Mobile app development

Mobile apps built for the people doing the work.

Design and development for driver, inspection, field-service, operations, and marketplace applications. Built for iOS and Android, connected to the systems behind your business, and tested against the conditions your users actually face.

Get a preliminary cost range

No sales presentation. Start with the workflow, users, and constraints.

DocuPaint mobile application on a phone: report creation, audits, and project navigation

Left: DocuPaint, in production · panels illustrative, based on production work

What we deliver
  • Production mobile platforms
  • iOS + Android
  • Offline-first field apps
  • ERP & API integrations
  • Multi-year support
Pick where you’re headed

Tap your kind of app. Start your estimate.

Every card carries the honest starting range we quote from. One tap preloads the estimator with your category; the rest takes about two minutes.

Production work

Shipped, in stores, in daily use.

Livestock transport, luxury watches, dating, kids’ mindfulness, workforce shifts, freight, inspections. Real products we built and shipped, not concepts.

Livestock Lift hauler marketplace app home screen
AGRICULTURE · LOGISTICS · 2024–ONGOING

Livestock Lift

Two-sided marketplace for cattle and livestock transport. Ranchers request transit; haulers bid, route, and run the load.

iOS · Marketplace · GPS · View case study →
TheWatchXChange luxury watch marketplace mobile app
LUXURY MARKETPLACE

TheWatchXChange

Luxury watch marketplace. Listing management, auction flows, offer and bid tracking, dealer dashboards.

iOS · Android · Marketplace
Catch dating app with location check-ins at real venues
CONSUMER · DATING

Catch Dating

Dating app built around geographic check-ins at real venues, custom matching, and real-time chat.

iOS · React Native · Geolocation
Zenimal mindfulness app for kids and families
WELLNESS · CONSUMER

Zenimal

Mindfulness app for kids and families. Audio sessions, usage tracking, parental dashboards.

iOS · Android · Audio
BeezKeeper workforce scheduling mobile app
WORKFORCE OPERATIONS

BeezKeeper

Shift management for distributed workforces. Calendar, geo-fenced clock-in and out, real-time messaging.

iOS · Android · GPS
LoadQuest driver app for freight check-ins
LOGISTICS · 2020–2024

LoadQuest Driver

Driver app for a national freight brokerage. Load search, GPS check-in, BOL capture, live dispatch sync.

React Native · Offline · View case study →
DocuPaint field inspection platform on tablet and phone
INDUSTRIAL · SAAS · 2021–ONGOING

DocuPaint

Field inspection and asset-integrity platform used by 200+ organizations. Offline-first, photo-backed.

React Native · NestJS · View case study →
Zoom Casa real estate operations dashboard
REAL ESTATE · SAAS

Zoom Casa

Sell-fast real estate platform. Project tracking, agent and vendor management, estimates at scale.

Web · Dashboard

Working on something in this territory?

Mobile app capabilities

From one critical workflow to a complete mobile platform.

Some projects begin with an existing system that needs a better mobile experience. Others begin with a workflow still managed through calls, spreadsheets, and paper. We can start with either.

Field and workforce applications

Give technicians, inspectors, drivers, and field teams a fast interface for the work happening away from a desk.

Job assignments · Checklists · Photos & documents · Signatures · Location · Offline

Operational applications

Connect mobile activity to dispatch, scheduling, inventory, accounting, or the systems coordinating the business.

Status updates · Approvals · Inventory · Alerts · Dispatch · ERP & API connections

Customer and marketplace applications

Build mobile products where customers, providers, vendors, or contractors complete transactions and manage their work.

Profiles · Search & matching · Payments · Messaging · Notifications · Role-specific flows

Mobile modernization

Replace an outdated, unreliable, or hard-to-maintain application without losing the workflows users depend on. Phased replacement, not a risky overnight cutover.

Assessment · Redesign · Framework migration · API modernization · Phased rollout

Camera, scanning, and device workflows

Photos, signatures, barcode and document scanning, and location capture treated as core product behaviors, the way our inspection and driver apps use them daily.

Camera capture · Barcode / QR · Signatures · GPS · File handling

Product rescue and ongoing support

Take over a stalled application, stabilize production, address the backlog, and create a practical roadmap for the next release.

Code review · Stabilization · Backlog triage · Release process · Roadmap

Field-ready by design

The application has to work where the work happens.

A mobile application can look polished in a conference room and still fail in the field. We design around interruptions, weak connectivity, bright sunlight, gloves, hurried users, incomplete data, and the systems waiting on the other side. Visual polish matters; field speed and reliability are non-negotiable.

Inspector documenting equipment in the field with the DocuPaint application
DocuPaint in the field

Offline behavior

Users continue critical work during weak or missing connectivity, with clear synchronization states when service returns.

Fast interaction

Primary actions are easy to find, touch targets are practical, and repetitive workflows take as few steps as possible.

Clear application states

Saved, pending, failed, synchronized, and completed work are distinguishable without guessing.

Camera and document workflows

Photos, signatures, scans, and attachments are core product behaviors, not last-minute add-ons.

Security and access

Permissions, authentication, device behavior, and sensitive data are designed around the application’s actual risk.

