Mobile App Development
We design and build native iOS and Android apps, and cross-platform apps with React Native and Flutter — for startups shipping their first MVP and established businesses scaling a mobile product used by thousands. From architecture decisions to App Store submission, we handle the full lifecycle, not just the parts that are easy to scope. We've shipped apps that needed to work offline, sync across devices, and pass strict app store review on the first submission.
Building a mobile app is a different discipline than building a website, and treating it like one is how most app projects go over budget and miss their launch window. Mobile has its own constraints — app store review processes, offline behavior, push notification infrastructure, device fragmentation, and update cycles that move slower than the web. We plan for these from day one instead of discovering them during QA.
The native-versus-cross-platform decision isn't ideological for us — it's a tradeoff we walk through with you based on your actual requirements. React Native and Flutter cover the vast majority of apps well, sharing a single codebase across iOS and Android while still feeling native to users. We reach for fully native Swift or Kotlin development when an app depends heavily on platform-specific APIs, hardware integrations, or performance characteristics that cross-platform frameworks can't deliver.
Whether you're shipping a first MVP to validate a product idea or rebuilding an app that's outgrown its original architecture, the questions are similar: what's the minimum feature set that proves the concept, what's the data and backend architecture that won't need a rewrite at scale, and how do you structure the codebase so adding features next year doesn't mean starting over.
We've built consumer apps competing for daily engagement, B2B SaaS companion apps extending a web product, and marketplace apps coordinating two-sided user bases — each with different technical priorities. A consumer app lives or dies on performance and polish; a B2B companion app needs to feel like a natural extension of the web product; a marketplace app needs real-time data sync that doesn't fall over under load.
Native Swift development for apps that need deep platform integration — ARKit, HealthKit, CarPlay, widgets, or performance characteristics cross-platform frameworks can't match. We follow Apple's Human Interface Guidelines closely enough to sail through App Store review without rejection delays.
Native Kotlin development for apps that need to run reliably across the wide range of Android hardware and OS versions in active use. We test across real device tiers, not just flagship phones, so performance holds up for your actual user base.
A single codebase that ships to iOS and Android simultaneously, cutting development time and ongoing maintenance significantly without sacrificing native feel. We use React Native when your team already works in React/JavaScript, and Flutter when performance and custom UI take priority.
A scoped, functional first version built to validate your product with real users — not a throwaway prototype you'll discard, but an architectural foundation you can extend once you've proven the concept and raised the resources to scale it.
Apps are only as good as the backend behind them. We build or integrate the APIs, authentication, push notification infrastructure, and data sync logic your app depends on — designed for the offline-first and intermittent-connectivity reality of mobile usage.
Submission isn't the finish line — visibility is. We optimize store listings, screenshots, and metadata for discovery, and we know the specific reasons apps get rejected in review, so first submissions don't bounce back with avoidable fixes.
iOS and Android ship major OS updates annually, and apps that don't keep pace break silently or get flagged by app stores. We maintain apps post-launch — handling OS compatibility, dependency updates, crash monitoring, and incremental feature releases.
Slow load times and crashes are the fastest way to lose users and tank your store rating. We profile apps for memory leaks, janky animations, and crash-prone code paths, then fix root causes — not just the symptoms showing up in your analytics.
We define what the app needs to do, who it's for, and whether native, React Native, or Flutter fits best — based on your timeline, team, and the platform-specific features you actually need, not a default preference.
We design the user flows and data architecture together, since mobile UX decisions — offline states, loading patterns, navigation — are inseparable from how the backend and local storage are structured underneath them.
We build in sprints with testable builds delivered regularly, tested across real device tiers and OS versions rather than just simulators, catching the device-specific bugs that simulators don't reveal.
We handle App Store and Play Store submission, including the metadata, screenshots, and compliance details that commonly trigger rejections, so your launch date doesn't slip because of an avoidable review bounce.
