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iPhone and iPad apps, built in Swift

iOS App Development Services for iPhone and iPad

Our iOS app development team designs, builds and launches custom iPhone and iPad apps for businesses, churches, nonprofits and founders. Your app comes from the same team that publishes its own apps on the App Store.

Updated November 12, 2026

  • Apps live on the App Store
  • Native Swift and SwiftUI
  • TestFlight builds as we go
Glowgrid iPhone app, level 8: a glowing green path of rotated tiles lit from the source
DownAcross iPhone app: a solved crossword with each player's answers in their own color
Little Way Home iPhone app, level 11: crabs carry colored blocks off a pixel-art strawberry
Little Way Home app iconDownAcross app iconGlowgrid app icon
Live on the App Store
Published by CalTech Web
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Our apps live on the App Store
5.0
Google rating for CalTech Web
Since 2004
Brandon building for the web
800+
Websites we manage today
Apps we build

Types of iOS apps we build

As an iPhone app development company that also builds and manages websites, we build custom iOS apps for businesses, churches, nonprofits and founders. Here are common kinds of iPhone and iPad apps and the features people usually want in each. Yours can mix and match.

Custom business apps

Your own app for customer accounts, quotes, orders and service requests, connected to the systems you already run, for small businesses and enterprise teams alike.

  • Customer accounts
  • Service requests
  • Push notifications

Field service and employee apps

Job lists, inspections, checklists, photos and time tracking for crews in the field, synced back to the office.

  • Inspections
  • Job photos
  • Works offline

Healthcare and medical apps

Appointment requests, visit reminders, check-in and care instructions for practices, clinics and wellness providers.

  • Appointment requests
  • Visit reminders
  • Care instructions

Fitness and wellness apps

Class schedules, workout plans, progress tracking and member check-in for gyms, studios and coaches.

  • Class schedules
  • Progress tracking
  • Member check-in

Restaurant and food ordering apps

Menus, order ahead, pickup and delivery updates, and rewards that bring your regulars back.

  • Order ahead
  • Delivery updates
  • Rewards

E-commerce and retail apps

Your catalog, checkout, order tracking and member offers in an app your best customers keep on their home screen.

  • Product catalog
  • Order tracking
  • Member offers

Real estate and property listing apps

Searchable listings with photos, maps, saved favorites and showing requests for brokers, agents and property managers.

  • Listing search
  • Maps and photos
  • Showing requests

Booking and scheduling apps

Appointments for salons, coaches, tutors and service businesses, with reminders and easy rescheduling.

  • Online booking
  • Reminders
  • Rescheduling

Church apps

Sermons, events, giving links, prayer requests and check-in in one church app, from a team led by a senior pastor.

  • Sermons
  • Giving links
  • Prayer requests

Nonprofit, membership and event apps

Member directories, event registration and check-in, volunteer sign-ups and donation links in one place.

  • Member directory
  • Event check-in
  • Volunteer sign-ups

Startup and MVP apps

App development for startups: a focused first version, tested with real users on TestFlight, then launched on the App Store.

  • Focused first version
  • TestFlight beta
  • App Store launch

Game apps

Puzzle, word and multiplayer games with leaderboards, achievements and rewards, like the games we publish.

  • Leaderboards
  • Multiplayer
  • Rewards

Turn your website into an app

Already have a website? We can turn it into a native iPhone app that shares its content and adds what only an app can do, like push notifications, saved accounts and offline access. Apple can reject apps that simply repackage a website, so we build the real thing.

Talk About Your App
Our apps

iOS apps we have built and published

Each one is published by CalTech Web on the App Store, so you can download it and try our work for yourself. Under each app is what the same work can do in an app built for you.

Little Way Home App Store screenshot, Clear the Board: crabs clear colored blocks from a pixel-art picture on level 83
Little Way Home App Store screenshot, Top the Boards: the Game Center leaderboard ranking players by blocks cleared
Little Way Home app icon

Little Way Home

Puzzle game · iPhone

An undersea block puzzle with more than 230 levels, where a crew of crabs carries blocks home to their burrow.

For your app: The same tools can power loyalty points, member badges and progress that follows a customer from one device to the next.

Built into this app
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • iCloud save sync
  • Rewarded video ads
  • Crash and usage reports
  • In-app feedback
DownAcross App Store screenshot, Stuck? Add Grandma: a solved crossword with each friend's answers in their own color
DownAcross App Store screenshot, Put the group chat to work: friends filling in the same crossword at once
DownAcross app icon

DownAcross

Multiplayer word game · iPhone and iPad

A live crossword for two to eight people on one board. Friends join with a link or a six-character code, from the app or a browser.

For your app: The same live sync can run a shared job board, a volunteer schedule or a team checklist that everyone updates at once.

Built into this app
  • Real-time shared data
  • Invite links and codes
  • Web and app on one back end
  • iPhone and iPad layouts
Glowgrid App Store screenshot, Rotate tiles, light the grid: a glowing green path lit from the source
Glowgrid App Store screenshot, Race your friends: two players racing through the same boards
Glowgrid app icon

Glowgrid

Logic puzzle · iPhone and iPad

A tile-rotation puzzle with 1,000 levels that all play offline, plus head-to-head races between friends.

