Jobin Macwan

Indie since 2025

Left the day job to build apps that respect people's time and attention.

Full-stack solo

Code, design, subscriptions, App Store, marketing — one person shipping the whole thing.

Ship & learn

Small releases, real users, fast feedback. Craft over speed, always.

Skills

What I work with

iOS & Swift

Swift SwiftUI UIKit Xcode Swift Concurrency Swift Package Manager App Extensions String Catalogs

Apple frameworks

StoreKit 2 Screen Time API FamilyControls DeviceActivity HealthKit WidgetKit App Intents AVFoundation UserNotifications Core Motion Core Location MapKit Core Data Swift Charts Haptics

Product & growth

App Store Connect Subscriptions Paywall design ASO Localization RevenueCat PostHog Firebase

Design

Figma SF Symbols Human Interface Guidelines App icon design App Store screenshots Motion & micro-interactions

AI & LLMs

Claude API OpenAI API Vision models Streaming responses Prompt engineering AI-assisted development

Tooling

Git Fastlane TestFlight App Store Connect API CLI automation

Experience

Where I've built

Founder & iOS Developer

Macwan Apps · Self-employed

Mar 2025 — Present Now

Building consumer iOS apps end-to-end — concept, design, code, launch, and growth.

WalkFirst — blocks distracting apps until you reach your daily step goal. Screen Time + Apple Health, fully on-device.
Rockiva — AI-powered rock & gem identifier with confidence-scored results, localized in 35 languages.

Swift SwiftUI StoreKit 2 RevenueCat FamilyControls HealthKit Claude API OpenAI API

Sr. iOS Developer

EV-charging technology company · India

Apr 2019 — Mar 2025 6 yrs

Sole iOS engineer for consumer EV-charging apps — owning architecture, UI, App Store releases, and maintenance.

EV charging-network app — map-based station discovery, live session monitoring over WebSockets, and UPI / card / net-banking payments.
Official EV-driver app for an Indian state's electricity utility — OTP onboarding, payments, localized in English, Hindi & Marathi.

Swift SwiftUI UIKit WebSockets MapKit Core Location Firebase Payment gateways

iOS Developer

Software development agency · Client projects

Mar 2017 — Mar 2019 2 yrs

Early-career years shipping a dozen-plus client apps across domains — the full lifecycle, from first wireframe to App Store. Where the foundations were laid: real-world debugging and shipping to production on client timelines.

Swift UIKit REST APIs MVC / MVVM Core Data Firebase