Youth-Focused Social Networking iOS App

I’m building a fresh social platform aimed squarely at teens and young adults and I need an experienced iOS developer to turn the concept into a polished Swift app. The core of the product is familiar social networking flow—create a profile, discover new people, share moments—but I want it to feel fast, modern and unmistakably native to iPhone.

At this stage I’m keeping the initial feature set tight on purpose. The app must open with a smooth, secure user-authentication flow (email, Apple ID and ideally social log-ins). Once a user is in, the focus is on the timeline: post, like, comment, follow. Push notifications and in-app purchases can come later; right now I’d rather perfect the foundation for a young, trend-sensitive audience.

I value clean, well-documented Swift code, UIKit or SwiftUI where it makes sense, and an architecture that scales—MVC, MVVM or similar, your call as long as it’s rational. If you’re comfortable integrating Firebase or a comparable BaaS for auth and real-time data, that’s ideal. Expect regular TestFlight builds so I can share early versions with a small beta group.

Deliverables I need from you:
• Full Xcode project with readable source and build instructions
• One TestFlight-ready build demonstrating user sign-up / log-in and the basic feed
• A short hand-off document outlining any third-party libraries or services configured

Ship those three items, and we’ll move straight into the next sprint together—adding push, polishing the UI, and exploring monetization options. Let’s craft something teens will actually open every day.