Borel vs Bubble
Native SwiftUI you can download, published to the App Store from your browser.
Bubble builds web and mobile apps that run on Bubble, with React Native for phones and no code export. Borel writes native Swift and SwiftUI you can download on any plan, runs it in the iOS Simulator in your browser and publishes it to the App Store on Pro, from $16 a month billed yearly.
Borel
Bubble
Code
Download your code
App Store from
Try it on your own phone
Submits your app to Apple
Build with AI
Backend built in
Why Borel
Native Swift and SwiftUI, compiled with Xcode on Borel's Mac.
Download your code on any plan and open it in Xcode.
Put the real app on your iPhone with Borel Companion on Pro.
Native iPhone features, built in
- SwiftUI, with Liquid Glass
- Face ID
- Reminders and notifications
- Camera and scanning
- Location and Apple Maps
- AI chat
- Accounts, data and files
- Photo library
- Pictures from words
- Haptics
- Steps and motion
- Subscriptions and purchases
- Voice and speech
- Calendar
- Contacts
Choose Borel if
- You want to own the code and open it in Xcode.
- You want a native SwiftUI app rather than React Native.
- You want the real app on your iPhone while you build.
What Borel costs
Free
5 credits a day, up to 30 a month
Pro
From $20 a month, or $16 a month, billed yearly
iOS Simulator
Free for everyone
Borel and Bubble: questions
Bubble apps run on Bubble's platform and aren't exported as code. With Borel you download the SwiftUI project on any plan, with an XcodeGen project.yml that opens in Xcode, so the app keeps working with or without Borel.
Bubble's mobile editor builds React Native apps and submits them to App Store Connect. Borel writes the app in Swift with SwiftUI, Apple's own language and framework, and compiles it with Xcode on its own Mac.
Borel Pro starts at $20 a month, or $16 a month billed yearly, and includes App Store publishing. Bubble's mobile plans that publish to the App Store start at $42 a month billed yearly. Borel's free plan gives 5 credits every day, up to 30 a month.
Every Borel build runs in the iOS Simulator in your browser, free for everyone. On Pro, Borel Companion installs the real app on your iPhone with your Apple ID, a free one included, so you hold the app itself rather than a preview.
Yes, in that you never have to write code. Instead of a visual editor, you describe what you want in a chat and Borel writes the SwiftUI. If you know Swift, the code is there to read.
Yes. AI, data, sign-in and storage are built into every Borel app, with no keys to paste or services to set up. Describe a feature, such as accounts or saved notes, and Borel wires it into your SwiftUI app.
No. Borel runs Xcode on its own Mac and streams the iOS Simulator to your browser, so you can build, test and publish a native iPhone app from a Windows PC or a Mac. Borel Companion, for Windows and Mac, puts the app on your iPhone.
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