Built once.
Shipped twice.
One codebase serving iOS and Android, scoped honestly and prototyped on your own phone before a line of production code is written.
Clickable prototype before build · store submission handled · you own the code and the developer accounts
What building an app actually takes
Six things that decide whether an app ships on time and still works a year later.
iOS and Android together
React Native means one codebase serving both platforms. Native modules go in where performance genuinely needs them, not everywhere by default.
Honest scoping
We separate day-one essentials from version-two wishes before quoting. That single conversation is what keeps app projects from doubling in cost.
AI where it earns its place
Search, chat, summarising, recommendations — added when they solve a real user problem, not so the listing can say the app has AI.
Backend and API
Secure server, database and documented endpoints, so any developer can pick the project up later without reverse-engineering it.
Admin dashboard
A web panel where you manage users, content and orders yourself, without needing a developer for routine changes.
Store submission
Listings, screenshots, privacy declarations, age ratings and account-deletion compliance — plus the replies when a reviewer pushes back.
From first call to live in both stores
Four stages. You hold a working prototype on your own phone before development starts.
Scope and feature mapabout a week
What the app must do on day one versus what can wait. Every feature added here is cheap; every one added later is not.
Prototype1–2 weeks
A clickable prototype of the real screens, on your own phone, before development starts. Changing a screen now costs minutes.
Development6–12 weeks
Built in weekly stages you can see and test, rather than months of silence followed by a reveal nobody expected.
Store submission1–2 weeks
We prepare and submit both listings and handle the review process, including responding to rejections.
Exactly what lands in your hands
Including the accounts. An agency that holds your developer accounts holds your app, and that is not how we work.
Talk it through- iOS and Android builds from one codebase, with consistent behaviour — no paying twice for the same app
- Backend and documented API — the server, database and endpoints written down, not held in someone’s head
- Admin dashboard so you can manage users, content and orders from a browser without a developer in the loop
- Push notifications configured and tested, so you can reach users after install
- Store listings — screenshots, description, keywords and privacy policy, the assets that decide whether people install
- Source code and full ownership of your developer accounts. Your app, your keys, your customers.
An app is not always the answer
Most people who ask us for an app need a faster mobile website instead. Here is the honest test, and we apply it before quoting.
App Packages
Apps ship with the website that feeds them. One React Native codebase covers iOS and Android.
Platform
Website plus iOS & Android app
- Everything in Commerce
- React Native app, both platforms
- Admin dashboard
- Push notifications
- App store submission handled
Scale
Complex build with custom features
- Custom features & integrations
- Advanced dashboards
- API development
- Apps included
- Priority delivery
Bespoke
Scoped to requirement
- Fully scoped to your requirement
- Dedicated delivery plan
- From $8,000
Answered honestly
Starting with the one where we talk you out of it.
We will tell you honestly. If people visit occasionally to look something up, a fast mobile website reaches more of them for less money, because nobody installs an app to check your opening hours. An app earns its cost when you need push notifications, offline use, the camera or location, or when people come back weekly.
Only where they replace something tedious. Natural-language search instead of ten filter dropdowns, a summary instead of a wall of text, a photo lookup instead of typing a code. Those earn their keep. A chatbot bolted on so the store listing can mention AI does not, and users notice.
Apple charges an annual developer fee, Google a one-time registration, and server hosting scales with usage. Beyond that, budget for maintenance: each yearly operating system release breaks something, and both stores periodically require rebuilds against newer tooling. An app is a running commitment, not a one-off purchase.
It happens and it is routine, not a disaster. Rejections are usually about missing privacy declarations, unclear permission prompts, or account-deletion requirements. We handle the response and resubmission as part of the project rather than billing it as extra.
Often yes. We audit the existing codebase first and give you a straight answer on whether continuing is sensible or rebuilding is genuinely cheaper. We will not quote a takeover before we have actually read the code, because that is how people end up paying twice.
Ready to scope it properly?
Tell us what the app needs to do and who it is for. We will tell you what it takes, what it costs to run, and whether you need one at all.