Swift Playground

Learn to code and build real apps in Swift, right on iPad or Mac.

Introduced
2016
WWDC16
Kind
Tool
Runs on
iPad and Mac
Get it from
App Store

Free

iOS
iPadOS
Mac Catalyst
macOS
tvOS
visionOS
watchOS
The Swift Playground app
Solve coding puzzles in Learn to Code, or build full SwiftUI apps, on Mac and iPad.

Overview

Swift Playground started as a fun way to learn Swift with interactive puzzles. Today it's also a complete little IDE for SwiftUI apps, with live previews, packages and a lot of Apple's frameworks.

You can even submit your app to App Store Connect without ever opening Xcode.

Learn to Code

Guided lessons that teach Swift through puzzles and challenges.

Build apps

Create SwiftUI apps with live previews right on iPad or Mac.

Swift packages

Add open source packages to your projects.

Ship it

Upload your app to App Store Connect from Swift Playground.

History

How it grew up.

2016

iPad

Swift Playgrounds launches on iPad.

2020

Mac

Swift Playgrounds comes to the Mac.

2021

Build apps

Version 4 builds SwiftUI apps and submits them to the App Store.

2025

Renamed

Swift Playgrounds becomes Swift Playground with version 4.6.