For your app: The same offline design keeps inspections, checklists and forms working where there is no signal.

Built into this app
  • Works fully offline
  • Head-to-head play over iCloud
  • Game Center leaderboard
  • 1,000 levels of content

Using one of our apps? App support · App privacy policy

What we can build

Features we have already built into iPhone apps

Every feature below is running today in one of our own apps or our TestFlight test builds.

Native iPhone and iPad apps

Written in Swift and SwiftUI, Apple's own tools, so your app feels at home on every iPhone and iPad.

Built in: DownAcross, Glowgrid

Real-time sharing

Several people working on the same data at once and seeing each other's changes as they happen.

Built in: DownAcross

App and website together

One back end behind your app and a browser version, so people without an iPhone can still take part.

Built in: DownAcross

iCloud sync

Progress and data that follow your users from one Apple device to the next.

Built in: Little Way Home, Glowgrid

Accounts and sign-in

Sign in with Apple or an emailed code, with account deletion handled the way Apple requires.

Built in: Our TestFlight test builds

Push notifications

Timely reminders and alerts your users choose to receive, with a clear switch to turn them off.

Built in: Our TestFlight test builds

Leaderboards and achievements

Game Center scores, rankings and achievements that give people a reason to come back.

Built in: Little Way Home, Glowgrid

Works offline

Apps that keep working in a dead zone, on a plane or out in the field.

Built in: Glowgrid

Invite links and codes

Bring people in with a link or a short code, so a whole group can join in seconds.

Built in: DownAcross

Usage and crash reports

Know which features people use and fix problems before most users ever notice them.

Built in: Little Way Home

Ads and rewards

Optional rewarded videos with the consent screens privacy law requires, when ads fit your model.

Built in: Little Way Home

Privacy done right

App Store privacy details, a privacy policy and a support page in place before your app ships.

Built in: Every app we publish

How it works

Our iOS app development process

Here is how to make an app for your business with us: five steps from first call to App Store, with a working build on your own phone long before launch day.

  1. STEP 1

    Talk it through

    A 30-minute call with Brandon about your app, who will use it and what it needs to do on day one.

  2. STEP 2

    Written scope and quote

    What the app will do, in writing, with a quote, before any work starts.

  3. STEP 3

    Build and test on your phone

    As features land, you install test builds on your own iPhone through Apple's TestFlight and tell us what to change.

  4. STEP 4

    Launch on the App Store

    We prepare the listing, screenshots and privacy details, submit the app to Apple and answer review questions.

  5. STEP 5

    Optional ongoing care

    An optional support and maintenance plan keeps your app working with each new iOS release. New features are quoted as you need them.

Pricing

How much does it cost to make an app?

iOS app development cost depends on what your app needs to do, so we do not publish a price list. We quote each app from a written scope, and you see the quote before any work begins. App builds are quoted separately from our $99/month website plans.

The fastest way to a number is a short call. Tell us what the app needs to do and we will help you find a first version that fits your budget, then add to it once real people are using it.

Book a call for a quote

What shapes the price of an app

Number of screens
A focused app with a handful of screens costs far less than one with dozens.
Accounts and data
Sign-in, saved data and a server behind the app add to the build.
Real-time features
Live updates between people, like shared boards or chat, take more engineering.
Connections
Linking to systems you already use, such as a database, CRM or website.
iPad and web versions
A tailored iPad layout or a browser version for people without an iPhone.
Content and art
Custom illustrations, sound or a large library of content to load in.
Brandon Hopkins, founder of CalTech Web
Brandon Hopkins
Founder, CalTech Web
Why CalTech Web

An iOS app development company you can actually reach

When you hire an iPhone app developer, you should know who is building your app and how to reach them. We are based in Madera, California, and build apps for clients across the US.

We publish our own apps

Our apps are live on the App Store today, each one through Apple's review, so we know the road your app will travel.

One team for your app and website

We already manage more than 800 websites, so your app, your website and the data behind them can come from one team.

Building for the web since 2004

Brandon Hopkins founded CalTech Web in 2019 after 15 years building websites for businesses.

A real person answers

Call (559) 282-3075 and you reach our team in Madera, California, Mon to Fri, 8:00am to 5:00pm PT.

iOS app development questions

Do you build Android apps too?

Our focus is native iPhone and iPad apps written in Swift. When people on Android or a computer need to take part, we can give your app a browser version on the same back end, the way DownAcross players join a puzzle from any browser.

Can you build an app that works with the website or systems we already have?

Yes. An app can read from and write to the same data as your website or business systems, so your team updates information once and it shows up everywhere.

Do you handle the App Store submission and review?

Yes. We prepare the App Store listing, screenshots, privacy details and privacy policy, submit the app to Apple and answer any questions from App Review. We have done this for every app we publish.

Do you offer app maintenance after launch?

Yes, as an optional support and maintenance plan. Apple releases a new version of iOS every year and most apps need small updates to keep pace. The plan keeps your app current, and new features are quoted as you need them.

Little Way Home app iconDownAcross app iconGlowgrid app icon

Have an app idea? Let's talk it through.

Book a 30-minute call with Brandon. You will leave with a clear idea of what your first version should include and what it takes to build.

Or call (559) 282-3075, Mon to Fri, 8:00am to 5:00pm PT