Apple removed the vibe coding app Anything from its App Store on Thursday, according to Dhruv Amin, co-founder and CEO of the startup behind the product. The company said the app was removed after Apple earlier took action to block updates to vibe coding tools while continuing to make older versions available in the store.
Vibe coding platforms use artificial intelligence to allow people with little or no formal programming experience to assemble functioning applications. Since Anything launched last year, Amin said users have produced thousands of applications through the tool. Among the examples cited by the startup are a management system intended for emergency response professionals and an expense tracker designed for gig economy workers.
The decision to remove Anything follows a separate step by Apple, described by industry reporting, that prevented developers of similar tools from issuing updates to their vibe coding apps while permitting previously published versions to remain downloadable from the App Store. Apple has also moved on another front in developer tooling by integrating AI coding capabilities into its Xcode environment, working with models from Anthropic and OpenAI to support code generation inside that development platform.
The removal of Anything affects the startup and its users directly, since the app is no longer available for new downloads via Apple's storefront. At the same time, the prior blocking of updates for comparable tools left earlier app versions in place for users who already had them. The startup reported a range of user-created applications that illustrate the types of workflows vibe coding aims to enable, including tools for frontline coordination and for managing expenses tied to gig work.
Details on the rationale Apple applied in removing Anything were not provided beyond the company's earlier action to restrict updates. The startup's account and Apple's reported policy enforcement together form the known record of events: an initial restriction on updates to a class of AI-assisted app builders followed by the removal of one such tool from the App Store.
Clear summary
Apple removed the vibe coding app Anything from its App Store after previously blocking updates to similar AI-based app builders; Anything's CEO says the tool enabled thousands of published apps, including solutions for emergency response management and gig-worker expense tracking, and Apple has separately added AI coding features to Xcode.