iOS
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iOS (formerly known as iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple and used exclusively in its devices and hardware such as iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple Watch (watchOS), and AppleTV (tvOS). If you are looking to develop an app for Apple mobile devices, you’ll need to develop for iOS.
iOS has come a long way since its release in 2007 - it is currently the second most popular mobile operating system, after Android. To this day, Apple have sold 1.16 billion iPhones and 360 million iPads, with mobile applications for iOS collectively downloaded more than 130 billion times. Apple’s App Store offers more than 2.2 million iOS applications (as of Jan 2017).
M-commerce is booming on iOS, with users regularly purchasing apps or signing up for premium subscriptions. Even though the iOS may not be the most popular system by usage, the advantages of iOS development abound.
Depending on your target user audience, you may take into the account that the iPhone is the most popular phone in both the US and Canada, whereas it has a lower uptake in places such as Asia. Refining your target audience is essential when determining whether an app or particular mobile operating system is the right fit for your business.
When it comes to apps themselves, you’ll generally see that new, innovative applications hit iOS first, before Android. In terms of app development, since most users have the current version of iOS on their devices through automatic updates, this means you can develop software based on the latest features of the API.
Once you decide to develop your own iOS mobile app, you will be probably interested how to make money from it. You can achieve it through various iOS mobile apps monetization strategies such as:
We can help you choose right strategy for your app and market.
iOS apps can be written in Objective-C, and Swift programming language - Apple’s official supported line up. However, hybrid app frameworks (built on other languages), such as Appcelerator Titanium, React Native, Cordova, Ionic, and others, may be more appropriate, especially for cross platform development.
Apple also offer powerful development kits, with HomeKit integration for IoT device management, HealthKit, for health and fitness solutions, ARKit, for augmented reality development, and Core ML, for machine learning.
iOS-powered devices, such as iPhones or iPads, together with other Apple hardware, have a close-to-cult status among users. From a marketing perspective, iOS-devices users are very attractive potential clients, because of their loyalty to the brand and keenness to pay for apps or premium subscriptions. On the top of that, having your own iOS app can give you a wide choice of monetization strategies.
Is the time right to venture into your own iOS app for your business? iRonin are iOS experts with many years’ experience in developing native mobile applications for iOS development companies in the USA and around the world, with great success among our clients. If you can dream it, we can build it. iOS mobile app you dream of - contact us with your idea and leave it to us to bring it to life.