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TOOLING — Rork's developer repos keep moving: rork-xcode was updated on July 16, rork-device on July 15, and rork-plist on July 13OPUS46 — Claude Opus 4.6 is live in Rork, and Rork Max is built to assemble apps on top of Claude CodeSIM — A cloud iOS simulator runs in the browser, with one click to install on a device and two clicks to publish to the App StoreMAX — Rork Max emits pure Swift rather than React Native, reaching iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Vision Pro, and even iMessageNATIVE — That opens up HealthKit, ARKit and LiDAR, NFC, Dynamic Island, Live Activities, 3D through Metal, and on-device inference with Core MLSEED — Rork raised a $15M seed led by Left Lane Capital, with Peak XV and a16z Speedrun joining the roundTOOLING — Rork's developer repos keep moving: rork-xcode was updated on July 16, rork-device on July 15, and rork-plist on July 13OPUS46 — Claude Opus 4.6 is live in Rork, and Rork Max is built to assemble apps on top of Claude CodeSIM — A cloud iOS simulator runs in the browser, with one click to install on a device and two clicks to publish to the App StoreMAX — Rork Max emits pure Swift rather than React Native, reaching iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Vision Pro, and even iMessageNATIVE — That opens up HealthKit, ARKit and LiDAR, NFC, Dynamic Island, Live Activities, 3D through Metal, and on-device inference with Core MLSEED — Rork raised a $15M seed led by Left Lane Capital, with Peak XV and a16z Speedrun joining the round
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Rork Dev/2026-06-14Advanced

Building Rork Subscriptions Around RevenueCat Entitlements — Access Checks, Offering-Driven Paywalls, and Restore

Implementation notes for adding subscriptions to a Rork (Expo) app with RevenueCat. Make Entitlements the single source of truth for access, drive the paywall from Offerings so you can change prices remotely, wire up restore and the customer-info listener, and avoid the sandbox traps — all with working code.

Business/2026-06-13Advanced

Raising Your Subscription Price: How to Handle Existing Subscribers on the App Store and Google Play

Raise your subscription price without losing existing subscribers: break-even churn math, store consent flows, PRICE_INCREASE and EXPIRED handling, and cohort tracking.

Business/2026-05-30Intermediate

Taking Inventory of Your AdMob Ad Units — All the Way to App Open Cooldown Design

When rewarded and interstitial units pile up and you can no longer tell which one fires on which screen, here is the inventory process I use, plus the design for adding a cooldown to an App Open ad that otherwise shows on every launch.

Business/2026-05-27Advanced

The Day I Walked Away From $730/Month — Pulling AppLovin From 5 Apps After 11 Years of Crash Data

On 2026-05-26 I paused AppLovin and AppLovinMax Bidding + Waterfall across my entire iOS/Android catalogue (50M+ cumulative downloads) for INT, RWD, and RWI. This is the full record of the three lines of evidence I used to justify walking away from $730/month and the four-week evaluation framework I set up afterwards.

Business/2026-05-23Intermediate

From a Rork-Built App to Monthly Break-Even at 100 Yen Subscription: Indie Numbers from May 2026

A small Rork-built utility app reached month-over-month break-even on a 100 yen subscription combined with AdMob. May 2026 numbers, decisions, and what I deliberately left out.

Rork Dev/2026-05-18Advanced

Rork × Firebase Remote Config: Tuning AdMob Safely in Production — Run App Open Frequency Caps Without a Release

From the experience of pushing wallpaper-app App Open ads too hard and watching DAU drop, here is a design for treating AdMob format mix, frequency caps, and exclusions as a Firebase Remote Config contract. Expo/Rork wiring, fail-safe defaults, A/B testing, and metric joins included.

Business/2026-05-15Advanced

A 50-Million-Download Developer Rebuilt an App with Rork Max — Honest Time and Revenue Comparison

An indie developer with 50 million total downloads rebuilt a wallpaper app using Rork Max. Honest breakdown of dev time, code quality, AdMob, RevenueCat integration, and revenue impact — with real numbers.

Business/2026-05-14Intermediate

AdMob Mediation Dropped My eCPM by 30% After I Set It Up — What Went Wrong and How I Fixed It

My eCPM dropped 30% the morning after enabling AdMob mediation. Drawing on years of indie monetization work, here are the pitfalls I found in Rork apps, how I recovered, a way to measure the effect yourself, and how to decide whether mediation is even worth it.

Business/2026-05-14Intermediate

Testing AdMob in Rork After 12 Years of Ad Revenue Experience — 3 Concerns and 1 Real Win

An indie developer with 12+ years of AdMob experience and 50M+ cumulative app downloads shares an honest review of integrating AdMob in a Rork-generated app — what felt off, what surprised me, and who this actually works for.

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. Includes working code for sentiment analysis, theme clustering, and priority scoring — from a developer with 50M+ downloads of experience.

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.

Business/2026-05-06Advanced

Building a Complete Stripe SaaS Payment System with Rork: Next.js × Cloudflare Workers × Supabase

A complete guide to implementing Stripe subscriptions, one-time purchases, and webhooks in a Rork-generated Next.js app. Build a production-grade SaaS billing stack with Cloudflare Workers and Supabase from scratch.