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The Develak Journal collects the iOS development guides our independent studio writes from shipping 34 apps on the App Store: Swift and SwiftUI, App Store submission, App Store Optimization and localization, explained step by step.
Guides 16 min read
A practical guide to iOS localization and internationalization: i18n vs l10n, migrating Localizable.strings and .stringsdict to String Catalogs (.xcstrings), the Swift i18n APIs, plurals, permission strings, formatters, right-to-left layouts, pseudolanguages, XLIFF export, localization tools and App Store metadata.
Guides 17 min read
An honest 2026 comparison of SwiftUI, Flutter and React Native for iPhone apps: how to benchmark performance with Apple tools, Apple frameworks, UI fidelity, time to market, hiring, maintenance and Android reach, with a decision checklist.
Guides 12 min read
The complete 2026 checklist for submitting an iPhone app: App Store Connect setup, privacy policy and support URLs, privacy manifest, account deletion, subscriptions, screenshots, age rating, TestFlight and the rejections to avoid.
We design, build and publish native iPhone, iPad and Mac apps in Swift and SwiftUI, with the same care as our own 34 apps.