Offline-first data
Local persistence with conflict-resolution rules and background sync, so the app works in a lift or a warehouse.
Mobile Engineering
Apps people keep on the first screen
Shipping to the store is the easy part. We build mobile products that survive real conditions — patchy connectivity, background restrictions, device fragmentation, OS upgrades and app-store policy changes — with offline-first data and release engineering that makes updates routine.
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Apps published to stores
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Average post-launch store rating
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Median crash-free session rate
Overview
One codebase where it helps, native where it counts
Flutter and React Native deliver excellent results for the majority of business applications and roughly halve the cost of maintaining two platforms. Native Swift or Kotlin remains the right answer for heavy graphics, deep hardware access, sustained background processing or platform-defining UX.
We make that call in discovery with your requirements in front of us, and we say so plainly if a cross-platform framework will fight you.
Every app ships with offline-first synchronisation, secure credential storage, crash and performance telemetry, feature flags, staged rollout and an automated release pipeline to both stores.
Secure on device
Keychain and Keystore storage, certificate pinning, biometric auth, jailbreak detection and no secrets in the bundle.
Release engineering
Automated builds, signing, store submission, phased rollout and over-the-air updates where policy permits.
Measured in the wild
Crash-free rate, cold-start time, ANR rate and funnel analytics reviewed against targets every release.
What we build
Capabilities you get on day one
The components below are engineered patterns we have shipped repeatedly — not concepts we would be exploring for the first time on your project.
Design that respects the platform
Material and Human Interface conventions honoured, with a shared design system so the brand stays coherent.
Sync engine
Queued mutations, deterministic conflict resolution, delta sync and transparent retry when connectivity returns.
Mobile security
Secure storage, pinned TLS, obfuscation, tamper detection and OWASP MASVS-aligned assessment before release.
Startup performance
Cold-start budgets, lazy module loading, image pipeline tuning and jank profiling on low-end devices.
Backend for mobile
Purpose-built APIs with pagination, batching and versioning, plus push infrastructure and remote configuration.
Product analytics
Funnels, retention cohorts, feature-flag experiments and store review sentiment feeding the roadmap.
Capabilities
Everything inside our mobile app development practice
The full scope of the practice. Engagements typically draw on a focused subset — this is the bench you have access to.
Platforms
- Native iOS (Swift, SwiftUI)
- Native Android (Kotlin, Compose)
- Flutter cross-platform apps
- React Native applications
- Hybrid & Capacitor apps
- Progressive web apps
- Wearables (watchOS, Wear OS)
- Tablet & kiosk applications
Enterprise Mobility
- Field force & workforce apps
- Sales & CRM companion apps
- Warehouse & barcode scanning
- Offline-first field data capture
- MDM & Intune integration
- Enterprise app distribution
- Single sign-on & MFA on device
- Mobile device compliance policy
Connected & IoT Apps
- IoT companion applications
- Bluetooth LE & NFC integration
- Smart device provisioning flows
- Real-time telemetry dashboards
- Location, geofencing & tracking
- Camera, OCR & on-device ML
- Push notification architecture
- AR experiences (ARKit, ARCore)
Lifecycle
- App modernisation & rewrites
- Cross-platform migration
- App performance optimisation
- App store optimisation (ASO)
- Accessibility on mobile
- App maintenance & OS upgrades
- Crash & performance monitoring
- App security assessment
Business impact
The outcomes clients measure
Figures are medians across delivered engagements in this practice. We will baseline your own numbers during discovery rather than promise these.
↓ 45%
Lower build & run cost
One Flutter or React Native codebase versus two native teams, for suitable application classes.
↑ 38%
Higher field productivity
Offline data capture removes the evening re-entry shift for engineers and inspectors.
4.6★
Store rating
Post-launch average across published consumer and enterprise apps.
< 1 day
From merge to store build
Fully automated signing, submission and phased rollout pipeline.
Technology stack
Mobile App Development technology stack
Selected per engagement against your existing estate, your team's skills and total cost of ownership — never by partnership tier.
