Mobile
Mobile App Development
Android and iOS applications, plus the backend, APIs and admin tooling that make them work. Built once in Flutter or React Native where that suits the product, natively where it does not.
The short answer
What is mobile app development?
Mobile app development covers considerably more than the app itself. A working product needs a backend, an API, authentication, a data model, an admin interface for your team, payment handling if money moves, push notifications, analytics, crash reporting, and a release process for two app stores with their own review rules.
We build the whole of that. Where a single codebase suits the product we use Flutter or React Native and halve the long-term maintenance. Where it does not — heavy platform integration, demanding graphics, or strict performance requirements — we build native and say so.
Scope
What we build
Consumer apps
Products with a signup, a core loop and retention mechanics that have to earn their place on a home screen.
Business and internal apps
Field teams, sales, inventory and operations tools that often need to work offline.
Marketplace apps
Two-sided products with separate buyer and seller experiences and the moderation that implies.
Booking and service apps
Scheduling, availability, reminders and payment for appointment-based businesses.
MVPs
A first version scoped to test the core assumption, built so it can be extended rather than thrown away.
Backends and APIs
The server side for an app someone else is building, or for one you already have.
Specialisms
Go deeper on a specific approach
These sit underneath mobile app development. If you already know which direction you want, start there instead.
Android App Development
Android is the platform that decides whether a product works in India. We build for the mid-range hardware, uneven connectivity and wide OS spread that most users actually have.
iOS App Development
iOS users are a smaller share of the Indian market and a disproportionate share of spend. They also notice detail. We build for both facts.
Flutter App Development
One codebase, both platforms, and an interface that renders identically on each. Flutter suits products where the design is your own rather than the platform's.
React Native App Development
React Native suits teams already living in JavaScript. It renders real native components, shares logic with your web product, and keeps one language across the stack.
Why teams call us
Business problems this solves
If more than two of these describe your situation, the problem is usually structural rather than cosmetic.
- An idea that needs testing before a full build is justified
- An existing app nobody maintains, failing on new OS versions
- Field teams working on paper because no tool fits the process
- A backend that cannot support the app the business now needs
- Apps built by two vendors that cannot share a user account
- Growing crash rates and no monitoring to explain them
How it works
Our process
- 01
Product definition
The core loop, the first release scope, and what is deliberately out of it.
- 02
Architecture
Data model, API design, auth strategy, offline behaviour and platform choice.
- 03
Interface design
Flows and screens designed against platform conventions, with real states and real content.
- 04
Build
App and backend developed together, with test builds you can install on real devices.
- 05
Device QA
Real hardware across screen sizes and OS versions, plus poor-network and offline cases.
- 06
Release and monitor
Store submission, staged rollout, crash monitoring and iteration on real usage.
What you get
Deliverables and features
Deliverables
- Android and iOS applications
- Backend, API and database
- Admin panel for your team
- Authentication and account management
- Push notification infrastructure
- Analytics and crash reporting
- Store listings and submission
- Source code, build configuration and handover documentation
Features
- Authentication — email, phone OTP, and social sign-in
- User profiles and account management
- Push and in-app notifications
- Payments and subscriptions
- Chat and messaging
- Media upload and handling
- Offline support and background sync
- Maps, location and geofencing
- Admin dashboard with roles and permissions
- Analytics, funnels and crash reporting
Stack
Technologies we use
We choose tools for the next three years, not the next three months — and we document why, so your next developer is not guessing.
- Flutter
- React Native
- Kotlin
- Swift
- Node.js
- TypeScript
- Firebase
- PostgreSQL
- REST
- GraphQL
- AWS
How we think about it
Our approach
Design approach
Apps live under a harsher standard than websites. They are judged in the first thirty seconds and deleted without ceremony. We design onboarding that gets to value before asking for commitment, follow platform conventions rather than inventing navigation, and design every screen for its loading, empty and error states — because on mobile those are not edge cases, they are Tuesday.
Performance and security
The numbers that matter are cold start time, scroll smoothness, crash-free session rate and battery behaviour. We test on mid-range Android hardware rather than flagship devices, because that is what most users in India actually hold. Anything that works there works everywhere.
Budget
What drives the cost
We do not publish price ranges, because a number given before we understand the work is not a real one. These are the factors that actually move it.
- Number of distinct user roles and the screens each needs
- Native versus cross-platform, and whether both platforms launch together
- Whether a backend exists or must be built
- Complexity of offline behaviour and synchronisation
- Payments, subscriptions and any compliance they attract
- Ongoing maintenance, which apps need continuously
After a discovery conversation we give a fixed scope and a fixed number before any work begins.
Related
Services that go with this
Flutter App Development
One codebase, both platforms, and an interface that renders identically on each. Flutter suits products where the design is your own rather than the platform's.
React Native App Development
React Native suits teams already living in JavaScript. It renders real native components, shares logic with your web product, and keeps one language across the stack.
Android App Development
Android is the platform that decides whether a product works in India. We build for the mid-range hardware, uneven connectivity and wide OS spread that most users actually have.
iOS App Development
iOS users are a smaller share of the Indian market and a disproportionate share of spend. They also notice detail. We build for both facts.
Custom Software Development
Internal platforms, portals, dashboards and workflow tools modelled on how your operation actually runs — not on how packaged software assumes it should.
Questions
Mobile App Development — frequently asked
Should we build native or cross-platform?
Cross-platform for most business and content-driven apps — one codebase, consistent behaviour, half the maintenance. Native when you need deep platform integration, demanding graphics, or performance that a bridge would compromise. We make the recommendation during architecture and explain the trade-off.
Do we need both Android and iOS at launch?
Not always. If your users are overwhelmingly on one platform, launching there first gets you real feedback sooner and cheaper. Cross-platform makes adding the second one straightforward later.
How long does an app take to build?
It depends on the number of user roles and screens, and whether a backend already exists. We scope after product definition and give a schedule then — a number offered before that is not a real one.
Who publishes the app?
It should be published under your own developer accounts, so you own the listings, reviews and analytics. We can set them up and handle submission, but the accounts stay yours.
What does app maintenance involve?
OS releases, SDK deprecations, store policy changes, security patches and crash fixes. Apps need ongoing work even when the feature set is frozen, which is worth budgeting for from the start.
Can you take over an existing app?
Often. We start with a code and architecture review to establish what can be salvaged and what cannot, then give you an honest recommendation — including when a rebuild would cost less than the rescue.
Start here
Ready to talk about mobile app development?
Tell us what you are trying to achieve and what you are working with. We will come back with an honest view of scope, approach and whether we are the right fit.