yippeeapp / open-source-ios-apps

Collaborative List of Open-Source iOS Apps

Open-Source iOS Apps

List of open-source iOS apps.

Feel free to contribute: issues, pull requests, or Twitter.

Bonus: mac-apps, awesome-osx and android-apps.

Jump to

• Apple Watch
• Communication
• Content Blocking
• Core Data
• Games
• Developer
• Finance
• Keyboards
• Location
• Entertainment
• Multimedia
• News
• Official
• Parse
• Personal
• React Native
• ReactiveCocoa
• Realm
• ResearchKit
• Sample
• Social
• Tasks
• Tools
• Weather
• Misc

🔶 Swift projects

Apple Watch

• BaiduFM-Swift 🔶
• Bitcoin Tracker: Track Bitcoin price 🔶
• Bither: Simple and secure Bitcoin wallet
  • https://github.com/bither/bither-ios (extension)
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/bither/id899478936
• Brew: Discover craft beer pubs nearby 🔶
  • https://github.com/contentful-labs/ContentfulWatchKitExample
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/id986830433
• Calculator 🔶
• Cherry: Mini Pomodoro Timer app 🔶
• Connectivity Demo
• CoolSpot: The missing Spotify ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜ app 🔶
• Cortado: Track your caffeine consumption habits
  • https://github.com/lazerwalker/cortado
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/cortado/id969899327
• Done: Demonstrate data sharing between a WatchKit app and its main app using Realm 🔶
• Gulps: Track of your daily water consumption 🔶
  • https://github.com/FancyPixel/gulps
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/gulps/id979057304
• heartrate: Show streaming heartrate from the watch with watchOS 2 🔶
• Hightstreet: Highstreet shopping app 🔶
• HN Reader: Hacker News Reader 🔶
  • https://github.com/Dimillian/SwiftHN
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/hn-reader-hacker-news-reader/id919243741
• Impulse: Real-time age ticker for iOS and watchOS 🔶
• KTPomodoro: Mini Pomodoro Timer app
• Lister: List app example by Apple 🔶
• Parties for WWDC: Aggregator of developers WWDC parties
  • https://github.com/sugarso/WWDC
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/parties-for-wwdc/id879924066
• PhoneBattery: Your phone's battery, on your wrist
  • https://github.com/marcelvoss/PhoneBattery
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/phonebattery-your-phones-battery/id1009278300
• SBB: Apple Watch app to access the SBB (Swiss railway) timetable
• Soon: Countdown App 🔶
• WatchKit-Apps: Tutorials app for WatchKit 🔶
• Watchman: A WatchOS2 Hangman Game 🔶
• WatchNotes: Notes on your wrist 🔶
• watchOS-2-Sampler: Code examples for new features of watchOS 2 🔶
• WatchPics: Instagram for the Apple Watch
• WatchSnake: Game of Snake for Watch 🔶
• WatchStocks: App to track your stocks portfolio. Also includes a watch face complication 🔶
• Wunderschnell: Order the right product with one tap on your wrist 🔶

Communication

• Chats: Messages app 🔶
• ChatSecure: Encrypted chat app that supports OTR encryption over XMPP
  • https://github.com/ChatSecure/ChatSecure-iOS
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/chatsecure-encrypted-messenger/id464200063
• IRCCloud: An IRC client/service
  • https://github.com/irccloud/ios
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/irccloud/id672699103
• Mumble: Gaming-focused social voice chat utility
• Signal: Free, world-wide, private messaging and phone calls for iPhone
  • https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/id874139669
• Telegram: Messaging app with a focus on speed and security
  • https://telegram.org/apps
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/telegram-messenger/id686449807

Content Blocking

• Adblock Fast
  • https://github.com/rocketshipapps/adblockfast
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/adblock-fast/id1032930802
• BlockParty: iOS 9 Safari Content Blocker App

Core Data

• DVD Collection Tracker
• Nested Lists

Developer

• Bequest: Create and replay HTTP/S requests. 🔶
• Monkey: GitHub third party client that shows the rank of coders and repositories
  • https://github.com/coderyi/Monkey
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/monkey-for-github/id1003765407
• Review Time: Shows average review times for iOS and the Mac Apps 🔶

Games

• 翻翻看: Concentration game 🔶
• 2048: 2048 game in Objective-C
• 2048: 2048 game in Swift 🔶
• Bridges: A puzzle game with bridges, houses, tolls, and subways
  • https://github.com/zgrossbart/bridges
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/seven-bridges/id586598714
• Canabalt: Infinite runner
  • https://github.com/ericjohnson/canabalt-ios
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/canabalt/id333180061
• CardsAgainst: Cards Against Humanity app 🔶
• Chess: iOS Chess game to learn SpriteKit 🔶
• DOOM: Doom Classic for iOS
  • https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM-iOS
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/doom-classic/id336347946
• DOOM-IOS2: Doom Classic for iOS version 2
  • https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM-IOS2
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/doom-ii-rpg/id354051766
• FlappySwift: Swift implementation of Flappy Bird 🔶
• Game Of Life: Conway's Game of Life 🔶
• MUDRammer — A Modern MUD Client for iPhone and iPad
  • https://github.com/splinesoft/MUDRammer
  • https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mudrammer-a-modern-mud-client/id597157072?mt=8
• Orbit7: iOS Game created in SpriteKit 🔶
• Provenance: Game emulator frontend
• SceneKitFrogger 🔶
• Spare Parts: Simple 2D point and line physics using Verlet integration
  • https://github.com/adamwulf/spare-parts-app
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/spare-parts/id981297199
• Stick-Hero-Swift: Universal iOS Game using Swift and iOS SpriteKit 🔶
• Sudoku: Sudoku solver with OCR capability on iOS
• Wolfenstein 3D: Wolfenstein 3D for iOS
  • https://github.com/id-Software/Wolf3D-iOS
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/wolfenstein-3d-classic-platinum/id309470478

Keyboards

• AA-Keyboard: ASCI Art Keyboard
  • https://github.com/sonsongithub/AAKeyboard
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/aa-keyboard/id964182815
• ClickWheelKeyboard: Brings back the classic iPod click wheel as a keyboard for iOS 8
  • https://github.com/b3ll/ClickWheelKeyboard
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/click-wheel-keyboard/id993111285

Finance

• BitStore: Bitcoin wallet
  • https://github.com/BitStore/BitStore-iOS
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/bitstore/id890668158
• breadwallet: Bitcoin wallet
  • https://github.com/breadwallet/breadwallet
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/breadwallet/id885251393
• Coins: Bitcoin value tracker 🔶
• Concurrency: Beautiful, intuitive currency converter
  • https://github.com/nicklockwood/Concurrency
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/concurrency/id738872892
• doughwallet: Dogecoin wallet
  • https://github.com/peritus/doughwallet
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/doughwallet/id951731776
• Savings Assistant: Expense tracker 🔶
  • https://github.com/chrisamanse/savings-assistant
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/savings-assistant/id1022760996
• TodayStocks: Lightweight stocks app that shows your portfolio in a minimalist today extension
  • https://github.com/premnirmal/TodayStocks
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/todaystocks/id993467855

Location

• Alarm: Geolocation based alarm app for travelers 🔶
• Moves: Visualize which places you spent the most time at
• GeoTappy: Share your location
• pathlogger: GPS logging application for ios written in Swift 🔶
• Startups - Mapped In Israel: Discover new startups and locate co-working spaces
• Swift-Walk-Tracker: An open source walk tracking iOS App 🔶

Entertainment

• ComicFlow: Comic reader for iPad
  • https://github.com/swisspol/ComicFlow
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/comicflow/id409290355
• Longboxed: Track the releases of your favorite comics.
  • https://github.com/jayhickey/Longboxed-iOS
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/longboxed-comic-tracker/id965045339
• MovieDBApp: Movie info app
• OCiney: Movie info app
  • https://github.com/florent37/OCiney-iOS
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/id955480687
• PhishOD: Listen to any song from Phish.in and view concert ratings and reviews from phish.net
  • https://github.com/alecgorge/PhishOD-iOS
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/phish-on-demand-all-phish/id672139018?
• PopcornTime: PopcornTime movie app 🔶
• That Movie With: Find common movies among actors
  • https://github.com/jayhickey/thatmoviewith
  • https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/that-movie-with/id892972135
• xkcd: Open Source: An xkcd Comic Reader
  • https://github.com/mamaral/xkcd-Open-Source
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/xkcd-open-source/id995811425

