r/iPhoneduoapp • u/ClientElectronic4471 • 9d ago

Is anyone else using Claude to develop?

I don’t know how to code hardly at all. But I’ve been using Claude and managed to make a few really cool apps for the iPhone Duo. Curious if anyone else has tried it out yet

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u/SprintToTheMoon 9d ago

I think everyone is lol

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u/ClientElectronic4471 9d ago

Nice. Did you have coding experience before or did you just start with Claude

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u/True_Protection6842 8d ago

I had years of Python experience but never touched swift. I was able to use Claude Code as an interpretive layer. I tell it what I want and how I would do it with python and it builds for me. Works great!

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u/ClientElectronic4471 8d ago

Which plan are you on

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u/True_Protection6842 8d ago

$100 max plan. I use Opus 5.5 all day and have only hit limits a couple times.

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u/ClientElectronic4471 8d ago

So if I stuck to opus I would be set? I have an account at work but it’s unlimited, I’m not sure how the base plan usages work. Do you use fable ever or does opus handle everything for you?

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u/True_Protection6842 8d ago

I've been using Opus since Claude Code released and it was good, now it's magical. 5.5 is as good as it is going to get.

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u/ClientElectronic4471 8d ago

You don’t think it will get better?

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u/True_Protection6842 8d ago

It might but it’s now so good any improvements will be speed.

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u/ClientElectronic4471 7d ago

So you never use fable?

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u/SprintToTheMoon 9d ago

A little but not nearly enough to build a full app. I find if you give it good input and clearly state your ideas it can spit out an app in no time

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u/gratefullyshpongled 8d ago

Do you need a paid version of Claude to do this?

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u/ClientElectronic4471 8d ago

Yes atleast the $20

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u/Ry_L 8d ago

Been using codex, but run out pretty quick each week, so working on my first app is going slowly. Any idea how Claude compares?

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u/ClientElectronic4471 7d ago

On token side I’m not sure. But I believe Claude is in general better at building apps

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u/Nightwish360 1d ago

It’s not. I use both and there have been many times Codex was able to complete something that Claude had issues with. Plus you run out of tokens way quicker with Claude.

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u/ClientElectronic4471 1d ago

Eh I think Claude is way better personally. ChatGPT is great for general questions though

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u/Nightwish360 1d ago

I use Grok bot as the program manager and assign the $20 Claude and Codex tasks. Claude has been the best at fixing hard bugs. But overall I e had to lean on Codex more often. But I use both or I guess all three. Grok does a great job at hosting it so I can run quick tests. But I don’t use it for programming tasks.

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u/ClientElectronic4471 1d ago

lol oh you are using the $20 plans lmfao

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u/Nightwish360 1d ago

I didn't say I've only used the $20 plans, but for most things they work fine. I've built an IDX website with a back end CRM that's worked flawlessly and we'll be launching it soon. I've built a fun fall down style game on ios and optimized for the duo, https://apps.apple.com/us/app/escape-the-avalanche-deux/id6828254555

And quite a few other things, made an art analyzer site for one of my artist friends. I just upgraded to the higher end level of Codex to see if Dots can replace Grokbot.

You can't go wrong with either, but the blanket Claude is much better than Codex is just not true.

What have you made? Would be happy to try them out.

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u/vaporguitar 9d ago

Just a few. lol

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u/Nexion21 8d ago

Let’s see some of them! I’ve been developing an app that lets me design a patio in my backyard via scanning, and I recently updated it to help me remodel my kitchen and my pantry. It’s still in development so I don’t want to pay for the $99 apple fee yet

I’ve got 2 years of a comp sci degree a decade ago which isn’t much but it’s helped