r/iOSProgramming is a subreddit with 204k members. The most common kinds of discussions are self-promotion and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses ios, looking for, struggling, app, and developer, and they frequently recommend/review database, learning resources, and mac app.
A subreddit to discuss, share articles, code samples, open source projects and anything else related to iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, or visionOS development.
Popular Themes in r/iOSProgramming
#1
Self-Promotion
: "I got tired of ads interrupting Qur’an recitations, so I spent the last few months building my own free app."
12 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Want to publish an app as a solo developer, but I have a question"
6 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "We removed in-app purchases from our iOS and Android app, switched to Stripe, and both stores approved it on the first submission. Here are the exact review notes we used."
3 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "App keeps getting rejected due to Guideline 4"
2 posts
#5
Money Talk
: "Can I Pay for the Apple Developer Program With a Virtual Card From Another Country?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/iOSProgramming
#1
Ios
50 posts
#2
Looking For
38 posts
#3
Struggling
35 posts
#4
App
21 posts
#5
Developer
16 posts
#6
Ios
: "Is there any way to create a system-wide “soft focus” filter on Ios?"
15 posts
#7
Tired
14 posts
#8
App Store
: "Is anyone know how to add Search Results image in AppStore?"
13 posts
#9
Annoying
11 posts
#10
Learn
8 posts
Products Discussed in r/iOSProgramming
Database
20 reviews
#1
Apple
4.3★ from 4 reviews
#2
GRDB
3.5★ from 4 reviews
#3
Firebase
4.0★ from 3 reviews
Learning Resources
4 reviews
#1
Apple
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
Paul Hudson
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Hacking with Swift
5.0★ from 1 review
Mac App
4 reviews
#1
AppScreens
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Figma
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
screenshots.pro
3.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/iOSProgramming
#1
Question
: "Has it always been this bad?"
34 posts
#2
Discussion
: "After months of building, my app hit 80 ratings. Here is what actually worked to get reviews without being annoying"
25 posts
#3
App Saturday
: "Tien Len - 13: a full SwiftUI card game that outgrew GameKit and ended up on a custom Vapor backend"
20 posts
#4
Library
: "swift-markdown-engine: An open source Markdown parsing and rendering engine for Swift, built on TextKit 2."
6 posts
#5
Solved!
: "CarPlay can cold-launch your app without your SwiftUI scene ever existing 🤬"
4 posts
#6
Article
: "Lessons from shipping a production app on SpeechTranscriber + on-device Foundation Models — including an OS bug that permanently eats locale slots"
4 posts
#7
Tutorial
: "iOS 27: StateReporter"
3 posts
#8
News
: "Developer changes from Apple OS* 27 beta 4→5"
3 posts
#9
3rd Party Service
: "Reddit App - App Store"
2 posts
#10
Humor
: "why do i get like this"
1 post
Member Growth in r/iOSProgramming
Yearly
+35k members(20.6%)
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Last updated: August 21, 2026