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PRODUCT UPDATES · OCTOBER 9, 2026

Meet the new RNBlocks Studio.

See the new Studio in action47-second tour

A mobile app studio for building with AI, connecting real services, testing your app and preparing it for release.

If you last visited RNBlocks to make a mobile prototype, there’s a lot to come back to. Months of work have brought app generation, real backends, connected services and release preparation into one place.

Released

An agent that works on your app.

Describe an idea, bring a reference, or start from an existing app. Keep refining it in the same conversation.

  • Studio now uses an agent that can read your app’s files, make changes, use tools and check the result as it works.
  • Specialized agents handle app generation, backend preparation and publishing, with progress and reviews inside the workspace.
  • Start from a sketch, screenshot or design reference. Attached images stay with the saved conversation, and you can open them in a larger viewer.
  • Continue with follow-up edits, saved app decisions and conversation history. Inspect the code, review the app’s structure, rename it or remix it.
Explore Studio

Give your app real accounts and saved data.

Move beyond a prototype with a Supabase backend prepared for your app.

  • Ask for sign-up, sign-in, saved records or data that follows a person across devices. The agent prepares the database plan and app changes.
  • Connect Supabase, choose an existing project or review creating a dedicated one, then approve the proposed database changes in the conversation.
  • Backend tools cover tables, access policies, storage and server functions. The agent can inspect the connected backend and its logs when investigating a problem.
  • Review supported authentication settings and enter email-provider details privately when your app needs real signup emails.
  • Ask to remove specific demo records from a connected database. Review the exact cleanup scope before deletion; connecting a backend does not automatically delete sample data.
Connect a backend

Add AI, voice and image features.

Connect the services your app needs, then ask the agent to build the feature around them.

  • Supported app services include OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, ElevenLabs and Replicate, alongside Supabase for accounts and data.
  • The agent can request the relevant connection in chat. Save credentials in the private connection form rather than the conversation.
  • Connected features use RNBlocks’ service proxy. Supported connections can continue working in shared previews, source exports and installed builds.
  • Manage app access, request allowances and sharing. Provider usage has its own charges, separate from RNBlocks credits.
See the connections

Make the app look like yours.

Create artwork and prepare screenshots using your actual app screens.

  • Ask for a logo or app artwork, inspect the generated candidate and choose whether to apply it. You can also use your own uploaded images.
  • The publishing agent can capture multiple screens, add headlines and captions, reorder them, remove an unwanted screenshot and inspect the finished designs.
  • Keep separate iPhone, iPad and Android screenshot sets. Choose device frames, colors, layouts and dimensions in the editor.
  • Download designed screenshot sets and prepare a Google Play feature graphic. Saved captures and designs remain available when you return.
Prepare store assets

Try the app as you build.

Use the available previews and device testing routes to check the real interactions.

  • Preview on iOS, Android or the web where supported, and use Expo Go to try compatible apps on your phone.
  • Ask the agent to test the app in a browser or native preview, navigate its screens and investigate errors.
  • Browser assistance lets you follow the task and take control for private steps. It is in beta and may need your help to finish.
  • Download the source with the included setup instructions on a paid plan. Build packaging has improved compatibility with dependencies used by older apps.
Choose a preview

A workspace for the next step.

Move from your saved app into a dedicated Publishing conversation, with its plan, assets and build results together.

  • Prepare Expo, Apple and Google Play connections and app identity. The agent can check existing projects and guide signing setup for the selected app.
  • Review builds before they start. Prepare an Android APK for direct testing or a signed iPhone build for a registered device.
  • Work on store descriptions, screenshots, privacy information and supported upload or submission steps with the publishing agent.
  • Track build and store results by platform. You complete private sign-in, developer agreements and payments, and review consequential release actions.
Explore publishing

A refreshed RNBlocks, inside and out.

The new landing page and lighter workspace show the full journey from an idea to an app.

  • A redesigned homepage introduces Studio, connected features and publishing with interactive product walkthroughs and rotating featured templates.
  • Daylight is the default appearance, with Midnight still available. Login and signup now match the rest of the interface.
  • Mobile layouts, file activity, preview controls and approval details are clearer. A subtle pulsing dot helps identify a conversation that is generating.
  • Expanded, searchable guides cover building, previews, backends, connections, credits, assets and publishing, with screenshots and Markdown versions.
Browse the guides

One Studio, with clearer controls.

Playground has been retired. Pro and Studio now provide the same Studio tools with different monthly credit allowances.

  • Pro is $15 per month with 150 credits. Studio is $29 per month with 400 credits. Source export is included with either paid plan.
  • Studio and Publishing share your balance and transaction history. Credit entries include a date, time and explicit timezone.
  • Manage your subscription, buy credits or opt into auto-reload from the billing controls. Auto-reload is optional and has its own settings.
  • Longer work saves progress, and approvals and results can be revisited after returning to the app. Recovery, payment handling and conversation continuity have been improved throughout this release.
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Months in the making.

Since June, we’ve been building on RNBlocks’ mobile prototyping roots. Here’s how the new Studio took shape.

  1. June 2026

    Where we started

    RNBlocks focused on turning prompts into mobile prototypes, with separate Playground and Studio experiences.

  2. August–September 2026

    The foundation of the new Studio

    We introduced the agentic generation loop, backend planning and provisioning, connected services, browser testing, reviewed actions and longer-running work. Playground was retired as the Studio experience became the focus.

  3. October 2026

    A new chapter for RNBlocks

    A new landing page and documentation joined the refreshed Studio and Publishing workspace. We refined connection setup, device builds, billing, screenshot design and returning to saved work for this release.

Before you publish

Developer accounts, signing and provider setup depend on your destination. Some account setup and store forms need to be completed on Apple’s or Google’s website. Browser assistance is in beta.

Test the finished app and review submissions before they’re sent. Apple and Google decide whether to approve a store release.

Read the publishing guide