Web · Deep dive 04
Mobile App Development
Native iOS (Swift), native Android (Kotlin), or React Native + Expo for cross-platform. We pick the path that fits the product — not the one that lets us reuse the team.
What this covers
Mobile builds from blank project to App Store / Play Store release, including the supporting infrastructure (auth, push, analytics, crash reporting). Native when the product needs OS-depth features; React Native + Expo when cross-platform velocity wins.
Does this sound familiar?
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You've been told 'a simple mobile app' will take three months — nine months in, it's still shipping.
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The iOS and Android versions have drifted so far that they're two different products now.
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App Store reviews are dominated by crashes and performance, not features.
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Push notifications fire for everything because nobody owns the notification strategy.
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Your team has shipped web forever but mobile is new territory.
The customer payoff
The payoff
What you feel once it’s running.
An app that feels native on both platforms — not a web wrapper with app polish.
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A crash-rate budget baked into CI. Regressions fail the build.
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Push / deep links / analytics wired in with discipline.
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Release cadence you can predict — submission to store with no surprises.
Phases
⏱ 10–20 weeks typicalHow Mobile App Development actually runs.
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Pick the path
Native vs React Native isn't ideology — we weigh team, roadmap, OS-depth needs, and budget. Recommendation in week one, agreed in week two."
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02
Foundation
Project scaffolding, CI/CD, TestFlight/Play Console setup, design system, navigation spine. Mobile ops is tedious; we get it out of the way first."
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Features
Weekly beta builds to real testers. Crash reporting and performance dashboards turned on from the first release."
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Store submission
Metadata, screenshots, privacy labels, app review. We walk the submission; first submission lands without surprises."
The hand-off
In the release
What lands in your hands — every artefact, nothing hidden.
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iOS + Android app (or RN cross-platform) in your store accounts
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CI/CD pipeline for both platforms
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Crash + performance monitoring (Sentry / Firebase Crashlytics)
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Push / deep linking / analytics integrated + documented
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Store listing assets (screenshots, description, privacy labels)
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Runbook for release cadence + common post-launch fixes
Before you ask
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Q·01 Native or React Native?
Native when you need deep OS integration (complex background audio/video, precise gesture physics, HealthKit, CarPlay). React Native + Expo for most product apps — it's fast enough, cheaper to ship, and cross-platform by default."
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Q·02 Do you handle the App Store accounts?
You keep the accounts. We do the submission work on your accounts with your permission — the certificates and keys stay yours."
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Q·03 What's your take on Flutter?
Solid technology. We don't staff it as deeply as RN, so unless you have a specific reason we default to RN. Happy to recommend Flutter shops we trust if that's the fit."
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Q·04 Backend comes from where?
Either existing API, new build from us (see backend deep dive), or BaaS (Supabase / Firebase / your own). We'll advise on the trade-offs for mobile specifically."
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Q·05 How does maintenance work post-launch?
Mobile apps need constant OS-update tracking. We offer a maintenance retainer — typically 2–4 days / month — for OS updates, store policy changes, and incremental features."
Ready to start
Ship an app your users keep.
Two-day scoping to pick the path, weekly beta drops, first store release without surprises. Tell us what the app should actually do.
Start a mobile buildThe wider map
Every service page at a glance.
Each link below opens a dedicated page on that specific piece of one of our four service pillars. Jump sideways — different service, same way of working.
Digital Product Strategy
Service overview →Web & Mobile Development
Service overview →- 01 Fullstack Web Development
- 02 Backend Development
- 03 Frontend Development
- 04 Mobile App Development — you’re here