‘Vibecoded' Apps Are Flooding Apple's App Store

The article describes how artificial intelligence is accelerating app creation for Apple’s App Store, enabling non-traditional developers to build and launch products in days or weeks instead of months. It uses examples of a software engineer who created two apps with AI tools: InfoDrizzle, which reached 1,300 downloads and about $500 in profit, and Stampa, which reached 20,000 downloads and about $3,000 in profit. The piece highlights a broader boom in app supply driven by “vibecoding” and AI-assisted development, which could benefit Apple by expanding App Store content and user engagement, while also intensifying competition among developers and increasing the volume of lower-cost apps. Market impact is more thematic than immediate, pointing to continued AI-driven productivity gains in consumer software and app ecosystems.