{"matchup":{"slug":"rork-vs-a0-dev","a_slug":"rork","b_slug":"a0-dev","headline":"Rork vs a0.dev","verdict":"Not a close comparison on evidence. Rork has dated third-party coverage of its pricing, its output and its export path, plus explicit App Store marketing. For a0.dev, nothing was found that establishes what happens at submission — the team is described as helping users get released, which is an intention. That gap is the finding. a0.dev may well be fine; it simply has not been shown to be.","query_intent":"rork vs a0.dev","rank":2,"created_at":"2026-08-01T17:36:37.335948+00:00"},"a":{"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},"b":{"slug":"a0-dev","name":"a0.dev","tagline":"YC-backed React Native generator with a hands-on support path.","url":"https://a0.dev/","category":"ai-mobile","output_type":"react-native-expo","output_detail":"React Native previewed through Expo Go. Native modules that are not bundled into the preview client will not run in preview.","exports_source":"unknown","exports_source_detail":"No source-export policy was found in material that could be read. Unestablished.","submits_for_you":"builder-assisted","price_free":false,"price_from_usd":20,"price_note":"Read off a0.dev/pricing in a browser on 2026-09-18, which is the only way to read it: a plain fetch returns 158 characters and the plan grid renders client-side. Two plans are published, Pro at $20/month with 100 credits per month and Max at $200/month with 1,250 credits per month. No free plan. The intermediate ladder this row carried until 2026-09-18, Pro 250 at $50 through Pro 5000 at $800, is no longer on the page, and Max is now stated as a monthly credit count rather than a daily limit.","review_verdict":"unknown","review_summary":"No document, listing or dated report was found that establishes what happens when an a0.dev app is submitted. The team is described as helping users get to the App Store, which is an intention rather than a record. This row stays unknown until there is something citable — a builder with no evidence is not the same as a builder with bad evidence, and the grid should not blur them.","risk_guidelines":[],"rank":3,"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},"evidence":{"rork":[{"id":202,"builder_slug":"rork","supports":"review","claim":"Rork markets App Store shipping as the product’s outcome.","kind":"vendor-marketing","source_url":"https://rork.com/","source_title":"Rork — homepage","source_date":"2026-08-01","quote":"Create mobile apps by chatting with AI, ship to App Store and start making money.","link_status":200,"link_checked_at":"2026-09-12T08:50:11.148+00:00","created_at":"2026-09-04T14:09:56.449465+00:00","render":false},{"id":203,"builder_slug":"rork","supports":"output","claim":"Output is React Native on Expo; Rork Max produces native Swift.","kind":"third-party-report","source_url":"https://www.nocode.mba/articles/rork-ai-review-2026","source_title":"Rork AI Review 2026 — No Code MBA","source_date":"2026-01-01","quote":null,"link_status":200,"link_checked_at":"2026-09-12T08:50:11.148+00:00","created_at":"2026-09-04T14:09:56.449465+00:00","render":false},{"id":204,"builder_slug":"rork","supports":"export","claim":"The React Native source can be exported free, including via GitHub sync when automated publishing fails.","kind":"third-party-report","source_url":"https://www.nocode.mba/articles/rork-tutorial-ai-apps","source_title":"Rork AI Review & Tutorial 2026 — No Code MBA","source_date":"2026-01-01","quote":null,"link_status":200,"link_checked_at":"2026-09-12T08:50:11.148+00:00","created_at":"2026-09-04T14:09:56.449465+00:00","render":false},{"id":205,"builder_slug":"rork","supports":"pricing","claim":"Free is design mode only; building starts at $20/mo (Pro) and iOS starts at $200/mo (Max).","kind":"vendor-marketing","source_url":"https://rork.com/pricing","source_title":"Rork — Pricing","source_date":"2026-08-15","quote":"35 design credits/mo, max 5/day","link_status":200,"link_checked_at":"2026-09-12T08:50:11.148+00:00","created_at":"2026-09-04T14:09:56.449465+00:00","render":false}],"a0-dev":[{"id":210,"builder_slug":"a0-dev","supports":"submission","claim":"The team offers direct help getting an app released on the App Store; no automated submission is described.","kind":"third-party-report","source_url":"https://bestofshowhn.com/yc-w25/a0.dev","source_title":"a0.dev (YC W25) — React Native App Generator","source_date":"2025-03-01","quote":null,"link_status":200,"link_checked_at":"2026-09-12T08:50:11.148+00:00","created_at":"2026-09-04T14:09:57.240294+00:00","render":false},{"id":211,"builder_slug":"a0-dev","supports":"output","claim":"Apps are previewed through Expo Go; unbundled native modules do not work in the preview.","kind":"third-party-report","source_url":"https://bestofshowhn.com/yc-w25/a0.dev","source_title":"a0.dev (YC W25) — React Native App Generator","source_date":"2025-03-01","quote":null,"link_status":200,"link_checked_at":"2026-09-12T08:50:11.148+00:00","created_at":"2026-09-04T14:09:57.240294+00:00","render":false},{"id":212,"builder_slug":"a0-dev","supports":"pricing","claim":"Paid plans run from $20/month (Pro) to $800/month (Pro 5000), with a separate Max tier at $200/month; the plan list carries no free tier.","kind":"vendor-marketing","source_url":"https://a0.dev/pricing","source_title":"Pricing — a0.dev","source_date":"2026-09-04","quote":"\"name\":\"Pro\",\"slug\":\"pro\",\"limits\":{\"daily\":100,\"monthly\":100},\"isActive\":true,\"pricing\":[{\"priceCents\":2000,\"interval\":\"month\"},{\"priceCents\":20400,\"interval\":\"year\"}]} ... {\"name\":\"Pro 5000\",\"slug\":\"pro_5000\",\"limits\":{\"daily\":5000,\"monthly\":5000},\"pricing\":[{\"priceCents\":80000,\"interval\":\"month\"}]} ... {\"name\":\"Max\",\"slug\":\"max\",\"limits\":{\"daily\":1250,\"monthly\":1250},\"pricing\":[{\"priceCents\":20000,\"interval\":\"month\"},{\"priceCents\":204000,\"interval\":\"year\"}]}","link_status":200,"link_checked_at":"2026-09-12T08:50:11.148+00:00","created_at":"2026-09-04T14:09:57.240294+00:00","render":false}]}}