Borel vs Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)

Yes. Windsurf's editor is now called Devin Desktop, and the old site leads there. It's an AI editor you install on Mac, Windows or Linux and point at your own code, the same kind of tool it was before the new name.

An AI editor can write Swift, but building, running and publishing an iPhone app is up to you, with Apple's tools. Borel does all of that in one place: it writes the SwiftUI, compiles it with Xcode on its own Mac and opens it in the iOS Simulator in your browser.

Not with Borel. You describe the app in plain words and ask for changes the same way. An AI editor like Windsurf is made for people who read and steer the code themselves.

Both have a free plan and paid plans from about $20 a month. Borel Pro, from $20 a month or $16 a month billed yearly, includes installing on your iPhone and publishing to the App Store. Borel's free plan gives 5 credits every day, up to 30 a month.

Yes. Borel builds your SwiftUI app and submits it to Apple from the browser on Pro, from $20 a month. Apple asks for its paid Developer Program for every App Store app, and the app you submit is the one you tested.

You do. Borel writes standard Swift and SwiftUI, and you can download the project on any plan and open it in Xcode, so your app keeps working with or without Borel.

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.