Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to A Swift app I made in 4 months with no prior experience
I have always dreamed of learning Swift and creating apps for iOS, but I never found the motivation to do so. I was scared by the complexity and the learning curve of programming with UIKit and Storyboard. I thought they were too complicated and too boring for me. But then I discovered SwiftUI, the new framework for building user interfaces for Apple platforms. I was captivated by its simplicity and elegance. I watched some videos and read some articles about it and I was blown away by what it could do. I decided to give it a shot and see if I could learn it and make something with it. I set…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A Swift app I made in 4 months with no prior experience launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hi y'all! I am full stack web developer, and recently I started to mess around with Swift. I've been having a lot of fun and I actually build little Countdown app ( I know, how original..), but I just wanted to share it with the world!
2024 · its alternatives →
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Learn by Building 14 Different Apps in Swift
2014 · bitfountain.io · its alternatives →
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A Github-hosted curriculum on Swift for teachers by Apple
2015 · swifteducation.github.io · its alternatives →
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Once UI 1.5▲299When I started my career and built my first design system, I was beyond excited. It took a lot of iterations, learning and 6 months of work to launch it internally. In the next job, I did it again, then at the following job, again… And no matter which company I worked for, 80% of the design system was the same. I’ve decided to work full-time on the design system I’ve always wanted, and today I’m launching and open-sourcing it. You can use it to build Next.js apps faster, and I’ve designed it in a way that it’s hard to go wrong with it: you can choose any settings, and you’ll end up with a…
Dec 2025 · once-ui.com · its alternatives →
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Learn how to make iOS 8 apps in Swift, tutorials by Stanford
2015 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · books.aidanf.net · its alternatives →
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Swiftbites▲220Learn how to code in swift with interactive mini lessons
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Want to learn how to code? We made an app for that!
2015 · weheartswift.com · its alternatives →
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Learn SwiftUI, React & UI design, completely redesigned
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hi everyone I'm a Notion-addicted person and love to build my own template to cover different aspects of my life, either work or personal stuff. Once, I wanted to build a habit tracker template, and I realized Notion was not the best solution. You can organize it in a much more efficient way just with a pen and a piece of paper. However, the best tool should live on your devices and have a correct structure. Then, I decided to try to build an app using SwiftUI and SwiftData. The goal was to make it a very basic version in one month. But it took me two months. I tried to add only the core…
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Learn how to build UI and animations with Swift
2014 · designcode.io · its alternatives →
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AppDesk▲90Every morning I'd open App Store Connect in Safari, enter my password for the millionth time, then wait 8 seconds for the dashboard to load and continue fumbling around for what I needed. Everything took too many clicks and way too long to load. I did this for years and got tired of it. Good thing Apple provided API access for all this data. So I finally built the app I wanted, just the way I liked. Fast, keyboard-friendly navigation, data syncs and gets stored only on the local device. Meet AppDesk — a native macOS client built with SwiftUI for App Store Connect. Everything runs locally —…
Mar 2026 · appdesk.dev · its alternatives →
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Learn to make iPhone and iPad apps the smart way.
2016 · hackingwithswift.com · its alternatives →
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After getting impatient with a "SwiftUI for Designers" course I decided to fuck around and find out. Just hours after asking my 1st question: "Are you familiar with SwiftUI?" the core functionality of this app (an exercise utility) was up and working. I've spent the past week tweaking the UI with small animations and features. It's a humble tool (local storage only) but I am nonetheless floored with how GPT has allowed me to completely skip the "learning syntax" part of development and ship something that I actually use. Not only did it lower the syntax bar virtually to 0... I've learned…
2023 · testflight.apple.com · its alternatives →
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34 hours of easy to follow lessons
2015 · learn.iphonedev.tv · its alternatives →
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A watch with camera feed as a background. Futuristic look :D
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hi there! I recently launched my iOS development agency with a subscription model, inspired by DesignJoy founder Brett Williams. My agency is among the first in the US (or in Texas, or in Dallas ;)) to offer iOS development services on a month-to-month basis. The subscription is flexible, allowing for pauses or cancellations at any time. With 10 years of experience in software development and success as a consultant for Fortune 500 companies, I aim to leverage my expertise to help startups and other companies elevate their iOS development.
2024 · swiftapplab.com · its alternatives →
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150+ interactive exercises + online sandbox
2016 · weheartswift.com · its alternatives →
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I was tired of wasting time in traffic jams every day and wanted to use my commute to learn. I tried finding podcasts on specific topics, like explain MOE like i’m five or the pros and cons of TCA vs. MVVM in SwiftUI, but finding a single episode on niche subjects like these is kinda hard. I’ve tried tools like NotebookLM, but they require you to manually find and collect all the source material first. I wanted something simpler, that i can just ask a question and get an interesting discussion to listen to. So I spent the last three months working part-time to build InstaPodz. It's a simple…
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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