iOS app development, five rings deep.

Three signals favor native iOS. One, your app depends on Apple-platform affordances (Live Activities, Widgets, App Clips, HealthKit, CoreML, visionOS) where cross-platform frameworks either do not support them or support them poorly. Two, the iOS experience is the primary differentiator and pixel-perfect native feel matters more than cross-platform parity. Three, you are iOS-only for the first year and plan to cross-platform later, in which case native buys you time to validate before the cross-platform cost. Otherwise, React Native or Flutter with native modules covers 80 percent of use cases. We build all three; the decision is about what your app does, not about our preference.

US and UK senior iOS engineers are $160 to $220 per hour at boutique agencies; Indian senior iOS engineers are $100 to $150 per hour. A Swift 6 + SwiftUI MVP with 15 to 25 screens, auth, push, and store submission runs 10 to 16 weeks. A full production iOS app with Live Activities, Widgets, App Clips, HealthKit, in-app purchases, and CloudKit sync runs 14 to 22 weeks. An iPhone + iPad + visionOS build from one shared codebase runs 16 to 26 weeks. A 2-week audit is refundable. Scoped quote in 48 hours.

SwiftUI for new builds, always. UIKit for specific edge cases. SwiftUI in 2026 has reached production maturity: the framework handles navigation (NavigationStack), lists at scale (List with Identifiable data), collection-view-equivalent layouts (LazyVGrid, LazyHGrid), animations, custom shape work, and the platform-specific surfaces (Widgets, Live Activities, visionOS) that are SwiftUI-only in the first place. Edge cases where UIKit still wins: very complex collection views with fine-grained cell reuse needs, legacy codebases still in UIKit where mixing adds more cost than it saves, and some specific framework integrations that have not caught up. For new builds: SwiftUI first, UIKit bridge only where proven necessary.

Apple Developer Program membership ($99/year) under your legal entity, App Store Connect app record, provisioning profiles and signing certificates (we manage these via Xcode Cloud or manual signing), app icons in every required size, screenshots for every device size you claim to support (iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone SE, iPad Pro 12.9, iPad Pro 11), App Privacy label describing every data type collected, Data Safety disclosure, privacy policy URL, support URL, and an App Review Information contact. The first submission typically takes 1 to 3 days of review. Rejection rate has gone up since 2024's stricter guidelines; we run a guideline pre-check before submitting to catch the common failures (account deletion flow, subscription disclosures, privacy manifest).

StoreKit 2 is the default for any new iOS build. Swift-first API, async/await, JWS-signed transaction receipts verified directly, no need for a third-party receipt validation service. We implement subscription products, non-consumable and consumable purchases, intro offers, promotional offers, and family sharing entitlement handling. Backend receipt validation goes through Apple's App Store Server Notifications V2 for real-time events. For brands shipping hybrid (Apple + Google Play + web) we abstract the purchase layer so the core subscription logic is platform-agnostic.

Yes. For brands shipping a universal app (iPhone + iPad + visionOS), SwiftUI lets us share most of the codebase with per-platform adaptations via platform-specific modifiers and availability checks. iPad-specific affordances (split view, slide over, sidebar navigation, pointer interactions, hardware keyboard shortcuts) get dedicated treatment. visionOS work adds 3D volumes, spatial audio, and Look-to-Dwell interactions; we scope visionOS as an add-on to an iPhone/iPad build when the brand's use case fits spatial computing.

Swift 6 strict concurrency is non-negotiable for new builds. We enable complete concurrency checking, use @Sendable and @MainActor annotations correctly from the start, and design the data layer around actors. Async/await is the default for any I/O. The first 2 weeks of a new engagement include a concurrency architecture pass where we decide which actors own which state. Teams new to Swift 6 sometimes find this a slower start; the payoff is zero data races and a codebase that compiles cleanly on every future Swift version.

You do. Apple Developer Program membership under your legal entity. Signing certificates and provisioning profiles managed in your developer account; we access as added team members, removable any time. GitHub repository under your organization from day one. TestFlight beta group and App Store Connect access under your control. On exit: credentials rotated, repository transferred, Xcode Cloud or CI configuration documented, 30-day support tail. No lock-in.