r/iOSProgramming is a subreddit with 205k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses ios, struggling, tired, app, and app store, 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
Pain & Anger
: "Just hearing "4.3" gives me PTSD. How App Store Review finally broke me."
7 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "How is the market for hiring iOS devs?"
7 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."
6 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "A SwiftUI neobrutalism library you apply with one modifier -- would love feedback"
2 posts
#5
Ideas
: "Shipped my Tokyo transit app: ~3000 live vehicles on MapKit in SwiftUI. Some things that didn't work"
1 post
#6
News
: "New warning when uploading app to App Store. iOS apps must have minimum OS version of iOS 15 in 2027 onwards"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/iOSProgramming
#1
Ios
: "I added Ios binary size profiling to kmprofiler using Xcode link maps"
34 posts
#2
Struggling
34 posts
#3
Tired
14 posts
#4
App
: "String Into Action: an open source Mac App to review strings in your App"
14 posts
#5
App Store
: "Anyone actually solved App Store rejection loops? third rejection, running out of patience"
14 posts
#6
Annoying
10 posts
#7
Xcode
8 posts
#8
Mentor
6 posts
#9
Hate
6 posts
#10
Developer
5 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
: "Xcode 27 agents: are you dropping Claude Code / CLI tools entirely?"
72 posts
#2
Discussion
: "New warning when uploading app to App Store. iOS apps must have minimum OS version of iOS 15 in 2027 onwards"
37 posts
#3
App Saturday
: "I spent almost two years building this iOS reading app. It’s finally on the App Store."
18 posts
#4
Article
: "Running iOS background tasks reliably (blog post)"
12 posts
#5
Tutorial
: "A small trick to make iOS simulators use less RAM"
8 posts
#6
Library
: "swift-markdown-engine: An open source Markdown parsing and rendering engine for Swift, built on TextKit 2."
8 posts
#7
News
: "Published my first app!"
7 posts
#8
Humor
: "Apple got me excited for a second"
5 posts
#9
Solved!
: "I wanted AI coding agent to send builds straight to my iPhone when working remotely"
5 posts
#10
Roast my code
: "A SwiftUI neobrutalism library you apply with one modifier -- would love feedback"
3 posts
Member Growth in r/iOSProgramming
Yearly
+35k members(20.5%)
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Last updated: September 11, 2026