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’Turn ideas into real, working web apps straight from your phone’
When it comes to iPhone vibe coding, much of the focus in the last few weeks has been on the apps Apple has been taking issue with.
However, there is an important distinction here: while Apple has been pointing to app review guidelines that forbid apps from changing their own behavior once they hit the App Store, that doesn’t mean vibe coding apps aren’t allowed at all.
That’s why, despite all the recent hubbub, Lovable launched its own app on the App Store, allowing users to “build from anywhere,” both through text-based and voice-based interactions.
In essence, Lovable works in the same familiar way as other AI-assisted programming tools: the user describes what they want in natural language, and the app handles the rest, while also allowing them to view and edit the underlying code if necessary.
However, Lovable’s iOS app builds web-based apps, which offers the added benefit of letting users start on mobile and continue on desktop, or vice versa, without breaking their workflow.
Here’s how Lovable put it in its press release announcing the iOS and Android apps (via TechCrunch):
The Lovable mobile app lets you build from anywhere. Start a project on your laptop, pick it up from the couch, and keep iterating from wherever life takes you. Whether you’re a founder prototyping a new concept, a designer testing a layout, or someone who’s never written a line of code — you can turn ideas into real, working web apps straight from your phone.
Lovable is available as a free download on the App Store, with subscription plans ranging from $9.99 to $79.99 per month.
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