iOS development course: the 10 best in 2026

Best for Swift developers who want to structure SwiftUI apps well. It covers the limitations of MVVM in SwiftUI, migrating to the Model-View pattern, aggregate models and stores, view composition, validation, navigation with NavigationStack, and unit and UI testing.

It has 4.5 stars from 242 reviews and more than 2,000 students. It runs about 10 hours and was last updated in October 2025. We lowered it slightly because it requires Swift and Xcode experience.

Best for complete beginners who want both UIKit and SwiftUI at a steady pace. It starts with the fundamentals and builds 18+ production-style apps, with dedicated modules on AI and machine learning, app design and macOS.

It has 4.5 stars from 404 reviews and more than 3,700 students. At about 117 hours it is the longest course here, and it was last updated in March 2025.

Best for programmers who want iOS plus server-side Swift. It covers SwiftUI, the Model-View pattern, Combine, Core Data, SwiftData, MapKit, testing, Firebase and building web APIs with Vapor.

It has 4.5 stars from 687 reviews and more than 6,500 students. It runs about 74 hours with 459 resources and was last updated in October 2025. Basic programming concepts are expected.

Best for developers who want SwiftUI recipes and Apple Intelligence. Robert's masterclass includes a SwiftUI reference guide, recipes and how-tos, SwiftData, on-device AI and ChatGPT, the Liquid Glass design system, agentic coding in Xcode, TipKit and Swift Charts, building 19+ apps.

It has 4.3 stars from more than 7,900 reviews and more than 50,000 students. It runs about 37 hours with two quizzes and 51 resources, and was updated in June 2026.

Best for beginners who want to master Swift before building apps. It covers language fundamentals, collections, flow control, loops, error handling, functions, closures and higher-order functions, then object-oriented programming, extensions, generics and asynchronous programming, with exercises and challenges after each concept.

It has 4.7 stars, but from only 108 reviews and 877 students. It runs about 21 hours with 307 resources and was updated in February 2026.

Best for beginners who like building clones of popular apps. Atil Samancioglu teaches iOS 26 and Swift 6 through projects such as an art book, a currency converter, a calorie tracker and clones of Foursquare, Instagram, Snapchat and Angry Birds, plus Firebase and Parse, image recognition and AI-assisted development with ChatGPT and Cursor.

It has 4.5 stars from more than 2,000 reviews and more than 17,000 students. It runs about 55 hours with source code on GitHub, and was updated in February 2026.

Best for learners who want the newest Apple platforms and many projects. It covers Swift from the fundamentals, SwiftUI data flow, MVVM, apps for iPhone, iPad and Mac, async/await networking, SwiftData and Core Data, localization, animations, Swift Charts, MapKit, notifications, Foundation Models, Core ML and App Intents, with projects like a weather app, an activity tracker and Conway's Game of Life.

It has 4.6 stars from more than 1,000 reviews and more than 9,700 students. At about 90 hours it is one of the longest courses here, with six quizzes and 117 resources, and was updated in October 2026.

Best for beginners who want modern SwiftUI and fun projects. Kenneth Jones builds complete apps with themes like Lord of the Rings and Jurassic Park using iOS 18, SwiftUI 6 and Swift 6, covering images, SF Symbols, scrolling, animations, maps and data storage, then shows how he uses ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok and Claude to speed up building a real App Store app.

It has 4.7 stars from more than 2,500 reviews and more than 19,000 students. It runs about 47 hours and was last updated in December 2025.

Best for learners who want both UIKit and SwiftUI with lots of practice. It covers Xcode and Swift fundamentals, Swift Charts, Core Data and UserDefaults, Storyboards, SwiftUI and programmatic UI, Combine, MapKit and Core Location, networking with Alamofire and URLSession, MVC and MVVM, and unit tests.

It has 4.6 stars from 772 reviews and more than 64,000 students. It runs about 21 hours with 46 quizzes, two practice tests and 170 Xcode project resources, and was last updated in April 2025.