Autotomy vs AI Mobile Launcher

Both are Expo starters designed for AI coding tools, but they bet on different things. AI Mobile Launcher ships many product features pre-wired, plus an AI memory system. Autotomy ships a smaller, strictly enforced architecture.

Last checked: . We make Autotomy, so read this as our comparison; every AI Mobile Launcher fact links to a public source below. Spot something out of date? Email admin@autotomy.dev.

Feature AI Mobile Launcher Autotomy Expo Starter Kit
Status Request-access flow on its site. Its May 2026 comparison post describes a Lite tier on GitHub (MIT) and paid tiers. Coming soon; price not announced
Maker Malik Chohra (indie) Autotomy
Expo / React Native Expo SDK 55, React Native 0.83.6, New Architecture Expo SDK 56, React Native 0.85
Product features pre-wired Auth (Apple, Google, email, biometric; Supabase), RevenueCat paywall, Firebase (Analytics, Crashlytics, Remote Config, FCM), Sentry, offline-first sync example (MMKV), i18n (en/fr/es), gamification, onboarding None. Auth, vendor integrations (payments, analytics), and native capabilities that need OS permissions are not included. The foundation ships the data layer, API client, typed navigation, and theming.
State Redux Toolkit + RTK Query (per its comparison post) Immer reducers, TanStack Query, React Hook Form
AI tooling .cursorrules, CLAUDE.md, a "U-AMOS 2.0" memory bank, 10+ rule packs, generators; Claude Code sub-agent pipeline (per its post) AGENTS.md plus architecture docs; enforcement through checks rather than prompts
Enforcement Not described on its product page dependency-cruiser layer whitelist, 100% logic-coverage gate, typecheck, and lint in one pnpm check
Tests Jest + Testing Library; no end-to-end tests Vitest + fast-check property tests; no end-to-end tests
Runtime AI features AI Pro tier: cloud LLM routing, on-device LLM (llama.rn) Not included

Choose AI Mobile Launcher if

you want auth, payments, analytics, and onboarding wired in to launch a paid app quickly, and you work mainly in Claude Code.

Choose Autotomy if

you'd rather pick your own providers and want the check itself to stop AI-written code from eroding the architecture.

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Sources

Autotomy facts come from Autotomy Foundation Expo v1.0.0 (released July 17, 2026), the base of the kit.

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