Turn a single roadside pump into a thriving highway service plaza. Set fuel prices, hire staff, add a market, car wash, garage, truck stop and EV chargers, then expand across six locations from desert highways to snowy mountain roads. Fully offline, with no ads and no microtransactions.
Available for freelance & full-time work
Hi, I'm Sobhi Arood — I build iOS apps and indie games people love to use.
An iOS, mobile and game developer based in Dubai, UAE. I design, build and ship my own products end to end — from the first sketch to the App Store and Steam — and I help businesses do the same.
- Apps live on the App Store
- 20
- PC games on Steam
- 2
- Years shipping apps
- 8+
- App Store categories
- 8
01 Games on Steam
Cozy idle tycoons for PC.
I design and build relaxing management games about growing something small into something big — the kind of game you can play for five minutes or five hours.
Build a humble island dock into a shipping empire. Grow production chains across six hand-crafted, hex-tile islands, fulfil trade contracts, raise wonders and set out on voyages whose charters change the rules. A free demo with the first three islands is on the way.
02 Apps on the App Store
Focused iPhone apps that solve one problem well.
Each of my apps does one job and does it beautifully: reading, engineering calculations, privacy, field documentation and organisation. Most of the heavy lifting, like text recognition and AI detection, happens on the device, so your data stays yours.
A hands-free reader that auto-scrolls PDFs, EPUB ebooks, Word documents and web articles at your own speed, with OCR for scans, chapters, search, reading streaks and widgets.
An engineering toolkit for civil engineers, contractors and site supervisors: concrete volume, rebar weight, unit conversion, material estimates and branded PDF project reports.
Redact, blur and pixelate sensitive information in PDFs, scans and images before you share them. On-device AI spots names, emails, phone numbers and card numbers for you to review.
A timestamp camera that stamps the date, time, GPS coordinates, address and project notes onto every photo — reliable photo proof for construction, inspections and deliveries.
Sorts thousands of screenshots into smart categories — receipts, bookings, recipes, chats — and lets you search the text inside every one of them with OCR.
A calm, modern way to read the complete Holy Quran with smooth auto-scrolling, light and dark themes, adjustable fonts, multiple reciters and offline access.
These are a few highlights. There are 20 apps in total — aviation study guides, Quran readers, journaling, productivity tools and arcade games.
See all apps on the App Store03 What I do
From idea to launch, one developer.
Because I publish my own apps and games, I understand the whole journey — not just the code, but the design, the store listing and what happens after release.
iOS app development
Native iPhone and iPad apps in Swift and SwiftUI, with widgets, Share extensions, iCloud sync, in-app purchases and subscriptions, and on-device text recognition.
Cross-platform mobile
iOS and Android apps from a single codebase with Flutter or React Native, backed by Firebase or a custom API, when reaching both stores fast matters most.
Game development
Idle, tycoon and arcade games for PC and mobile — progression systems, economy balancing, upgrades, saving, localization and Steam store pages.
Websites & web apps
Fast, responsive, SEO-friendly websites and landing pages, plus full-stack web apps with React, Next.js, Node.js, MongoDB and WordPress.
App Store launch & ASO
Store listings, keyword research, screenshots, landing pages and privacy policies — everything an app needs to be found and approved, not just built.
Privacy-first by default
I design apps that keep data on the device whenever possible, with no unnecessary accounts or tracking — good for users and for App Store review.
Tools & technologies I work with
Swift
Xcode
Flutter
React Native
Firebase
JavaScript
Next.js
Node.js
MongoDB
HTML5
CSS3
Sass
PHP
WordPress
Git
04 How I work
A simple process that ships.
- 01
Discover
We define the problem, the audience and the smallest version worth launching. Clear scope keeps the project fast and the budget honest.
- 02
Design
Wireframes and a clickable prototype that follows platform conventions, so the app feels at home on iPhone, Android or the web from day one.
- 03
Build
Clean, tested code with regular builds you can try on your own device. You see progress every week instead of waiting for a big reveal.
- 04
Launch & grow
Store submission, listing copy, screenshots and a landing page — then updates, analytics and improvements based on real user feedback.
- Based inDubai, UAE
- FocusiOS, games & web
- First app2018
- WorkFreelance & full-time
05 About me
A developer who ships his own products.
I'm Sobhi Arood, a mobile app, game and full-stack web developer living in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. I published my first App Store game in 2018, and since then I've released 20 apps on the App Store and two PC games on Steam.
My work spans very different worlds: aviation study guides for A320 and Boeing 787 pilots, Quran readers used every Friday, engineering calculators for construction sites, privacy tools that redact documents on-device, and cozy tycoon games about gas stations and island trade routes. What connects them is a focus on clean design, smooth performance and respect for the people using them.
Running my own products means I care about the details clients often discover too late — App Store review guidelines, subscriptions, localization, onboarding, store screenshots and search visibility. I bring that experience to every freelance project, whether it's a native iOS app, a cross-platform Flutter app, a game prototype or a fast marketing website.
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