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Mobile Development

Mobile app development for iOS and Android

iOS and Android app development company UK startups work with for clean UI, stable architecture, and store-ready releases—aligned to UK working hours (GMT/BST).

PlatformsiOS & Android
ScopeNew builds & existing apps

Selected work

Mobile project examples

Prefer to explore first? Try the project estimator or chat with the AI assistant.

Benefits

What you get

Flutter-first builds for speed and consistent UI

React Native when your team is already React/TypeScript-heavy

Native Swift/SwiftUI + Kotlin modules when performance matters

Clear scope, milestones, and release discipline across iOS + Android

Android app development company UK delivery: Play Store-ready builds and release support

Post-launch support: monitoring, fixes, and safe iteration

Features

What we deliver

Flutter Development

Our default choice for most products: one codebase, premium UI, and strong performance. Great for MVPs and long-term scaling.

React Native Development

A strong option if your team is already React-heavy. We focus on stability, performance tuning, and native-module integration when needed.

Native iOS & Android

For deep platform features or maximum performance: Swift/SwiftUI on iOS and Kotlin on Android—often used alongside Flutter/RN for specific modules.

Auth, Profiles & Permissions

Secure sign-in, roles, onboarding, and account flows. We build clean edge-case handling and predictable session behavior.

Payments & Subscriptions

Stripe, in-app purchases, subscription management, receipts validation, and upgrade/downgrade flows with clean billing logic.

Quality, Monitoring & Releases

Crash reporting, analytics, performance monitoring, CI/CD builds, staged rollouts, and App Store / Play Store release support.

Process

How we work

1
1-2 weeks

Discovery

Requirements gathering and planning

2
2-3 weeks

Design

UI/UX design and prototyping

3
6-12 weeks

Development

Iterative sprints with demos

4
1-2 weeks

Launch

Deployment and support

Tech Stack

Technologies we use

Core

FlutterReact NativeSwiftSwiftUI

Tools

KotlinFirebaseSupabaseRevenueCat

Services

StripeOneSignalSentryFirebase Analytics

Use Cases

Who this is for

Mobile development company startup UK founders choose

Launch an MVP with clear trade-offs, a roadmap-ready architecture, and store-ready release support for iOS and Android.

Consumer Mobile Products

Apps where polish matters: onboarding, feeds, profiles, search, media, notifications, and smooth navigation.

B2B & Internal Apps

Operational tools for teams: dashboards, approvals, field apps, inventory, scheduling, and role-based access.

Existing App Rescue

Fix stability, performance, messy architecture, and release bottlenecks—then move to a maintainable build process.

AI Add-ons

AI add-ons we can integrate

Want your mobile app to be AI-ready? We can integrate optional AI modules—assistants, RAG search, document intelligence, and automations—without compromising stability or App Store/Play Store release discipline.

We keep AI features modular with clean API boundaries, caching, and safe fallbacks so the core app remains reliable even when AI services fail or change.

Repository access, handoff notes, and performance checks follow the signed proposal.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Timeline depends on scope. MVPs typically take 8-12 weeks, while larger projects can take 4-6 months. We provide detailed timelines during the estimate phase.

We offer both fixed-price and time-and-materials pricing. Fixed-price works best for well-defined projects, while T&M is ideal for evolving requirements.

Yes, we offer maintenance packages including bug fixes, security updates, and feature enhancements after launch.

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Regional

Delivery considerations for your region

Data and risk discovery (United Kingdom)

Privacy, security, residency, and regulatory requirements differ by workflow. We document the applicable data flows, roles, retention needs, and control owners before recommending an architecture.

The resulting proposal lists the controls and evidence that are actually in scope. It is not a generic compliance, certification, or legal-assurance promise.

  • Map data sources, destinations, roles, and sensitive fields
  • Record access, retention, logging, and deletion requirements
  • Identify required security or procurement evidence before contracting
  • Use an NDA or DPA only when the parties mutually execute it

Working model (United Kingdom)

Exact live-overlap hours, response expectations, meeting windows, and escalation contacts are confirmed in the proposal for each engagement.

Written decisions, scoped milestones, and asynchronous updates reduce unnecessary meetings without implying an unagreed service level.

  • Proposal-specific overlap and meeting windows
  • Named owners for decisions and blockers
  • Written scope, assumptions, and change decisions
  • Milestone cadence agreed before kickoff

Commercial setup (United Kingdom)

The contracting entity, proposal currency, invoicing cadence, payment terms, intellectual-property terms, and required vendor documents are agreed before work begins.

The Opportunity Sprint can establish the evidence needed to scope a production pilot; it does not pre-commit either party to a rollout.

  • Contracting entity and currency confirmed in writing
  • Milestones and acceptance criteria defined in the proposal
  • Vendor-document requirements identified before signature
  • Scope changes require an explicit written decision

Delivery controls (United Kingdom)

Testing, observability, release, security, and handover controls are selected for the actual system risk rather than promised as a generic bundle.

Acceptance measures and production responsibilities are recorded before implementation so both teams know what evidence will support release.

  • Risk-based testing and acceptance measures
  • Release, rollback, and observability responsibilities
  • Security controls tied to the agreed threat model
  • Handover artifacts defined in the signed scope
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