What we do
We build iOS apps that people trust with their health.
Expert product strategy, native engineering, and the patience to get privacy, accessibility, and medical language right. Based in the UK, working with organisations and founders who care about craft.
Core services
End-to-end iOS product development
We handle the full journey — from concept to App Store — with the depth of a specialist and the rigour health apps demand.
✦ Product Strategy & UX Design
We turn complex health workflows into interfaces that feel calm and obvious. User research, interaction design, prototyping, and the ruthless simplification required when you're asking users to trust you with sensitive data.
- User research & persona development
- Information architecture & flow design
- High-fidelity prototyping in Figma
- Accessibility-first design (WCAG 2.2 AA)
- Design systems & component libraries
⌘ Native iOS & watchOS Engineering
Swift, SwiftUI, and the latest Apple platform APIs. We build using clean architecture principles (DDD, SOLID), comprehensive automated testing, and the kind of reliability that health users deserve. Performance, battery efficiency, and Liquid Glass material support on the latest devices.
- Swift & SwiftUI (iOS 16+, watchOS 10+)
- Clean Architecture & Domain-Driven Design
- Comprehensive unit, snapshot & UI testing
- HealthKit, Core Data, local-first persistence
- Apple Watch companion apps & complications
- Push notifications & background processing
🏢 Corporate & Bespoke Applications
Custom-built iOS applications for organisations. Whether you need an employee wellbeing app, a patient-facing tool, or an internal workflow application, we build to your specification with enterprise-grade quality.
- Build-to-spec for enterprise & healthcare organisations
- Employee wellbeing & health tracking apps
- Patient-facing clinical tools
- Integration with existing systems & APIs
- MDM support & enterprise deployment
🎨 White-Label Apps
White-label apps custom-engineered on proven foundations (like HRTMe), tailored to your users — not a template with your logo on it. For example: a menopause and HRT wellbeing app for an employer, built on HRTMe's clinical accuracy and user flows, with your brand, feature set, and compliance requirements baked in from day one.
- Custom branding & design system application
- Feature configuration & workflow tailoring
- Data export & reporting capabilities
- Compliance requirements integration
- Ongoing maintenance & feature evolution
🩺 Health App Consulting
Medical accuracy matters. We work with a network of practising NHS clinicians to review terminology, validate workflows, and ensure your health app uses language that's both medically accurate and accessible to patients. Forgeyard Digital is not NHS-affiliated — this is independent clinical review from professionals in active practice.
- Medical terminology & language review
- Clinical workflow validation
- Medication regimen modelling
- Patient education content review
🛡 Privacy, Security & Accessibility Engineering
We architect apps with on-device storage, no accounts, and zero health data in analytics — privacy as the foundation we build on. For clients, that means defensible B2B positioning: you can tell your users their data never leaves their device, and we give you the engineering to back that claim. Plus WCAG 2.2 AA compliance, VoiceOver optimisation, and Dynamic Type support throughout.
- Local-first, on-device data architecture
- Privacy-preserving analytics (TelemetryDeck)
- WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility compliance
- VoiceOver & Dynamic Type support
- Secure data export & backup flows
🚀 App Store Launch & Growth
Getting approved is one thing. Being discovered is another. We handle App Store submission, optimise your listing for organic discovery, and build SEO-driven marketing sites that rank. All growth strategies are organic — we don't do paid ads.
- App Store Connect submission & review management
- App Store Optimisation (ASO) — metadata, keywords, screenshots
- Marketing website design & build (SEO-first)
- Organic growth strategy & content planning
- App analytics & performance monitoring
Working with us
Why onshore, and how we work
UK-based means shared time zones, shared regulations, and direct communication with the person building your product.
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Same time zone, same regulations
No overnight handoffs. No legal ambiguity. UK GDPR compliance, straightforward contracts, and real-time communication during your working hours.
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You work with the builder
No account managers. No offshore teams. You work directly with Jane — the iOS developer who designs, codes, tests, and ships. Faster decisions, deeper understanding, zero lost context.
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Health domain expertise
We've built HRTMe from lived experience and real clinical input. We understand medication regimens, cyclical schedules, anxious users, and the gap between medical terminology and patient understanding.
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Long-term thinking
We build for maintainability. Clean architecture, comprehensive tests, documented decisions. Your codebase won't be a mystery in six months — it'll be an asset you can evolve.
Engagement models
We work in two ways, depending on the scale and certainty of your project:
Fixed-scope projects
Best for well-defined briefs. A clear deliverable, a fixed price, a defined timeline. We scope it properly upfront, then deliver the whole thing.
Retained partnership
Best for ongoing product development. A monthly retainer for continuous iteration, feature development, and strategic input as your product evolves.
Not sure which fits? Start with a paid discovery phase — we'll validate the idea, scope the work, and recommend the right engagement model from there.
Let's talk about your project
We take on a small number of projects we believe in. Tell us what you're building.
clients@forgeyard.digital