Native iOS features

Build an iPhone app with in-app purchases and subscriptions

Borel builds iPhone apps that sell subscriptions and one-time unlocks through Apple's In-App Purchase. Set up a paid plan from Payments in the chat's + menu, and Borel writes the paywall in Swift with StoreKit, with Apple's own prices and Restore Purchases, then creates the products at Apple for you when you publish.

Ideas

What you can build with in-app purchases

A few apps people make with it. Describe yours in your own words.

  • A habit tracker with Pro

    Three habits free, and Pro unlocks as many as you like.

  • A workout plan

    A monthly subscription for new plans every week.

  • A recipe collection

    A one-time unlock for the full recipe library.

  • A focus timer

    A yearly plan for themes, sounds and stats.

Try it

A prompt to start from

Copy it, or start with it and change it to fit your idea.

The prompt
“A habit tracker with streaks. Free people get 3 habits; Pro unlocks unlimited habits.”

From words to your iPhone

Three steps, no code

  • 1

    Describe it

    Say what the app does in plain words, or start from the prompt above. No code, and no Mac.

  • 2

    Watch it build

    Borel writes the Swift, compiles it with Xcode on its own Mac and opens it in the iOS Simulator, streamed into your browser.

  • 3

    Put it on your iPhone

    Borel Companion installs it over a cable the first time, then over Wi-Fi, and while it runs it puts each new version on by itself.

How Borel handles it

Written in Swift, with Apple's own frameworks

What Borel takes care of for you, so the feature works the way iPhone owners expect.

  • A ready-made paywall

    Borel's paywall shows your plan's benefits and Apple's own price, with Restore Purchases, terms and privacy links underneath.

  • Apple's price, always

    You choose the price once in Payments. The app never holds a price of its own, so what people see is always Apple's.

  • Created at Apple for you

    When you publish, Borel creates the products in App Store Connect under your account before the build goes to Apple.

The paywall shows in the iOS Simulator in your browser and on your iPhone with Borel Companion while you build, and purchases open once the app is on the App Store.

Your Apple ID

Selling on the App Store

Selling runs through the App Store, so it takes Apple's Developer Program, $99 a year paid to Apple, and a Pro plan to publish. Until then, build and try the whole app, paywall included, with a free Apple ID.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, to sell: Apple's Developer Program, $99 a year, paid to Apple. The app is listed under your name, and Apple pays you directly.

Yes. A plan can be a subscription or a permanent unlock, whichever suits your app.

Restore Purchases sits under every paywall, and it asks the App Store for what their Apple ID already bought.

Yes. The paywall shows in the iOS Simulator, and buying opens once the app is on the App Store.

No. Borel's kit handles StoreKit, and the app calls it by your plan's name.

Build your app with in-app purchases

Start from the prompt above, change it to fit your idea, and Borel builds it while you watch.