now that apple put xcode inside claude code, here’s how i’d find, build and grow an iOS app with AI agents: find it - open appfigures or sensor tower and sort utilities by revenue - filter for apps with a rating under 3.5 - bonus points if the top app hasn't shipped an update in 6+ months - check the keywords they rank for in appfigures. low difficulty + high revenue is the sweet spot - scroll the "you might also like" row on the top app's page. every app there is another market to check - or find a startu

GREG ISENBERG on X: "now that apple put xcode inside claude code, here’s how i’d find, build and grow an iOS app with AI agents: find it - open appfigures or sensor tower and sort utilities by revenue - filter for apps with a rating under 3.5 - bonus points if the top app hasn't shipped an update… / X

GREG ISENBERG

@gregisenberg

now that apple put xcode inside claude code, here’s how i’d find, build and grow an iOS app with AI agents: find it - open appfigures or sensor tower and sort utilities by revenue - filter for apps with a rating under 3.5 - bonus points if the top app hasn't shipped an update in 6+ months - check the keywords they rank for in appfigures. low difficulty + high revenue is the sweet spot - scroll the "you might also like" row on the top app's page. every app there is another market to check - or find a startup idea on

ideabrowser.com

based on social sentiment validate it - use facundoolano/app-store-scraper to pull every review for the top 20 - give them to an agent: "cluster the 1 and 2 star reviews into the top 5 complaints and quote the users" - pick the app where the complaints are about the product, not the price - if people complain about the price but keep paying, that's demand. if they complain about bugs, that's your opening - search reddit for "alternative to [app]". every thread is a list of people waiting for you build it - claude code + apple's new xcode plugin to build, preview and fix - cameroncooke/XcodeBuildMCP so the agent can build, test and run the simulator on its own - joshuayoes/ios-simulator-mcp so it can tap, swipe and screenshot like a user - write a skill with the top 5 complaints so every feature gets checked against them - apple's foundation models for on-device ai, so your inference cost is $0 - app intents so siri and personal agents can use your app too - add an "import from [competitor]" button. make switching take 10 seconds test it - maestro tests every flow the reviewers complained about - the agent runs them on every screen size before each build - if the competitor's worst flow takes 6 taps, yours takes 2 - sentry for crashes, telemetrydeck for analytics - testflight it to 20 people from those reddit threads before launch monetize it - revenuecat for subscriptions and mrr - superwall to test paywalls without shipping a new build - paywall right after the first win, never on launch - annual as the default with a 3-day trial, weekly as the anchor - turn on win-back offers for everyone who cancels rank it - your screenshots answer each complaint directly. "no ads." "works offline." "cancel anytime." - fastlane snapshot + frameit regenerates every screenshot automatically - a/b test them with app store connect's product page optimization - have the agent localize your listing into 10 languages. most competitors only rank in english - ask for a review right after a win with apple's built-in review prompt, never after an error grow it - find 10 creators in your niche on tiktok one. small monthly base + a bonus for every 100k views - give each one a fresh tiktok account that only posts about your niche - apify's tiktok scraper pulls the top 100 hooks in your niche every week. that's your hook bank - every creator tests 3 new hooks a day in capcut. anything that loses people in the first 3 seconds gets cut - arcads or heygen for ai ugc when you need 50 variations of a winner - postiz to schedule everything across tiktok, reels and shorts - faceless slideshow accounts posting 3x a day: problem, screenshot, result - when an organic video takes off, put money behind it with tiktok spark ads instead of making new ads - a unique apple offer code for every creator so you know exactly who drove each subscriber - a quiz landing page on framer that ends in "download the app." web-to-app funnels convert better than cold traffic - appsflyer to track which video, creator and ad actually turned into revenue - apple ads on the competitor's name i could do a whole episode on

@startupideaspod

if people are interested. i will never gatekeep anything im learning in real-time. welcome to the golden age of ios apps, because now anyone can build one

0xMarioNawfal

@RoundtableSpace

Nov 7

Apple just put Xcode inside Claude Code. It's an official Apple plugin, now in Claude Code's plugin directory: •⁠ ⁠Build, run and test your app •⁠ ⁠Render SwiftUI previews •⁠ ⁠Drive simulators and real iPhones •⁠ ⁠Read build logs and errors •⁠ ⁠Search

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