Which AI tools do people use to build an iPhone or Android app?

Across the 12 sourced use cases in this guide, the most used tools are Claude Code, Hermes Agent, Android, Android USB debugging, Antigravity.

How much does it cost to get started?

3 of the 12 use cases can start on a free plan. The most common paid starting price is $17/mo (6 use cases). Prices come from each tool's official pricing page.

How long does setup take?

4 of the 12 use cases list a setup time of an hour or less. Each card shows the setup time the builder reported.

Are these real examples?

Yes. Every use case links to its public source (an X post, a Hacker News thread or a GitHub repo) with the author and date, so you can check it yourself.

How to build an iPhone or Android app with AI

Mobile apps people shipped by talking to coding agents, including the review, testing and App Store steps. 12 matching use cases below, each with a public source.

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Get started in 3 steps

Start with one screen and one job the app must do; let the agent pick the stack (Swift, React Native or Expo) and explain why.
Test on a real phone early; simulators can miss crashes, permission prompts and layout bugs, and several builders below test on real devices.
Read Apple's and Google's review rules before you submit, and add a pre-submit checklist your agent runs every time.

Vibe coding & appsX · @Christianisrac

Launch a vibe-coded mobile app and reach first revenue

Found the Rork app builder in November and launched his first app on December 16.

Free to start2-4 daysBeginner

Rork

Dev & opsX · @KyleBoas_

Swipe between your coding agent sessions in an iPhone app

A developer made an iOS app that flips between individual Claude Code, pi and other coding agent sessions with swipe gestures, and shows mockups right in the app instead of local or Tailscale links.

$17/mo1 hourIntermediate

Claude CodePi

Vibe coding & appsX · @Agff_

Vibe-code an Android app to control Hermes Agent from your phone

Rasul is a free open-source Android app to chat with the Hermes bots on your PC, approve actions, switch models, run jobs and edit bot instructions. Claude Opus 5.5 led the build while GPT-6 Luna and Sol 6.1 wrote the code.

$4 in / $20 out per 1M tokensSeveral weeksIntermediate

Hermes Agent Claude Opus 5.5 GPT-6 Luna

Dev & opsX · @ElnurIb01717668

Let an agent debug your app on a spare phone

Enable USB or Wi-Fi debugging on an old Android phone, connect it, and ask Hermes agent or Claude Code to test and debug your mobile app.

$17/mo1-2 hoursIntermediate

Hermes Agent Claude Code DeepSeek

Vibe coding & appsX · @frksvk

Ship a fun AI recipe app to the App Store

Built Meld: pick two cuisines and AI invents a new dish with photo, ingredients and steps; Flutter plus Gemini, written with Claude Code and Antigravity.

$17/mo1-2 weeksIntermediate

Claude Code Antigravity Flutter

Vibe coding & appsX · @fatimahs_tech

Build a campus hangout app with Codex in a student competition

Two students built an iOS app with Codex in a TV-style competition: you swipe on spontaneous hangouts on your college campus to meet people outside your major. They later built Finnie, a financial aid tool to help students go to college for free, also with Codex.

Free tier1 weekendBeginner

OpenAI Codex

Dev & opsX · @aydin_ayanzadeh

Record real iPhone sessions and let a Claude Code skill find the bugs

ios-black-box works like a flight recorder for your iOS app: it records the screen, what the app says out loud and an event log of everything it did on a real iPhone, and a Claude Code skill reads the recording back and finds the bugs.

$17/mo30 minutesIntermediate

Claude Code

Vibe coding & appsX · @marouanegazouzi

Teach a coding agent to build apps and games for foldable phones

A developer wrote Duology, a skill pack for designing, building, testing and shipping apps on phones that unfold into two screens. With it the agent built Duo Peas, a two-player game where each person gets one half of the open phone.

$17/moA few daysIntermediate

Claude Code

Vibe coding & appsX · @aipost_kr

Ship an iPhone app where the agent did design to submission

A teleprompter app was built with Claude Code covering interface, builds, testing, image assets and App Store submission.

$17/moweeksIntermediate

Claude Code

Vibe coding & appsBlog (DEV) · sakuharo

Vibe-code your first iOS app with AI

Vibe-coded a first iOS app with AI coding tools and documented what worked and what did not.

Free tier1-2 weeksBeginner

Cursor

Vibe coding & appsX · @pkyanam

Teach your coding agent to design apps for the folding iPhone

A developer wrote an open-source skill that teaches a coding agent how to design app layouts for the folding iPhone, ahead of the device shipping.

See pricing page10 minutesBeginner

Vibe coding & appsX · @froessell

Add a release gate your agent runs before every App Store submit

A builder who makes everything with AI agents shares his App Store rejections, the release-gate checklist his agent runs before every submission, and why his games now ship to the web first.

See pricing page1 hourIntermediate

Common questions

Which AI tools do people use to build an iPhone or Android app?: Across the 12 sourced use cases in this guide, the most used tools are Claude Code, Hermes Agent, Android, Android USB debugging, Antigravity.
How much does it cost to get started?: 3 of the 12 use cases can start on a free plan. The most common paid starting price is $17/mo (6 use cases). Prices come from each tool's official pricing page.
How long does setup take?: 4 of the 12 use cases list a setup time of an hour or less. Each card shows the setup time the builder reported.
Are these real examples?: Yes. Every use case links to its public source (an X post, a Hacker News thread or a GitHub repo) with the author and date, so you can check it yourself.

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