Mobile App Development
We have delivered a consumer Android application with the backend, push notification system and operations console behind it, and installable progressive web apps on five further projects. Which of those two you actually need is the first thing worth settling, and the answer is not always the app.
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Key features
Everything Mobile App Development includes, built to move the needle for your business.
- One API serving the app, the website and the admin
- Push notifications with delivery monitoring and retries
- Installable progressive web app where that fits better
- Offline handling for patchy connections
- Role-based access carried through from the backend
- Operations console for the team behind the app
- Staged rollout rather than a single launch
- App store submission and release management
What you get
- Mobile application
- Shared API
- Admin console access
- Store submission
- Post-launch support window
Why work with us
- One Backend For App And Web
- Push Delivery You Can Actually See
- Installable Web App Where It Fits
A typical project
- 11-2 weeks
Discovery
Scope and platform choice
- 22 weeks
Design
Screens and data model
- 36-10 weeks
Build
App, API and admin
- 41-2 weeks
Release
Store review and rollout
What decides whether a mobile app is worth building?
The question is not whether an app would be nice to have, but whether people will open it a second time. Apps earn their place when they are used repeatedly, benefit from being on the home screen, or need something the browser cannot reach: notifications people act on, the camera, location in the background. If a good mobile website would do the job, we will say so, and often it would.
Where an app is the right call, most of the risk sits behind it rather than in the screens. For MatchingJodi we built the Android application together with the backend serving it, the marketing site and a single operations console, because the app, the website and the support team all have to agree on what is true about a member. The same build carried push notifications with retry handling and a full delivery log, so the team can see what actually reached a phone rather than what was sent.
The alternative we reach for often is an installable progressive web app, and five of the projects in our portfolio use one: a restaurant counter system with a platform-aware install flow and its own service worker, a commerce storefront with offline asset caching, a school parent portal, an AI reporting platform and a marketplace. It installs to the home screen, works offline, updates without a store review, and costs a fraction of two native codebases. Where it falls short is background location and the deepest device integrations, which is exactly when we build native instead.
Worth thinking about before commissioning an app
- What will make someone open this a second time?
- Could an installable web app do the same job without two codebases?
- What must keep working when the connection drops?
- Who needs to see whether a notification actually arrived?
- Who holds the store accounts, and who ships the next release?
Interested in Mobile App Development?
Book a free 30-minute call and let's discuss how we can help your business grow.