A month of running Rork and Claude on Xcode side by side — where each one ended up fitting
Notes from an indie developer who has shipped wallpaper apps on iOS and Android since 2014. After a month of keeping both Rork and Claude on Xcode open on the same desk, the work that fit each one turned out to be more obvious than I expected.
Adapting Your Rork iOS App to iPhone Air and 17 Pro Series — Layout Patterns for 2026's New Resolutions
iPhone Air introduced a 420pt width that sits between the standard and Max models, quietly breaking layout conditionals in existing Rork apps. Based on updating four iOS apps at once, this covers device constant management, Safe Area handling, and full-screen image display fixes.
Images Vanishing After Play Store Release — Fixing drawable-nodpi in Rork Android Apps
After publishing a Rork-generated Android app to the Play Store, images disappeared on low-density devices. The culprit: Play Store's density APK splits and how they handle drawable-nodpi resources. A real-world fix from 12 years of app development.
Testing Rork Max SwiftUI Features on a Real Wallpaper App — What Worked, What Needed Fixes
I benchmarked Rork Max's SwiftUI generation against the production code of a wallpaper app I actually run. Here is what shipped as-is, what needed fixing, and what I ended up writing by hand — with working code and on-device measurements.
Evaluating Rork Max SwiftUI Output After 12 Years of Native App Development
An honest review of Rork Max's SwiftUI generation quality from someone who has been shipping native wallpaper apps for 12 years and 50 million downloads. What worked, what didn't, and where I rewrote the code myself.
Rebuilding a Live Wallpaper App with Rork Max: Measured Hours and Post-Relaunch Metrics
I rebuilt a wallpaper app that was already live using Rork Max, timing every stage. Measured hours per phase, the spec details the generated code got wrong, how existing subscribers were migrated safely, and 30-day post-relaunch metrics.
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.
Slow Images in My Rork Wallpaper App: Switching to expo-image and What Actually Changed
A hands-on account of switching from React Native's default Image component to expo-image in a Rork-generated wallpaper app — with code examples, blur hash setup, and observable performance improvements.
Monetizing Healing Apps Built with Rork — A Creator's Strategy Guide
How artists and individual creators can build and monetize healing apps — wallpapers, meditation, breathing, sleep — using Rork. Covers AdMob, subscriptions, hybrid models, and long-term content strategy.
Building a Wallpaper App with Rork and Getting It on the App Store — A Full Account
A complete record of building a wallpaper app with Rork from zero to the App Store — the iOS wallpaper API limitation, WebP optimization, and how to structure revenue without breaking the experience.