Everyone said AI would kill apps. Instead, new app launches are soaring. According to a new analysis from market intelligence provider Appfigures, worldwide app releases in the first quarter of 2026 ...

Apple is taking a tough stance on vibe-coding apps as the company is blocking updates or removing those apps from the App Store. Affected apps include Replit, Vibecode, and Anything. While Replit and ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

MBA data for the week ending April 3, 2026, shows mortgage applications fell 0.8% even as the 30-year fixed rate eased to 6.51%. Purchase applications rose 1% during the week but stayed 7% lower on a ...

Thanks to the new possibilities afforded by AI coding tools, the App Store is seeing a resurgence in new app submissions, even as Apple continues to take issue with some of the ways these apps are ...

The vibe-coding app Anything was pulled from the App Store, but the developer claimed victory after a return. Victory was fleeting, as the app is gone again, and nobody is saying why. Anything, a vibe ...

Apple’s App Store saw 235,800 new apps in the first three months of 2026, according to new data published by The Information on Sunday, up 84% from the same time period last year. The meteoric rise in ...

What’s behind a new wave of apps in Apple’s App Store? It’s probably two words: vibe coding. The App Store was flooded with 235,800 new apps in the first quarter of this year—an increase of 84% over ...

In short: AI-powered “vibe coding” tools have driven an 84% jump in new app submissions to Apple’s App Store in a single quarter, according to reporting by The Information, the largest surge in a ...

Apple removed the vibe coding app Anything from the App Store on March 26, citing Section 2.5.2 of its App Review Guidelines. Co-founder Dhruv Amin was told his app violated Guideline 2.5.2, which ...

Apple brought the ban hammer down on an AI-powered iOS app. The Information reported that Apple pulled an app called "Anything" from the App Store. For the unfamiliar, Anything is/was an app based ...

The Anything page at the Apple App Store boasted “the fastest way to build apps.” Now what do you see if you visit Anything? That’s right, nothing. Apple removed Anything on Thursday of last week for ...