Cross-platform
- Flutter
- Dart
- React Native
- Expo
- Capacitor
Native
- Swift
- SwiftUI
- Kotlin
- Jetpack Compose
- Core Data
- Room
Backend & Services
- Firebase
- Supabase
- Node.js
- .NET
- GraphQL
- Azure Notification Hubs
State & Data
- Riverpod
- Bloc
- Redux Toolkit
- WatermelonDB
- SQLite
- Realm
DevOps
- Fastlane
- Codemagic
- App Center
- GitHub Actions
- TestFlight
- Play Console
Quality
- Firebase Crashlytics
- Sentry
- Detox
- Appium
- Maestro
- Flutter integration_test
How we deliver
How a mobile app development engagement runs
Six stages, each with a defined output. You can stop after any one of them and still hold something useful.
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Product definition
Job stories, platform decision, device and OS support matrix, and a release strategy with success metrics.
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UX prototype
Interactive prototype tested on real devices with target users before engineering commits.
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Foundation sprint
Navigation, design system, auth, offline store, telemetry, CI pipeline and store scaffolding.
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Feature delivery
Two-week increments distributed to TestFlight and internal tracks with automated regression suites.
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Hardening & submission
Device-lab testing, security assessment, accessibility pass, store assets and review-guideline compliance.
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Post-launch
Staged rollout monitoring, crash triage SLA, OS upgrade readiness and iterative feature releases.
Industries we serve with this practice
Engagement models
How to start with Mobile App Development
Three commercial shapes. Most clients begin with an assessment and move into delivery once the plan is agreed.
Fixed-price assessment
From $12,000
Two to four weeks. Produces a prioritised backlog, target architecture, risk register and a costed delivery plan you own outright.
- Named architect
- Executive readout
- No obligation to proceed
Most common
Milestone delivery
Scoped per phase
Well-bounded phases priced against agreed acceptance criteria. Suited to migrations, integrations and defined product increments.
- Acceptance-based billing
- Change control included
- Fortnightly demos
Dedicated pod
Monthly retainer
An embedded team — lead, engineers, QA — working in your sprints and tooling with US-hours overlap from our India centre.
- Scale up or down monthly
- Your definition of done
- Direct team access
Indicative ranges for planning purposes. Final pricing follows scope confirmation — we do not quote before we understand the problem.
FAQs
Mobile App Development — frequently asked
Flutter, React Native or native — how do we choose?
React Native suits teams with strong React skills and heavy web code sharing. Flutter gives the most consistent cross-platform UI and excellent performance for complex custom interfaces. Native wins for graphics-intensive apps, deep hardware or background integration, and where being first to adopt new OS features matters. We evaluate against your specific feature list, team skills and five-year maintenance cost.
Can you rescue an app that is already in trouble?
Yes. We start with an audit — crash analytics, architecture review, dependency health, store policy compliance and performance profiling — then stabilise the worst issues before restructuring. Sometimes the honest recommendation is a staged rewrite; we will show you the cost comparison either way.
Who owns the developer accounts and store listings?
You do, always. Apps are published under your Apple Developer and Google Play accounts with your certificates. We work as authorised collaborators. Signing keys are stored in your secret manager, not ours.
How do you handle app store rejections?
By avoiding them. Guideline review is part of our definition of done — privacy manifests, data-use declarations, permission justification, account deletion, subscription rules and content policy are checked pre-submission. When a rejection does occur we handle the appeal and resubmission within the support agreement.
Do you support the app after launch?
Yes. Maintenance agreements cover crash triage with severity-based response, annual iOS and Android upgrade readiness, dependency and security patching, store compliance changes, and a monthly allocation for enhancements.
Related practices
UI/UX & Product Design
Research, design systems, prototypes and accessibility for complex enterprise products.
Enterprise Software Development
Custom platforms, CRM, ERP, HRMS and workflow systems engineered for the way your business actually operates.
IoT & Connected Engineering
Industrial IoT, smart devices, edge computing and embedded systems from sensor to dashboard.
QA & Software Testing
Test automation, performance, API, security and mobile testing built into the delivery pipeline.
Mobile Engineering
Ready to talk about mobile app development?
Send the context — current systems, constraints, what you have already tried. An architect from this practice will reply, usually within one business day.