Comparison

Burning Idea vs Ship

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Burning Idea

Transform your app ideas into functional applications using AI. This tool allows you to sketch, speak, or type your requirements and instantly build and deploy frontends, APIs, and chatbots without coding.

Highlights
  • AI-powered app development
  • Build frontends, APIs, and chatbots
  • Multiple input modes (voice, text, sketch)
  • Real-time previews and updates
  • Instant deployment and sharing
  • No-code app creation
Features
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Burning Idea lets you doodle fully functional apps from your phone. It can build and deploy three types of apps, A Frontend for a website, a Backend API and your own custom Chat Bot! AI-Powered Development: Powered by GPT-4o, Burning Idea turns your ideas into working apps, complete with functional APIs and intuitive UX, without writing a single line of code! Multiple Input Modes: Speak, type, or sketch your app's requirements, and let the AI handle the rest. Real-Time Previews, Updates and Deployment: Instantly preview, tweak, and share your applications. Publish your app with ease and let others start using it right away. Seamless Sharing: Share your app publicly or with your team to gather feedback and refine it further. Who Is Burning Idea For? Creators: Quickly doodle you ideas on the app and validate your ideas with real users. Educators and Students: Dive into the world of app design and AI with hands-on exploration. Entrepreneurs and Developers: Accelerate app creation for your next big idea, saving time and effort. UI/UX Designers: Focus on creativity while AI handles the technical details. Innovators: Transform your ideas into reality at the speed of thought. Ready to Build? Lets go!

About

Ship

Edit GitHub repositories directly from your phone using an AI-powered system. The app makes non-destructive changes by creating new branches for your edits, allowing you to review and push them directly. It also offers an open-source language model system for customization.

Highlights
  • Edit GitHub repositories on mobile
  • AI-powered code modifications
  • Non-destructive changes via new branches
  • Push changes directly from the app
  • Open-source Language Model System
  • View repository code
Features
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Ship allows you code from your phone! Simply choose the repository you'd like to edit, then prompt our Custom Language Model System (link below) with a task, changes, or a question regarding the selected Github Repository. Then just watch as we handle the rest! The changes are made on a new branch so as to not interfere with your current set up, but you can push these changes directly through the app. We prioritized making Non-destructive changes to your Repos by having our agent push its changes to a new branch, specified by the current date. We also allow you to select an existing repo to build on top of an existing project. We're going to be quickly adding features and want to open source our Language Model System backend in order to allow you to easily customize your own system which can do much more than just coding through an integration store! This is the first AI Powered application that allows you to edit existing GitHub Repositories from your phone! Other Features: - You can view the code within the repository that you're working with by selecting the 'Code' icon in the top right of your Chat View. - Open Sourced Language Model System: https://github.com/LMSystems-ai/Github-Agent so you can create your own branch of our coding agent and try it out yourself! If you create something cool, we'll add it to the app and let you have access for free! Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Burning Idea4 screens
Ship3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ship at none against Burning Idea's shown. Ship also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Burning Idea ships an update every 2 weeks, Ship every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Burning Idea versus Ship: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBurning IdeaShip
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNerdylotusSean Sullivan

Customer experience

Burning Idea

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ship

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Burning Idea

No in-app purchases

None

Ship

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Burning Idea free?
Burning Idea is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ship free?
Ship is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Burning Idea or Ship have ads?
Burning Idea shows ads; Ship does not.
Which is updated more often, Burning Idea or Ship?
Burning Idea ships an update every 2 weeks, and Ship every 3 days. Most recently, Burning Idea was updated on September 7, 2026 and Ship on September 5, 2026.

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