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iOS apps built in Kolkata

iOS app development company in Kolkata.

We build iPhone and iPad apps from our Chowringhee Road office — Swift where it needs to be native, cross-platform where it does not — and we handle App Store submission ourselves rather than handing it back to you.

150+Projects shipped
95%Client retention
20+Countries served
What we cover on iOSiOS 16+
Swift or cross-platform, your callBoth in house
Tested on the oldest iPhone you supportNot just the simulator
Works on patchy 4G and offlineOffline-first
App Store listing and reviewWe handle it
Apple account and source are yoursFull ownership
The same senior engineers, start to finish0 swaps
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How we build iOS for Kolkata businesses.

Native, hybrid or iPad. What the app has to do on the device decides which of these is right, and we will show you the working out.

Review passed on the first submission.Privacy manifest, tracking permission, permission strings and account deletion handled during the build, not discovered at submission.
We agree what the first release does not do.The cut list is written down and signed off, usually in the room. Every iOS project that overruns did so because that conversation never happened.
Screens drawn to Apple's guidelines.Not a desktop mock shrunk down. Dynamic Type, dark mode and the safe areas that decide whether an app feels native.
A build on your phone every fortnight.Installed on your own device, and if you are in the city, often handed over at the desk it was written at.
Real handsets, not just the simulator.Tested on the oldest iPhone you have agreed to support. A four-year-old device is still most of somebody's install base.
Your Apple Developer account, your code.Published under your organisation with the repository in your hands. Leaving us moves nothing and needs no transfer.
SwiftSwiftUIUIKitCombineCore DataCloudKitTestFlightApp Store ConnectStoreKitRazorpayFirebaseCrashlytics
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Working with a Kolkata team.

Same city, same time zone, and a senior iOS engineer you can actually sit with.

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We design the first session

Time to first value is a spec item with a number against it. That is where installs are lost, long before anyone finds a bug.

90sto first value
02

Review is part of the build

Privacy manifest, tracking permission and account deletion are settled in week one. Left to submission week, any of them forces a rework.

Week 1review items settled
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You can sit with the engineer

Om Tower on Chowringhee Road, ten minutes from Park Street metro. Walk in and see the bench — design reviews happen at a desk rather than over a screen share.

In personreviews, not screen shares
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Senior engineers, no bench

The person in your scoping call writes the Swift. Nothing is handed down to someone you have never spoken to.

0handovers mid-project
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We will talk you out of native

Swift is not always right. We scope and cost both routes, and a third of the apps we ship turn out not to be native at all.

2routes always costed
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The account stays yours

Published under your Apple Developer account with the code in your repository. Leaving us costs you nothing but the notice period.

100%ownership from day one
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How a Kolkata iOS build runs.

Five stages, a scope fixed in writing, and a senior iOS engineer you can sit with on Chowringhee Road.

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Scope

02

Design

03

Build

04

Submit

05

Watch

Week 1

What the first release does not do.

One session across a desk on Chowringhee Road to cut the list, then a fixed written scope. Native Swift and React Native are both costed, so the route is decided on requirements rather than preference.

Fixed written scope
Swift vs React Native compared
Device and iOS floor agreed
Fixed price
1wkDuration
2Routes costed
Week 2–3

The first ninety seconds, drawn first.

Onboarding before anything else, because that is where installs are lost. Screens follow Apple's Human Interface Guidelines, and the review happens in the room rather than over a screen share.

Onboarding flow
Every screen at real sizes
Dynamic Type and dark mode
Tappable prototype
2wkDuration
90sTo first value
Week 3–10

A TestFlight build every fortnight.

Working builds on your own phone from week five. The privacy manifest, tracking permission and account deletion go in as they are built rather than being bolted on before submission.

Fortnightly TestFlight builds
Privacy manifest and permissions
Analytics wired before launch
Code review on every change
7wkTypical
2wkBetween builds
Week 10–12

Through App Store review, first time.

Listing, screenshots at every required size, the privacy questionnaire, review notes and a demo account. We submit and we answer review rather than handing you a rejection to interpret.

Listing and screenshots
Privacy questionnaire
Review notes and demo account
Submission handled by us
1–2wkReview
0Rejections targeted
Post-launch

Two weeks of cover, then your call.

Crash triage, responses to store reviews and the first read on where new users drop out. If you are in the city, that read happens over a coffee rather than in a slide deck.

Crash monitoring
First-session drop-off report
Store review responses
14 days cover included
14dCover
OptionalRetainer
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Recent client work.

A sample of what we have shipped for clients across product, web and commerce. The portfolio has the rest.

Karomi Crafts homepage on desktop and mobile

Karomi Crafts

Handwoven jamdani turned into contemporary womenswear by a Kolkata label that refuses to greenwash. The store already existed; what it lacked was a path from admiring the craft to buying it.

