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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 output●NATIVE — 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 builders●PLATFORMS — 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 screen●COMPANION — 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 end●PRICING — 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 back●DEADLINE — 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●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 output●NATIVE — 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 builders●PLATFORMS — 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 screen●COMPANION — 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 end●PRICING — 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 back●DEADLINE — 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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⟐ Business/2026-07-19Intermediate

Sunsetting an App Well — Designing the Path from Update Freeze to Full Shutdown

What to do with an app whose revenue no longer covers its server bill. A three-stage decision table, a CDN-based sunset flag with TypeScript implementation, a data export path, and the practical order for winding down auto-renewable subscriptions.

⬡ Rork Dev/2026-07-16Advanced

Regenerable Zones in Rork Max Code: Keeping the Freedom to Rebuild

Generated code carries an invisible asset: the option to throw it away and rebuild it. Every hand edit quietly expires that option. Here is how I track it with a ledger and CI checks across six live apps.

⬡ Rork Dev/2026-07-14Advanced

Designing Seams That Survive AI Regeneration in Rork

Every follow-up prompt to Rork can quietly wipe out logic you wrote by hand. Protecting it with prompts is a patch, not a fix. Here is how to separate generated code from code you own, and draw a boundary that regeneration cannot reach, with working Zustand and service-layer examples.

⬡ Rork Dev/2026-06-25Advanced

Keeping Your Rork App's Expo SDK Upgradable Year After Year — Release Trains and Regression Safety Nets

A maintenance design for keeping Rork-generated Expo apps running through yearly Expo SDK upgrades without breakage. Covers release-train cadence, dependency pinning, regression safety nets, and splitting OTA from store delivery, with real examples.

⬡ Rork Dev/2026-06-12Advanced

Schema Versioning for Local Data in Rork Apps — Shipping Updates Without Wiping a Single Favorite

How I stopped losing users' locally stored data when shipping updates to Rork apps. A complete TypeScript migration runner with envelope versioning, backup keys, fixture tests, and the rule that keeps EAS Update schema-neutral.