Hourly
Weekly invoicing, minimum 40 hours per month, weekly demos. You pay only for the hours we log against your project board. Best for App Store update cycles, single-feature work or maintenance.
iOS · Swift · SwiftUI · Combine · App Store
Hire iOS developers (Swift / SwiftUI). For US & UK founders.
iOS is the platform where native still matters most — Apple’s review process, the SwiftUI / Combine / async-await transition, ARKit, Core ML, HealthKit, App Clips. When the project requires deep native, you hire native. Senior iOS from a CMMI Level 5 / ISO 27001-certified pod in 14 calendar days.
eCorpIT places senior iOS engineers — Swift, SwiftUI, Combine, async/await — from a CMMI Level 5 / ISO 27001-certified pod into your team in 14 calendar days. Rates start at $24/hour and run to $62/hour for architects, against $80–$160/hour for US seniors and $65–$130/hour for UK seniors. Four engagement models: Hourly, Monthly, Quarterly, Project (fixed scope from $10K). Manu Shukla signs off every engagement personally.
- 14 calendar days to first demo
- $24 all-in hourly rate, from
- 4 hours to NDA, from first contact
- 5.0 Google rating · 23 reviewers
- NDA-first · within 4 hours
- MSA + DPA before code
- Senior-only delivery
- Weekly demos, weekly invoicing
- Founder review at every milestone
Why eCorpIT
Why hire iOS developers through eCorpIT.
iOS is the platform where native still matters most. Apple’s review process, the SwiftUI / Combine / async-await transition, ARKit, Core ML, HealthKit, HomeKit, App Clips — these are not things React Native or Flutter cover well. When the project requires deep native, you hire native.
Senior native iOS commands a premium. Our senior rate is $48/hour, on a dedicated pod, with an MSA and DPA signed before code is written — and Manu Shukla reviews every engagement at architecture and milestone stages.
US seniors $80–$160/hr
UK seniors $65–$130/hr
eCorpIT $48/hr (senior)
A ~60% vs US at the same seniority saving at the same seniority, on a dedicated pod with an MSA and DPA signed before code is written. Industry rate benchmarks.
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Modern Swift only
SwiftUI-first, with UIKit interoperability where required. async/await over completion handlers. Combine where it earns its keep. Swift 5.9+ features used appropriately.
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App Store mastery
Provisioning, code signing, TestFlight rings, App Store Connect, the app-review process, In-App Purchase, StoreKit 2, family sharing. Submission is included in every engagement.
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Apple ecosystem fluency
HealthKit (HIPAA-aware), ARKit, Core ML on-device inference, App Clips, Widgets, Live Activities, Vision Pro where it fits. We tell you honestly when each makes sense.
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Native performance and energy
Battery, memory and launch time profiled from Sprint 1. Instruments runs in CI where it matters.
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Senior-led delivery + founder review
Manu Shukla reviews every iOS engagement at architecture and milestone stages. The engineer whose CV you interviewed is the engineer who ships.
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Time-zone overlap built in
Gurugram overlaps with London until 12:30 PM IST and reaches US East from 6:30 PM IST.
Transparent pricing
iOS rate card (USD, hourly).
Native iOS sits at a small premium over our cross-platform rates because senior Swift talent is scarcer. All-in: no recruitment fee, no setup fee, no per-NDA charge. Weekly invoicing, net 14.
| Tier | Experience | Rate (USD / hour) |
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| Junior iOS Engineer | 1–2 years | $24 |
| Mid-level iOS Engineer | 3–5 years | $35 |
| Senior iOS Engineer | 6+ years | $48 |
| Lead / iOS Architect | 8+ years, multiple shipped apps | $62 |
For a typical 6-month iOS MVP at 160 hours/month with one senior engineer, that is $46,080 (eCorpIT senior at $48/hr) versus $115,200 at the US midpoint of $120/hr. Same seniority, same shipped app on the App Store.
How you work with us
Four engagement models.
You pick the one that fits how you actually want to work. We do not push everyone into the same shape.
Monthly
160 hours per month, dedicated. 10% discount on the hourly rate. The engineer attends your standups, sits in your Slack, follows your sprint cadence. Pause with 30 days’ written notice. Best for active builds.
