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.

How we're different

AI-native.
Human-directed.

01

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.

02

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.

03

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.

04

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.

  1. Day 0

    01Intro call

    A free 20-minute call. You tell us what is in your head; we tell you honestly what it takes.

  2. Within days

    02Scope

    A fixed-scope proposal: what we build, what it costs, and when it ships. No hourly meter.

  3. Weekly

    03Build

    A build you can tap every week on TestFlight or a live preview URL. No black-box months.

  4. Launch

    04Ship

    We handle App Store and Mac App Store submission, review, and launch-day polish.

  5. Optional

    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 weeks
from$10,000

A 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 sprint

Launch Build

Typically 6 to 10 weeks
from$35,000

Your 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 launch

Studio Partner

Month to month
from$7,500/mo

An 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 partner

Care

from $1,500/mo

Upkeep for a live app: OS updates, crash fixes, dependency and security updates, and small tweaks. No new features.

Ask about Care

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.

How it works

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.