{"matchup":{"slug":"lovable-vs-rork","a_slug":"lovable","b_slug":"rork","headline":"Lovable vs Rork","verdict":"These are not competitors, and the most useful thing this page can tell you is to stop comparing them. Lovable’s own FAQ says it builds web applications and does not generate React Native — reaching the App Store means wrapping it with Capacitor, and a wrapped web app walks straight into guideline 4.2. Rork produces an Expo binary. If the deliverable is an iOS app, this comparison has one entrant.","query_intent":"lovable vs rork ios app","rank":5,"created_at":"2026-08-01T17:36:37.335948+00:00"},"a":{"slug":"lovable","name":"Lovable","tagline":"Superb at web apps. Does not produce a mobile binary.","url":"https://lovable.dev/","category":"ai-web","output_type":"web-only","output_detail":"Web applications, which can be made mobile-friendly. Lovable states plainly that it does not generate React Native projects.","exports_source":"yes","exports_source_detail":"Projects can be pushed to GitHub as ordinary web codebases.","submits_for_you":"not-applicable","price_free":true,"price_from_usd":25,"price_note":"Free at $0/month, then Pro at $25/month with 100 monthly credits. Both figures are readable only in a rendered browser — the delivered HTML contains the plan headings and no amount. Read with a real browser profile on 2026-08-15.","review_verdict":"blocked","review_summary":"Not a mark against Lovable — it is a statement about one question it never set out to answer. Lovable’s own FAQ says it builds web applications and does not generate React Native. Reaching the App Store therefore means wrapping the web app with something like Capacitor, and a wrapped web app is precisely the shape guideline 4.2 was written to filter. If the app also sells subscriptions through Stripe, guideline 3.1.1 lands on top of that. If you want an iOS binary, start somewhere else.","risk_guidelines":["4.2","3.1.1"],"rank":6,"created_at":"2026-08-01T17:36:31.587852+00:00","updated_at":"2026-09-04T14:09:55.865+00:00","claimed_at":null,"claimed_by":null,"claim_method":null},"b":{"slug":"rork","name":"Rork","tagline":"Chat-to-app builder aimed squarely at the App Store.","url":"https://rork.com/","category":"ai-mobile","output_type":"react-native-expo","output_detail":"React Native on Expo. A second product, Rork Max, launched February 2026 and generates native Swift for the Apple platforms instead.","exports_source":"yes","exports_source_detail":"Reported to sync to GitHub and export the React Native source at no cost, including as the fallback when the one-click publish fails.","submits_for_you":"builder-assisted","price_free":true,"price_from_usd":20,"price_note":"Read off rork.com/pricing in a browser on 2026-08-15: a $0 tier that is design mode only (35 design credits/month, max 5/day), Rork Pro at $20/mo for Expo, Android and web with 100 credits/month, and Rork Max at $200/mo for iOS, iPad and Apple Watch with 1,000 credits/month. The four-plan $25–$200 ladder a January third-party breakdown reported is no longer what the vendor publishes.","review_verdict":"ships-with-caveats","review_summary":"Produces a real Expo binary and markets App Store shipping as the headline outcome, and the export path means a failed one-click publish is recoverable rather than terminal. The caveat is that the strongest claims here are the vendor’s own marketing and third-party reviews rather than a submission-record document — and the Rork Max Swift path is new enough as of August 2026 that it has no review history to read.","risk_guidelines":["4.2"],"rank":1,"created_at":"2026-08-01T17:36:31.587852+00:00","updated_at":"2026-09-04T14:09:55.863+00:00","claimed_at":null,"claimed_by":null,"claim_method":null},"evidence":{"lovable":[{"id":221,"builder_slug":"lovable","supports":"output","claim":"Lovable builds web applications and does not generate React Native projects.","kind":"vendor-doc","source_url":"https://docs.lovable.dev/introduction/faq","source_title":"Lovable Docs — FAQ","source_date":"2026-08-01","quote":"Lovable builds web applications, and you can design them to be fully mobile friendly. 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