Mtoag

iPhone Apps Built for theApp Store's Highest BarSwift & SwiftUI. In-House UK Engineers. Approved First Time.

App Review rejects for reasons that are entirely predictable — missing privacy declarations, unjustified permissions, incomplete account deletion. We build against those rules from the first sprint, so submission is a formality rather than a fortnight of resubmissions.

Fixed-Price Technical SpecSwift & SwiftUI NativeFull IP Ownership Day One
190+
iOS Apps
Shipped
4.8
Average App
Store Rating
6wk
Average Launch
Time
100%
Client IP
Ownership

iPhone Apps Built For

BetfairL&TISROPublicaMoneyAppGetitBridgeConnectPlanTechSmart RecruitBetSmartPollen8SirclesBetfairL&TISROPublicaMoneyAppGetitBridgeConnectPlanTechSmart RecruitBetSmartPollen8Sircles

iPhone App Development Services We Deliver

Every iOS project is scoped, specified, and delivered by in-house Swift engineers — including the parts most agencies quietly hand back to you.

Native Swift & SwiftUI Apps

Modern iOS architecture, not UIKit code wearing a new coat.

  • SwiftUI & Swift Concurrency
  • MVVM & modular architecture
  • Swift Package Manager modules
  • Unit & XCUITest coverage
Discuss Native Swift & SwiftUI Development

App Store Submission & Review

We run the review gauntlet so your launch date holds.

  • Privacy nutrition labels
  • Permission justification copy
  • Guideline 5.1 compliance review
  • Rejection response & resubmission
Discuss App Store Submission

iOS Backend & CloudKit

Sync that survives a tunnel, a flight, and a dead battery.

  • CloudKit & custom REST backends
  • Offline-first Core Data sync
  • APNs push infrastructure
  • Sign in with Apple
Discuss iOS Backend & Sync

Apple Ecosystem Features

The features that make an app feel native to the platform.

  • Home screen & Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch companion apps
  • App Clips & Universal Links
  • Live Activities & Dynamic Island
Discuss Apple Ecosystem Features

Payments & In-App Purchase

StoreKit 2 subscriptions with receipts you can actually trust.

  • StoreKit 2 & subscriptions
  • Server-side receipt validation
  • Apple Pay integration
  • Restore & refund handling
Discuss Payments & In-App Purchase

Why UK Businesses Choose Mtoag for iPhone App Development

Three things that separate us from every other agency in the UK.

Fixed-Price. No Surprises.

Before writing a line of code, we produce a Technical Specification — a fixed-price, fixed-scope document listing every feature, integration, and delivery milestone. You sign it. We build it. The price you sign is the price you pay.

150+ In-House Engineers. No Subcontractors.

100% of Mtoag's engineering work is done by direct employees — never freelancers, never agencies, never offshore subcontractors. Your senior developer has worked at Mtoag for an average of 4+ years.

Full IP Ownership from Day One.

Your source code, design files, and all intellectual property transfer to you on final payment. We sign an NDA before any technical discussion. No vendor lock-in.

4.8
average App Store rating
99.6%
crash-free sessions
0
subcontractors used. Ever.
6–12wk
typical iOS delivery

The Tech Stack That Powers Our Solutions

Sixteen years of production experience across mobile, web, enterprise, open-source, and search — every technology below is one we ship for UK clients, not just list on a page.

From native performance to cross-platform speed, we build mobile experiences that feel first-class on every device.

Android Native95%
iOS (Swift)93%
React Native97%
Flutter88%
Cross-Platform (Ionic/Xamarin)85%
Wearable & IoT Integration80%

Modern, fast, accessible websites and web apps built on frameworks that scale with your business, not against it.

Next.js 1498%
React 1898%
TypeScript95%
Node.js92%
PostgreSQL88%
Tailwind CSS95%

Enterprise-grade architecture built for security, compliance, and systems that need to talk to each other reliably.

Microservices Architecture90%
.NET / C#85%
Java / Spring Boot84%
Salesforce Integration80%
SAP Integration75%
Enterprise API Gateway (Kong/Apigee)82%

Proven open-source platforms customised and hardened for real commercial traffic — not a stock install.

WordPress / WooCommerce96%
Shopify / Shopify Plus92%
Magento85%
PrestaShop78%
Drupal76%
Custom Headless Commerce (Next.js Commerce)88%

Technical SEO built into the codebase from day one — because rankings are an engineering outcome, not a marketing add-on.

Technical SEO Audits94%
Core Web Vitals Optimisation92%
Schema / Structured Data90%
Google Search Console & Analytics 493%
On-Page & Content Strategy87%
Local SEO / Google Business Profile85%

All versions current as of July 2026. We track and adopt major releases within 90 days.

iPhone App Development Case Studies

All projects live in production since launch.

M
FinTech · Lebanon

MoneyApp — Swift Lending App, Approved First Pass

Challenge

A finance app with document capture and credit decisions faced the strictest tier of App Review scrutiny.

Solution

A native SwiftUI build with on-device document processing, explicit consent flows, and full account deletion — approved without a single rejection.

SwiftSwiftUICore ML
1
Submission Attempt
10×
Faster Decisions
4.6
Store Rating
S
HR Technology · UK

Smart Recruit — Recruiter iPhone App with Widgets

Challenge

Recruiters needed shortlist changes visible without unlocking and opening the app.

Solution

A Swift app with Lock Screen widgets and Live Activities showing live candidate pipeline movement.

