Ship a first iOS app to the App Store with Replit
The poster built their first app on Replit with ChatGPT help and got it approved on the App Store.
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- What they did
- The poster says they built their first-ever iOS app entirely in Replit, using ChatGPT heavily for planning and architecture and Replit for implementation. The coding took under a week; the hands-on work afterward was setting up the Apple Developer account, handling certificates and provisioning, fixing metadata, screenshots, and subscription wording, then resubmitting through repeated App Store reviews.
- How it went
- The app was approved on the App Store, but approval took about a month and the poster says the review process was roughly five times harder than building the app. They specifically mention waits of about five days between reviews and multiple rejection points around store-listing details.
- Worth knowing
- They warn that costs stack up fast across tokens, the Apple developer account, API usage, and domains.
Try it yourself with Replit Agent
Help me build my first iOS app that [describe the app idea]. Plan the minimum features, build them step by step, and then walk me through preparing it for App Store submission, including icons, screenshots, privacy details, and the review checklist. Stop and show me before any submission or payment step.
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