--- title: Objective-C vs Swift: iOS Comparison [2024 Update] description: Objective-C and Swift are programming languages used for iOS app development. Objective-C is an older language with a complex syntax, while Swift is a newer... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/objective-c-vs-swift-ios-comparison-2024-update--ambknnyhb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Objective-C vs Swift: iOS Comparison [2024 Update] | daily.dev og:description: Objective-C and Swift are programming languages used for iOS app development. Objective-C is an older language with a complex syntax, while Swift is a newer... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/objective-c-vs-swift-ios-comparison-2024-update--ambknnyhb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/AmBKnnyhB.png og:image:alt: Objective-C vs Swift: iOS Comparison [2024 Update] og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Objective-C vs Swift: iOS Comparison [2024 Update] **[Netguru](https://daily.dev/sources/netguru)** · 12 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Objective-C and Swift are programming languages used for iOS app development. Objective-C is an older language with a complex syntax, while Swift is a newer language with a simplified syntax. Swift offers improved memory management through Automatic Reference Counting (ARC), making it faster and more efficient than Objective-C. Swift has gained popularity among developers and is the preferred language for most new iOS app development projects. However, Objective-C may still be beneficial in certain scenarios, such as maintaining a large codebase or using C or C++ third-party frameworks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#ios](https://daily.dev/tags/ios), [#objective-c](https://daily.dev/tags/objective-c), [#swift](https://daily.dev/tags/swift) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/objective-c-vs-swift-ios-comparison-2024-update--ambknnyhb) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Objective-C vs Swift: iOS Comparison [2024 Update]","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/objective-c-vs-swift-ios-comparison-2024-update--ambknnyhb","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/objective-c-vs-swift-ios-comparison-2024-update--ambknnyhb"},"datePublished":"2023-10-27T08:08:01.247Z","dateModified":"2024-01-27T02:20:18.533Z","description":"Objective-C and Swift are programming languages used for iOS app development. Objective-C is an older language with a complex syntax, while Swift is a newer...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/dc2c65cb138d79ee34e46da4d855bf95?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/dc2c65cb138d79ee34e46da4d855bf95?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Netguru","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Netguru","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/201e234294cb4132ab31418b7627dbab","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/netguru"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/objective-c-vs-swift-ios-comparison-2024-update--ambknnyhb","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ios,objective-c,swift","timeRequired":"PT12M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Netguru","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/netguru"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Objective-C vs Swift: iOS Comparison [2024 Update]"}]} ```