Mobile app being used on a phone with a laptop in the background

Mobile App Development

iPhone and Android apps your customers keep on the home screen.

An app people install on their phone, for booking, ordering, tracking, or for your staff to use out in the field.

A mobile app only earns its place if people open it more than once. We build for the jobs a phone does better than a website: notifications, camera, location, offline access and one tap repeat actions.

What's included

What you actually get

One build, both app stores

iPhone and Android from a single codebase, so you are not paying twice or waiting twice for every feature.

Push notifications

The reason most apps exist. Reaching your customer directly without competing with their inbox.

Works with a weak signal

Key screens keep working offline and sync once the connection returns, which matters for field teams.

Phone features used properly

Camera, GPS, maps, fingerprint or face login and digital wallets, where they make the job quicker.

We handle store submission

App Store and Play Store listings, review requirements and releases, including the parts that usually get rejected first time.

Updates after launch

Phones change every year. We keep the app compatible and shipping improvements.

App interface designs laid out during a design review

One build, both app stores

iPhone and Android from a single codebase, so you are not paying twice for every feature.

In more detail

How this actually works

Most businesses asking for an app do not need one

That is an odd thing for a development company to say, but it is true. If your customers would use it once a year, a fast mobile website does the same job for a fraction of the cost and nobody has to install anything. We will tell you when that is your situation.

An app earns its place through repetition

The cases that genuinely work are repeat ordering, regular booking, field teams working away from a desk, and anything that depends on notifications or offline access. If your use case is on that list, an app usually pays for itself quickly.

Launch is the start of the cost, not the end

Both platforms update yearly and both stores can reject an app that falls behind. Budgeting for maintenance from the start is the difference between an app that is still working in three years and one quietly removed from the store.

How a project runs

Four stages, priced before each one

Typically 10 to 20 weeks

    01

    Is an app the right answer?

    An honest assessment against a mobile website, including what each would cost to build and to run for three years.

    02

    Design and prototype

    Screens designed and turned into a clickable prototype you can hold on a phone before development starts.

    03

    Build for both platforms

    One codebase producing iPhone and Android builds, with test versions on your team's actual devices throughout.

    04

    Store submission and release

    Listings, screenshots, review requirements and the submission itself, including the parts that usually get rejected first time.

Field worker using a mobile app on site

Works with a weak signal

Key screens keep working offline and sync when the connection returns, which matters for field teams.

Who it's for

This is usually the right fit if…

  • Businesses with customers who order or book repeatedly
  • Teams working on site who need tools away from a desk
  • Products that need notifications to work at all
  • Operations that must keep running where the signal does not

Questions

Common questions

Honestly, many businesses do not need one. We tell you if a fast mobile website would do the same job for less, and we have talked clients out of apps before.

Store fees, hosting and a maintenance allowance for operating system updates. We set out the yearly figure up front so it is budgeted rather than a surprise.

Yes. The app can read from and write to the software you already run, which is usually what makes it useful rather than decorative.

Usually a few days once submitted, though first submissions often come back with changes. We handle that process and build the time into the plan.

No, we build once and produce both, which roughly halves the cost and means features arrive on both platforms at the same time.

You do. The developer accounts are registered in your business name, so the app and its reviews are yours regardless of who maintains it.

Most updates need nothing. Occasionally one requires changes to keep the app compliant, which is what the maintenance allowance covers.

Tell us what's slowing the business down.

A short call and an honest answer about what to build, and what not to. No obligation, no sales script.