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Mobile apps built for retention, not just launch day.

Most apps are deleted within a week of install. The ones that survive are fast, reliable, and useful offline — qualities that are engineered in, not patched in. We build native and cross-platform apps for iOS and Android that people keep. Fixed scope. Fixed price. You own everything on handoff.

Shipping to two app stores is an engineering problem.

A mobile app lives in a harsher world than a web app: flaky networks, aggressive OS memory management, two review processes with their own rules, and users who uninstall at the first spinner. We engineer for that world — offline-first data where it matters, cold-start budgets, and crash-free-session targets set before the first sprint.

On cross-platform builds we work in React Native, sharing one codebase across iOS and Android without giving up native performance where it counts — navigation, gestures, camera, payments. When a product genuinely needs full native, we say so up front rather than forcing a framework to do what it shouldn’t.

We have shipped a complete two-sided marketplace — customer app, provider app, and backend — to both stores in 14 weeks. We wrote up exactly how, including the cut list, because the decisions that make a deadline survivable are the same ones that make an app maintainable.

What a mobile build includes.

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iOS & Android delivery

One team shipping to both stores — provisioning, review submissions, staged rollouts, and the store-specific rules handled for you.

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Cross-platform engineering

React Native with native modules where performance demands it — one codebase, two first-class apps.

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Offline-first data

Local storage, sync, and conflict handling designed for real-world networks — the app works on the train, not just on office Wi-Fi.

04

Push & messaging

Notifications, deep links, and SMS flows that bring users back without burning their goodwill.

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Payments & accounts

In-app payments, wallets, and sign-in built on platform-approved patterns — through review the first time.

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Backend & APIs

The server side ships with the app: versioned APIs, admin tooling, and analytics your team can actually use.

How we run a mobile project.

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Shipped to both stores

A marketplace in 14 weeks

Customer app, provider app, and backend — a full two-sided on-demand marketplace shipped to the App Store and Google Play in 14 weeks.

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Common questions.

Should we build native or cross-platform?

It depends on what the app does. For most business and marketplace apps, React Native delivers two first-class apps from one codebase at a meaningfully lower cost. For apps built around heavy real-time graphics or deep hardware access, native is the honest answer. We recommend in writing, with the trade-offs, before you commit.

How long does a mobile app take to build?

A focused single-purpose app can ship in 8 to 12 weeks; we have shipped a complete two-sided marketplace to both stores in 14. The written SOW gives you a date that includes store review time, not just development time.

Do you handle App Store and Google Play submission?

Yes — provisioning, listings, review submissions, rejection responses, and staged rollouts are part of the build, not an extra. Both store accounts are created in your name so you own the listings from day one.

Do you also build the backend the app needs?

Yes. Almost every serious app is half server: APIs, accounts, admin tools, notifications. We ship the whole system as one fixed-scope project so there is no seam between an app vendor and a backend vendor.

What happens after launch?

Every launch includes 30 days of post-launch support covering crash triage and store issues. After that, you can maintain it with the documentation we hand over or keep us on a monthly product partnership.

Have an app to ship? Let’s scope it.