20+ Best iOS Development Companies to Hire in 2026 and Beyond

iOS users spend more per transaction, subscribe at higher rates, and churn less than their Android counterparts. That's why many businesses target the App Store first, even when Android has the larger global install base.

The catch: Apple holds developers to a higher bar. Strict Human Interface Guidelines, a notoriously thorough review process, and a smaller margin of error on performance all mean your choice of development partner carries real weight.

We put together this list to help you narrow the field.

Do You Need a Traditional Development Company?

Before you start reaching out to agencies, ask yourself what you're actually building.

If you need a brand-new app with custom functionality that doesn't already exist, yes, you need a development company. Keep scrolling.

But if you already have a website that's generating revenue, especially an ecommerce store, a content platform, or a SaaS product, rebuilding all of that as a standalone iOS app is expensive and often unnecessary. 

MobiLoud takes your existing website and turns it into a native iOS and Android app. Your site's content, checkout flow, user accounts, and everything else carries over. Updates happen automatically because the app stays synced with your site.

It's not the right fit for everyone. If you need an app that does things your website can't, you'll want a traditional development partner. But for businesses that want their existing experience on the App Store without a six-figure rebuild, it's the shortest path.

"When I heard about MobiLoud and that we could turn our website into a native app without additional development resources, it made perfect sense."
-- Steven Kachtan, CIO, buybuyBaby

How We Put This List Together

We pulled data from Clutch.co profiles (ratings, verified reviews, project sizes), company websites (portfolios, team sizes, tech stacks), and third-party directories like GoodFirms, TechBehemoths, and DesignRush for cross-referencing.

We've been in the mobile app space since 2013, which gives us some perspective on which agencies have staying power and which are riding short-term hype.

^{All data was last verified in April 2026. Ratings and team sizes change; treat this as a starting point for your own due diligence, not the final word.}

The Top iOS App Development Companies in 2026

Here's a quick snapshot of the top-rated agencies before we dig into each one

Empat

Empat is a full-cycle software development company that helps startups and enterprises turn ideas into scalable digital products. With a strong focus on product thinking and user experience, they build custom iOS applications tailored to business goals and real user needs.

From discovery and UI/UX design to development and post-launch support, Empat Tech covers the entire app lifecycle. Their team works with Swift, SwiftUI, and other modern iOS technologies to deliver secure, high-performing mobile apps across industries such as fintech, healthcare, marketplaces, and SaaS.

IT Craft

IT Craft provides iOS app development, and focuses on delivering high-quality software to its clients worldwide for more than 20 years. The company has more than 330 in-house developers that specialize in native iOS development using Swift, C#, and Swift UI. They specialize in logistics, healthcare and education.

IT Craft builds high-performing iOS apps that are intuitive, secure, and align with each client's business goals. The company ensures transparency and flexibility at every stage with its agile development approach, and has a rating of 4.9/5 on Clutch.

Check out some highlights from IT Craft’s Portfolio for iOS application development here:

• iOS app development for Ebillity
• App development for Hypnosis Downloads

Naked Development

Naked Development is a USA-based app development agency that launched over 300 apps so far in a variety of industry verticals and mobile technologies. Besides iOS, they also develop for Android, but not only that.

You can get the full package as they do product branding and research, design and strategy, as well as digital marketing. If you need technical expertise and creative guidance, this is one of the better choices you can make.

GCC Marketing

GCC Marketing is an agency located in Dubai focused on providing superior digital experiences. On top of iOS app development, they do web design, digital and email marketing, SEO, social media marketing, and many other services that supplement custom software development.

Besides building an app, they can help you with product and library updates, bug fixes, code maintenance, data migration, and many other types of services that will help you perform well in the App Store.

Riktam Technologies

Riktam Technologies is an agency that provides cutting-edge solutions for the web and mobile. They are based in India and since 2007, they’ve been developing apps and websites and their dedicated team has well over 500 projects behind them.

They specialize in online marketplaces, retail websites and apps, logistics, and sports projects. Whether you want to do cross-platform apps or native iOS, you can choose your programming language and get consulting on how to produce high-quality apps.

Goji Labs

Goji Labs is a US-based digital product agency with a commitment to excellence. Over the past 10 years, they’ve built over 200 software applications, websites, and other products according to their client requirements.

