The phone is the preview
A browser cannot show you a push notification, a camera, a biometric prompt or a home-screen icon. Sorvel puts the app on your phone from the first build.
Native iOS and Android · from a prompt
You liked building from a chat. Now you need an app on the App Store and Google Play, not a website. Sorvel is the same idea for native mobile: describe the app, watch it run on your own phone while it builds, and ship it with store builds and over-the-air updates. It builds web apps as well, so nothing is lost.
Sorvel's column is what the product does today. Lovable's column repeats only what its own site says; verify current details there. Written October 2026.
| Sorvel | Lovable | |
|---|---|---|
| Builds from a chat message | Yes | Yes |
| Web apps and websites | Yes: Vite, React, TypeScript, Tailwind | Yes: its core product |
| Native iOS and Android apps | Yes: Expo (React Native), one codebase for both stores | Not its stated focus; see lovable.dev |
| Preview | Browser at desktop/tablet/phone widths; mobile apps live on your phone via QR code | In the browser |
| App Store and Google Play | EAS builds, store assets, submission guides, over-the-air updates | See lovable.dev |
| Push notifications, in-app purchases, ads | Panels with a switch and a guide, native modules in the app | See lovable.dev |
| Backend | Your own Supabase project; schema and policies generated | See lovable.dev |
| Code ownership | Git repository per project; GitHub push, ZIP download | See lovable.dev |
| Pricing model | Credits per build; free welcome credits; failed builds free | See lovable.dev |
| Coding agents | MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor and other clients | See lovable.dev |
A browser cannot show you a push notification, a camera, a biometric prompt or a home-screen icon. Sorvel puts the app on your phone from the first build.
Bundle identifiers, signing, privacy declarations, screenshots per device size, review. The Publish panel carries you through each one, numbered.
Notifications, purchases, ads, deep links, camera, location, biometrics, calendar, contacts, offline data with sync; wrappers in the kit, switched on from panels.
Most fixes ship to installed apps as over-the-air updates without another review.
Need the admin dashboard as a web app on a custom domain? Same account, same checklist, the web app builder.
Standard Expo and Vite projects in Git. A developer can take over tomorrow.
If you need a native iOS and Android app, yes: Sorvel builds Expo (React Native) apps that run on your phone while they build and ship to the stores, which is the part a web app builder does not cover. Sorvel also builds web apps and websites, so one account covers both.
Lovable describes itself as an AI web app builder: it generates web applications. Check lovable.dev for its current features; this page was written in October 2026 and compares only what each product states about itself.
Not as a file import. Describe the app to Sorvel the way you described it there; the first-request checklist captures the features and the design direction, and sign-in is switched on in the Database panel. If you have a Figma design, import it. Most apps are rebuilt in one session.
Sorvel connects to your own Supabase project for accounts and data and writes the schema SQL and row-level security for you. For Lovable's backend options, see its site.
Sorvel sells credits, not a subscription: new accounts start with free credits, a second bonus arrives on the first database connection or publish, each build shows its estimate first, and failed builds are not charged.
Yes. Every project is a Git repository with a checkpoint per generation; push it to GitHub or download a ZIP. Mobile projects are standard Expo apps, web projects are standard Vite + React apps.