Quarterly
3-month commit, 15% discount on hourly. Includes a shared designer (40 hours) familiar with Human Interface Guidelines and a shared QA engineer (40 hours) at no additional cost. The pod model — a real team behind one engineer.
Project
$10K MVP starting (iOS-only minimums are slightly higher than cross-platform because Apple’s review and submission overhead is real). We own scope, milestones and acceptance criteria. Weekly demos, weekly invoicing against milestones. Best when the spec is well-defined and you want predictability.
All four models include the NDA signed before any technical conversation, an MSA with India and EU/UK-aligned clauses, a DPA aligned with GDPR and India’s DPDP Act, weekly invoicing, and a single named delivery lead for the whole engagement.
Real seniors on the bench
Sample engineer profiles (anonymised).
We send full anonymised CVs on request and arrange interviews within 5 business days of NDA.
Senior iOS Engineer
9 years
Swift, SwiftUI, Combine, async/await, Core Data, CloudKit, HealthKit (HIPAA-aware), StoreKit 2 subscriptions. Shipped a patient-monitoring iOS app for a US health system (52k MAU, BAA in place), a UK D2C fitness coaching app (£1.8M ARR), and a neobank app with Face ID biometric flows. App Store featured twice in Health & Fitness.
Available: Monthly or quarterly
Senior iOS Engineer
8 years
Swift, SwiftUI + UIKit interop, Combine, MapKit, Core Location, ARKit, App Clips, Widgets. Shipped a US location-based on-demand app (300k MAU, App Store top-50 in Travel), a UK supermarket loyalty + shop-in-store app, and an Indian education app with offline content sync. Specialism: location, AR, offline-first.
Available: Hourly, monthly or quarterly
iOS Lead / Architect
13 years mobile, 11 years iOS
Swift, SwiftUI, MVVM-C, modularisation with Swift Package Manager, dependency injection, accessibility (VoiceOver, Dynamic Type), Swift Concurrency, Xcode Cloud + Fastlane CI. Led the UIKit-to-SwiftUI migration of a US enterprise workforce app (team of 9 cut delivery time 40%) and architected a UK insurer’s iOS claims app from scratch.
Available: Monthly, quarterly or fixed-price project
Full anonymised CVs plus a project portfolio with metrics are available as part of our standard 14-day onboarding (Days 2–3).
The promise
The 14-day onboarding, day by day.
This is a calendar-day commitment, not a "best efforts" promise. If we miss any of these dates, the first month of the engagement is on the house.
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NDA signed
Within 4 hours of your first inbound message. Sign it; the technical conversation starts immediately.
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Discovery call
60 minutes. Manu Shukla joins. We map the problem, target users, your existing stack and constraints. App Store strategy mapped alongside the problem and target users. You leave with a one-page strategy doc by end of day.
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Shortlist CVs
3 anonymised CVs of senior iOS engineers matched to your project. Each profile includes 3 shipped App Store apps with metrics and a 30-minute video introduction.
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Interviews
You interview 2–3 of the shortlisted engineers. We do not block on “first available.” You pick.
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Team selection & plan
Engineer (or pod) finalised, engagement model agreed, draft project plan with milestones shared.
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MSA + DPA signed
Master Services Agreement and Data Processing Addendum (GDPR + DPDP aligned) signed both sides.
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Environment setup
Repository, Slack/Teams, Jira/Linear, Apple Developer team membership, App Store Connect roles, code-signing certificates, TestFlight rings. Your engineer is shipping commits by end of Day 9.
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Kick-off
Founder-led kick-off call with Manu, the delivery lead, the assigned engineer(s) and your team. Sprint 0 deliverables aligned.
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Sprint 1 planning + technical design
Technical design document for the first deliverable. Sprint 1 backlog locked.
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Sprint 1 in build
Daily standups in your timezone. Slack-first communication.
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First demo
Working TestFlight build of the first user-facing feature. Retro. Sprint 2 plan agreed.
No surprises
Included in every iOS engagement.
The line items that show up as “extras” with other vendors are baked into our rates.
- Architecture review and technical design doc by a Lead before Sprint 1.
- Code review by a second senior engineer on every pull request.
