Most of the work is after the code
Signing, store listings, privacy declarations, screenshots, testers, review. Sorvel's Publish panel turns each into a numbered step.
Comparison · Expo mobile apps
Both turn a prompt into an Expo app. Bolt's own Expo guide then hands you a terminal: install the EAS CLI, run the build, submit. Sorvel keeps going in the same window: store builds, testers, submission guides, push, purchases and over-the-air fixes, as panels.
Sorvel's column is what the product does today. Bolt's column repeats only Bolt's Expo help page, read in October 2026.
| Sorvel | Bolt (per its Expo guide) | |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile apps from a prompt | Yes: Expo (React Native), TypeScript | Yes: through its Expo integration |
| Preview | Phone browser, Expo Go (Android), development build; every build driven in a browser first | In-browser device preview; Expo Go via QR code |
| Store builds | Build app (EAS) button with live status; local Android and iOS builds in the desktop app | Install Node.js, Git and the EAS CLI; run eas build yourself |
| App Store / Google Play | Submission guides; one-click Google Play updates after the first upload | eas build --auto-submit for iOS; download the build file for Android |
| Over-the-air updates | Releases panel: channels, rollback, native-change check | See bolt.new |
| Push, purchases, ads | Panels with keys and guides | See bolt.new |
| Web apps too | Yes: Vite, React, Tailwind, custom domains | Yes: websites and web apps |
Signing, store listings, privacy declarations, screenshots, testers, review. Sorvel's Publish panel turns each into a numbered step.
Builds and submissions run from the browser or the desktop app; the EAS CLI is optional, not the path.
TypeScript strict, ESLint, Metro and a browser-driven run on every build; failed builds are not charged.
Over-the-air updates with a check that refuses changes that could never arrive on installed phones.
Yes. Bolt's help center describes an Expo integration for mobile apps, and Sorvel generates Expo (React Native) apps in TypeScript. Both let you describe the app in plain language.
What happens after the code exists. Bolt's Expo guide has you install Node.js, Git and the EAS CLI and run the build and submit commands yourself. In Sorvel, store builds, the first Google Play upload steps, App Store submission, over-the-air updates, push notifications, purchases and ads are panels with guides, in the browser or the desktop app.
Bolt's guide lists an in-browser device preview and Expo Go through a QR code. Sorvel offers the phone's browser, Expo Go (Android) and a development build for native modules, and drives every build in a browser at phone size before showing it.
Not as an import. Describe the app the way you did in Bolt and tick the features and design in the checklist; most apps are rebuilt in one session. Your Bolt code stays yours.
October 2026. Bolt changes quickly; check its help center for the current Expo workflow.