NoSQL database startup Couchbase has announced release of a beta version of a Mobile Couchbase for Apple’s iOS-based devices.

Invented by Couchbase Chief Technology Officer Damien Katz, Mobile Couchbase is power-driven by Apache CouchDB technology. It lets iPhone and iPad developers to create apps to make sure that users always have the most recent versions of their data.

It is the first NoSQL database that has been designed especially for native iOS application developers and the single one to offer transparent mobile-to-cloud data synchronization.

It is offered as an embeddable library with seamless Apple Xcode IDE integration that ensures a familiar development experience for developers creating apps for iPhone and iPad.

The product’s CouchSync features sync data bi-directionally between mobile devices and a blackened CouchDB database. Thus, users get access to the latest version, regardless of what clients users use to access data.

Mobile Couchbase for iOS is ideal for data such as user preferences, contacts, game scores and enterprise application data.