Question 1

What is an app studio?

Accepted Answer

An app studio is a small company that designs, builds and publishes its own apps, keeping ownership rather than delivering them to a client. This distinguishes it from an agency, which is paid to build someone else's product, and from a startup, which usually commits everything to a single app.

Question 2

What does it take to ship an iOS app as a small team?

Accepted Answer

Building the app is roughly half the work. The rest is App Store submission: store metadata, localised screenshots at Apple's required display sizes, the App Privacy questionnaire, age rating, export compliance, and a review that will reject an incomplete build. A small team should plan for the store from the first week, not the last.

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What is an app studio?

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