Alternatives
Alternatives to popular app builders, for native iPhone apps
Borel is the alternative when what you want at the end is a native iPhone app on the App Store. Describe it in a chat, and Borel writes it in Swift with SwiftUI, runs it in the iOS Simulator in your browser and publishes it for you. Pick the tool you're coming from to see what changes.
AI app builders
- Lovable alternativeA native iPhone app for the App Store, not a web app.
- Bolt alternativePublish to the App Store from your browser, with no terminal.
- Replit alternativeNative SwiftUI, with the iOS Simulator free for everyone.
- Base44 alternativeA native SwiftUI app, not a website inside a web view.
- Emergent alternativeNative Swift instead of React Native, with free credits daily.
- a0.dev alternativeNative SwiftUI in the real iOS Simulator, not a web preview.
- CatDoes alternativeNative Swift, with the App Store from $20 a month.
No-code app builders
- FlutterFlow alternativeTest your iPhone app without a Mac, in native SwiftUI.
- Adalo alternativeDescribe the app in a chat and get native Swift you can download.
- Bubble alternativeNative Swift code you own, not an app tied to one platform.
- Glide alternativeA real App Store app, not a web app on the home screen.
- Thunkable alternativeNo blocks to drag: describe the app and get SwiftUI you own.
Bring your idea over
Describe the app once and watch the native version run.