Multimedia

Image, video, audio

• Artsy: The Art World in Your Pocket
  • https://github.com/artsy/eigen
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/artsy-art-world-in-your-pocket/id703796080
• Artsy Folio: Artwork showcase
  • https://github.com/artsy/energy
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/artsy-folio/id504862164
• DoubanFM: douban.fm client for iPhone, using AFN and MPMoviePlayer
• Eleven: Eleven Player is a simple powerful video player, uses ffmpeg.
  • https://github.com/coderyi/Eleven
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/elevenplayer/id1033773648
• Flickr-Search: Simple app which consumes the Flickr Search API
• Mume: Music player and douban.fm client for iOS
  • https://github.com/coderyi/Mume
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/mumefm/id1037825434
• PhotoBrowser: A simple iOS Instagram photo browser 🔶
• Poppins: House all your favorite GIFs and easily share them with your friends and family 🔶
  • https://github.com/thoughtbot/poppins
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/poppins/id978854068
• Swift ASCII Art Generator 🔶
• Swifteroid: A manual HDR exposure camera app written in Swift 🔶
• SwiftFlickrApp: Flickr popular photo viewer 🔶
• Swift-Radio-Pro: Professional Radio Station App, created w/ Swift 2.0
• SwiftSpace: CoreMotion Controlled Drawing in 3D Space 🔶
• Upupu: Simple camera app that can backup pictures on a WebDAV server or Dropbox
  • https://github.com/xcoo/upupu
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/upupu/id508401854
• VLC
• VoiceMemos: Universal audio recorder app 🔶

News

• Designer News App 🔶
  • https://github.com/MengTo/DesignerNewsApp
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/designer-news-app/id879990495
• Feeds4U: Well architectured RSS reader 🔶
  • https://github.com/EvgenyKarkan/Feeds4U
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/feeds4u/id1038456442
• Hacker News Client: Hacker News API-Based iOS Reader (Firebase)
  • https://github.com/bonzoq/hniosreader
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/hacker-news-client/id939454231
• HackerNews: Hacker News reader 🔶
• News/YC: Hacker News client with user management, commenting, submitting and themes 🔶
  • https://github.com/bennyguitar/News-YC---iPhone
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/news-yc/id592893508
• news:yc
  • https://github.com/Xuzz/newsyc
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/news-yc/id434787119
• Reddit: Reddit news app 🔶
• RSSRead: A RSS reader with offline feature
  • https://github.com/ming1016/RSSRead
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/yi-yue-rss-li-xian-xin-wen-yue-du/id850246364
• TabDump: TabDump news app
• The Oakland Post: App for student-run newspaper at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan 🔶
  • https://github.com/aclissold/the-oakland-post
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/oakland-post/id931152313
• v2ex: An iOS client for the technical and creative website v2ex.com
  • https://github.com/singro/v2ex
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/v2ex-chuang-yi-gong-zuo-zhe/id898181535

Official

• Coding: Official Coding App
  • https://github.com/Coding/Coding-iOS
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/coding/id923676989
• Firefox: Official Firefox app 🔶
• VLC: Media Player
  • http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ios.html
  • https://github.com/videolan/vlc
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/vlc-for-ios/id650377962
• WhiteHouse: Official White House App
  • https://github.com/WhiteHouse/wh-app-ios
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/the-white-house/id350190807
• Wikipedia: Official Wikipedia App
  • https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-ios-wikipedia
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/wikipedia-mobile/id324715238
• WordPress: Official WordPress App
  • https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-iOS
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/wordpress/id335703880

Parse

• Anypic: Mobile and web app that lets users share photos similar to Instagram
  • https://github.com/ParsePlatform/Anypic
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/anypic/id539741538
• AnyWall: A fun geolocation app built with Parse
  • https://github.com/ParsePlatform/AnyWall
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/anywall/id520955490
• how-much: Simple app to record how much things cost using Parse
• iBeaconTasks: iBeacon TODO reminder app based on Parse
• Parse-Challenge-App: iPhone app built using Parse w/ likes, comments, posting images/video
  • https://github.com/TomekB/Parse-Challenge-App
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/lets-challenge-me/id944004497
• ParseDeveloperDay: Developer Conference App
  • https://github.com/ParsePlatform/ParseDeveloperDay
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/parse-developer-day/id691488056
• ParseStore: Backend provider for selling physical goods using Parse
  • https://github.com/ParsePlatform/ParseStore
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/parse-store/id613679907
• Paws: Building an Instagram-Like App with Parse and Swift 🔶

