Turning a Lovable App Into iOS and Android Apps: Store Fees and Build Costs

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A Lovable app converted into iPhone and Android apps incurs about $124 in first-year store fees: $99 annually for Apple's Developer Program and a one-time $25 for Google Play. The article estimates a typical 10-screen app costs roughly $724 in year one including a fixed build fee, with $99 yearly renewal afterward, before store commissions on sales. Both stores take 15% of digital sales for developers earning under $1 million a year, and subscriptions sold via Stripe may need to move to in-app purchases. Two build approaches are described: wrapping the existing project with Capacitor, or rebuilding the front end natively in React Native or Flutter while keeping the same Supabase backend. Doing the work yourself is free apart from time, though iOS requires a Mac with Xcode and the process can involve signing errors and App Store rejections.

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