iPhone and the App Store
What works on iPhone today, what does not, and what to do in the meantime.
Read this before spending money
You can preview your app on an iPhone today, for free. Signed iPhone builds, TestFlight delivery, and App Store submission are not finished. Do not buy an Apple Developer membership solely for Mistflow until iPhone release builds appear as available in your dashboard.
What works today
Previewing on an iPhone. Install Expo Go, open the preview from the project's App tab, and your app runs on your iPhone with your data and your sign-in. Same app, same behaviour, no developer account, no cost.
That covers building the app, showing it to people, and testing it on the device it is meant for.
What does not work yet
| Status | |
|---|---|
| Preview in Expo Go | Works |
| A signed build you can install directly | Not available |
| TestFlight distribution | Not available |
| App Store submission from Mistflow | Not available |
The signing machinery exists and has been proven as far as compiling an iPhone app. The missing pieces are the parts that connect your Apple account to a finished, delivered build. Until those are done end to end, promising them would be dishonest.
What to do in the meantime
Preview on your phone
The real app on your real iPhone, free.
Ship on Android first
A complete path to installed users today.
Shipping Android first is not a consolation prize. It gets the app into real hands, real usage, and real feedback while the iPhone path is finished, and none of that work is wasted: it is one app, and one codebase.
What Apple will require when it is ready
So you can plan:
- An Apple Developer Program membership, paid annually, with identity verification that takes days
- App Store Connect set up for your app
- Screenshots at required sizes, a description, a privacy policy, and a privacy nutrition label
- App review, which is stricter than Google's, particularly around sign-in and payments
- Sign in with Apple, if your app offers other social sign-ins
- Store billing for any digital content, which is not supported yet. See Payments
None of that changes because an app was built with Mistflow. It applies to every app on the store.
When will it be ready?
There is no promised date here on purpose. Watch the App tab of your project: when iPhone release builds are available, they appear there. That is the signal, not this page.