Mobile app development

If the app is a core product with heavy device-feature use, complex animation or performance-critical paths, build native. If it is a business application — accounts, bookings, forms, content, notifications — cross-platform with React Native or Flutter is usually the better commercial decision. We work through it properly in discovery; there is a full framework in our guide to native versus cross-platform development.

Broad UK ranges: a functional MVP on one platform £25,000-£40,000; a production app on both platforms with a backend and admin portal £40,000-£90,000; an enterprise app with integrations, offline capability and compliance requirements £90,000 upwards. Our cost breakdown explains what moves the number.

Yes. We can publish under your developer accounts — which we recommend, so you own the listings — or set them up for you. Submission, review responses and phased rollout are part of delivery, not extra.

Both platforms force annual SDK and API level upgrades, and privacy requirements change regularly. An app left alone for two years usually will not build, let alone pass review. This is the main reason we recommend a support agreement for anything in the stores.

Yes, and for field-based use it is usually essential. We implement local persistence with a defined sync and conflict-resolution strategy. It adds meaningfully to scope, so it is a decision to make in discovery rather than halfway through the build.

If a PWA genuinely meets your requirements we will tell you, and it is often a smart first step. The honest limits are push notification behaviour on iOS, background processing, some hardware access, and the fact that you get no store presence. If discoverability in the stores is part of your strategy, a PWA does not deliver it.