I built two apps in 4 weeks with no coding background. Both got Apple approved. Here's what actually happened.

I'm a construction project management consultant based in Dubai. I had an idea in a departure lounge in May — what if there was an app that gave you an AI-powered second opinion on the big consumer decisions you never feel confident about? Mechanic quotes, contractor estimates, landlord disputes.

I had no coding background. I used Rork to build it.

What went wrong:

10 App Store rejections before PrOpinion was approved. The root causes were embarrassing in hindsight — a Paid Apps Agreement I hadn't signed, a RevenueCat API key set to the wrong visibility level, IAP promotional images that were screenshots instead of designed assets.

Every rejection taught me something the documentation doesn't tell you.

What went right:

While PrOpinion was being rejected, I started building Wump — a financial cushion score app. Wump got approved first submission. Every lesson from PrOpinion's 10 rejections went into Wump's build checklist.

What I used:

Rork (AI app builder), Supabase, RevenueCat, EAS, Anthropic API, Netlify

PrOpinion: propinion.ai Wump: wump.ai

Both launching June 23rd. Happy to answer questions about the App Store submission process — I've now seen most of the ways it can go wrong.