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title: "Why VIPER and MVVM in SwiftUI are actually the same pattern: A lesson in architectural thinking"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-viper-and-mvvm-in-swiftui-are-actually-the-same-pattern-a-lesson-in-architectural-thinking-ht0xmpjuw
source_url: https://matteomanferdini.com/mvvm-vs-viper/
type: article
source: "Matteo Manferdini"
published: 2026-01-21T11:49:08.016Z
updated: 2026-01-21T11:49:30.133Z
tags: ["architecture", "ios", "swift", "swiftui", "design-patterns"]
reading_time: 14
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Why VIPER and MVVM in SwiftUI are actually the same pattern: A lesson in architectural thinking

**[Matteo Manferdini](https://daily.dev/sources/matteomanferdini)** · 14 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

VIPER and MVVM architectural patterns in SwiftUI share the same underlying components despite appearing different. Views and entities are equivalent in both patterns, data stores match controllers, interactors correspond to view models, presenters align with root views, and wireframes serve the same purpose as coordinators. The key is understanding component roles rather than names. VIPER, derived from Clean Architecture, is more prescriptive and complex than MVVM, requiring extensive boilerplate and going against SwiftUI's natural patterns. The article demonstrates these parallels through a Todo app implementation, showing why VIPER's strict separation of concerns creates unnecessary complexity in SwiftUI development.

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