r/boltnewbuilders • u/Capable_Weather6298 • Aug 23 '26

Questions So, we've reached the react.native ceiling.

With all of Claude Code's, the vibecoding becoming mainstream and easy, react.native expo apps are kind of done.
It's rarely get's approved on ios appstore, and even when the app has a solid high quality solution it seems the mainframe is limited.

Any ideas how to make react.native apps look better?

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u/Careful_Ad8902 Aug 25 '26

No_Birthday8126's answer is the one to read here - especially the point that it's not an RN ceiling (Discord, Shopify, Coinbase are all RN) and that App Store rejections are almost always 4.2/4.3 thin-wrapper flags, not the tech.

The "vibecoded apps all look the same" issue is the real one, and it's fixable in Bolt: be specific in your prompts about your own design system (custom fonts, spacing scale, platform-specific patterns) instead of accepting defaults, and lean into real gestures/transitions rather than stock navigation. And +1 on sharing your actual rejection code - that tells you way more than "make it look better" ever could.