In the first half of 2026, there were as many new apps launched onto the App Store as there were in the entirety of 2025. Many are AI-made slop.

Users won’t remember which company built software the fastest. They will remember which companies they could trust when ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

This flood is a mixed bag for Apple. The App Store is “not like a typical storefront, where you have shelf space,” said ...

Ever more apps developed via prompt are landing in the App Store. Claude Code makes it even a bit easier for interested ...

Apple has removed a "vibe coding" app from its App Store, reports The Information. AI app building app "Anything" was pulled from the ‌App Store‌, and Anything co-founder Dhruv Amin was told that his ...

Apple is taking a tough stance on vibe-coding apps as the company is blocking updates or removing those apps from the App Store. Affected apps include Replit, Vibecode, and Anything. While Replit and ...

Everyone said AI would kill apps. Instead, new app launches are soaring. According to a new analysis from market intelligence provider Appfigures, worldwide app releases in the first quarter of 2026 ...