They can provide you with a fully custom mobile app, complete with the right documentation and code comments so your team does not get stuck with application development in the future. Android, iOS, or cross-platform, they have all types of app developers for your needs.

Suffescom Solutions

Suffescom Solutions is a web3 consulting company that offers much more than iOS app development services. Websites, games, apps, blockchain development, NFTs - anything that requires writing code can be done with Suffescom.

Swift, Objective-C, SwiftUI, CocoaPods, RXSwift - these are just some of the technologies they use for iPhone iOS app development.

Blue Orbits

Blue Orbits is a digital services company with offices in four countries around the world. If you want iOS app development services from folks who built apps with over a million downloads, Blue Orbit deserves your attention.

They specialize in real estate, travel and tourism, healthcare, and e-commerce. If you want to learn about their domain expertise, their website is rich with testimonials and customer reviews from happy iOS and Android app customers.

Greelow

Greelow is a nearshore development company with offices in four countries, promising unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction and custom software solutions at 60% lower prices compared to the United States.

They build apps for the web and mobile apps, both Android and iOS. Industries that Greelow specializes in include marketing, healthcare, education, and others.

Essential Designs

Essential Designs offers bespoke solutions for businesses from all types of industries, and not just apps. They build custom software, mobile apps, websites, UI and UX design projects, business platforms, and much more. If you need anything with custom code, Essential Designs can do it.

Notable clients include Honeywell, the University of Calgary, Shell, Shopify and many others. Visit their website for a rich portfolio of customers from different industries and verticals.

Trango Tech

Trango Tech is based in the USA and they offer top-notch application development services for iOS, Android, and the web, as well as AR and VR apps. To top it off, they also produce apps for wearable tech.

Their rich list of services includes progressive web apps, prototypes, cross-platforms, and more. And once your apps are finished, they’ll support you with quality assurance services.

Appinventiv

Appinventiv is a digital agency that can lead you throughout your app development journey. From the initial user experience and user interface, all the way to the development of iOS, Android, and cross-platform apps, Appinventiv does it all.

If you have an existing app, they can support you with consulting services, QA or performance optimization. To this extensive list, you can add blockchain, DevOps, data science and analytics, and many others.

Algoworks

Algoworks is a mobile app development you can trust - with over 550 projects behind them and more than 550 million downloads, you’re certain to get an end product that will perform well on the app store.

Besides testimonials from happy customers, their website offers links to apps they developed so you can download and check out the user interface and experience, performance, and more.

PixelCrayons

PixelCrayons is a digital agency specializing in a wide range of services: PWA, Android, iOS, cross-platform, VR, and AR - you name it, they can build it. Besides building apps from scratch, they can also help do integrations with plugins and payment gateways.

You won’t be left alone after the app is live on the app store, because they do QA, support, and maintenance and ensure that you’re set for the long run. PixelCrayons can also help migrate your project from one platform to something different.

Hedgehog Lab

Hedgehog Lab is a global tech consultancy business that offers mobile app development on top of a large choice of other services. If you’re stuck, they can provide help with UI and UX design. Also, they can help integrate your app into systems such as CRMs or ERPs.

Once your app is up and running, they do analytics testing to determine where you might be losing app users and what can be done to improve performance.

Yalantis

Yalantis is a superb choice of a development company if you want someone with big names as their past clients. KPMG, Bosch, Toyota are just some of the many companies that Yalantis has built mobile or web apps for.

Besides mobile app development, they offer data engineering, blockchain development, machine learning, artificial intelligence and much, much more.

Cubix

Cubix is an agency that specializes in mobile apps but offers quite a few extras, such as game development, web apps, and blockchain. They sport a decent portfolio of clients, all shown on their website, including social platforms, food ordering apps and marketing tools.

Get in touch with Cubix if you want an app on iOS, Android or for wearable devices.

Appening

Appening is a web and mobile app development agency that has been around since 2017. They specialize in a variety of industries, including healthcare, retail, hospitality, recruitment and many others.

With just about 60 finished projects, they don’t have a vast portfolio like many of the other companies listed here, but you can personally check out most of these apps to see their UX, UI and performance.

NMG Technologies

NMG Technologies is a development agency that has been around since 2008 and since then, accumulated a team of over 150 developers, leading to 200+ million app downloads.