Operational visibility

The people coordinating the work see progress, exceptions, and incomplete actions without chasing updates manually.

A practical delivery process

Start with the riskiest workflow, then expand with evidence.

01 · Understand

The operating reality

  • Users, environments, and business rules mapped
  • Integration inventory and risk list
  • Initial release definition
02 · Prototype

The critical experience

  • Interface direction and clickable workflow
  • Technical validation of the risky parts
  • Usability feedback, revised scope
03 · Build

A usable field release

  • Core workflow with connected systems
  • First usable workflow possible in ~4 weeks
  • Full production apps commonly 8–16+ weeks
04 · Launch & improve

Observe real use

  • App-store delivery, monitoring, crash reporting
  • Analytics on actual behavior
  • Roadmap planned from evidence
Mobile architecture

Choose the technology around the product, not the agency’s favorite tool.

React Native is often an effective way to deliver a shared iOS and Android product. Native development can be the better choice when performance, hardware access, platform-specific behavior, or an existing codebase requires it.

React Native may fit when

  • The product needs iOS and Android
  • Most workflows are shared across platforms
  • The team wants a unified release cadence
  • Time and maintainability matter
  • Platform-specific behavior is limited and manageable

Native development may fit when

  • The product depends heavily on platform hardware or system APIs
  • Performance requirements are unusually demanding
  • The existing product is already deeply native
  • Platform-specific experiences materially differ
  • Risk analysis supports separate codebases

Around either choice: secure APIs, push notifications, offline synchronization, cloud backends, ERP and operational integrations, analytics, and automated testing.

Budget planning

Get a useful starting range before a sales call.

A responsible estimate depends on the users, workflows, platforms, integrations, and the condition of any existing system. The estimator gives you an honest range and timeline in about two minutes, and no email is required to see it.

1

Pick your category

The closest match sets an honest starting range — marketplace, field service, logistics, and more.

2

Tap your features

Platforms, offline mode, payments, chat, compliance. Each answer moves the number, live.

3

See your range

Onshore and typical offshore side by side, with a realistic timeline. No email, no wait.

Step 1 of 6

What kind of app are you building?

Pick the closest match. We use it to set a starting range.

Not sure what your app should cost? Get a real range in about two minutes.

Pick the closest category and the estimator sets your starting range — features, platforms, and timeline tune it from there. No email needed to see the number.

Prefer to talk it through? +1.602.815.5600
Good-fit projects

We do our best work when the application matters to the operation.

Strong fit

  • A real workflow and user group have been identified
  • The application must connect to existing systems or operations
  • Reliability and long-term maintainability matter
  • Stakeholders can participate in discovery and review
  • The business is prepared to invest in a production-grade application
  • The product will evolve after launch

Probably not the right fit

  • The only goal is a quick visual prototype
  • The scope is copied from another application without a validated case
  • There is no access to users or operational stakeholders
  • The decision rests entirely on the lowest hourly rate
  • The deadline is fixed and unrealistic, with no scope flexibility
Questions we actually get

Straight answers, including the commercial ones

How much does a custom mobile application cost?

Focused operational applications often begin around $50K–$110K. Connected field-service applications commonly run $80K–$160K, and multi-role products or marketplaces $120K–$220K and up. The big cost drivers are integrations, offline behavior, payments, the number of user roles, and the condition of any existing backend. The estimator on this page gives a range from three answers, before any call.

How long does mobile app development take?

A first usable workflow is sometimes possible in about four weeks. A complete production application commonly takes 8–16 weeks, and larger multi-role platforms can run 16–30 weeks depending on scope, integrations, compliance, and app-store review cycles. We'd rather give you a working first release early than a big launch late.

Do you build for both iOS and Android?

Yes. React Native usually delivers both platforms from one codebase with a unified release cadence. Native Swift or Kotlin is the better call when the product leans hard on platform hardware, background behavior, or an existing native codebase. We choose per product, not per preference.

Can the application work offline?

Yes, and it has to be designed in, not bolted on. We decide which data and actions users need without connectivity, store work durably on the device, queue changes, and surface clear saved, pending, and failed states so nobody wonders whether their work survived.

Can you connect the app to our existing software?

Usually, through APIs, databases, identity systems, and operational platforms including ERPs. Not every system has a friendly interface; part of discovery is finding out what the existing system can actually support and designing around its limits honestly.

Can you take over an existing mobile application?

Yes. Rescues start with a code and infrastructure assessment: what's stable, what's fragile, what the release process looks like. Then stabilization, a prioritized backlog, and staged modernization, so the application keeps working for its users while it improves.

Who owns the code and product?

You do. Code lives in your repository, infrastructure runs in your cloud accounts, and credentials stay in your secret store. If we ever part ways, you keep a working product and the documentation to run it.

What happens after launch?

Monitoring, crash reporting, analytics, app-store releases, and a roadmap based on how the application behaves in real use. Some clients run it themselves from the runbook; most keep us involved for improvements and support. Several of our platforms have been in production for years.

Start with the workflow

Tell us what the application needs to make easier.

You don’t need a finished specification. Bring the current process, the users involved, and what’s not working. We’ll help identify a sensible first release and the questions that need answering.

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