Australian indie dev running a portfolio of 30+ simple iOS apps
Card Value Scanner for Pokemon, Swipe the cat, PIANORUN +3$70K/mo
stack --tool swiftui · #14 of 80
Indie makers who build with SwiftUI (2026)
11 indie makers on IndieMakerList list SwiftUI in their stack — 6% of makers who share one — including Adam Lyttle, Paul Hudson and Jordi Bruin. Apple's declarative UI framework for building apps across all Apple platforms. Below: their products, self-reported revenue and the tools they pair with SwiftUI.
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60
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$70K/mo
combined revenue*
2
exits
Official site: developer.apple.com/xcode/swiftui
Top indie makers using SwiftUI
11 makers, ranked by profile depth, audience and reported revenue.
Creator of Hacking with Swift, the free Swift and SwiftUI learning site
Hacking with Swift, Hacking with Swift+, Kickstart +2
Prolific Dutch indie Apple developer behind MacWhisper, Navi and Posture Pal
MacWhisper, Whisper Transcription, Navi +7
Designer behind Design+Code, teaching designers to code, now building the AI builder Aura
Design+Code, Aura, Spring +2
Full-time open-sourcer maintaining 1,000+ npm packages and dozens of indie Mac apps
Supercharge, Dato, Gifski +6
Indie iOS dev of Dark Noise and host of the Launched podcast
Dark Noise, Overviewer
iOS indie developer behind Apollo for Reddit, Pixel Pals and Juno
Apollo for Reddit, Pixel Pals, Amplosion +2
Independent iOS developer behind Widgetsmith, Pedometer++ and Sleep++
Widgetsmith, Pedometer++, Sleep++ +1
Solo developer of the Ellie daily planner and other productivity apps, YouTuber
Ellie, Amy, Luna +1
Young Indian developer building Subscut after selling PostScheduler and MathUnlock
Subscut, PostScheduler, MathUnlock +3
Marketer turned AI engineer building Depo, an honest daily budget app for iOS
Depo, 9to9, daytone +1
Products built by SwiftUI makers
A selection of the 60 products shipped by these makers.
Card Value Scanner for Pokemon
apps.apple.com
Scans Pokémon trading cards to identify them and estimate their value.
by Adam Lyttle
Swipe the cat
apps.apple.com
Casual game built around a viral TikTok trend.
by Adam Lyttle
Hacking with Swift
hackingwithswift.com
Free tutorials, courses and projects for learning Swift, SwiftUI and Apple platform development.
by Paul Hudson
Hacking with Swift+
hackingwithswift.com
Subscription with advanced video and article tutorials on Swift, SwiftUI and UIKit.
by Paul Hudson
MacWhisper
macwhisper.com
Mac app that transcribes files, meetings and dictation locally with Whisper models, sold as a one-time purchase.
by Jordi Bruin
Whisper Transcription
apps.apple.com
App Store version of his on-device Whisper transcription app for iPhone, iPad and Mac.
by Jordi Bruin
Design+Code
designcode.io
Subscription learning platform with courses on design, front-end and iOS development, and AI-assisted design.
by Meng To
Aura
aura.build
AI website builder for designers that generates, remixes and exports landing pages and UI templates.
by Meng To
Supercharge
sindresorhus.com
Paid Mac utility that adds dozens of small power-user improvements to macOS.
by Sindre Sorhus
Dato
apps.apple.com
Menu bar calendar and clock with time zones and upcoming events.
by Sindre Sorhus
Dark Noise
darknoise.app
Simple, fast white noise and ambient sound app for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac, with a free tier and subscription.
by Charlie Chapman
Overviewer
apps.apple.com
Free iOS app for teachers that turns an iPhone into a document camera for Zoom and other video calls.
by Charlie Chapman
Revenue of indie makers using SwiftUI
Combined self-reported revenue: about $70K/mo across 1 maker. *Figures come from the makers' own posts and interviews, at different dates, and cover their whole business — not just SwiftUI projects.
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Adam LyttleAustralian indie dev running a portfolio of 30+ simple iOS apps
$70K/moas of 2026
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SwiftUI indie makers FAQ
Which indie makers build with SwiftUI?
Indie makers on IndieMakerList who list SwiftUI in their stack include Adam Lyttle, Paul Hudson, Jordi Bruin, Meng To and Sindre Sorhus. 11 makers use it in total.
How popular is SwiftUI with indie makers?
11 makers — 6% of the 170 profiles with a listed stack — use SwiftUI, ranking it #14 of 80 tools used by two or more makers.
What tools do indie makers use with SwiftUI?
The tools most often listed alongside SwiftUI are Swift (9 makers), RevenueCat (3 makers), React (2 makers) and TypeScript (2 makers).
How much do indie makers using SwiftUI earn?
1 maker using SwiftUI have shared revenue figures, adding up to roughly $70K per month combined. The highest is Adam Lyttle ($70K/mo). Figures are self-reported and from different dates.
What do indie makers build with SwiftUI?
Makers using SwiftUI mostly work in Mobile App Makers (9), Creators & Writers (5) and AI Builders (4), and have shipped 60 listed products between them.
What is SwiftUI?
Apple's declarative UI framework for building apps across all Apple platforms. Official site: https://developer.apple.com/xcode/swiftui/
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