Personal

• Arex: An iOS application for remembering to take your medications 🔶
• Everest: app for documenting your life through journeys and individual moments
• iContactU: Reminds you to contact people you ought to 🔶
  • https://github.com/rizal72/iContactU
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/icontactu/id920200100
• iGrades: Track your class grades
  • https://github.com/maurovc/iGrades
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/id816987574
• MasterPassword: Stateless password management solution
  • https://github.com/Lyndir/MasterPassword
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/id510296984
• Mention: Personal media wish list
  • https://github.com/mhaddl/mentio
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/mentio-personal-media-wish/id796557338
• Onions: Cloud encrypted text storage app
  • https://github.com/onionsapp/Onions-iOS
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/onions/id687296481
• ownCloud: Client for a personal open-source cloud data provider
  • https://github.com/owncloud/ios
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/owncloud/id543672169
• SimpleMemo: Sync notes to EverNote
  • https://github.com/likumb/SimpleMemo
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/yi-bian-qian/id1029807896
• SwiftNote: Simple note taking app with today widget and iCloud syncing 🔶
• Theseus: An open-source iOS personal analytics tool

React Native

• App examples by Facebook: Sample apps including 2048, movies, tic tac toe and more
• Currency Converter
• Den: View houses for sale in the Northwest
• Dribbble
• Facebook Login
• Foreign Exchange
• Hacker News
• Iceland Earthquakes
• iTunes Catalog Search
• london-react
• newswatch: News app using YouTube playlists
• NortalTechDay: Conference app
• Product Kitty
• Property Finder
• RSS Reader
• Spacepics: A small app displaying NASA's Picture of the Day
• Sudoku
• To Do List
• WeatherApp

ReactiveCocoa

• BrewMobile: App for managing the beer brewing process 🔶
• C-41: Make developing film easier and more reliable by using this simple timer
  • https://github.com/ashfurrow/C-41
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/c-41/id789924103
• GroceryList: iPhone grocery list app, synchronized using GitHub
• HausClock: Minimal Chess Clock using MVVM and ReactiveCocoa 🔶
• ReactiveHackerNews: Hacker News reader with Tinder style interface, written in ObjC, uses MVVM & ReactiveCocoa
  • https://github.com/syshen/ReactiveHackerNews
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/reactive-hacker-news-stay/id969422368
• ReactiveSwiftFlickrSearch: A Flickr-search app that uses MVVM & ReactiveCocoa 🔶
• SimpleAuth: Simple authentication (OAuth for Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr and more)
• Tropos: A weather app using ReactiveCocoa and Forecast.io
  • https://github.com/thoughtbot/Tropos
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/tropos-weather-forecasts-for/id955209376
• MVVMReactiveCocoa: GitBucket iOS App
  • https://itunes.apple.com/cn/app/id961330940?mt=8

Realm

• Done: Demonstrate data sharing between a WatchKit app and its main app using Realm 🔶
• RealmToDo: A small todo list with Realm integration 🔶

ResearchKit

• AsthmaHealth: ResearchKit app studying Asthma
  • https://github.com/ResearchKit/AsthmaHealth
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/asthma-health-by-mount-sinai/id972625668
• GlucoSuccess: ResearchKit app studying Diabetes
  • https://github.com/ResearchKit/GlucoSuccess
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/glucosuccess/id972143976
• mPower: ResearchKit app studying Parkinson's disease
  • https://github.com/ResearchKit/mPower
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/parkinson-mpower-study-app/id972191200
• Share The Journey: ResearchKit app studying Breast Cancer
  • https://github.com/ResearchKit/ShareTheJourney
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/share-the-journey/id972180604

Sample

• Cannonball: Fun way to create and share stories and poems using Fabric 🔶
  • https://github.com/twitterdev/cannonball-ios
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/cannonball-magnetic-poetry/id929750075
• Code by Apple
  • Developer Library, GitHub Mirror
  • WWDC 2015
• CloudKit
• CloudKit 🔶
• Federal Data SDK 🔶
• HomeKit-Demo 🔶
• iOS 8 Sampler: Code examples for the new functions in iOS 8
• iOS 9 Sampler: Code examples for the new functions in iOS 9 🔶
• LayerPlayer: Explore the capabilities of Apple's Core Animation API 🔶
  • https://github.com/scotteg/LayerPlayer
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/layer-player/id949768742
• Polls: iOS Client for Polls API by Apiary 🔶
• RKGist: GitHub Gist app using RestKit

