App development for startups: web apps, mobile apps and MVPs.
App development for startups and small businesses: web apps and mobile apps, from first MVP to launch, designed and built by one team. This is the only place we build web apps: anything with logins, data and workflows. You see working software at the end of every weekly sprint.
Website, web app or mobile app?
A website tells people about you. A web app is software people sign in to and use in the browser, like a dashboard, a customer portal or a booking tool. A mobile app is installed on a phone. If a website is what you need, see web development.
Web app development
Our web app development services cover custom web applications for startups and small businesses. That includes SaaS products, customer portals, dashboards, internal tools, and booking or quoting systems. We build them on Laravel and Next.js, so you get a solid back end and a fast front end from one team.
- Accounts, roles and permissions
- Databases, admin panels and reporting
- Payments, email and third-party integrations
- APIs for your mobile app or partners
Mobile app development for startups
Apps your customers install on their phone, for iOS and Android. We build cross-platform apps in Flutter and React Native, and native Android apps in Kotlin and Java. Native or cross-platform is one of the first choices. A native app is built separately for each platform with its own tools. A cross-platform app shares most of its code across both. Cross-platform is often the faster way to reach both platforms, and native can make sense when the app leans hard on phone features. We’ll explain the trade-off for your product before we pick one.
MVP development for startups
Version one should do one job well. Before we build, we agree two lists with you:
What goes in
The core thing a user came to do, and the least you need around it.
What waits
Nice-to-haves, extra roles and screens, and anything you can add once real people use the product.
You ship sooner, learn from real use, and spend on version two with evidence.
AI inside your product
Want AI features in the app itself, such as search, summaries or an assistant? We build those here. Automating your own team’s tools instead? See AI automation services.
What’s included
- Product scope and MVP plan
- User flows, wireframes and UI in Figma
- Clickable prototype you can test before build
- Front-end, back-end and database development
- Mobile build for iOS and/or Android in Flutter, React Native, Kotlin or Java
- Integrations and APIs
- QA on real devices and browsers
- Launch: deployment, plus App Store and Google Play submission
- Documentation, handover and post-launch support
From prototype to the stores
Every release ships something you can hold. Step through the timeline and switch on the features your app needs.
How an app project runs
- 01Brief and scope
What the app has to do, who uses it, and the MVP line. You get a quote. We reply within 24 hours.
- 02Design
Flows and screens in Figma, plus a prototype to click through.
- 03Build in weekly sprints
Every Friday you see working software on a staging link.
- 04QA and launch
Testing, go-live and, for mobile, App Store and Google Play submission.
- 05Grow
Fixes, new features and support through Care & Growth.
Timeline: smaller projects take a week or two at most. Everything else depends on project scope, and we confirm the timeline in your quote.
Tech stack
- Web apps: Laravel, Next.js (React)
- Mobile: Flutter, React Native, Kotlin, Java
- Design: Figma
Questions, answered
It depends on what the app has to do, who uses it, and how many roles, screens and integrations it has. Send the brief and you’ll get a quote before work starts.
It depends on project scope. Smaller projects take a week or two at most; beyond that, we confirm the timeline in your quote once we’ve seen the brief. You see working software every week.
If people will mostly use it at a desk, or need to start from a link, a web app is usually the quicker start. If it depends on phone features or use on the move, a mobile app may come first. Many startups start with one and add the other later.
Flutter, React Native, Kotlin and Java. We recommend one for your product in your quote.
Yes. We handle App Store and Google Play submission.
An MVP is a first version with only the features needed to test your idea with real users. If you’re launching something new, it’s usually the best way to spend less before you know what works.
Ownership of the code and source files is set out in your proposal, agreed before work starts.
Let’s talk
Tell us what the product has to do. You get scope, timeline and a quote back.
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