In summary, I wonder if the app can be developed as planned with the minimum hardware elements (purchase of insufficient machine or upgrade of system specifications) that go into making the three apps I envisioned. It took time to develop, but it would be sad if it was out of service support just before the goal, or if it violated Apple's policy.
In my opinion, 2020 M1 MacBook Air (256 GB, 16 GB RAM) and an M1 iPad Pro 11 inch (8 GB RAM) would not be a super bad choice and it might be enough for developing a few, relatively simple apps.
But you will soon feel that 256 GB is not enough and you may need to clean up your Mac very often.
Anyway, start now, learning Apple's frameworks and programming languages might take far more time that you expect.
Topic:
Developer Tools & Services
SubTopic:
Xcode
Tags: