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§ Recipe

Build a mobile app.

Mobile development is still harder than web, but the gap has closed. With the right stack, a single developer can ship to both stores. This is what that looks like in 2026.

Indie

  1. Architecture partner

    01

    Claude

    Anthropic's long-context assistant for writing, coding, analysis, and careful reasoning.

    Chatbots & Assistants
    Freemium
    4.8

    Navigation model, state management, offline behavior — the decisions that hurt most to change later. Talk through them with Claude before you write a screen.

  2. IDE

    02

    Cursor

    AI-native code editor with agents, codebase context, completions, and review workflows.

    Coding & Development
    Freemium
    4.9

    React Native's ecosystem churns. Cursor's context on the current lib versions and idioms saves hours of hunting deprecated examples.

  3. Screen generator

    03

    v0

    Vercel's AI app builder for React, Next.js, Tailwind, shadcn/ui, and full-stack prototypes.

    Coding & Development
    Freemium
    4.4

    V0 now supports React Native primitives. Generating screens from a text prompt cuts the boilerplate part of mobile dev in half.

  4. Prototype flow

    04

    Bolt.new

    StackBlitz browser AI builder for full-stack web apps with token-based usage.

    Coding & Development
    Freemium
    4.3

    Before you commit to a full React Native codebase, prototype the flow as a web app in Bolt. Users will tell you if the idea works before Expo setup is done.

  5. Backend + deploy

    05

    Replit

    Cloud IDE with Replit Agent 4 for parallel multi-agent building, design, and deployment.

    Coding & Development
    Freemium
    4.2

    For the auth, DB, and API backing your app — Replit's agent-built backends are faster than spinning up Firebase or Supabase from scratch if you're solo.