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PLAY — Google Play's target API level 36 requirement took effect yesterday, August 31. From today, new apps and updates must target Android 16VISIBILITY — Apps still on API 35 stay listed but disappear for users on newer Android versions. No error is raised; new installs simply fade, which makes the change easy to missEXTENSION — If you missed the deadline, an extension through November 1, 2026 can be requested in Play Console — best filed alongside a concrete migration planAPPLE — On the Apple side, the event lands September 9 and iOS 27 is reported to ship September 14. Testing generated apps on iOS 27 hardware before release week is time well spentEXPO — Expo released expo-paste-input on August 28, a native module that brings image, GIF, and sticker paste to React Native TextInputEAS — EAS Observe reached general availability on August 20, putting crash and performance monitoring on the same EAS platform as builds and updatesPLAY — Google Play's target API level 36 requirement took effect yesterday, August 31. From today, new apps and updates must target Android 16VISIBILITY — Apps still on API 35 stay listed but disappear for users on newer Android versions. No error is raised; new installs simply fade, which makes the change easy to missEXTENSION — If you missed the deadline, an extension through November 1, 2026 can be requested in Play Console — best filed alongside a concrete migration planAPPLE — On the Apple side, the event lands September 9 and iOS 27 is reported to ship September 14. Testing generated apps on iOS 27 hardware before release week is time well spentEXPO — Expo released expo-paste-input on August 28, a native module that brings image, GIF, and sticker paste to React Native TextInputEAS — EAS Observe reached general availability on August 20, putting crash and performance monitoring on the same EAS platform as builds and updates
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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

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.

Rork AI/2026-04-25Intermediate

Rork AI App Builder 2026 Review: What 3 Months and 3 Shipped Apps Taught Me

An honest review from an indie developer who shipped three apps to the App Store using Rork over three months. The real strengths, the real friction, and whether the price tag holds up.

Rork AI/2026-04-23Advanced

Shipping Rork Max SwiftUI Native Apps All the Way to the App Store: A Production Playbook

Rork Max can produce a working SwiftUI native app in an afternoon. Shipping one to the App Store and maintaining it for months is a different game — scope drifts, a careless diff breaks the codebase, review rejections derail the release. This guide lays out the six phases of a solo-indie production workflow: spec-first design, staged generation, diff discipline, submission prep, rejection response, and post-launch maintenance.

Business/2026-04-22Advanced

Rork: From Launch to Your First $1,000 — ASO, Pricing, and Launch Marketing Playbook

Shipping a Rork app to the App Store is not the same as earning from it. A step-by-step playbook for ASO, pricing, and launch marketing that gets you to your first $1,000 in revenue.

Rork Dev/2026-04-21Advanced

Rork × Fastlane × EAS Release Automation Guide — Ship Screenshots, Metadata, and TestFlight/Play Console Builds With One Command

A production-ready implementation guide for automating Rork app releases with Fastlane and EAS. Generate screenshots, sync store metadata, and ship to TestFlight and Google Play with a single command.

Business/2026-04-17Intermediate

A Year to First Revenue with Rork: A Working Roadmap from Idea Validation to Retention

A 4-phase, 12-month roadmap from first Rork prototype to actual revenue: idea validation, plan cost design, store launch, monetization model selection, and retention work—at a level of detail you can act on.

Business/2026-04-14Advanced

Achieving $7,000/Month with Rork Max: A Complete Blueprint for Indie App Revenue

A systematic guide to building a $7,000/month indie app business with Rork Max — covering market selection, revenue model design, RevenueCat implementation, user acquisition, and KPI-driven optimization.

Rork AI/2026-04-11Intermediate

Monetizing a Rork AI App: Pricing Backwards from Your Cost of Goods

How to design pricing for a Rork-built AI app by starting from per-user API cost rather than revenue. Covers the margin math behind freemium, subscription and credit models, a RevenueCat paywall in Expo, graceful quota handling, and the five metrics worth checking weekly.

Business/2026-04-11Beginner

Monetizing a Rork App: Ad Pacing, Paywall Timing, and What Actually Moved Revenue

Adding ads and subscriptions to a Rork-generated app, rebuilt from the implementation up. Interstitial frequency control, when to show the paywall, and the review items that actually held up my submission — with working code.