Anything says it plans to build a desktop companion app that lets users create mobile apps on a computer, following two removals of its iPhone app from Apple’s App Store.
Co-founder Dhruv Amin said Apple removed the app on March 26, 2026. Anything briefly returned to the store on April 3 but was unavailable again by April 6.
Anything markets its service as an AI tool for building mobile and web apps from natural-language instructions. Its iPhone launch announcement described spoken prompts and projects that sync between the phone and the web. Amin said the iPhone app was built primarily to let developers preview their own iOS apps on their devices during development.
The App Store dispute
Amin said Apple cited App Review Guideline 2.5.2 in restricting or removing Anything. The dispute concerns Apple’s restrictions on apps downloading, installing or executing code.
Amin said Apple raised concerns that Anything could be used to download malicious code. He also said Apple warned that a user could build and sideload a harmful app, then claim it had passed App Review.
In a general statement about AI app-building tools commonly called vibe-coding apps, Apple said it had no official policy banning them. The company said delivering unreviewed software within an existing app can bypass the App Store’s privacy and security safeguards. Apple also said it was working with Replit to resolve compliance issues, but did not comment on Anything’s case.
Other routes to mobile development
The planned desktop companion is one of several approaches Anything is pursuing. The company also introduced an iMessage-based app-building feature in early April. Amin said Anything was considering Google’s Android operating system as another platform for its app.