- CI/CD pipeline setup (Xcode Cloud, Fastlane or your existing pipeline).
- App Store submission — provisioning, code signing, App Store Connect listing, screenshots and review-process management.
- TestFlight setup, external and internal testing rings.
- Crashlytics or Sentry integration plus weekly crash reports.
- Accessibility audit (VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, colour contrast) before submission.
- Weekly demos and a written status note every Friday.
- Founder review at architecture, mid-build and pre-release milestones.
- ISO 27001:2022-aligned source-code handling and access controls.
Not included unless quoted separately: Apple Developer Program enrollment ($99/year), large-scale backend rewrites, and paid third-party SDK licences are quoted separately.
Procurement-ready
The credentials a US or UK procurement team checks.
We have them all on file and will share them under NDA.
- CMMI Level 5 appraised
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 — Information security
- ISO 9001:2015 — Quality management
- ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018 — Service management
- ISO 45001:2018 — Occupational H&S
- GDPR-aligned data handling
- DPDP Act (India) compliant
- DPIIT recognised startup
- MSME registered
- D-U-N-S® verified · #854367803
For HIPAA-aware iOS work, our healthcare track record includes patient-monitoring apps with active BAAs. We do not claim "HIPAA compliant" without third-party attestation — we ship "HIPAA-aware, audit-ready" iOS apps and connect you to BAA-friendly hosting partners (AWS, Azure, GCP all have HIPAA-eligible services).
5.0 from 23 reviewers on Google, on the canonical AI Mobile App Development page. Founder LinkedIn and verified company profiles are linked from the footer.
Free project estimate · 24 hours
Tell us about your project. Get a free estimate in 24 hours.
Within 24 working hours, you receive a one-page PDF: recommended scope, suggested tech approach, indicative pricing range, and a delivery timeline. Reviewed by a senior architect from the eCorpIT team. No sales pressure, no follow-up unless you ask for one.
- One-page strategy doc + indicative range
- NDA available on request
- Reviewed personally by a senior architect
- No sales pressure. No follow-up unless you ask.
Request received
Got it — we'll be in touch within 24 hours.
A senior architect will review your brief and reply by email with a one-page strategy doc, indicative pricing, and a realistic timeline.
- 1 We review your brief and map it to the right practice + team.
- 2 You get a one-page estimate with scope, pricing range, and timeline.
- 3 If it's a fit, we book a 30-min discovery call — no obligation.
Reference — · We'll reply from contact@ecorpit.com.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
What US and UK teams ask before hiring iOS developers with us.
No matches. Try a different keyword or contact us directly.
Can I hire one iOS developer, not a full pod?
Yes. Hourly and Monthly are single-engineer. Quarterly adds a shared designer and QA. You pick.
Do you sign NDAs before the technical call?
Yes, always. Within 4 hours of first contact.
SwiftUI or UIKit — which do you recommend in 2026?
SwiftUI-first for green-field projects targeting iOS 16+ as a minimum. UIKit where you need very specific control or you are extending an existing UIKit codebase. We pick the right tool per project, never as a religion.
Can you ship an iOS app that uses HealthKit, ARKit or Core ML?
Yes. We have shipped HealthKit (HIPAA-aware), ARKit (retail try-on, indoor navigation) and Core ML (on-device image and audio inference) into production iOS apps.
Do you submit to the App Store on my behalf?
Yes, as part of every engagement. You own the developer account; we manage the submission, the App Store Connect setup, the screenshots, the review process and the appeals if needed.
What if my app gets rejected by Apple?
We resubmit within 48 hours with the rejection reason addressed. Most rejections are predictable; we screen for them before submission. The few that surprise us still get resolved within one review cycle.
What if I do not like the first engineer you send?
The 14-day onboarding has 2–3 shortlist CVs and interviews built in. You pick. If after one sprint the fit is wrong, we replace at no cost.
What time zones do you cover?
Gurugram overlaps with London until 12:30 PM IST and with US East from 6:30 PM IST. Staffed deliberately.
How do you protect my IP?
NDA + MSA + DPA before code. Source repository under your account. ISO 27001:2022 access controls. Work-for-hire, fully assigned to you on payment.
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