Is it really only possible to develop with Swift/XCode if you own a Mac?

Hello!

I've been an avid iPhone user for years, however I don't own a Mac (and don't plan to because I'm pretty much covered using my Windows PC/Linux).

I'd like to look into app development for iOS in my free time, but when I checked Apple's homepage I found out that they only let you use the IDE if you own a Mac/a copy of MacOS.

Is there really no way of looking into things apart from buying a Mac? I'm not really keen on shelling out a couple hundred bucks even for a used MacBook if I'm not even sure Swift/XCode will be for me.