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DEADLINE — Five days remain before Google Play requires Android 16 (API level 36). From August 31 it applies to new apps and updates alikeEXTENSION — If you qualify, you can request an extension through November 1 via a Play Console form, but the request itself has to be filed before the deadlineEXPO — Expo SDK 57 reached 57.0.9 with React Native 0.86.2. SDK 57 is primarily the jump from React Native 0.85 to 0.86HERMES — The Hermes V1 memory regression introduced in SDK 56 has been fixed, which matters most for apps pulling in react-native-worklets or react-native-reanimatedIOS — The seventh iOS 27 developer beta shipped on August 24. The public release lands in September and finally lets you reply to an individual message from an Android senderRORK — Rork Max generates native Swift and compiles on a cloud Mac fleet, targeting iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Vision Pro, and iMessageDEADLINE — Five days remain before Google Play requires Android 16 (API level 36). From August 31 it applies to new apps and updates alikeEXTENSION — If you qualify, you can request an extension through November 1 via a Play Console form, but the request itself has to be filed before the deadlineEXPO — Expo SDK 57 reached 57.0.9 with React Native 0.86.2. SDK 57 is primarily the jump from React Native 0.85 to 0.86HERMES — The Hermes V1 memory regression introduced in SDK 56 has been fixed, which matters most for apps pulling in react-native-worklets or react-native-reanimatedIOS — The seventh iOS 27 developer beta shipped on August 24. The public release lands in September and finally lets you reply to an individual message from an Android senderRORK — Rork Max generates native Swift and compiles on a cloud Mac fleet, targeting iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Vision Pro, and iMessage
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Business/2026-05-13Advanced

I Let AI Read My Rork App Reviews — It Found My Next Feature in 3 Minutes

Build an automated user review analysis system using Claude API and App Store Connect API for your Rork app. Working code for sentiment analysis, theme clustering, priority scoring, and the reconciliation step that keeps batches from silently dropping reviews.

Business/2026-05-12Intermediate

What I Discovered Expanding My Rork App to Android — Key Differences Between App Store and Google Play

What actually differs between shipping to the App Store and shipping to Google Play — the AAB requirement, the 12-tester closed testing rule for new personal accounts, Data safety, staged rollouts, and how search works on each store.

Business/2026-05-12Intermediate

I Built a Wallpaper App with Rork — An Honest Review from a Developer with 50M App Downloads

After running wallpaper and healing apps with 50M+ downloads since 2014, I prototype-tested Rork on the same genre. Here's my honest take on where it shines, where it struggles, and what it means for solo developers.

Rork Dev/2026-05-11Intermediate

Rork vs Expo CLI: What the Build Experience Actually Feels Like — A 12-Year Indie Dev Perspective

A hands-on comparison of Rork and Expo CLI build workflows from a developer with 12 years of indie app experience and 50M+ cumulative downloads. Honest take on where Rork creates friction for CLI-savvy developers — and where it genuinely wins.

Business/2026-05-10Intermediate

What I Learned Letting Rork Prototype an Art App: Where to Delegate, Where to Hold the Line

A hands-on review of prototyping an art gallery app with Rork: how far it honors color temperature and negative space, seen from artist and developer perspectives.

Rork Basics/2026-05-04Beginner

Telling Rork to Make It Feel Like a Quiet Museum — Translating a Creator's Vocabulary Into Implementation

What happens when you hand Rork the mood of your work instead of a spec? A record of prompting from emotion, pinning the returned spacing and timing into design tokens, and the places where fonts and regeneration stopped me.

Rork AI/2026-05-04Advanced

Rork Max SwiftUI Indie App Revenue Blueprint 2026 — Native Generation, AdMob, and Subscriptions Toward Six Figures

A practical blueprint for indie developers using Rork Max's SwiftUI native app generation to build app revenue toward six figures monthly. Covers ideation scoring, AdMob placement, subscription onboarding, retention design, and long-term operations from a developer with 12 years of indie iOS experience.

Business/2026-05-03Intermediate

7 Design Principles for Apps That Keep Growing After Launch with Rork Max

When building with Rork Max, 80% of post-launch growth is determined by decisions made during development. Here are 7 design principles to build into your app from the start.

Business/2026-04-28Advanced

How to Make Ads and Subscriptions Coexist in a Rork App: A Solo Developer's Hybrid Revenue Model

I used to think ads and subscriptions don't mix. After a year of experiments on my own apps, I learned that with the right boundary design, a hybrid produces nearly 1.7x the revenue of either model alone. Here's the model I'm shipping, with implementation code and real numbers.

Business/2026-04-28Intermediate

Squeezing Every Pixel of Value Out of Your App Store Keyword Field — A Practical ASO Guide for Rork-Built Apps

The App Store keyword field gives you only 100 characters, but those characters often decide whether your indie app is found at all. Here's how to design that field for Rork-built apps, with a 5-step workflow and the small mistakes most solo developers keep repeating.

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/2026-04-26Beginner

Getting the Most Out of Rork's Free Plan and Free Trial — What to Do Before You Pay

Practical guidance on Rork and Rork Max free credits and trial periods, written from the perspective of a solo developer. What is feasible inside the free tier, when paid becomes worth it, and the gotchas you only notice after a few weeks of use.