Best SwiftUI Charts Libraries in 2026

A Swift Charts Line Chart in 10 Lines

For comparison, here's a complete time-series line chart with Apple's Swift Charts:

import Charts
import SwiftUI

struct RevenueChart: View {
  let data: [(date: Date, revenue: Double)]

  var body: some View {
    Chart(data, id: \.date) { point in
      LineMark(
        x: .value("Date", point.date),
        y: .value("Revenue", point.revenue)
      )
      .interpolationMethod(.catmullRom)
    }
    .chartXAxis { AxisMarks(values: .stride(by: .day, count: 7)) }
    .chartYAxis { AxisMarks(format: .currency(code: "USD")) }
  }
}

Which Charts Library Should You Choose?

Four quick rules cover almost every case:

• Building for iOS 16+? Use Apple's native Swift Charts — it covers ~95% of apps with zero dependencies.
• Need to support iOS 15 or older? Use DGCharts, the mature, battle-tested fallback.
• Building a finance or trading app (candlestick, OHLC, crosshairs)? Use Lightweight Charts from TradingView.
• Maintaining a legacy app on the old "Charts" library? Migrate to DGCharts — it is the same project, renamed.

The 6 Charts Libraries

Ranked by what most apps should actually use. The native option wins for ~95% of use cases.

1. 1

   Swift Charts (Apple)

   Use This First

   Native iOS 16+ charting. Line, bar, area, scatter, pie, heatmap. Declarative API matching SwiftUI patterns. Free, no dependency.

   Pros

   • Native
   • Theme-aware
   • Accessibility built-in
   • Animations free

   Cons

   • iOS 16+ only
   • No candlestick
2. 2

   Lightweight Charts (TradingView)

   Open-source financial charting. Candlestick, OHLC, volume, crosshairs, indicators. Built for trading apps. WebView-based but smooth.

   Pros

   • Best-in-class financial
   • Production-grade

   Cons

   • WebView dependency
   • Heavier
3. 3

   DGCharts (DanielGindi)

   Successor to ChartsiOS. Mature, iOS 9+, every chart type. Use when you need iOS 15 / 16 fallback or specific advanced features.

   Pros

   • iOS 9+ support
   • Battle-tested

   Cons

   • Imperative API
   • Heavier than native
4. 4

   SwiftUICharts (Will Dale)

   Open-source SwiftUI-native chart kit. Active before Swift Charts shipped. Now mostly superseded by Apple's framework.

   Cons

   • Maintenance has slowed
5. 5

   Charts (legacy danielgindi/Charts)

   The original danielgindi/Charts library — now continued and renamed as DGCharts (#3 above). If you see "Charts" in old tutorials, use DGCharts instead; they are the same lineage.

   Cons

   • Old name — use DGCharts
6. 6

   Plotly iOS Wrapper

   WebView wrapper around Plotly.js. Useful only if you already use Plotly in a web product and want consistent rendering.

   Cons

   • WebView dependency
   • Slow

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