Ship a first iOS calorie tracker through Claude and Cowork
At a glance
A founder without coding experience used Claude to build and release Pure Macros in six weeks. This workflow is listed under mobile-development, nontechnical-builders, app-store, calorie-tracking.
Agents / tools
Claude, Claude Cowork, React Native, Expo, Supabase, RevenueCat
The founder described features and iterated in Claude chat and Cowork. The app used React Native, Expo, Supabase and RevenueCat, with EAS handling builds without a Mac.
How it went
The author reports an App Store release after four review rejections, with early usage still in single digits.
Worth knowing
Review problems included account deletion, an EULA link and a paused free-tier database. Shipping required handling those operational details as well as generating code.
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