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> and the No Man's Sky iOS app "Assistant for No Man's Sky" is just a ported Android app, complete with Android interface, which really grates against iOS IMO

Options:

- Build a Swift port that needs constant upkeep

- Ship the version that already works on phones

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With that logic, why aren't all iOS apps just ported Android ones?

Many are, as seen here.

And us iOS users all know how well that works in this ecosystem. Android ported apps might be easy to deploy and maintain, but they're in the most part trash to use in iOS.

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