Custom mobile software development that ships to the stores
We design, build, and ship custom mobile apps - native iOS, native Android, and cross-platform - under our own brand, and submit them to the App Store and Google Play. We run our own iOS apps, so the same team that ships in production is the one pointed at yours.
From one native app to both stores at once
A custom mobile app is more than a screen - it is the platform choice, the backend behind it, and the submission that gets it live. Here is what the work covers.
- Native iOS apps
- Swift and SwiftUI apps that feel native on iPhone and iPad - the same stack behind our own App Store apps.
- Native Android apps
- Kotlin apps built for the Android ecosystem, tuned to the devices and Material patterns your users expect.
- Cross-platform apps
- One React Native codebase shipping to both stores - near-native feel, less to build and maintain.
- App Store & Play submission
- We handle the part most teams stall on - store listings, review, signing, and release - so the app actually ships.
- Offline-first & sync
- Apps that keep working without a connection and reconcile cleanly when it returns, instead of failing at the worst moment.
- Push & realtime
- Push notifications, live updates, and realtime sync wired into a backend built to carry them reliably.
Pick a platform and the features - see a rough plan
Choose your platform target and the features the app needs. The panel shows a live scope and a rough timeline band, then carries your selections into the mobile app cost calculator and the project brief. Want a fuller breakdown? Try the app development cost calculator.
Rough plan
6-8weeks
Native iOS · core screens only
A planning band, not a quote. The real timeline depends on exact scope, integrations, and review feedback - we confirm it in the brief.
Prototype first, then build and ship
Scope & platform
We settle the one question that drives everything - iOS, Android, or cross-platform - against your users and budget, not a default.
Design & prototype
A real, tappable prototype of the core flows so you can feel the app before we build the whole thing.
Build
We build the app and the backend behind it - accounts, payments, offline, push - with the testing that keeps it stable.
Ship & maintain
We submit to the App Store and Play, get through review, launch, and keep shipping updates as you learn from real users.
We ship our own apps - to the App Store
We don't pitch mobile from a slide deck. These are products we built and run ourselves, including our own iOS apps live on the App Store - the same engineering we bring to yours.
Common questions
- How much does a custom mobile app cost?
- In the US, a custom mobile app MVP typically runs from about $30,000 to $90,000, and a larger app with multiple platforms, payments, and integrations costs more. The biggest drivers are whether you go native iOS, native Android, both, or cross-platform, the number of screens, and the features behind them - accounts, payments, offline, realtime, and AI. The scope picker above gives a rough timeline, and our mobile app cost calculator turns your selections into a transparent ballpark before you brief us.
- iOS, Android, or cross-platform - which should we build?
- It depends on your users and budget. If your audience is mostly on one platform, a single native app is the cheapest way to the best experience. If you need both from day one on a tighter budget, cross-platform with React Native shares one codebase across iOS and Android with near-native feel. If each platform needs to feel perfect and you can fund it, two native apps over a shared backend is the gold standard. We pick with you against the real tradeoffs rather than defaulting to one answer.
- Do you publish to the App Store and Google Play?
- Yes. We handle the part most teams stall on - store listings, screenshots, signing and certificates, the review process, and the release itself. We ship our own iOS apps to the App Store, so app submission, review feedback, and store guidelines are routine for us, not a first-time scramble. We can publish under your developer account or set one up with you.
- How long does it take to build a mobile app?
- A focused mobile MVP usually takes a couple of months from kickoff to the stores; a larger app across both platforms with payments, offline, and integrations runs longer. The scope picker above shows a rough planning band from your platform and feature choices. The real timeline depends on the exact scope and how fast feedback comes back, which we confirm in the project brief.
Have an app to build?
Tell us what the app needs to do - we'll come back with the right platform, a plan, and a fixed quote. No obligation.