Publishing a mobile application on the App Store normally means juggling signing certificates, provisioning profiles, app identifiers and production builds — technical steps few founders want to learn. Cadrant keeps the same gesture as web: you describe your application in plain language, iterate in the editor, and the platform automates App Store publishing under your own Apple Developer account.
The Cadrant workflow in three steps
The guiding idea is simple: keep the same prompt-based workflow as a web application, but end up with a mobile application publishable on the App Store.
1. Describe your mobile application
Create a project in Cadrant, select the « Mobile application » tab instead of « Web », and describe your screens, navigation and features. Cadrant generates a mobile-first application — designed for the phone from the start — with the same generation engine as your web projects.
As with web, the code is yours: you can inspect it, iterate prompt after prompt, and evolve it without starting over.
2. Preview in Cadrant
While you build, Cadrant displays your application in a phone frame built into the project preview. You test navigation, forms and mobile ergonomics without installing any extra tool.
- No Xcode, no Android Studio, no local setup.
- Every change you ask the assistant shows up immediately in the preview.
- You validate the mobile experience before spending a minute on publishing.
3. Build and submit to the App Store — friction automated
This is where most mobile projects stall, and where Cadrant does the heavy lifting. In Cadrant, it's a guided four-step flow from the mobile project preview:
- Apple connection : sign in with your Apple Developer account. Your password is never stored — the exchange uses the SRP (Secure Remote Password) protocol.
- App details : provide the display name and icon (1024×1024). Cadrant creates the App Store Connect record and assigns a bundle identifier.
- Certificate : Cadrant automatically provisions the iOS distribution certificate and App Store provisioning profile.
- Publishing : Cadrant compiles the production app and uploads the build to your App Store Connect. Allow 20 to 45 minutes, tracked in the activity log.
Important: the app is published under your own Apple Developer account, never Cadrant's. Once the build arrives, you take over in App Store Connect (or TestFlight) to finalize the listing and submit for Apple review.
Why Cadrant is the simple path
Cadrant's promise is "a mobile application, as simple as describing your app." You keep the ease of a prompt-based tool — the same one as for web — with built-in preview in Cadrant and App Store publishing where certificates, profiles and compilation are automated for you.
For a non-technical team, that's the difference between indefinitely postponing a store presence and shipping a testable, publishable mobile application in days.
Frequently asked questions
Do you need to know how to code to publish a mobile application with Cadrant? No. You describe the app in plain language, preview it in Cadrant, and the guided publishing flow handles the technical part (certificate, profile, build, upload).
Do I need an Apple Developer account? Yes — to publish on the App Store, Apple Developer Program membership (annual subscription) is required. That's Apple's requirement, not Cadrant's.
Can I test before publishing? Yes: built-in preview during development, then TestFlight to distribute the build to testers before public submission.
Do I own the code? Yes. As with Cadrant web projects, the generated code is yours, and the app is published on your own developer account.