Q & A

MobileClaw is an AI-powered iOS app builder. You describe an app in plain language — typed or spoken, in any language — and MobileClaw uses an AI agent to write the Swift code, compile it, and install it on your iPhone over the air. No code, no Xcode, no Mac required.

It's designed for people who want an app, not to learn programming.

No. The whole experience runs on your iPhone. The build happens on MobileClaw's servers — what reaches you is the finished app, ready to install.

Not at all. MobileClaw is built for non-technical users. You describe screens, features, and behaviors the way you'd describe them to a friend; the AI handles every line of Swift.

If you do code, you can be more specific — but it's never required.

MobileClaw is currently in early access via TestFlight. From the home page, tap Join the TestFlight beta, accept the invitation, and install the companion app on your iPhone.

Once installed, the app creates an anonymous account on first launch — no signup needed. You can upgrade to an email account later from Settings → Sign in to back up your projects.

1. Open MobileClaw and tap + New project.
2. Type or speak what you want — for example: "A water-tracking app with a streak counter and a daily goal."
3. Tap send. Watch the AI plan, write code, and build your app live.
4. When the build finishes, tap Install to add it to your home screen.

Most first builds finish in 2–5 minutes.

Anything that fits a typical iPhone app: trackers, calculators, journals, todo lists, habit apps, simple games, photo tools, lists, timers, custom utilities. Apps with local data, settings, and clean SwiftUI design work especially well.

More advanced things (real-time multiplayer, ARKit, custom audio engines) are possible but slower to converge — start small and iterate.

Start broad. A one-sentence description is enough. The AI will pick reasonable defaults, and you can refine after seeing the first build.

Useful things to mention up front, if you have an opinion:

• Who it's for ("for runners", "for kids")
• The vibe ("playful", "minimal", "high contrast")
• Key screens or features
• Whether it stores data, uses the camera, etc.

Yes. Hold the microphone button in the chat input and speak. Release to send. It works in your phone's language — English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and more.

Yes. Tap the image icon in the chat to attach photos or screenshots. The AI looks at them and uses the layout, palette, and style as a reference for what you want.

Just keep talking to it. Open your project's chat and ask: "Make the buttons bigger," "Add a weekly summary screen," "Use a darker green." Each request kicks off a new build with your changes applied.

The AI remembers everything in the conversation, so you can build up the app step by step.

Take a screenshot of the issue and attach it with your message. "This text is overlapping the icon — fix it" with the screenshot is much faster than describing the problem in words.

Yes. Each successful build is saved. From the project's Builds view you can install any previous version. To roll back the code itself, ask in chat: "Go back to how the home screen was before."

Typical changes finish in 1–3 minutes. Bigger features (new screens, data models) can take 5–10 minutes. You'll see a live progress view the whole time.

When a build finishes, MobileClaw shows an Install button. Tap it; iOS asks for permission, then adds the app to your home screen — exactly like installing from the App Store, but with no review delay.

The first install on a device takes about 30 seconds. Updates to the same app are quicker.

Apps installed outside the App Store need a one-time trust step. After installing, go to Settings → General → VPN & Device Management, tap the developer profile, and tap Trust. After that, all your MobileClaw apps install without further prompts.

As many as you want. Each project becomes its own app on your home screen. You can delete one anytime by long-pressing the icon.

Yes — through Apple's TestFlight. Open your project, tap Release, and MobileClaw uploads the build to TestFlight. You'll get a public link you can send to anyone with an iPhone.

Recipients install the free TestFlight app from Apple and tap your link to install your app.

OTA install is for you, while you iterate. Instant, no review.

TestFlight is for sharing — Apple reviews the build briefly (usually under an hour), then anyone with the link can install. Use this once your app is ready to show to others.

Full App Store publishing — including App Review, screenshots, and metadata automation — is on the roadmap and not yet available. For now, TestFlight is the way to ship to other people.

Yes — but the app you build can't use MobileClaw's AI credentials. If your app needs AI features (chat, summarization, image generation), MobileClaw will build a settings screen where you (or your app's users) enter their own API key, stored securely in iOS Keychain.

Just ask: "Add a chat feature using an AI service — let me put in my own key in settings."

Two reasons: cost (we'd be paying for everyone's app to call AI on demand) and security (an embedded key in any iOS app can be extracted). Bring-your-own-key is the standard pattern, and the AI is instructed to build it correctly.

No. The app creates an anonymous account on first launch so you can start building immediately. You can upgrade to an email account later from Settings if you want to back up projects or use the same account on a new device.

On MobileClaw's servers, tied to your account. Build artifacts (the actual installable apps) are kept on Amazon S3 in the US. Each chat conversation, project, and build is preserved across devices once you sign in.

MobileClaw automatically tries to fix compile errors before showing you the build. If it still fails, the chat will summarize what went wrong in plain English. Usually replying "Try again" or describing the problem differently is enough.

If a feature consistently fails, try breaking it into smaller asks.

Most install issues are the iOS "trust developer" step. Open Settings → General → VPN & Device Management and tap Trust on the developer profile. If that's already done, force-quit the MobileClaw app and try again — your build is still safe on the server.

Check that you've granted MobileClaw microphone access (Settings → MobileClaw → Microphone). Speech recognition uses your phone's language — change the system language if it's transcribing into the wrong language.

Email mobileclawhelp@gmail.com and we'll get back to you. We read every message.