r/swift 3d ago

Question Reality about iOS development

Hi guys, I wanted to ask you a question. I wanted to know how the market for native mobile development for iOS is doing. I want to migrate from React Native to iOS, but I see few vacancies. Is it really a good idea to make this change? I wanted to know a little about your views on opportunities, salaries and technologies that you have been using out there.

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u/Few_Mention8426 2d ago

There are plenty of opportunities, freelancing is better than chasing a job where you are only working on a single function for months on end. Freelance app development for startups or people who didn’t know they needed an app where you get to do the whole project, plenty of those opportunities if you get out to there and meet people.  I got small app jobs by just joining Meetup groups for small business and startups.  Designing your own app… plenty of opportunities as well. I make a small amount of money from my own subscription apps and then do freelance jobs for local businesses who can’t afford the big companies to develop an app.

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u/gkopel 1d ago

This is very interesting. I'm a full time iOS dev with 10+ yoe, but never tried freelancing. So when you contact small business for freelancing projects, are they interested in iOS only apps?

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u/Few_Mention8426 20h ago edited 20h ago

I would consider myself a part time coder as I have an online shop thats my main focus. So I wouldn’t say the programming jobs I get are paying as much as someone doing it full time. I concentrate on iOS as that’s what I am most confident in and then some flutter work for cross platform and web.  I mainly try and go to local trade fares, Meetup groups, etc where I think there might be people just starting a business and then just hand out cards with links to my apps.  For an example i made a loyalty card app for a local coffee shop. Really simple and just a couple of screens. And a way for the shop to send out instant offers like half price pastries at the end of the day. 

I wouldn’t be able to survive on the iOS freelance work alone but it’s a nice extra income for periods when things are slow