Engineering
Mobile Application Development
An app worth keeping on the home screen.
Most mobile apps lose 80% of their users in the first week — usually because they were built like a website with extra steps. We build mobile products by starting with one core job-to-be-done, designing the shortest path to value, and engineering the boring fundamentals (auth, push, offline, updates) so they fade into the background.
The patterns we see repeatedly.
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The web app needs a mobile counterpart your users will actually open daily.
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An existing app suffers from poor retention, performance, or App Store rejections.
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You need a private internal app for your operations team — fast.
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The team is debating native vs cross-platform and needs a sober recommendation.
Tangible deliverables, defensible work.
We document, we hand over, and we make sure the outputs live inside your business — not on a shelf.
Product definition
Job-to-be-done, target user, primary loop, and ruthless feature prioritisation. We cut as much as we add.
Mobile design system
Component library, gestures, motion, and platform-respectful navigation — Apple Human Interface and Material guidelines as baseline.
Engineering build
React Native / Expo for cross-platform, or Swift/Kotlin where native is genuinely required. Auth, push, deep linking, and offline included.
Store launch
App Store Connect and Google Play setup, screenshots, listing copy, review-process management, and post-launch monitoring.
Analytics & feedback loop
Funnel and retention tracking wired in (Mixpanel/Amplitude/PostHog), with a weekly review cadence in the first 90 days.
What good looks like.
Engagements are measured by outcomes, not output. These are the kinds of results clients tell us about, often.
Day-7 retention above category benchmark from launch.
Apps shipped to both stores without review-cycle drama.
A clear roadmap of what to ship next based on real usage data.
A team that can extend the codebase without you becoming a bottleneck.
Mobile app development pricing
From a 12-week MVP to a production-grade app on both stores. React Native / Expo by default; native Swift / Kotlin where the use case requires it.
12-week MVP — one core flow, both stores, ready for first 100 users.
- Product definition + clickable prototype
- React Native / Expo build (iOS + Android)
- Auth, push, and basic analytics
- Backend API (Node / Postgres)
- App Store + Play Store submissions
- 30 days of post-launch fixes
Full v1 — multi-flow, performant, designed for retention from day one.
- Everything in MVP App
- Multi-flow product (5–8 core screens)
- Offline support + deep linking
- Payments + subscription (Stripe / RevenueCat)
- Funnel + retention analytics
- 60 days of post-launch fixes
Keep the app current — OS updates, store compliance, and incremental features.
- Quarterly OS-version compatibility updates
- Store-listing and review-cycle management
- Up to 30 hours of feature work per month
- Bug-fix SLA: 24h for critical, 72h for routine
- Min. 3-month commitment after build
Build tiers billed 30% on signing, 40% at midpoint, 30% on launch. Native iOS / Android upcharge of 30–50% if Swift / Kotlin is required.
A staged, transparent engagement.
Mobile builds typically run 12–24 weeks for v1, plus an optional ongoing retainer.
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Product definition
Two to three weeks of user interviews, scope cuts, and a clickable prototype the team validates with real users.
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Build & test
Eight to sixteen weeks of design-engineering pairs shipping in two-week sprints with a TestFlight / internal track from week 3.
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Launch & iterate
Store submission, soft launch, and a 60-day post-launch retention sprint focused on the first-week experience.
Native or cross-platform — which do you recommend?
Cross-platform (React Native / Expo) for ~80% of cases. Native when the product depends on hardware-deep features (video editing, real-time AR, low-level Bluetooth).
Can you maintain the app after launch?
Yes. Most clients move to a small monthly retainer for OS-version updates, store compliance, and feature work after the build.
Do you handle backend APIs too?
Yes — most engagements include the API layer. We can also work with your existing backend if one exists.
Ready when you are
Take the next step on mobile application development.
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