Native iOS Development

iOS App
Development

Name: Appverra
Address: 20 N Moore St, New York, NY, 10013, US
Telephone: (213) 714-7176
Price range: $$

We build native iOS apps in Swift and SwiftUI for iPhone and iPad — and we tell you honestly when a single cross-platform codebase will get you to the App Store faster and for less. 150+ apps shipped, 700+ customers, millions of downloads. iOS MVPs from $7,997, with a $1,997 Discovery Sprint to scope your build first.

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When native iOS is the right call

We are a Flutter-first agency, and we will always tell you when one cross-platform codebase is the smarter spend. But native iOS — written in Swift and SwiftUI — genuinely earns its keep for some products. We recommend going fully native when:

You lean on the Apple ecosystem. Apple Pay, Sign in with Apple, WidgetKit home-screen widgets, Live Activities, App Clips, CallKit, and rich push notifications all run best — and sometimes only — in a native build.
You are iPhone-first for the next year. If your roadmap is genuinely iOS-led and Android can wait, native lets you move at full speed on one platform instead of compromising for two.

Performance is the product. Media-heavy, real-time, or animation-rich apps that need buttery scrolling and tight memory on older iPhones benefit from Swift and the native rendering path.
You use iOS hardware and sensors. Camera, Core Location, MapKit, and HealthKit for fitness and wellness apps (non-clinical) are first-class in a native iOS build.

And here is when we will steer you away from native: if you need iOS and Android together on a startup budget, building two separate native apps roughly doubles your cost and timeline for little real gain. For most MVPs, our Flutter app development gets you the same product from a single codebase, faster — and if you are weighing the two, our React Native work shows where cross-platform fits. We would rather scope you the cheaper path than sell you two builds.

What we build in Swift & SwiftUI

We build production iOS apps in modern Swift — SwiftUI for new interfaces, UIKit where it is still the right tool, and a clean MVVM architecture with async/await so the codebase stays maintainable as you grow. The apps we ship most often:

Consumer & subscription apps

Polished iPhone apps with StoreKit 2 subscriptions and in-app purchases, onboarding, and paywalls that pass review.

Marketplaces & on-demand

Two-sided and on-demand apps with payments, maps, real-time status, and push — built to scale past the MVP.

SaaS companion apps

A native iOS companion to your web product, sharing one backend so your data and accounts stay in sync.

The stack we reach for: SwiftUI and UIKit, Combine and async/await, StoreKit 2, Apple Pay, Sign in with Apple, push via APNs, Core Data / SwiftData, CloudKit and MapKit where they fit, and TestFlight for staged beta releases. When your app needs a backend, admin dashboard, or API, our full-stack team builds it alongside the app so nothing is bolted on later.

What is included in every iOS build

Discovery Sprint. We scope the app, design a clickable Figma prototype, and hand you a fixed-bid statement of work before any code is written.
Product & UX design. Interfaces designed to Apple\'s Human Interface Guidelines so the app feels native, not ported.
Native Swift development. Built in weekly milestones with running TestFlight builds you can actually use.

Backend & APIs when you need them. Auth, payments, notifications, and an admin dashboard, built to share the app\'s data.
App Store submission. TestFlight beta, the full App Store Connect submission, and we handle Apple\'s review feedback.
Post-launch support. OS-update compatibility, bug fixes, and crash and performance monitoring after you go live.

iOS app development pricing

Fixed-bid, agreed up front after the Discovery Sprint — no hourly surprises. Most funded-startup MVPs land between Launch and Growth.

Discovery Sprint

$1,997

Scope + prototype

Starter

$7,997

Focused MVP

Launch

$14,997

App + backend

Growth

$29,997

App + backend + admin

Scale

$59,997

Multi-role, high-scale

What we don\'t build

We say no to work we are not the right team for, on the first call — never after taking your money. We don\'t build games (Unity or SpriteKit), HIPAA-regulated clinical systems, heavy on-device machine learning, or full augmented-reality experiences. If that is your project, we will tell you up front and point you toward a team that is a better fit.

FAQ’s

iOS App Development FAQs

Both. We build fully native iOS apps in Swift and SwiftUI when your product leans on Apple-specific capabilities or needs the smoothest possible performance, and we build cross-platform with Flutter when one codebase across iOS and Android gets you to market faster and cheaper. On the Discovery Sprint we tell you honestly which path fits your product and budget, instead of defaulting to whichever bills more hours.

Our fixed-bid tiers run from a $7,997 Starter build to a $59,997 Scale build, with most funded-startup MVPs landing in the $14,997 to $29,997 range. We start with a $1,997 Discovery Sprint that scopes the app, delivers a clickable Figma prototype, and gives you a fixed bid, so you see the full price before you commit to the build.

Most iOS MVPs ship in about six weeks from the end of the Discovery Sprint. Larger apps with custom backends, payments, and multiple user roles typically take eight to twelve weeks. We work in weekly milestones, so you always see real, running builds in TestFlight rather than status updates.

Yes. We handle TestFlight beta distribution, the full App Store Connect submission, and Apple's review process, including responding to reviewer feedback and rejections. You get a live app on the App Store, not a handoff of source code and a good-luck.

If you are genuinely iPhone-first for the next year and your app depends on Apple frameworks like Apple Pay, HealthKit, WidgetKit, or Live Activities, native Swift is usually the right call. If you need both iOS and Android on a startup timeline and budget, Flutter ships the same product from a single codebase and is almost always the smarter spend. We give you a straight recommendation on the Discovery Sprint.

Yes. We keep your app compatible with new iOS releases and devices, fix bugs, ship updates, and monitor crashes and performance. Apple's SDKs and App Store requirements change every year, and we keep your build current so it does not quietly break.

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