SwiftWidgetKitAPNs
85%
Time Saved
Daily Opens
7wk
To Launch
B
Gaming · UK

BetSmart — StoreKit 2 Subscription Rebuild

Challenge

A legacy receipt validation flow was granting access to lapsed subscribers and losing revenue.

Solution

Migration to StoreKit 2 with server-side validation and App Store Server Notifications for real-time entitlement.

SwiftStoreKit 2Node.js
0
Entitlement Errors
18%
Revenue Recovered
4wk
Migration Time
P
Social · UK

Pollen8 — Apple Watch Companion in Seven Weeks

Challenge

A community platform needed a wearable presence before a fixed campaign launch date.

Solution

A SwiftUI iPhone app with a watchOS companion sharing one Swift package for models and networking.

SwiftUIwatchOSCloudKit
7wk
Spec to Store
0
Launch Incidents
4.7
Store Rating

Our iPhone App Development Process

The same six-step process on every project. No improvising. No scope creep. No surprises.

Day 1–3

Discovery and Technical Scoping

A structured 45-minute discovery call followed by a written Technical Specification defining every screen, integration, offline behaviour, and store requirement. You review and sign it before we charge a penny.

Days 4–10

UX Flows and Interactive Prototype

Wireframes and a tappable prototype covering the core journeys, tested on real devices so navigation decisions are settled before a single screen is coded.

Weeks 3–8

Agile Development and Build

Two-week sprints with TestFlight and Play Console internal builds you can install from day one. Weekly video demos and Slack access to your project manager. Every merge reviewed by a senior engineer.

Week 8

Device Lab and QA Testing

Automated unit and UI tests plus manual regression on a physical device matrix — current and two prior OS versions, small and large screens, slow networks, and low battery states.

Week 9

Store Submission and Launch

We prepare store listings, screenshots, privacy declarations, and age ratings, then handle the App Store and Play Store review process end to end — including any rejection responses.

Week 9+

Support and OS Upgrades

Post-launch SLA options from 8-hour response to 24/7 monitoring, plus annual iOS and Android release compatibility work so your app never breaks on an OS update.

All timelines are fixed in the Technical Specification.

Start Your Project — Get Free Audit

iPhone App Quality Standards

Every Mtoag project is measured against the same benchmarks before it ships.

  • Cold start under 1.5 seconds on the oldest iPhone we support, not just the newest
  • WCAG 2.2 Level AA: VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, and contrast tested and passed
  • Crash-free sessions above 99.5%, monitored from launch day with alerting to our on-call team
  • Tested on a physical device matrix covering the current iOS release and two prior versions
We measure against Google's Core Web Vitals
< 1.5s
Cold Start
99.6%
Crash-Free
AA
WCAG Level
4.8
Avg. Rating

iPhone App Development Questions Answered

10 direct answers. No sales language.

A native iPhone app typically runs £15,000–£60,000 depending on scope. A focused single-purpose app starts around £10,000; apps with subscriptions, a custom backend, and Watch or widget extensions sit at the upper end. Mtoag quotes a fixed price from a written Technical Specification.

Six to twelve weeks from signed specification to App Store submission is typical. Simple apps ship in six; apps with payments, real-time features, or an Apple Watch companion take ten to sixteen. The timeline is fixed in the specification before development begins.

For iPhone-only products we build native in Swift and SwiftUI — it gives the smoothest interaction, the best access to new iOS features, and the fewest App Review surprises. Where an Android build is also needed and the logic is largely shared, we will recommend React Native instead and say so during scoping.

We handle it, at no extra cost. Rejection responses and resubmissions are included in every Mtoag iOS project. In practice most of our submissions are approved first pass because guideline compliance — privacy labels, permission justifications, account deletion — is built in from the first sprint rather than bolted on at the end.

Yes, and you should own it rather than us. Apps are published under your organisation's Apple Developer account (£79/year) so the listing, reviews, and analytics stay yours permanently. We will walk you through enrolment and handle the technical setup.

Yes, and it is much cheaper if the main app was architected for it. Mtoag builds shared models and networking into a Swift package from the start, so a Watch app, widget, or App Clip added later reuses that layer instead of duplicating it.

Yes. We implement StoreKit 2 with server-side receipt validation and App Store Server Notifications, so entitlements stay accurate through renewals, refunds, and billing retries — the area where most subscription apps quietly leak revenue.

We support the current iOS release and two prior versions as standard, which covers over 95% of active UK iPhones. Supporting older versions is possible and gets scoped explicitly, since it constrains which iOS features are available.

Yes, 100%. Source code, design files, and all intellectual property transfer to you on final payment, written into every Mtoag contract as standard. No IP buyout fee.

Yes. We begin with a paid technical audit covering the codebase, dependencies, and developer account state, then give you an honest recommendation on whether to continue or rebuild — including a fixed price for either path.

Serving iPhone App Development Clients Across the UK

LondonManchesterBirminghamLeedsEdinburghBristolGlasgowCardiffLiverpoolSheffieldNottinghamCambridge

UK project managers available for on-site visits. Remote delivery available worldwide.

Let's Build Your iPhone App.
Free Audit. No Commitment.

Tell us what you need to build. We'll send a free Technical Specification within 5 business days — with fixed scope and fixed cost.

Free Technical Specification — no strings attached
Fixed price. Fixed timeline. Fixed scope.
UK project manager from day one
Full IP ownership on completion
Call Us
+44 (115) 888-0557
Email Us
info@mtoag.co.uk
Visit Us
11 Barringer Way, St. Neots, PE19 1LW

Tell us about your project

No spam. No obligation. Reply within 1 business day.

Chat with us on WhatsApp

Typically replies in minutes