{
  "id": 6654805,
  "title": "I tried to live an entire day inside apps built with Expo. Here's where it broke.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/i-tried-to-live-an-entire-day-inside-apps-built-with-expo-heres-where",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-10T22:07:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/expo/i-tried-to-live-an-entire-day-inside-apps-built-with-expo-heres-where-it-broke-j5d"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On a single day, I attempted to navigate life using only apps built with Expo, a popular open-source tooling platform. The experiment aimed to determine if these apps could support a full day of activities, from morning to bedtime.\n\nThe day began with Rise, a sleep tracker that predicted energy spikes and optimal wind-down times. Next, Espresso from The Economist provided quick news updates, demonstrating Expo's capability in handling content-heavy apps. WeatherWise, an air quality index app, offered forecast and live radar data, while AirNow, from the US EPA, displayed current air quality and weekly outlooks.\n\nFor dinner ideas, I turned to Delish, which offered hand-picked recipes with video steps. However, the messaging gap was significant, as there was no Expo-built messaging app to communicate with my wife. I resorted to using Cameo, an app that allows users to pay celebrities to record personalized videos.\n\nNavigating around town was facilitated by Tesla's navigation and car controls, Tommy's Express for drive-through car washes, and Replit for coding with a built-in agent. Mercari, a second-hand marketplace, helped me find unique items for sale.\n\nIn the evening, Runna personalized a running plan for an upcoming race, Rover connected me with a pet sitter, and Once Upon transformed my photos into a printed photo book. Lastly, the Book of the Month Club app simplified book choices by narrowing options down to a shortlist.",
  "summary": "There are thousands of apps on the App Store and Google Play running on Expo 's open source tooling. That's a big number, but it doesn't tell you much. What I actually wanted to know: do those apps cover a full day, start to finish, without me reaching for anything else on my phone? So I ran the experiment. One day, Expo apps only. By breakfast I'd paid a celebrity to record a video. By lunch I…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}