Services · Mobile App Development

Mobile app development for the businesses that actually run on the app.

Driver apps, inspection apps, dispatch apps, marketplace apps — the kind of mobile software that ten people log into at 6 a.m. and the business stops working without. React Native by default, native when the platform demands it, offline-first everywhere it matters. Built in production, maintained for years.

PRIMARY STACK
React Native
One codebase, iOS + Android,
native modules where needed
FIRST FIELD BUILD
4 weeks
Not a prototype — the first
build real users carry
PRODUCTION SCOPE
8 — 16 wks
Fixed scope, ongoing
shipping after launch
SHIPPED & STILL RUNNING
Years
Most of our mobile work is
still in production today
01 — What we mean by mobile app development

Operational apps. Not consumer apps.

Most app development companies pitch the same thing: an idea, a Figma file, a prototype, a launch event. That's a different business. The apps that come out of that pipeline are usually consumer-facing, ad-supported, and fail or fade within two years.

We build the other kind. Mobile software that an operator depends on to do the work — the driver carrying loads, the inspector documenting a coating job, the dispatcher routing the next shipment. The KPIs are unit economics, not vanity metrics. The lifetime is years because the underlying work doesn’t change. The app is part of how the business runs, not a marketing surface.

That changes everything about the build. Reliability beats novelty. Offline beats “just refresh.” Field-tested workflows beat designer-drawn ones. The user is paid to use it, so the bar isn’t delight —it’s “does this make their job easier and faster than paper?”

02 — Stack

React Native by default. Native when the platform demands it.

React Native is our primary mobile stack.One codebase, iOS and Android, native performance for 95% of the workflows our clients need. Faster to ship, faster to iterate, easier to maintain over a multi-year retainer because we’re not duplicating effort across two platforms.

When the app’s value depends on something React Native can’t do cleanly — background GPS that survives the OS killing the app, complex camera pipelines, offline databases with conflict resolution at scale, custom Bluetooth peripherals — we drop into native iOS (Swift) or Android (Kotlin) for that surface specificallyand bridge it back into the React Native shell. We don’t rebuild the whole app native because one feature needs it.

On the backend: NestJS or Next.js, Postgres, Redis, AWS or Vercel for hosting. When the app needs AI features — automated inspection summaries, voice-to-form for field workers, document understanding — we use Bedrock or Claude on the server, never client-side LLMs that drain battery and leak prompts.

03 — How we work

Field first. Then the codebase.

Week 1 — Field visits.Before the first commit we ride along with the people who’ll actually use the app. Refineries, freight yards, marine docks, construction sites. We watch what they do on paper, what slows them down, what breaks when the network drops. The product’s accuracy depends on getting this right.

Weeks 2–4 — First build in the field. Not a prototype, not a Figma click-through. The first thin-slice of the app on real devices, used by real workers. Two-week iteration loop after that — ship, watch, fix, ship.

Weeks 4–16 — Build to production scope.Each release goes to the field before it goes to the store. By the time the v1.0 hits the App Store, it’s already been in daily use by the early-access group for weeks.

Months 4 onward — Retainer. Most of our mobile apps are still shipping improvements years later. OS upgrades, store changes, new workflows, expanded user roles, deeper integrations. The team that built it is the team that maintains it.

05 — Who this is for

The fit, honest about it.

Right fit:mid-market operators in logistics, construction, industrial services, field operations, and B2B services. You’re building software your team or your customers depend on to do real work. You want a senior studio that knows the domain — or will go learn it — and stays for years.

Wrong fit:consumer apps, dating, gambling, ad-driven products, social media, NFT-anything, a Figma file looking for an outsourcer. We’ll tell you fast if it’s not us — saves both sides time.

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