# Mobile and desktop apps (SwiftUI): 16 questions | Muhammad Shahid URL: https://shahid09.netlify.app/faq/mobile-desktop-apps/ Author: Muhammad Shahid, Senior AI Software Engineer & Backend Developer (https://shahid09.netlify.app/) ## Do you build iOS apps? Yes. I build iPhone and iPad apps with SwiftUI. Seven of my App Store apps run on iPhone and iPad, and one runs on the Mac. I designed, built and published all of them myself. Link: https://shahid09.netlify.app/faq/mobile-desktop-apps/#do-you-build-ios-apps ## Which apps have you published? UK Test Prep, RoadTick: Driving Theory Test, Resume Builder – CV Maker AI, SnapText – Image to Text, Picture to Text (Mac), Magnetic Blocks: Fill & Relax, Cheatly: Game Cheat Codes, and Secret Codes: IMEI & Carrier. All are free on the App Store. Link: https://shahid09.netlify.app/faq/mobile-desktop-apps/#which-apps-have-you-published ## Do you use SwiftUI? Yes. SwiftUI is what I build my Apple apps with, from the interface to App Store publishing. Link: https://shahid09.netlify.app/faq/mobile-desktop-apps/#do-you-use-swiftui ## Do you build Mac apps? Yes. Picture to Text is my Mac OCR app: drop in images or PDFs, or press Shift-Command-2 to capture any area of the screen, and get editable text in 30+ languages. Everything runs on the Mac. Link: https://shahid09.netlify.app/faq/mobile-desktop-apps/#do-you-build-mac-apps ## Do you build desktop apps? Yes. My published desktop app is Picture to Text for the Mac, and I build desktop apps alongside mobile and web apps. Link: https://shahid09.netlify.app/faq/mobile-desktop-apps/#do-you-build-desktop-apps ## Can you build a production-ready app from scratch? Yes. I take an app from idea to a live, tested product: design, SwiftUI or web front end, Node.js backend, testing and release. My 8 App Store apps are all production apps I built and shipped myself. Link: https://shahid09.netlify.app/faq/mobile-desktop-apps/#can-you-build-a-production-ready-app-from-scratch ## Can you publish my app on the App Store? Yes. I have taken 8 apps through the whole pipeline myself: design, build, App Store review and release. Link: https://shahid09.netlify.app/faq/mobile-desktop-apps/#can-you-publish-my-app-on-the-app-store ## Do you build Android apps? I built and scaled the backend of CV Maker – Resume Builder, an Android app on Google Play with 1M+ users. My own published apps are for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Send me the details of your Android project and I will tell you honestly whether it is a fit. Link: https://shahid09.netlify.app/faq/mobile-desktop-apps/#do-you-build-android-apps ## Can you build apps that work offline? Yes. UK Test Prep works fully offline, and Magnetic Blocks and Cheatly are offline apps too. Link: https://shahid09.netlify.app/faq/mobile-desktop-apps/#can-you-build-apps-that-work-offline ## Can you build privacy-first apps? Yes. My apps work without an account and keep data on the device. SnapText, for example, needs no account and has no tracking. Link: https://shahid09.netlify.app/faq/mobile-desktop-apps/#can-you-build-privacy-first-apps ## Can you build a game? Yes. Magnetic Blocks is my calm, offline tangram-style puzzle game with 10,000+ puzzles, 100 chapters, a Build Mode and daily challenges. Link: https://shahid09.netlify.app/faq/mobile-desktop-apps/#can-you-build-a-game ## Can you build an exam preparation app? Yes. UK Test Prep has 1,250 Life in the UK practice questions, 46 study note sections, 307 flashcards and a timed 24-question mock exam. RoadTick covers the UK driving theory test, hazard perception, the Highway Code and road signs. Link: https://shahid09.netlify.app/faq/mobile-desktop-apps/#can-you-build-an-exam-preparation-app ## Can you build OCR and document scanning apps? Yes. SnapText extracts editable text from photos, screenshots and scanned documents on iPhone, and Picture to Text does the same for images and PDFs on the Mac. Link: https://shahid09.netlify.app/faq/mobile-desktop-apps/#can-you-build-ocr-and-document-scanning-apps ## Can you build an app that creates PDFs? Yes. Resume Builder – CV Maker AI builds resumes, CVs, cover letters, biodata and resignation letters, checks them against ATS software and exports a clean PDF. Link: https://shahid09.netlify.app/faq/mobile-desktop-apps/#can-you-build-an-app-that-creates-pdfs ## Can you build both the app and its backend? Yes. I build the SwiftUI app and the Node.js backend behind it, and I have built backends for mobile apps with 1M+ users. Link: https://shahid09.netlify.app/faq/mobile-desktop-apps/#can-you-build-both-the-app-and-its-backend ## Can you help an app get found on Google? Yes. Every one of my apps has ten guides on this site in English, Hebrew, Chinese and Spanish, with structured data, sitemaps and hreflang so search engines and AI assistants can find them. Link: https://shahid09.netlify.app/faq/mobile-desktop-apps/#can-you-help-an-app-get-found-on-google