Work with us
Hire an app studio that ships its own.
Skyriven is an AI-native app studio that designs, builds, and ships native iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps and fast web apps for founders and businesses. A working prototype from $10,000 in 3 to 4 weeks, a production launch from $35,000, fixed scope with no hourly billing, and you own all of the code.
Before we build yours, we build ours: 9 apps and games, shipped. See them all
What we build
One studio. Every screen your users touch.
iPhone & iPad apps
Native Swift and SwiftUI from the first commit. Apps that feel at home on iOS because they are, not web views in a costume.
Mac apps
From tiny menu bar utilities to full desktop apps. Shipped through the Mac App Store or as notarized direct downloads.
Web apps
Fast, crawlable marketing sites and full SaaS products. Built to rank, built to convert, built to scale.
AI inside
LLM features that actually earn their place in the product: search, summarization, agents, and assistants your users will use.
How we're different
AI-native.
Human-directed.
AI speed, senior judgment
Frontier AI tools write a lot of the code. A senior builder decides what gets built, reviews every change, and owns the result.
Native, not wrapped
We pick the right tool for the platform. SwiftUI on Apple devices, modern TypeScript on the web. No cross-platform compromises by default.
Tested on our own apps first
Every pattern we use on your product, we have already shipped on ours. You get the lessons without paying for them.
Yours, completely
Code, designs, accounts, and keys transfer to you. No lock-in, no hostage hosting, no black boxes.
Process
From the app in your head to the one in your hand.
- Day 0Day 0
01Intro call
A free 20-minute call. You tell us what is in your head; we tell you honestly what it takes.
- Within daysWithin days
02Scope
A fixed-scope proposal: what we build, what it costs, and when it ships. No hourly meter.
- WeeklyWeekly
03Build
A build you can tap every week on TestFlight or a live preview URL. No black-box months.
- LaunchLaunch
04Ship
We handle App Store and Mac App Store submission, review, and launch-day polish.
- OptionalOptional
05Grow
Keep shipping with Studio Partner, keep it healthy with Care, or take the keys and run. Your call.
Engagements
Clear starting points. Fixed scope.
Every project starts with a free 20-minute call and a fixed-scope proposal. Prices below are where engagements begin; your proposal is exact. We take on one build at a time, so yours gets the whole studio.
Prototype Sprint
3 to 4 weeksA working prototype on iPhone, Mac, or the web. Real, not a clickable mockup.
Best for: Validating a concept, design-partner demos, pre-investment prototypes.
- Product and UX scoping session
- One platform: native SwiftUI or modern web
- Weekly builds on TestFlight or a preview URL
- Full source code and handoff walkthrough
50% to start, 50% on delivery
Start a sprintLaunch Build
Typically 6 to 10 weeksYour v1, designed, built, tested, and shipped to the App Store, Mac App Store, or the web.
Best for: Founders and teams ready to put a real product in real hands.
- Product design and interface system
- Production-grade native or web engineering, one platform
- AI features where they earn their place
- QA, analytics, and crash reporting
- App Store / Mac App Store submission and launch
- 30 days of post-launch fixes
40% to start, 30% at first beta, 30% at submission
Plan a launchStudio Partner
Month to monthAn embedded product studio after launch. One feature in flight at a time, a release every two weeks.
Best for: Live products that need to keep shipping without hiring a team.
- Continuous feature development, one workstream at a time
- A release every two weeks
- OS-update readiness, maintenance, and fixes
- Product and roadmap sessions
- Pause or cancel anytime
Billed monthly in advance
Become a partnerCare
from $1,500/moUpkeep for a live app: OS updates, crash fixes, dependency and security updates, and small tweaks. No new features.
Pay part in equity.
Venture-backed or raising? Pay up to half of a Prototype Sprint or Launch Build fee with a standard YC post-money SAFE at your current valuation cap. Monthly engagements are cash.
No hourly billing. You own the code. Not sure which fits? Ask on the intro call.
Got an app in your head?
Let's get it out.
Tell us what you're imagining. We'll tell you how fast it can be real.