Social

• Peggsite: App for sharing a social board
  • https://github.com/jenduf/GenericSocialApp
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/peggsite/id938445951

Tasks

• Cheddar: Simple & instant task manager
• CloudKit-To-Do-List: Store & retrieve tasks using CloudKit 🔶
• RealmToDo: A small todo list with Realm integration 🔶
• Task: Designed to quickly and easily add tasks to your iPhone 🔶
  • https://github.com/mbcrump/TasksForSwiftWithPersistingData
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/task-application/id960435759

Tools

• AppSales-Mobile: App for iTunes Connect Sales
• Be my eyes: An app that connects blind people with volunteer helpers via live video chat
  • https://github.com/bemyeyes/bemyeyes-ios
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/be-my-eyes-helping-blind-see/
• Coffee Timer 🔶
• Colo: Color themes hunter
• ColorBlur: Add blur to your photos
  • https://github.com/maurovc/ColorBlur
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/id928863510
• DeckRocket: Turn your iPhone into a remote for Deckset presentations 🔶
• Edhita: Text editor 🔶
  • https://github.com/tnantoka/edhita
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/edhita-open-source-text-editor/id398896655
• Fojusi: Work timer with today extension 🔶
  • https://github.com/dasdom/Tomate
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/fojusi/id923044693
• GreatReader: "Great" PDF reader designed for both iPhone and iPad
  • https://github.com/semweb/GreatReader
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/greatreader/id903651112
• OneBusAway: Real-time arrival & schedule information for public transit in Seattle, Atlanta, Tampa, and more
• https://github.com/OneBusAway/onebusaway-iphone
• https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/onebusaway/id329380089?mt=8
• Round & Split: Tip Calculator 🔶
  • https://github.com/lukhnos/roundandsplit
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/round-split/id912288737
• Speak: AAC & Speech Therapy
  • https://github.com/1raynes/speakability
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/speakability/id784509467
• VPN On 🔶
  • https://github.com/lexrus/VPNOn
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/vpn-on/id951344279
• Words: Thesaurus app
• Workdays: Simple iPhone calendar with operating schedule
• https://github.com/mpak/Workdays
• https://itunes.apple.com/app/workdays-calendar/id889712978
• ZeroStore: password storage without the storage

Weather

• Pocket Forecast: Swift weather application for Typhoon 🔶
• RainMan: Uses Forecast.io 🔶
• Sol: Uses Weather Underground
• SmileWeather: Uses Weather Underground & OpenWeatherMap
• SwiftWeather 🔶
• Tropos: A weather app using ReactiveCocoa and Forecast.io
• WeatherApp: Weather app using React Native
• WeatherMap: Weather around you in a glance, uses OpenWeatherMap 🔶
  • https://github.com/TakefiveInteractive/WeatherMap
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/weather-map-take-five-interactive/id990141529
• YoCelsius

Misc

• A Menjar: Food menu app
  • https://github.com/maurovc/aMenjar
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/a-menjar!/id816473131
• ChineseZodiac 🔶
• Frameless: A full-screen web browser 🔶
  • https://github.com/stakes/Frameless
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/id933580264
• HackCancer: Hackathon app 🔶
• Jupp: App with share extension for ADN 🔶
  • https://github.com/dasdom/Jupp
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/jupp-share-extension-for-app.net/id909926740
• Kiosk: The Artsy Auction Kiosk App 🔶
• lastfm-iphone: Last.fm iPhone app
• LidderbuchApp: Songbook for Luxembourgish Students 🔶
  • https://github.com/AcelLuxembourg/LidderbuchApp
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/lidderbuch/id997143407
• NYE: New Year's Eve Cocktail Menu 🔶
• OpenCB: Interactive chess book reader
• PebCiti: Pebble app to show nearest CitiBike NYC dock
• PocketFlix: Put the power of Netflix at your fingertips
• Valio: Valio Con 2014 Schedule 🔶
• TheReservist: Check availability of iPhones 🔶
• Vinylogue: A simple Last.fm client
  • https://github.com/twocentstudios/vinylogue
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/vinylogue-for-last.fm/id617471119
• VisitBCN: City guide for Barcelona
  • https://github.com/maurovc/visitBCN
  • https://itunes.apple.com/app/visitbcn/id904676442

Thanks

This list was inspired by awesome-ios and awesome-swift.

Contact

• github.com/dkhamsing
• twitter.com/dkhamsing