App development services — for buyers who haven’t picked a path yet

The decision tree on this page answers it in four questions: does it need to be in the App Store, does it need device APIs, will users be on phones primarily, and do you sell digital goods. If you’d rather just talk it through, a 30-minute scoping call ends with a concrete recommendation — even if that recommendation is "don’t build a custom app at all."

Depends on path and scope. No-code apps: $5k–$25k. PWAs: $15k–$75k. Cross-platform native: $25k–$120k. Fully native iOS+Android with separate codebases: $50k–$250k+. After the scope call you get a fixed-price quote tied to a concrete scope document.

No-code MVPs: 3–6 weeks. PWAs: 4–10 weeks. Cross-platform native: 8–16 weeks plus app-store review. Fully native (parallel teams): 12–20 weeks plus review. We ship in 2-week sprints — you see working software at the end of every sprint.

Yes. Most projects include the backend (Node.js or Python), the database (PostgreSQL or MongoDB), API design, auth, push notifications, and cloud deployment. We don’t hand off half an app.

Yes — full submission process for native apps. App Store Connect setup, screenshots, metadata, privacy nutrition labels, App Tracking Transparency, Google Play data safety. First submissions are rarely approved simultaneously on both stores; we budget a rejection-and-resubmit cycle into every timeline.

You do. Repository, credentials, infrastructure. On no-code projects, you own the workspace (Bubble, FlutterFlow account, etc.) — we transfer ownership at handoff. We don’t keep black-box copies.

Yes — that’s one of our most common engagement shapes. We rebuild the app on Next.js + Node.js or React Native while preserving features, SEO, and user data. See our no-code migration service.

Claude Code (Anthropic’s coding agent) and Cursor run alongside our engineers. The mechanical layer — boilerplate, scaffolding, test harness, type refinement — gets accelerated ~3×. Engineers own architecture, data modeling, and the platform-specific judgment calls. AI-assisted is a methodology that wraps the four output paths (web, native, PWA, no-code) — not a separate kind of app.

Both. About 60% of shipped projects are funded startups (seed to Series B), the rest are operators inside larger companies who need a specific app shipped quickly. The path-decision conversation works the same way — we tell you which path fits and what fixed-price quote follows.

Yes. Most often this is a code audit + remediation pass + a maintenance retainer. We document what we find, prioritize the bug/perf/security backlog with you, then either ship the fix-pack or hand it off to your team. Common starting point: 1-week paid technical audit ($3k–$8k depending on scope) — credited toward the build if you proceed.

Yes. We typically retain ~60% of clients on a post-launch retainer covering bug fixes, monitoring, feature increments, and SLA-backed response. Retainers start at $4k/month for one app. See the maintenance and support service for details.