Your First Year With Rork: The Order Your Bills Actually Arrive In
Starting on Rork's free tier doesn't mean the only money moving is Rork's. I lined up the official pricing pages for Rork Pro, Apple, Google Play, EAS and Supabase to show what gets billed when in year one, and what simply stops working instead.
Two Balances, Not One: Reading Rork's Build Credits and Cloud Credits Apart
Rork keeps two separate balances. Here is how to tell which one a charge came from, why one prompt can cost more than one credit, why a Cloud balance that never moves may mean your AI is not running at all, and what changes once real users start spending it for you.
Rork's Free Tier Gives You 35 Credits a Month, but the Number That Shapes Your Work Is 5 a Day
Rork's free plan is 35 credits per month with a 5-credit daily cap. The daily cap, not the monthly total, decides how you work. Here is how I spend those five, what I verify off-credit, and where the free tier stops.
Making a Rork App Sell on the App Store — ASO, Pricing, and IAP Strategy
How to take a Rork-built app from invisible to ranked, priced right, and earning real money on the App Store. ASO, price psychology, IAP design, and subscription tactics drawn from running indie apps solo.
Rork Pricing Compared: Free vs Pro vs Max
An honest comparison of Rork's Free, Junior, Senior, and Max tiers for indie developers: how the 35-credit non-rolling system really works, a script that back-calculates your burn rate, and break-even DAU tables you can redraw with your own eCPM.
Will Rork Max's $200 a Month Pay for Itself? Decide It With a Formula
When you are torn over Rork Max at $200 a month, here is a break-even formula, a script that runs a sensitivity analysis, and a way to judge the timing by three months of buildup rather than a single month—with notes from indie development.
When Should a Rork App Move Up to Rork Max? Deciding With Store Data, Not Aspiration
A framework for deciding whether the $200/month Rork Max tier is justified: three data-driven migration triggers, the case for staying on Expo, why June 2026 lowered the lock-in risk, and the practical steps once you do commit to the move.
Rork Max Pricing in 2026 — A Decision Guide by Project Type
A practical guide to choosing among Rork / Rork Max plans, framed as a break-even decision. Walks through three real user profiles — weekend developer, earning solo dev, and agency/startup — with the criteria that actually matter.
Rork vs Rork Max Pricing Comparison 2026 — Which Plan Should an Indie Developer Choose?
A practical comparison of Rork and Rork Max for indie developers asking 'which plan actually pays for itself?' — with concrete usage scenarios and the 2026 feature delta.
Making a SwiftUI App on Rork Max Profitable: Three Decisions — Plan, Monetization, Timing
When you build a SwiftUI native app on Rork Max, profitability rarely hinges on the price tag — it hinges on which plan, which monetization model, and when you ship. Three decisions from indie experience that make the subscription pay back from month one.
Rork Max Pro vs Plus: Which to Pick, From Three Months of Real Usage Logs
Rork Max Pro and Plus differ in monthly credit quota, build-queue priority, native-API pre-approval, and the MAU cap — not just price. From three months of running four apps in parallel, here is which to pick and exactly when to switch.
Rork App Subscription Pricing Design: 5 Principles to Maximize LTV Without Losing Retention
Design subscription pricing for apps built with Rork on App Store and Google Play. Learn how to set price tiers while maintaining retention and LTV. Discover pricing psychology, trial period strategy, and platform guidelines.