is gone by launch time. Here is how to implement deferred deep linking in a Rork-built app without any third-party SDK.