About Ruth Okolo
Ruth Okolo
iOS Engineer, AI Builder & Product Designer·Founder of RuthVerse
I can spend hours building because I genuinely love what I do. Every app I create comes from passion, curiosity, and the desire to make something meaningful.
Ruth Okolo is an iOS Engineer, AI Builder, and Product Designer with a passion for solving real user problems through intuitive and thoughtful design, and the founder of RuthVerse, her independent studio for apps including CleerSplit, Specly, and Renoura.
My journey
Her journey began in sales, where she learned to listen deeply and identify pain points before they became product briefs. That habit of hearing what people actually need still shapes every feature she ships. A BSc. in Mathematics from the University of Saskatchewan gave her a systems mindset for patterns, logic, and user behaviour; years of product design sharpened her eye for clarity and craft.
How I build
Today Ruth works independently as the founder of RuthVerse. She owns the full build: product thinking, interface design, SwiftUI implementation, TestFlight releases, and AI features in production. There is no handoff between designer and engineer. The same person who sketches the flow writes the Swift and watches real people use it in beta.
RuthVerse apps
CleerSplit helps groups split shared expenses without awkward money tension. Specly connects people through shared activities and real world meetups. Renoura helps users track subscriptions, spot spending patterns, and cancel what no longer serves them. Each app is designed and built from start to finish under the RuthVerse name.
AI & community
Ruth also builds with AI across her stack, from prototyping with Cursor to shipping production features with RAG, tool calling, and the RuthVerse Product Guide on ruthokolo.com. She documents how she works on her AI case studies page and shares the process openly with the builder community. Outside the codebase, she helps energize local builder communities, including Cursor meetups that have brought hundreds of people together in person.
Her work is still defined by the same instincts as always: a strong eye for detail, a user first mindset, and a deep desire to make software feel clear, human, and trustworthy. She is a fast learner, always eager to grow, expanding her thinking, picking up something new, and sharpening her skills with every app she ships.
Background
BSc. Mathematics
University of Saskatchewan
iOS Engineer
Building apps since 2019
AI Builder & Product Designer
LLM features, tool calling, and human-centered UX
RuthVerse
Apps I build
