Comparison

Lumi vs Deploy Studio

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

Head to head
About

Lumi

Transform your app ideas into functional projects using natural language prompts. This AI-powered tool generates high-quality layouts and interactions, allowing you to preview, refine, and publish your creations with ease. Ideal for bringing concepts to life without prior coding experience.

Highlights
  • Create with natural-language prompts
  • AI handles structure, UI, and logic
  • Instant preview and refinement
  • One-tap publishing to a live version
  • Beginner-friendly for non-coders
  • Build and publish from mobile
Features
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LumiAPP lets you turn ideas into apps just by talking to a powerful AI.
Describe what you want, and Lumi builds a working project in minutes—with high-quality layouts, smart interactions, and impressively fast generation. It's one of the simplest and most effective ways to bring ideas to life. From showcase pages to interactive tools to lightweight app prototypes, Lumi makes creation feel as easy as chatting. No setup required. · Create with natural-language prompts—Lumi handles structure, UI, and logic for you · Preview and refine instantly, right from your phone · Publish with one tap and get a live, shareable version of your project · Build anywhere, anytime—everything happens on mobile · Beginner-friendly—perfect for anyone with ideas but no coding background · Ideal for creators, students, product managers, designers, and solo developers who want to turn concepts into working projects quickly From interactive stories to clever utilities to early concepts for full apps, LumiAPP transforms your ideas into polished, ready-to-share projects—starting with a single conversation. 
Terms of Service: 

 https://lumi.new/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://lumi.new/privacy.html

About

Deploy Studio

Features
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Deploy Studio is a client for the App Store Connect API that can actually ship a release from a phone: pick a build, write release notes, answer export compliance, and submit the version — with its in-app purchases — for App Review. PREPARE AND SUBMIT A RELEASE • A release checklist that leads with what needs you and folds away what is already done • Plain language instead of Apple's error codes: "add at least one screenshot", not a status enum • Build, export compliance, What's New, screenshots, store listing, app information, age rating, price, App Review information, release option, and in-app purchases riding along • Submit for review when everything is green KNOW WHAT NEEDS YOU • One Today screen across every app: rejections, unanswered reviews, builds waiting on beta review, certificates about to expire • Notifications when a version is approved or rejected, checked in the background on your device • A Home Screen widget showing what the app last saw WHEN SOMETHING BREAKS • Crash reports from TestFlight testers with the full symbolicated log, copyable in one tap • Xcode Cloud runs broken into steps, with the errors from the step that failed • Start an Xcode Cloud build from anywhere • Signing that tells you which certificate expired before Xcode refuses to archive • API Status: whether App Store Connect is answering, and whether a failure is Apple's or your key's THE NUMBERS, HONESTLY • Downloads that exclude updates — counting updates as downloads overstates them several times over • Proceeds listed per currency rather than summed, because a total across storefronts is a number in no currency • Ratings and reviews, with replies YOUR KEY STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Deploy Studio has no account and no server of its own. Your App Store Connect API key is stored in the device Keychain, never synced to iCloud, and used only to sign requests to api.appstoreconnect.apple.com. Tokens are minted on device and last twenty minutes. TRY IT WITHOUT A KEY Tap "Look Around First" on the first screen to explore every feature against sample data. Nothing is sent anywhere in that mode. Deploy Studio is free, with ads. A one-off Deploy Pro purchase removes them for good — no subscription, and every feature stays free either way. Deploy Studio is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple Inc.

Screenshots

Lumi4 screens
Deploy Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lumi at none against Deploy Studio's shown. Lumi also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Lumi sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $25.00 per month and Deploy Studio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lumi ships an update weekly, Deploy Studio every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lumi versus Deploy Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumiDeploy Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB27 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperLumi.newZhi Yao Tan

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Lumi

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$25.001 Month
  • Yearly$264.991 Year
One-time6
  • 50 Credits$15.00
  • 100 Credits$30.00
  • 200 Credits$60.00
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  • 500 Credits$150.00
  • 1000 Credits$300.00
  • 2000 Credits$600.00
1 purchases

Deploy Studio

One-time1
  • Premium Plan$9.99

Questions

Is Lumi free?
Lumi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Deploy Studio free?
Deploy Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lumi or Deploy Studio have ads?
Deploy Studio shows ads; Lumi does not.
Which is updated more often, Lumi or Deploy Studio?
Lumi ships an update weekly, and Deploy Studio every 10 days. Most recently, Lumi was updated on October 8, 2026 and Deploy Studio on September 29, 2026.

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