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How to make each kind of app
Make an app pages walk through habit trackers, workout logs, meal planners and more: what the app does, a prompt to start from and the iPhone features it uses.
Make an appChangelog
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October 2026
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Step-by-step tutorials on the blog
New tutorials show how to make social, marketplace, event and coaching apps, and how to add in-app purchases, AI, sign-in, a database and the camera.
Read the blogOn borel.one
Six more side-by-side comparisons
Compare pages for Cursor, Claude Code, Adalo, Glide, Draftbit and GoodBarber show where each one stands on native iPhone apps, a Mac and the App Store.
See every comparisonImproved
Your app list shows what is building
Recents mark an app with a Building badge while a change builds, and opening it again picks the change up where you left it.
Improved
A new app is in your list from the first second
A first build's app appears in your list, opens and is kept as soon as Borel names it, even before the build finishes.
Changed
Installing on your iPhone comes with Pro
Putting your apps on your own iPhone with Borel Companion is part of Pro, together with publishing to the App Store. The live iPhone in your browser stays free for everyone.
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A glossary of iPhone app words
About forty plain definitions, from SwiftUI and TestFlight to sideloading and vibe coding, each with what it means when you build with Borel.
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Switching from another builder
Alternatives pages for Lovable, Bolt, Replit, FlutterFlow, Bubble and more explain what changes when you move to native iPhone apps.
See the alternativesNew
A public page for your approved app
Once Apple approves your app, it can have its own page on borel.one. Hide it or show it again any time from Tools, under Publishing.
Improved
Borel Companion 0.1.6
Installs never hang, a failed install says why in one plain sentence, and Borel knows when Companion is closed and tells you to open it.
Get Borel CompanionImproved
A smoother workspace on your phone
Tabs cross-fade, full screen slides the bars away, and the live iPhone is about 10% bigger.
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A page for every native iPhone feature
Fifteen pages show what a Borel app can do with the camera, Face ID, maps and more, each with ideas and a prompt to start from.
Browse native featuresNew
Improve your prompt with one tap
The Improve pill in the composer rewrites your idea into a clearer prompt, right in the box, with Undo if you liked yours better.
New
Pick a look before the first build
Before Borel builds a new app it offers a few visual directions to choose from, so the first version already looks the way you want.
Improved
The live iPhone fills your phone's screen
On a phone the live iPhone takes the whole preview with a slim frame and a full screen mode. Turn your phone on its side and it gets the whole stage.
Improved
Replies that read as they arrive
The crew's replies write out word by word, smoothly and without raw formatting or jumps.
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The Borel blog
Step-by-step posts on making, testing and publishing iPhone apps, plus news from Borel.
Read the blogNew
The live iPhone is free for everyone
Apple's iOS Simulator runs your app on Borel's Mac and streams it to your browser at no cost, on every plan, credits or not.
How the live iPhone worksChanged
Free credits every day
The free plan gives you 5 credits a day, up to 30 a month, so you can keep building a little every day.
See the plansNew
One button to put an app on your iPhone
Once Borel Companion is set up, Download to your iPhone installs the app in one press, over Wi-Fi after the first time, and Update brings a newer build.
Improved
Borel Companion installs over Wi-Fi
Companion 0.1.3 and later install over Wi-Fi after one cable install and keep your apps up to date. The Mac version is signed and notarized by Apple.
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Penny's plan, short and clear
Penny's plan for your app is a short card with a one-line summary and a few highlights, and it folds away as Rivet starts building.
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How it works, Guides and Personal apps
New pages walk from a prompt to your iPhone or the App Store, cover making, installing and publishing step by step, and show apps you make just for yourself.
How it worksNew
Every new app is a native Swift app
Borel now writes every app in Swift with SwiftUI, Apple's own language and design tools, and Xcode builds it on Borel's Mac.
About Swift appsNew
Watch your app being written
The build timeline shows each file as it is written with its lines counting up, then the Mac's progress and the check that the app opens.
New
An app icon with the first build
Rivet paints an icon for your new app. Keep it, make another, or upload your own.
New
Ask for pictures in the chat
Ask for a picture and Borel paints it as a card you can download, copy, use in your app or set as its icon.
New
Your apps and templates on the home screen
Signed in, the home page lists your apps, the ones you viewed recently and templates under the composer.
New
Borel Companion for Windows, no Apple software needed
Companion for Windows installs your apps on your iPhone without installing any Apple software first.
iPhone apps on WindowsImproved
Your place in line
When Borel's Mac is busy, the live iPhone says your place in line instead of leaving you guessing.
New
Add features from the + menu
The composer's + adds pictures, cloud data, payments, AI and iPhone features to your message as chips, so Borel knows exactly what you want.
New
Design first
Penny asks a few quick questions and paints four screens of your app, so you can see the design before anything is built.
Improved
Stamp checks Swift apps for Apple
Stamp builds your app on the Mac and reads its code against Apple's review rules, then tells you what to fix before you submit.
New
Publish Swift apps to the App Store
Borel builds, signs and uploads your Swift app to App Store Connect on its own Mac. No Mac of your own needed.
How publishing worksNew
Borel Companion puts apps on your iPhone
Companion, a free download for Windows and Mac, installs your apps on your own iPhone with your Apple ID: no App Store and no developer account.
Get Borel CompanionNew
Borrow the style of a site you like
Link a site and Borel shows what it took from it, its colours, fonts and layout, and what it will not copy.
New
Talk while it builds
A message you send while a change builds joins that change, and a dropped connection picks the build up again by itself.
Improved
Three directions for a short idea
When a first message is vague, Borel offers three one-tap directions to pick from instead of guessing.
New
Meet the crew
Penny plans your app, Rivet builds it and Stamp checks it for Apple. Pick who you talk to from the composer.
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Learn, Borel's docs
The documentation moved to Learn, rewritten to be easier to read, with steps, diagrams and real screenshots.
Open LearnNew
Code and Instructions in Tools
Read your app's files in a read-only Code tab, and give an app standing rules in Instructions that Borel follows on every change.
Improved
A calmer publish flow
App Info asks one thing per screen and drafts the category for you. Every step can be skipped, and the last page lists what Apple still needs.
September 2026
Improved
Recents that keep up
A just-built app jumps to the top of your recents, and a change made in another tab shows straight away.
Improved
App Store keywords that fit
Keywords for your listing fit Apple's limit in whole words and leave out the app's own name, so they are never refused over length.
New
Publish an update
A released app has a Publish an update button, and a newer build becomes the next version without a trip to App Store Connect.
Improved
Measured only with your consent
borel.one waits for your yes before any analytics, and its fonts come from Borel instead of a third party.
August 2026
New
Top up credits
Pro members can buy extra credits when they run low, without moving to a bigger plan.
See the plans
Try what's new
Describe an app in your own words. Borel writes it in Swift and runs it on a live iPhone in your browser.