Sales
+30%
Page load
<1.2s
ShopifyCRO7 weeks
Kampura homepage on desktop and mobile

Kampura

Award-winning organic ceremonial cacao, grown and stone-ground in Guatemala with no middlemen. A static WordPress brochure became a store, without losing a single one of the informational pages the brand had built its authority on.

Organic traffic
+55%
Faster load
3×
ShopifyMigration7 weeks
Stride Ahead homepage on desktop and mobile

Stride Ahead

Psychometric career guidance for students in grades 8 to 12, built on real assessment science rather than a marksheet. A custom platform: thirty assessments, a database of 1,500 careers, mentor programmes and school deployments.

Sales
+30%
Custom build12 weeks
Thread Fairy Co homepage on desktop and mobile

Thread Fairy Co

Organic muslin swaddles, hooded towels and kidswear for Indian parents who read the label before they read the price. Moved off WooCommerce onto a store merchandised for gifting as much as for browsing.

Sales
+45%
Organic traffic
+17%
ShopifyMigration6 weeks
Soreze Care homepage on desktop and mobile

Soreze Care

Silicone barrier gels that prevent bedsores, sold to families caring for elderly relatives. A category where nobody buys before they understand, so the store teaches first and sells second.

Conversion
+38%
Page load
<2s
Shopify8 weeks
Nutricom Uganda homepage on desktop and mobile

Nutricom Uganda

Ginger kombucha and fermented banana beer made to Ugandan home recipes. A site built to carry a heritage product into modern retail conversations, online and off.

Organic traffic
+56%
WordPress6 weeks
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Brands we work with.

Over a hundred brands across retail, healthcare, education and manufacturing.

GRH Kratom
Syscodes handled our migration from WooCommerce to Shopify exceptionally well, despite having a large store with many pages and products. They ensured we didn’t lose our search rankings during the migration and, in fact, helped us grow both organic traffic and sales after the launch. Excellent work from start to finish.
GRH KratomKemal Whyte · Founder
+40%organic traffic
Legacy Line
Great experience working with Syscodes on our CRO-focused website redesign. They understood our goals, improved the user flow, and delivered a better design. Communication was smooth, deadlines were met, and the whole process was very professional. Would definitely work with them again.
Legacy LineLaron A. Walker · Founder
+38%sales
Applied Vision Baseball
Syscodes did an excellent job redesigning our eCommerce website. The new site looks polished, modern, and much more aligned with our brand. Professional throughout the entire process, and we’ll definitely be working with them again.
Applied Vision BaseballMark Brooks · Founder
+46%conversion
MindPanda
Syscodes did a great job migrating our eCommerce store from WooCommerce to Shopify and improving the overall conversion experience. The migration was handled smoothly, the new Shopify store performs much better, and the project was completed successfully.
MindPandaRavi Jampana · Founder
7 figuresdirect revenue
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iOS questions Kolkata clients ask us.

The ones that come up most in a first conversation, usually across a desk on Chowringhee Road.

Still unsure?

Ask us directly. A senior lead answers, usually within one business day.

hello@syscodes.in+91 70034 16634Book a call
What does an iOS app cost in Kolkata?

There is no price list, because scope sets the number rather than the platform. A single-purpose iPhone app and one with offline sync, background location and a backend behind it differ by an order of magnitude. We scope it after a free consultation and put the figure in writing, along with what would move it.

Can we meet your iOS team before we commit?

Yes, and more clients do than you would expect. Our office is at Om Tower on Chowringhee Road, ten minutes from Park Street metro. Scoping sessions and design reviews happen across a desk, and you can see who is actually going to write the Swift.

How long does an iPhone app take to build?

Ten to fourteen weeks for most first releases, with your team installing the first TestFlight build in week five. App Store review usually adds one to two weeks, which is worth putting in the plan rather than discovering at the end.

Should we build native Swift or cross-platform?

It depends on what the app asks of the phone. Camera work, background location, HealthKit, on-device processing and heavy animation point to native Swift. A product that is mostly screens, forms and data, and that needs Android too, is usually better served by one React Native codebase with Swift only where the hardware demands it. We cost both before you decide.

Will the app pass App Store review the first time?

That is what we plan for, and we handle the submission ourselves. The items that cause avoidable rejections are settled in week one: the privacy manifest, tracking permission, account deletion, permission strings that explain themselves, and a demo account for the reviewer.

Who owns the code and the Apple Developer account?

You do, both, from the first commit. The app is published under your organisation's Apple Developer account rather than ours, and the repository is yours. If you leave us, nothing about the listing has to move.

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Start your Kolkata iOS project.

Thirty minutes, free. Tell us what you are building and who will run it.

Free consultation 30 minutes, no obligation, senior lead on the call
You'll hear back from a senior lead, never a bot.

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