Mobile App Development

iOS App Development

iOS app development company, native Swift and SwiftUI apps built for App Store approval, widgets, watchOS and everything Apple users expect.

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The short answer

HandsOnTech builds native iOS apps in Swift and SwiftUI (App Store submission and review-cycle management included) with TestFlight builds on your phone every two weeks from week four.

iOS users pay for quality and notice its absence: they feel non-native scrolling, expect widgets and dynamic type, and read App Store reviews before downloading. Native Swift is how you meet that bar, and Apple's review process rewards apps built to platform conventions.

iPhone users notice (and pay for) the difference

The iOS audience is the most profitable in mobile and the least forgiving: they feel non-native scrolling in the first swipe, expect widgets, dynamic type and dark mode, and read reviews before downloading. Native Swift and SwiftUI are how you clear that bar, fluid animation, instant launch, day-one support for each iOS release, and the platform integrations (camera pipelines, HealthKit, watch companions) cross-platform frameworks reach late or never. If your roadmap is Apple-centric or your users skew iPhone (as most U.S. consumer and health products do) native is the honest recommendation.

App Store review, handled like a process instead of a lottery

Apple’s review process rewards apps built to the guidelines and punishes surprises: privacy labels that don’t match data flows, missing disclosures, human-interface violations. We build to the rules from the first sprint and manage submission with reviewer notes that anticipate questions. When a rejection happens anyway (it happens to clean apps too) we run the resubmission cycle instead of forwarding you Apple’s email. TestFlight builds reach your phone from week four, so the version reviewers see has already survived weeks of your own team’s daily use.

The problem

Why apps get deleted

Day-one delight means nothing if booking, checkout or onboarding fails on a bad connection.

Overbuilt v1

Too many screens before value. Users never reach the aha moment.

Store rejection loops

Privacy, permissions and assets wrong, launch slips by weeks.

Abandoned after launch

Crash spikes with no one watching. Reviews tank.

What you get

Apps that stay on the home screen

Native iOS and Android or React Native, shipped and supported.

iOS & Android native

Platform-native UX when performance and OS features matter most.

React Native / Flutter

One codebase, two stores, faster iteration.

Store submission & ASO

Assets, review cycles and keyword optimization.

Post-launch releases

Crash monitoring, analytics and scheduled updates.

Methodology

Ship to both stores

TestFlight and Play builds every sprint.

Define

Core loop, permissions model and offline requirements.

Prototype

Tap-through flows validated on real devices.

Build

Sprints with device testing and API integration.

Launch

Store submission, monitoring and release train.

Ways to work with us

Three ways to engage

Every model starts with a free consultation and a written quote, the price you sign is the price you pay.

Most popularWebsites · Apps · AI products

Fixed-Price Project

A scoped build with a written price and a launch date, agreed before design begins.

Written scope and fixed quote within 48 hours
Two-week sprints with staging demos every other Friday
Milestone payments tied to shipped work
30-day bug warranty in the contract
Code, designs and content transfer on final payment

Scope my project

SEO · AEO · Paid media · Content

Growth Retainer

Monthly compounding work on organic and paid visibility, reported against pipeline.

Monthly sprint plan agreed in advance
Live dashboard, the same numbers we see
AI visibility report: which prompts name you
No long lock-in, cancel with 30 days notice
Same team as your build, no handoff loss

Plan my growth

Designers · Engineers · Marketers

Dedicated Team

Senior specialists embedded in your Slack, repo and standups, capacity without recruiting.

Start within 1–2 weeks of the intro call
Your tools, your process, your time zone
Scale seats up or down with two weeks notice
NDA and full IP assignment from day one
Direct access, no account-manager relay

Build my team

Scope and pricing

What we build, and what it costs

Published ranges and timelines, the same figures that appear in your written scope. Client work is covered by NDA; references are shared during scoping for qualified projects.

Websites and e-commerce

Marketing sites, storefronts and headless builds on WordPress, Shopify, Next.js or Astro, with green Core Web Vitals and SEO architecture as launch requirements.

$15k–$75k published range · 4–10 wk typical build

Website development services

Mobile apps

Native iOS and Android or React Native and Flutter, carried through App Store and Google Play review, with crash monitoring and post-launch releases included.

