iOS Developer
Pietro Messineo
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Craft. Code. Ship.

Native iOS
Built for Apple's Ecosystem

Every pixel crafted with SwiftUI. Performance-first, design-obsessed apps that feel native because they are.

6AM Swift
Your Vision. Shipped.

From concept to App Store in record time — without cutting corners on quality or user experience.

Engineered
Every Detail Matters

Micro-interactions, haptic feedback, Dynamic Island — the details that make an app feel alive.

App Store Ready
Launch Day
Confidence

From TestFlight to App Review — polished, optimized, and built to pass first time.

Selected Work

Wallpapers Central

The ultimate wallpaper app for iPhone — over 2 million downloads. Curated collections, daily picks, and AI-generated backgrounds.

View on App Store
2M+ Downloads
SwiftUI
StoreKit 2
CloudKit

NutrixAi

AI-powered meal tracker that understands what you eat from photos. Successfully acquired — exit completed.

View on App Store
Acquired
CoreML
Vision
SwiftUI

Launchify

Custom lock screen widgets and AI-powered wallpapers. Over 600K downloads and counting.

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600K+ Downloads
WidgetKit
SwiftUI

AlfryAi

One of the first ChatGPT wrapper chatbot apps on the App Store. Early mover in the AI assistant space.

View on App Store
First ChatGPT Wrapper
OpenAI API
SwiftUI

EmojiHub

AI-generated emoji packs for iMessage. Over 50K downloads — custom stickers powered by machine learning.

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50K+ Downloads
iMessage
CoreML

One of the first 600 developers worldwide to build a visionOS app — featured on Apple's App Wall of Fame at WWDC 2024

2024 WWDC - visionOS Pioneer

International conference speaker — SwiftHeroes, NSSpain, PLSwift, NYSwift and many more

Speaker - Swift Community

The Journey

13 Years of
Shipping Code

From jailbreaking iPhones at 15 to building apps with millions of downloads.

2012
2012
Reverse-Engineered Siri

Translated Siri to Italian and redistributed it to every unsupported jailbroken iOS device. The spark that started everything.

2012–14
Mastered Objective-C

Self-taught the foundations of iOS development — Cocoa Touch, UIKit, and the craft of building native apps from scratch.

2014
Swift Day One + CS Degree

Adopted Swift the moment Apple announced it. Started a Computer Science degree — theory met practice.

Early Adopter
2017
4 Apps. 1 Year. All Hits.

ZTL City — Top 10 most-paid apps in Italy. ARMeter — first AR ruler to measure real objects. EasyCalc — first Apple Watch calculator. Run Mario Run — Super Mario on the MacBook Touch Bar.

Breakout Year
2018
Bachelor in Computer Science

Graduated while already shipping production apps. The degree caught up with the ambition.

2019
Fortnite Dashboard

Built the go-to stats companion for Fortnite players. 75K+ downloads — tapping into the gaming community at peak hype.

75K Downloads
2020
Social Widgets — First Exit

Rode the iOS 14 widget wave to 200K downloads — then sold it. First acquisition, first taste of building to exit.

Acquired — 200K Downloads
2021–25
20+ Apps. Millions of Users.

Full indie dev era — built and shipped 20+ apps for himself and clients. Wallpapers Central alone crossed 2M downloads. Launchify hit 600K. The machine was running.

Indie Dev Era
2025–26
Sold NutrixAI. Building What's Next.

Second successful exit — sold the AI meal tracker and pivoted to new frontiers. AI-native apps, visionOS, and whatever Apple ships next.

Second Exit
About Pietro

iOS Developer
& Founder of
6AM Swift

Pietro Messineo is an iOS developer with a passion for building beautiful, high-performance applications that users love. As the founder of 6AM Swift, he combines deep technical expertise with an eye for great design.

13+
Years of iOS development
50+
Apps shipped to the App Store
100%
Swift & SwiftUI
Commits before 6AM
Professional Experience

Where I've
Built & Shipped

From startups to enterprise — building products used by millions across iOS, tvOS, macOS, and watchOS.

01
May 2024 — Present
Kape
Technologies
Senior Software Engineer

Engineering ExpressVPN across iOS, tvOS, and macOS. Building privacy-first experiences for millions of users worldwide.

iOS tvOS macOS Swift
02
May 2022 — Jul 2024
Purple
Technology
Senior iOS Developer

Led iOS development for MyAxiory and Fintokei — fintech apps enabling traders to manage accounts, fund portfolios, and track performance.

Fintech SwiftUI Combine
03
Sep 2021 — May 2024
BlueThrone
App Growth Tech Leader

Scaled from App Manager to Tech Leader. Drove app growth strategy, managed technical teams, and shipped products that moved the needle.

Leadership Growth Strategy
04
Oct 2019 — May 2022
sledovanitv.cz
iOS App Developer

Developed the streaming platform across iOS, tvOS, and watchOS. Multi-device video playback, live TV, and offline downloads.

iOS tvOS watchOS AVKit
05
Aug 2021 — Nov 2021
Develhope
Swift Teacher

Taught Swift and iOS development to the next generation of developers. Curriculum design, live coding sessions, and mentorship.

Teaching Swift Mentorship
06
Apr 2019 — Oct 2019
MySpectroom
iOS App Developer

Built the iOS app from the ground up — early career role where the craft of clean, maintainable Swift code was forged.

iOS UIKit Swift