Build great business apps
Apple hardware, software, and services are designed from the ground up to work together so you can build apps that create an incredible experience for employees and customers. Learn more about best practices in design, platform technologies, and integration with enterprise systems to build amazing apps for business.
Design | Develop | Integrate | Distribute
Build great business apps
Apple hardware, software, and services are designed from the ground up to work together so you can build apps that create an incredible experience for employees and customers. Learn more about best practices in design, platform technologies, and integration with enterprise systems to build amazing apps for business.
Design | Develop | Integrate | Distribute
Design
The best business apps are designed to create engaging, immersive experiences. Developing an app that’s responsive and easy to use means considering all aspects of design, including display sizes and device orientation. And when you create a consistent, familiar interface that users expect, you also help empower users to be more productive and efficient.
Human Interface Guidelines
Start here to get in-depth information and UI resources for designing apps that integrate seamlessly with Apple platforms.
Apple Design Resources
Design apps quickly and accurately using Sketch, Photoshop, Figma templates, guides, and other resources.
Design videos
Learn more about design best practices.
Accessibility
With built-in accessibility features, APIs, and developer tools, Apple operating systems provide extraordinary opportunities to deliver apps that work for everyone, including people with disabilities.
The user-led design process
For years, Apple has helped organizations create powerful, user-centered apps that change the way their employees work. We’ve captured best practices that have surfaced through working with businesses across all industries. This scalable design approach is yours to use to help you generate ideas, solve problems, and build consensus across your organization as you develop apps.
Develop
Tap into the latest SDKs to build features in your apps that change the way businesses work. And with the power of Xcode and the ease of Swift, it’s easier than ever to build innovative apps.
Swift
Swift is a powerful and intuitive programming language for all Apple platforms. Swift code is safe by design and produces software that runs lightning‐fast.
SwiftUI
SwiftUI helps you build apps across all Apple platforms with the power of Swift. You can bring even better experiences to everyone, on any Apple device, using just one set of tools and APIs.
Spatial computing
Businesses are building new experiences on Apple Vision Pro, enabling employees and customers to work in new ways across design, training, guided work, productivity, and more.
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Enterprise APIs for visionOS
New enterprise APIs provide additional access to working with objects, images, and more in the environment, along with access to the Apple Neural Engine.
Apple Intelligence and machine learning
Apple Intelligence
App Intents, APIs, and frameworks make it easy to integrate system-level features like Siri, Writing Tools, and Image Playground into your apps.
Machine learning
Enhancements to machine learning frameworks let you build, train, and run your machine learning and AI models on Apple devices like never before.
Integrate
When building great apps for business, make sure they integrate seamlessly with enterprise systems. Apple platforms provide a comprehensive set of tools, so you can build apps that can be set up and managed by your team.
Systems integration
Build apps that connect with back-end systems and business processes. Access resources to develop apps that use native frameworks to tap into critical business systems.
Management
Take advantage of native management frameworks so your apps can integrate easily with mobile device management (MDM).
Security
Discover how security features built into Apple platforms make your apps secure and ready for work.
Networking
Connect your apps to the cloud, servers on a private network, and nearby devices to get your users the data they need.
Distribute
Distribute apps that integrate seamlessly with businesses everywhere. Whether you’re distributing apps on the App Store or directly to your employees, discover the range of options available to deliver apps to your audience.
Custom app distribution with Apple Business Manager
Privately distribute apps to partners, clients, franchisees, and employees.
Unlisted app distribution on the App Store
Release your apps as unlisted on the App Store, discoverable only with a direct link.
In-house app distribution through MDM
Distribute proprietary in-house apps directly to internal employees.
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Apple Developer Program
Get started with the Apple Developer Program to distribute your apps on the App Store — including unlisted apps on the App Store and custom app distribution with Apple Business Manager.
Apple Developer Enterprise Program
Join the Apple Developer Enterprise Program to distribute in-house apps to employees.