$45k–$180k published range · 10–20 wk typical build

Mobile app development services

AI products and automation

One workflow piloted before anything scales, then production agents, chatbots and dashboards with retrieval, evaluation sets, guardrails and cost monitoring.

$25k–$200k published range · 6–20 wk typical build

AI development services

Tools & platforms

The stack we ship with

Chosen per project for your team and roadmap, never by our habits.

Design

FigmaDesign tokensStorybookFramerPrototypingWCAG 2.2

Frontend

ReactNext.jsAstroTypeScriptTailwind CSSVue

Backend

Node.jsPythonPostgreSQLLaravelGraphQLRedis

Platforms

WordPressShopifyWebflowSanityContentfulVercel & AWS

Mobile

Swift / SwiftUIKotlin / ComposeReact NativeFlutterTestFlightPlay Console

AI

Anthropic ClaudeOpenAIRAG pipelinesVector DBsEval suitesVoice AI

2App stores, submission handled

$45k+MVP app from

10–16 wkTypical app build

Compare

HandsOnTech vs. typical app agencies

HandsOnTechTypical agency

Post-launchReleases & monitoringGone after v1

AccessEngineers in standupPM relay

ScopeMVP-first roadmapKitchen-sink v1

OwnershipSource code yoursWhite-label lock-in

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30-day warranty

Bugs found in the first month get fixed free, in the contract.

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You own everything

Code, designs and content transfer on final payment.

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U.S. hours overlap

Standups and demos on ET, CT, MT or PT, your pick.

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Fixed price, fixed date

Quoted in writing before work starts. No surprise change orders.

FAQs

Common questions

Why build native iOS instead of cross-platform?

Native wins when the experience is the product: fluid animation, camera pipelines, widgets, watch companions, background processing and day-one support for new iOS features. If your roadmap is Apple-centric or your audience skews iPhone (common in U.S. consumer and health markets) native Swift pays off.

How do you handle App Store review?

We build to the guidelines from the start, privacy labels that match real data flows, required disclosures, human-interface conventions, and manage the submission with review notes reviewers can follow. Rejections happen even to clean apps; when they do, we run the resubmission cycle, not you.

What is iOS App Development?

iOS App Development is a scoped, fixed-price engagement from HandsOnTech, a U.S. design, development and growth studio headquartered in Sacramento, California. We map URL architecture, internal links and schema before build, tie mobile app development work to one business metric you name, and deliver in two-week sprints with staging demos on U.S. business hours.

How much does iOS app development cost?

An MVP app runs $45k–$90k, a full product $90k–$180k, and enterprise or regulated builds start around $120k. Store submission, crash reporting and a 30-day post-release warranty are included rather than quoted separately, and the fixed price arrives in writing within 48 hours of the audit.

How long does iOS app development take?

MVP apps ship in 10–14 weeks, full products in 14–20 weeks, and enterprise or regulated builds in 16–24 weeks, including App Store and Play review. You get TestFlight and Play internal builds every two weeks, so stakeholders hold the app long before launch day.

Do you work with businesses across the United States?

Yes. We are headquartered at 2108 N ST STE N, Sacramento, CA 95816 and serve clients in all 50 states, remote-first, with daily overlap on Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific time. Contracts and IP assignment run through a U.S. entity, and on-site working sessions in major metros are available by arrangement.

What platform or stack do you build on?

Native Swift for iOS and Kotlin for Android when performance or platform APIs demand it, Flutter or React Native when one codebase across both stores is the better economics. We show the trade-off math for your case in writing instead of defaulting to whichever we prefer to build.

How is this different from an agency or an offshore team?

One team covers design, development and growth, so there is no handoff tax and nobody to blame. You talk to the designer and engineer doing the work instead of an account manager relaying messages. And it is contractual, not a pitch: fixed price, U.S. hours, a 30-day bug warranty and full ownership transfer on final payment.

Get a timeline, a price range and a next step.

Send your URL and the metric this project has to move. A free 48-hour audit comes back with a prioritized fix list, and qualified projects get a written fixed-price scope within two business days.

Get a free 48-hour audit Email the team directly

Let's talk

Tell us what you're building.

You'll get a timeline, a price range and the next step, usually within two business days. A technical lead reads every message, not a sales development rep. No deck, no discovery-call maze.

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📍2108 N ST STE NSacramento, CA 95816 — serving all 50 states
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