diff --git a/.changeset/salty-glasses-prove.md b/.changeset/salty-glasses-prove.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48877e95a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/salty-glasses-prove.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@rock-js/platform-apple-helpers': patch
+'@rock-js/plugin-brownfield-ios': patch
+---
+
+chore: move & export mergeFrameworks from plugin-brownfield-ios to platform-apple-helpers, export buildApp
diff --git a/packages/platform-apple-helpers/src/lib/index.ts b/packages/platform-apple-helpers/src/lib/index.ts
index b420a37d4..f347cd664 100644
--- a/packages/platform-apple-helpers/src/lib/index.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-apple-helpers/src/lib/index.ts
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ export { getInfo } from './utils/getInfo.js';
 export { getScheme } from './utils/getScheme.js';
 export { getValidProjectConfig } from './utils/getValidProjectConfig.js';
 export { promptSigningIdentity } from './utils/signingIdentities.js';
+export { buildApp } from './utils/buildApp.js';
+export { mergeFrameworks } from './utils/mergeFrameworks.js';
diff --git a/packages/plugin-brownfield-ios/src/lib/mergeFrameworks.ts b/packages/platform-apple-helpers/src/lib/utils/mergeFrameworks.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/plugin-brownfield-ios/src/lib/mergeFrameworks.ts
rename to packages/platform-apple-helpers/src/lib/utils/mergeFrameworks.ts
diff --git a/packages/plugin-brownfield-ios/src/lib/pluginBrownfieldIos.ts b/packages/plugin-brownfield-ios/src/lib/pluginBrownfieldIos.ts
index bff9223cf..d66fa118b 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-brownfield-ios/src/lib/pluginBrownfieldIos.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-brownfield-ios/src/lib/pluginBrownfieldIos.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ import {
   getBuildOptions,
   getBuildPaths,
   getValidProjectConfig,
+  mergeFrameworks,
 } from '@rock-js/platform-apple-helpers';
 import { colorLink, intro, logger, outro, relativeToCwd } from '@rock-js/tools';
 import { copyHermesXcframework } from './copyHermesXcframework.js';
-import { mergeFrameworks } from './mergeFrameworks.js';
+
 const buildOptions = getBuildOptions({ platformName: 'ios' });
 
 export const pluginBrownfieldIos =