01 / LAUNCH PLANNING
A launch checklist for your React Native AI app
Before launching a paid React Native AI app, define what the customer owns, what each AI request consumes, what happens on failure, and what survives a new session. Then test those rules as one flow on your target platforms.
Start with one result someone can buy
Write one sentence: “A customer pays for ___ and can then ___.” A finished report, a monthly conversation allowance and ongoing coaching are different products. A subscription screen alone does not define what any of them delivers.
For a report app, the first complete flow might be: answer questions → preview the result → unlock the report → ask a follow-up question → reopen the report later. Keep additional modes out of this first scope until that path is clear.
Six decisions to make before development
| Decision | Write down | Acceptance check |
|---|---|---|
| Paid access | What a purchase or membership unlocks; expiry and refund rules. | A cancelled purchase grants no new access. |
| Report delivery | The saved result, its owner and version. | Reopening a delivered report does not generate a new one. |
| AI conversation | Context sent with a reply; stop, failure and retry behavior. | Retrying the same operation cannot charge twice. |
| Usage | When a request reserves, consumes or releases an allowance. | Two simultaneous requests cannot both spend the last credit. |
| Memory | What can be saved, corrected or removed. | A corrected preference reaches the next newly generated answer. |
| Handover | Source, setup, environments and agreed checks. | The agreed build runs using the customer's own configuration. |
These are proposed criteria to agree for your product. They are not a claim that an arbitrary prototype or the website demo has passed native payment acceptance.
Choose the smallest module combination
- Paid AI chat: membership and usage (A) + native AI chat (C).
- Interactive reports: membership and usage (A) + reports (B) + chat (C).
- Ongoing AI coach: membership and usage (A) + chat (C) + editable memory (D).
Add memory when remembered preferences change the next useful answer. Add reports when users need a durable result. Neither is mandatory just because the app uses AI.
Check the mobile and provider boundaries
Keep model-provider secrets on a server; a React Native bundle is not a secret store. Confirm the target iOS and Android builds, sign-in identity, purchase provider, product types, restoration, cancellation and entitlement updates. Provider behavior and store policies need checking for the specific implementation.
Separate the delivery quote from model usage, hosting, developer accounts and store fees. Store approval and timing are controlled by Apple and Google; a handover should state which submission tasks are included.
Bring a short brief, not a hundred-page specification
- What does your prototype already do?
- What is the first thing someone will pay for?
- Which platform and existing React Native setup will you ship?
- Which of the acceptance checks above matter for that first flow?
AppBento uses those answers to discuss module fit, source code, integration, setup notes and acceptance steps. Scope and price are agreed by email before work starts.
Download an illustrative launch plan and use it to structure your own brief.
References and scope
The flow and acceptance criteria are AppBento design recommendations. These primary references cover platform boundaries; they are not endorsements or evidence of native acceptance for the web demo.