The latest articles on DEV Community by Chuka (@chukaufo). https://dev.to/chukaufo https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4023004%2F35e0e59d-3a91-4793-af2c-b06cd0eccfe1.jpg https://dev.to/chukaufo en Chuka Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:55:09 +0000 https://dev.to/chukaufo/how-i-built-a-finance-tracker-on-ios-with-zero-backend-3fgl https://dev.to/chukaufo/how-i-built-a-finance-tracker-on-ios-with-zero-backend-3fgl <p>I recently shipped <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fint/id6775697441" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fint</a>, a privacy-first finance tracker, to the App Store as a solo developer, with zero backend. No servers, no accounts, all data stays on the user's device. It's also <a href="https://github.com/chukaufo/fint" rel="noopener noreferrer">open source</a> if you want to see how any of this is implemented.</p> <p>I leveraged Apple's own frameworks to make that possible: Core Data for local storage, CloudKit for optional cross-device sync, and on-device Vision OCR for receipt scanning.</p> <p>I wrote up the full architecture, including a three-day CloudKit production bug and the tradeoffs of building local-first, here: <a href="https://blog.chukaufo.xyz/zero-backend/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Article Link</a></p> swift ios coredata swiftui