They come back
Reordering, rebooking, checking a balance — something the same person does more than once a month. That repetition is the whole case for an app.
Mobile apps
Most businesses don’t need an app. Some really do.
iOS and Android from one codebase, in both stores under your own accounts. The first call is about whether you need one at all — a website is cheaper and faster, and for most of what people ask an app for, it's also better.
“People keep asking if we have an app.”
An app earns its place through repeat use
Sometimes that question is real demand and sometimes it's asked out of habit. The test is simple: would the same person open it more than once a month? Ordering again, checking a booking, tracking a job, logging into something they already pay for — that's an app. Anything a visitor does once is a website.
When it is real, this is what gets built: one codebase in React Native that ships to the App Store and to Google Play, push notifications, and the same backend your site already uses — so nobody spends their week keeping two systems saying the same thing.
Published under your own Apple and Google developer accounts, so the app belongs to your business and not to us. Both submissions are handled here, review included — first builds get rejected routinely, and sorting that out is part of the job, not an extra.
Four signs it's actually an app
They're already paying you
Members, subscribers, patients, tenants. People with an account somewhere install an app for it; strangers don't.
You need to reach them
A push notification lands for free and gets read. Email gets filtered and ads get expensive — if reaching the same people over and over is the business, that's the argument.
The phone does something a browser can't
Camera, GPS, scanning, working with no signal. If the job needs the device itself, it needs an app.
What you get
- One codebase in React Native, shipped to iOS and Android
- Submission to the App Store and Google Play, review handled
- Published under your own developer accounts — the app is your business's
- Push notifications, so you can reach people without paying for the reach
- The same backend as your site, so nothing has to be kept in sync by hand
- Store listing copy and screenshots, in English, Spanish or both
Don't buy this if
When you don't need this
Four situations where this is the wrong thing to buy. If one of them is yours, say so on the call and we'll point you at the cheaper answer.
01
Someone would use it once. One purchase, one quote, one form — nobody installs an app to do something a single time. Your site already does that better.
02
You want it because having an app sounds good. Downloads on their own don't sell anything, and an app nobody opens still costs you every year to keep listed.
03
The site isn't bringing anything in yet. An app is a second front door on the same building — if nobody's coming through the first one, fix that first.
04
You need it live in two weeks. Store review alone takes days, and two platforms take longer than one page. Point ads at a landing page while it's being built.
FAQ
What does a mobile app cost?
From $5,000, for both platforms — not $5,000 each. On top of that you pay the stores directly: Apple charges $99 a year and Google $25 once. Those are yours because the accounts are in your name.
Do I need two separate mobile apps for iPhone and Android?
No. It's built once in React Native and published to both stores. That's the reason one price covers the pair — the alternative is two native builds and roughly twice the work.
Would a website do the job instead of a mobile app?
Often, yes — and when it would, we'll say so. If people only need to find you, read something and get in touch, a fast site does that better and costs a fraction. An app is for the ones who come back.
How long until a mobile app is in the stores?
Weeks, not days — and store review adds days of its own on top. First submissions get rejected routinely, usually over a privacy detail or a missing screenshot; sorting that out is part of the job, not a change order.
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