Dedicated Mobile Apps for Vibe Coding Have Yet to Gain Popularity
Although many vibe-coding startups have achieved unicorn status with billion-dollar valuations, one area where AI-assisted coding has yet to flourish is on mobile devices. In spite of the variety of apps offering vibe-coding tools for mobile, none have experienced significant downloads or revenue generation.
An analysis of global app store trends by app intelligence provider Appfigures shows that only a few mobile apps providing vibe-coding tools have gained any traction in terms of downloads or revenues.
The most successful of these is Instance: AI App Builder, which has garnered only 16,000 downloads and $1,000 in consumer spending. Following closely is Vibe Studio, with a mere 4,000 downloads and no reported earnings.
However, this scenario might still evolve. The market is still in its infancy, and vibe-coding applications are continuously improving and addressing various issues.
Additionally, new entrants in this field are emerging regularly. This year, Vibecode debuted with $9.4 million in seed funding from Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six. Their service enables users to create mobile apps using AI within its own iOS platform. Since Vibecode is relatively new, Appfigures hasn’t been able to provide data on it yet.
Currently, most users exploring vibe-coding technology are doing so via desktop platforms. Nonetheless, vibe coding also has a presence on mobile: it is facilitating a growing range of existing mobile apps.
For example, RevenueCat, a subscription platform used by over 50,000 apps, reports that it supports in-app purchases for more than half of all AI-developed iOS apps available today.
RevenueCat informed TechCrunch that the percentage of apps coming to their service for monetization through an AI platform or assistant increased to over 35% of new sign-ups in the second quarter of this year, a significant rise from under 5% in the same quarter last year.
The platform, which nearly 50% of all mobile apps that accept payments currently utilize, highlights that vibe coders are configuring their subscriptions with services like Cursor and Claude Code using its RevenueCat MCP server, enabling quick subscription creation and testing.
While there is notable interest in vibe coding, experts agree it is not yet ready for widespread adoption.
TechCrunch recently interviewed developers who work with AI-generated code, and they indicated that the technology still requires significant improvement. A separate survey from Fastly found that approximately 95% of nearly 800 developers surveyed had to invest additional time fixing AI-generated code.
Despite the challenges, user demand remains strong. A 2025 Stack Overflow survey revealed that 84% of respondents are using or intend to use AI tools in their development practices, up from 76% the previous year. Additionally, a survey conducted by The Information this summer found that 75% of respondents had at least explored vibe coding. A May 2025 study from software intelligence platform Jellyfish reported that 90% of respondents had integrated AI into their operations, compared to 61% the prior year, as noted by Business Insider.