Mobile & Web App Development
Ship polished apps, faster.
iOS, Android, and web apps built on React Native, Swift, Kotlin, and modern stacks.
What it is
Sometimes a website isn't enough. We design and build native and cross-platform apps — from MVPs to at-scale products — with the same discipline we bring to marketing sites.
Why it matters
- Mobile apps drive 3x higher conversion rates and 4x higher purchase-per-visit values than mobile web for ecommerce and services brands (Criteo Shopper Story; App Annie / data.ai).
- App users have 3–4x higher retention at day 90 than web-only users for the same brand — apps compound engagement over time (Adjust Mobile App Trends Report).
- Average time spent in apps reached 5 hours per day per user in 2024 — more than every other digital surface combined (data.ai State of Mobile Report).
Outcomes
- Shipped product
- Higher retention
- Growth loops
Tools we love
Who this is for
Growth-stage teams that want app development treated as a discipline — not a side project. You have a real business to grow, budget to deploy thoughtfully, and an exec team that wants answers in numbers.
When you'd hire us
- Launching a new brand, product, or market.
- Current results are plateauing and you need a reset.
- You need senior thinking without hiring a full-time team.
Engagement shape
Standalone sprint, multi-month program, or embedded team — you pick what fits. Fixed-fee sprints start small; programs scale with scope; embedded engagements run on a monthly retainer.
Compare tiers →Our process
A transparent, six-step cadence we run for every engagement — adapted to your business.
Discovery
Product scoping and tech selection.
Design
UX, UI, and design system.
Build
Engineering, QA, release.
Growth
ASO, push, in-app experimentation.
What you get
- Product strategy
- Design system
- Released app
- ASO plan
How we're different
App Development is a noisy space. A few things we believe — and push back on — that shape how we run every engagement.
- Sell you a fixed template and adapt your business to it.
- Hand the work to juniors after the pitch.
- Report on vanity metrics that don't tie to revenue.
- Lock you into proprietary tools you can't take with you.
- Chase shiny tactics without a durable strategy.
- Build a app development system tuned to your P&L.
- Senior practitioners on every call, every week.
- Report on pipeline, revenue, CAC, LTV — not impressions.
- All files, data, and docs live in your accounts. No lock-in.
- Strategy first. Tactics second. Always in that order.
FAQs
Do you do ASO (App Store Optimization)?+
Yes. ASO is to apps what SEO is to websites — keyword research, listing copy optimization, screenshot and video A/B testing, review velocity management, and category selection. Apple Search Ads and Google UAC integration for paid amplification. Most of our app-development engagements include an ASO layer at launch.
Which platforms do you build for?+
iOS (Swift, SwiftUI), Android (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose), and cross-platform (React Native, Expo, Flutter). We pick the stack based on performance requirements, team composition, and feature complexity — React Native works for 80% of use cases; native is the right call for graphics-intensive or deeply platform-integrated products.
How do you handle post-launch growth?+
Post-launch, we run ASO, push notification strategy, in-app experimentation via Amplitude or Statsig, growth-loop design, and App Store featured-placement pitches. The engineering of the app is 40% of the work; the other 60% is the growth system around it.
Industries we deliver App Development for
Every industry has its own buyer, compliance, and economics. Click through for the playbook we use in your category.
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App Development — by city
Every office runs app development with local practitioners, regional compliance, and language coverage for that market. Pick the city closest to you.
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