We monitor crash reports, performance metrics, and user feedback after launch, using that data to prioritize the next round of fixes and features instead of guessing what users actually need.
Some agencies build everything in React Native because that's the only stack they know. We genuinely evaluate native, React Native, and Flutter for each project, because the wrong framework choice early on is the single most expensive mistake in mobile development — far more expensive to correct than to get right from the very start.
We know the specific, often undocumented reasons Apple and Google reject submissions — from privacy disclosure gaps to UI guideline violations — because we've fixed them before. That experience means fewer surprises and faster approval on your actual launch date.
A mobile app that works great with 100 users and falls over at 10,000 is an architecture failure, not bad luck. We design data sync, caching, and API structure with your growth curve in mind from the first sprint, not as a re-architecture project a year later.
The developers writing your app's code are the same ones in your sprint planning and demo calls — not a senior architect who scopes the project before junior developers execute it without that context.
Framework choice depends entirely on what the app needs to do. React Native covers most product apps well — especially when your team already works in JavaScript or TypeScript — and lets us share business logic across platforms efficiently. Flutter is our choice when custom UI and animation performance matter more than ecosystem familiarity. For apps requiring deep platform integration — ARKit, HealthKit, background processing, hardware sensors — we build natively in Swift for iOS and Kotlin for Android. On the backend, we typically pair Firebase or a custom Node/PostgreSQL stack with REST or GraphQL APIs, chosen based on your existing infrastructure and data complexity at the time.
Consumer apps compete on daily engagement and retention, which means performance, polish, and onboarding friction matter more than feature count. We focus early sprints on the core loop that brings users back, rather than building every feature before validating the one that matters.
B2B mobile apps usually extend an existing web product rather than replacing it — notifications, quick actions, and on-the-go visibility into data users manage in depth on desktop. We build these to feel like a natural extension of your product, not a disconnected add-on.
Marketplace apps need to serve two different user types — buyers and sellers, riders and drivers — often with different feature sets and real-time data requirements. We architect for that duality from the start, rather than retrofitting a second user type onto a single-sided app.
Native iOS development for ambitious global brands. Swift, SwiftUI, and deep Apple ecosystem integration. Built for US, UK, EU, and Australia markets.
Learn moreNative Android development for ambitious global brands. Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and multi-device testing. Built for US, UK, EU, and Australia markets.
Learn moreReact Native development for ambitious teams. One codebase, iOS and Android, built for teams already working in React. Built for US, UK, EU, and Australia markets.
Learn moreFlutter development for ambitious brands. Pixel-perfect cross-platform mobile with custom UI from one Dart codebase. Built for US, UK, EU, and Australia markets.
Learn moreCross-platform app development for ambitious brands. React Native and Flutter, chosen to match your team and product. Built for US, UK, EU, and Australia markets.
Learn moreFor most product apps, React Native or Flutter is the right call — faster development, one codebase, and a native feel for users. We recommend fully native development only when your app depends heavily on platform-specific hardware or APIs that cross-platform frameworks can't fully support.
A focused MVP typically takes 8-12 weeks. Full-featured apps with complex backend integration run 12-16 weeks or more, depending on scope. We'll give you a specific timeline after discovery, broken into milestones you can track rather than a single end date.
Yes — submission, metadata, screenshots, and compliance review are part of every build. We know the common rejection reasons for both stores and build with those guidelines in mind from the start, which significantly reduces review delays.
Yes, this is a common engagement for us. We start with a codebase and architecture audit to understand what's there before touching anything, then prioritize stabilizing the app before adding new features on top of an unfamiliar foundation.
Most clients move to an ongoing maintenance retainer covering OS compatibility updates, crash monitoring, and incremental feature releases. Mobile platforms change yearly, and apps that aren't maintained tend to break or get flagged within 12-18 months.
Both, typically. Most apps need a backend for authentication, data sync, and push notifications, and we build or integrate that alongside the app itself, since the two are rarely separable in practice.
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