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BUILD — Rork Max runs real Macs in the cloud loaded with Xcode and the iOS SDK, writing SwiftUI, compiling, reading the errors and building again. That loop, not the code generation, is what lifts the outputNATIVE — What comes out is pure Swift and SwiftUI, not React Native. Reaching AR, Metal graphics and widgets that React Native cannot touch is the real gap between this and other buildersPLATFORMS — Coverage spans iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Vision Pro, plus iMessage. Worth a look if you want to start from a watch app or an extension rather than a phone screenCOMPANION — The Rork Companion app lets you check a generated build on a real iPhone without a paid Apple Developer account, lowering the bar for trying a first project end to endPRICING — Free to start, paid plans from $25 a month, and Rork Max on the $200 Max plan. Worth working out up front how many projects it takes to earn that backDEADLINE — From August 31, 2026, Google Play requires target API level 36 or higher for new apps and updates alike. Ten days out, and the targetSdkVersion of what you generate is yours to verifyBUILD — Rork Max runs real Macs in the cloud loaded with Xcode and the iOS SDK, writing SwiftUI, compiling, reading the errors and building again. That loop, not the code generation, is what lifts the outputNATIVE — What comes out is pure Swift and SwiftUI, not React Native. Reaching AR, Metal graphics and widgets that React Native cannot touch is the real gap between this and other buildersPLATFORMS — Coverage spans iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Vision Pro, plus iMessage. Worth a look if you want to start from a watch app or an extension rather than a phone screenCOMPANION — The Rork Companion app lets you check a generated build on a real iPhone without a paid Apple Developer account, lowering the bar for trying a first project end to endPRICING — Free to start, paid plans from $25 a month, and Rork Max on the $200 Max plan. Worth working out up front how many projects it takes to earn that backDEADLINE — From August 31, 2026, Google Play requires target API level 36 or higher for new apps and updates alike. Ten days out, and the targetSdkVersion of what you generate is yours to verify
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App Dev/2026-08-21Beginner

Apple's automated pass reads what your purpose strings are for, not whether they exist

Submit a Rork or Expo iOS build and you may get it back under Guideline 5.1.1 with a note about placeholder or otherwise insufficient purpose strings. Here is how to read a rejection that names no key, and how to rewrite the strings from app.json.

Rork Dev/2026-08-19Intermediate

Three conditions that make Play Policy Insights report nothing on an Expo project

Google Play now ships an open-source policy auditing skill. Running it against an Expo-shaped project, one directory argument moved the result from five detected data categories to zero. Here is when the scan actually reaches your code, and where its output should not be trusted.

Rork Dev/2026-08-16Advanced

Find the Code That Trips App Store 2.5.2 Before You Submit

If a remote value can change what your app does, Guideline 2.5.2 may apply. Here is where the line actually sits, plus a script that surfaces the risky paths in your repo before submission.

Business/2026-05-15Intermediate

Evaluating Rork Max SwiftUI Output After 12 Years of Native App Development

An honest review of Rork Max's SwiftUI generation quality from someone who has been shipping native wallpaper apps for 12 years and 50 million downloads. What worked, what didn't, and where I rewrote the code myself.

Rork Dev/2026-05-12Intermediate

Rork App Rejected for Incomplete Data Safety Section on Google Play: How to Fix It

Step-by-step guide to correctly filling out Google Play's Data Safety section for Rork apps. Covers AdMob, Firebase, RevenueCat, and common declaration mistakes that cause rejections.

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.

Rork Dev/2026-04-07Advanced

Where Rork Apps Stall on Google Play — AD_ID Leakage, Manifest Merging, and the 12-Tester Closed Test

When a Rork-generated Expo app gets held up on Google Play, the cause is usually a permission you never wrote. Here's how to pin down what actually landed in your merged manifest, when to declare AD_ID versus strip it, and how to keep the 12-tester closed test from resetting on you.