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One old Cordova app (first launched on Aug 4, 2011).

One old Cordova app (first launched on Aug 4, 2011).

Three days and now fully migrated to native Swift for iOS.

Not because Cordova failed, but because the constraints around it have changed.

The real experiment wasn't the rewrite, it was monetization. I replaced a bunch of one-off in-app purchases for non-subscribers with a simple token/credit model.

Apple approved the update this morning.

Excited to see where this goes. And if you have thoughts on token-based monetization, or feedback on the app overall, I'd really appreciate it.

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Published: Thu, Feb 5 2026 @ 2:00:00
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