<p id="speakable-summary" class="wp-block-paragraph">Apple is taking a tough stance on vibe-coding apps as the company is <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-cracks-vibe-coding-apps" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">blocking updates</a> or removing those apps from the App Store. Affected apps include <a href="https://x.com/amasad/status/2040854769104036220" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">Replit</a>, Vibecode, and <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/29/vibe-coding-startup-anything-nabs-a-100m-valuation-after-hitting-2m-arr-in-its-first-two-weeks/">Anything</a>. While Replit and Vibecode’s updates were paused, Anything’s app was removed twice. The company is now looking for new ways, like offering a desktop version of its service, to let users build apps for mobile devices.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Anything’s co-founder, Dhruv Amin, said in a conversation with TechCrunch that Apple removed its app on March 26. Since then, the company has been unable to get its app approved, despite a period where there was a brief reinstatement.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“It’s been a long saga. We built a mobile app primarily to let our users who are building iOS apps preview their own app on their own device while developing it. [We] had no problems through December. Post December, we and everyone else in the category started getting our updates blocked,” Amin told TechCrunch.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Amin noted that Apple told the company that the app was restricted or removed because of its developer agreement clause 2.5.2, which prevents apps from downloading, installing, or executing code.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The app markets itself as a mobile app builder for iPhone and advertises making native iOS apps with features like 1-tap App Store submissions, code export, and full source code editing,” Apple told the company, according to a screenshot of an email <a href="https://x.com/anything/status/2041599393237774507" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">shared by Anything on X</a>.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Amin said that when the company managed to get on a call with Apple, the iPhone maker told them that the vibe-coding app was removed because of the potential it could be used to download malicious code. In addition, Apple noted that a user could build a harmful app, sideload it on their phone, and then claim that it passed Apple’s App Review process.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Anything’s app <a href="https://x.com/anything/status/2040172250163237192?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">was restored on April 3</a>, but it was swiftly removed as Apple told the company that it couldn’t market itself as an app maker.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">TechCrunch reached out to Apple for a comment on these removals, and we will update the story if we hear back.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Following the battle with Apple, Anything’s maker is looking for other ways to allow people to build mobile apps. Earlier this month, the company launched a feature that let users build apps using the iMessage platform. The company said it will also build a desktop companion app that lets users vibe code mobile apps on their computer. </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In addition, Amin said that the company may instead look at Google’s Android operating system for building its apps, as the platform is more open than iOS.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Besides vibe-coding app makers, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has been vocal about Apple’s tactics.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In a reply to Replit’s Amjad Masad on X, Sweeny said that Apple needs to “stop blocking development tools apps ASAP.”</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Earlier this month, <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/vibe-coding-effect-apples-app-store-saw-84-jump-new-apps-quarter" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">The Information</a> reported that thanks to AI-powered coding tools, Apple saw an 84% jump in app submissions in a single quarter. This could force Apple to change its human-led review processes.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Plus, as AI-powered coding takes off, consumers might demand that platforms like Apple allow them to create apps for themselves.</p>
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