Hey Reader - Simon here 👋

Everyone is talking about AI-built apps right now.

And honestly… most of them correctly get the AI Slop seal.

So this week I wanted to check out some of YOUR results.

Look at real apps people are building - and give some honest feedback.

🎥 I tried 3 of YOUR React Native apps! (Honest Review)

This week I reviewed three React Native apps built by developers from the community.

Some of them use AI, or used AI to create the app.

But more importantly, they actually try to build something useful and interesting.

In the video you’ll see:

• what these apps do well
• where they could improve
• and what makes them stand out from typical “AI apps”

👉 Watch the full video​

💭 A few thoughts this week

After looking at these apps, one thing stood out:

AI doesn’t make your app interesting.

It might help you build faster.

But what actually matters is:

• the idea
• the execution
• the attention to detail

The apps that stood out weren’t the ones using the most AI.

They were the ones that felt intentional.

That’s still the difference.

🛠 What I’m building

This week I’m mostly in content mode again:

• recording new videos & shorts
• planning new projects
• thinking about future formats like this one

On the game side:

• Released a major Tiny Harvest version
• Fixing some small player reported bugs

Right now the biggest challenge is still getting new users, but for the moment I want to make the game more complete first.

That’s it for this week.

I actually really enjoyed reviewing real apps - might do more of this.

If you’ve built something, feel free to share it with me.

See you next week,
Simon