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Your cloud agent can build mobile apps too.

Claude Code on the web, Codex cloud and Cursor background agents run on Linux. With MobAI they can preview the app, build it for iOS, run it on a simulator and send it to TestFlight. Claude Code and Cursor can also use your real iPhone. No Mac on your desk.

Install mobai-dev Read the docs
bash
curl -fsSL https://mobai.run/cloud/install.sh | sh
preview on linux

See the app while the agent builds it

SwiftUI, React Native and Flutter render in a phone-sized preview right in the sandbox. The agent reads the screen as a semantic tree, taps and types by label. Flutter and React Native hot reload after each edit, and SwiftUI rebuilds in a few seconds.

bash
mobai-dev preview run

No Mac, simulator or phone needed for the preview.

Start the MobAI preview, sign in, add the ceramic mug and the cedar candle and show me the shop screen.

Preview is up. Signing in and adding the mug and the candle next.

Ran 4 commands

Signed in as Alice. Adding the ceramic mug and the cedar candle.

Done. Both items show Added, and the shop shows 2 items in your cart.

The MobAI preview is still running if you want to keep driving it.

MobAI preview of the Shelf app on Linux: the shop with the ceramic mug and the cedar candle added, 2 items in the cart
mocks

Test real behavior without the real world

Mock location, permissions, the camera, network responses and the signed-in user. Walk through loading, empty, error and permission-denied states without wiring up a backend.

native ios builds

Build on the CI you already have

The agent sends the working tree, uncommitted changes included, to GitHub Actions, Codemagic or Bitrise and gets the build back. Builds are free in MobAI and use your provider's minutes.

simulator on a ci runner

A real simulator, driven from the cloud

Boot an iOS simulator on a CI runner and let the agent use the app on it. Free with a MobAI account.

The simulator runs on your own GitHub Actions, Codemagic or Bitrise runner and shows up in the MobAI app, where you can watch and take over.

bash
mobai-dev sim start

Now start an iOS simulator on GitHub Actions with mobai-dev sim start, sign in, buy the ceramic mug and show me the confirmation.

Ran 1 command

Simulator is online. Starting the bridge and driving sign-in, add to cart and checkout.

Explored 3 files, ran 4 commands

Simulator is up on GitHub Actions. Signed in as [email protected], added the Ceramic mug and checked out.

The cart shows Order placed: Thanks! We'll email your receipt.

iOS simulator on a GitHub Actions runner showing the Shelf order confirmation: Order placed
your iphonePro: no daily cap

Use the iPhone on your desk

Connect your own iPhone over Tailscale and let Claude Code or Cursor install and use the app on real hardware.

  • Free: one 60-minute session a day
  • Pro: sessions up to 4 hours, with no daily cap

Your Mac can stay off: the agent reaches the phone directly over your tailnet. Set the phone up once in the desktop app, with a cable.

Now build the app for iOS, install it on my iPhone and open it. Use Apple ID signing.

I'll build with Apple ID signing, install on your iPhone, then launch the app on the device.

Explored 3 files, ran 3 commands

Phone is online. Monitoring the build and starting the device bridge.

Signed successfully. Installing on the phone and launching Shelf.

Shelf is running on your iPhone and shows the welcome screen with Sign in.

A real iPhone running Shelf, on its welcome screen with the Sign in button
install and ship

From a working build to TestFlight

Install the build on your phone with an over-the-air link. When it's ready, MobAI signs it, uploads it and adds it to TestFlight or submits it for review through the App Store Connect API. The build engine underneath is our open-source ios-builder (★1k).

The App Store listing (description, screenshots, pricing) stays in your hands.

Give your cloud agent a phone and a release pipeline.

Install mobai-dev See pricing