In terms of iOS apps, they can do the whole thing, from soup to nuts. Starting with ideation, UX and UI design, all the way to the finished product, and its QA testing. Besides phones, NMG develops apps for wearable tech such as Apple Watch.

Contus

Contus is a great addition to an in-house team or the primary choice for your next project. Besides being cheaper than hiring a US- or Europe-based agency, they cover a wide variety of services: mobile, full stack development, SaaS apps, IoT and connected vehicles, media streaming and OTT, unified communications and others.

And if you really want to see what they do, they’ve built and launched three apps in-house that you can test out yourself before committing to a full project.

Emizen Tech

Emizen Tech is a solid choice for an offshore partner that offers a wide range of digital services. Based in India, they develop websites, e-commerce stores, and mobile apps. You can choose from Android, iOS, hybrid or wearable device applications.

Emizen specialize in the following industries: media and entertainment, healthcare and fitness, logistics and transport, real estate, ticketing and events, travel and hospitality and many others.

What to Look for in an iOS Development Company

Every agency on this list can technically build an iOS app. The differences that matter are more nuanced.

Apple ecosystem fluency

iOS development has its own grammar. Apple's Human Interface Guidelines dictate how buttons should feel, how navigation should flow, and how the app should behave when interrupted by a phone call. An agency that's spent years building for Android and treats iOS as a secondary platform will produce an app that feels subtly wrong to iPhone users. Ask to see iOS-specific portfolio pieces, not just cross-platform demos.

App Store submission experience

Apple rejects apps. It happens regularly, and the reasons range from obvious (crashes) to obscure (metadata keyword stuffing, screenshots that don't match the actual UI). 

An agency that's been through hundreds of submissions knows how to avoid the common rejection triggers and how to appeal when Apple gets it wrong. Ask how many times they've had apps rejected and how they handled it.

Swift and SwiftUI proficiency

Objective-C still powers plenty of existing apps, but new iOS development should be in Swift (and increasingly SwiftUI for the interface layer). If an agency's portfolio is all Objective-C or all cross-platform, they may not be keeping up with Apple's direction. That matters because Apple prioritizes Swift in their tooling, documentation, and new APIs.

Post-launch planning

Apple releases a major iOS update every September. Each one can break things: deprecated APIs, new privacy requirements, redesigned system components. The agency you hire should have a clear answer for what happens after launch. Annual maintenance contracts, SLA-based support, or at minimum a documented handoff so your in-house team can take over.

How Much Does iOS App Development Cost?

The honest answer is "it depends," but here are realistic ranges to help you evaluate quotes.

By complexity:

• Simple apps (basic UI, limited features, no backend): $5,000 to $50,000
• Medium apps (custom design, API integrations, user accounts, push notifications): $50,000 to $150,000
• Complex apps (real-time features, AI/ML, Apple Watch companion, enterprise integrations): $150,000 to $500,000+

By agency location:

• US and Western Europe: $100 to $250/hour
• Eastern Europe and Latin America: $50 to $100/hour
• South and Southeast Asia: $25 to $60/hour

iOS-specific costs people forget about:

• Apple Developer Program membership: $99/year (required to publish on the App Store)
• App Store review timeline: plan for 1-2 weeks of back-and-forth, sometimes more
• Annual maintenance: 15-20% of the initial build cost for OS compatibility updates, bug fixes, and security patches
• Universal app support: if you want iPad and Apple Watch versions, that's additional design and testing work

For a broader breakdown, see our guide on how much it costs to create an app. And if you already have a website generating revenue, compare those numbers against converting your website into an app, which is often a fraction of the cost.

Wrapping Up

The right iOS development company depends on what you're building and where you are in the process. A startup validating an idea has different needs than an enterprise migrating a legacy Objective-C app to SwiftUI.

If you already have a website that drives revenue and you want to put that experience on the App Store, see how MobiLoud can turn your site into a native iOS app without starting from scratch. For custom builds that go beyond what your website does, the 21 agencies above are a strong starting point.

If MobiLoud's streamlined approach looks like the right option, get a free preview now to see what your app could look like, and walk through the process with our team of experts.

See also: Best Android App Development Companies | Top Mobile App Development Companies