The Apirex journal.
Engineering notes, product decisions, and an honest look at why we're better than Lovable, Bolt, Replit, and AI assistants for shipping real native mobile apps.
Hello, Apirex.
The world doesn't need another app builder. It needs a way to give every existing website a real native life. That's what we're building.
EngineeringWhy real native beats a WebView every single time
WebView wrappers ship your website inside a browser. Apirex generates real Kotlin. Here's why that difference is everything.
CompareApirex vs Lovable, Bolt, Replit, and AI assistants — where we're better
AI coding tools are exploding. Here's an honest, side-by-side look at why Apirex wins for shipping a real native mobile app.
Deep diveFrom URL to APK: an architecture overview
What happens between pasting a GitHub URL and downloading a signed APK. A walkthrough of every stage.
EngineeringWhy we chose Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
We could have generated Java + XML, or Flutter, or React Native. We picked Kotlin + Compose. Here's why.
ProductThe local agent, explained
Why Apirex builds run on your machine, what the agent installs, and how we keep your source code private.
PricingCredits, models, and what costs what
How Apirex pricing actually works, why we use credits, and how to estimate what your app will cost.
EngineeringHow Apirex detects auth in any codebase
Inside the auth detector: how we recognize JWT, OAuth, Supabase, Firebase, Clerk, and Auth0 — even when they're customized.
EngineeringNative payments: Stripe, Razorpay, and Play Billing
Why we wire payments through native SDKs instead of mobile web checkout — and what that means for conversion.
RoadmapiOS roadmap: Swift, SwiftUI, and what's next
Why iOS is coming after Android, what the output will look like, and why you'll still need a Mac.