Mobile app development
Most app projects start with a specific job: automate something manual, give customers or staff mobile access, or take a system that already works and put it in a pocket.
See how we do itCustom software
Internal tools that replace the spreadsheet everyone dreads
Most businesses run on a spreadsheet that three people understand and nobody trusts. We replace those with something auditable that the whole team can use.
The problem
What usually goes wrong
- The process lives in a spreadsheet, so there is no history of who changed what.
- Off-the-shelf software covers eighty per cent and the remaining twenty is handled by email.
- Two systems hold the same data and neither is right.
- A previous developer built something custom, left, and nobody can safely change it.
Our approach
How we approach it
We map the process as it actually runs, including the exceptions people handle manually, because those are usually where the value is. Then we build the smallest thing that removes the worst of the manual work, put it in front of real users, and iterate.
Scope
What is included
01
Process mapping
How the work runs today, including the workarounds, before anything is designed.
02
Data model
A normalised schema with the constraints that stop bad data getting in.
03
Web application
Role-based access, audit trail, and an interface built for daily use rather than a demo.
04
Integrations
Connecting to the accounting, email or logistics systems you already run.
05
Reporting
The handful of numbers the business actually decides on, not a dashboard nobody opens.
06
Documentation
Written handover so a future developer can pick it up.
What you get
Deliverables
- Process map and agreed scope
- Database schema and data dictionary
- Working application, released in stages
- Role and permission model
- Integration with existing systems
- Technical documentation and handover
Built with
Typical stack
PHP 8
Node.js
MySQL
REST APIs
React
Linux
The stack follows the requirement. If something else fits better, we will say so.
Questions
Before you get in touch
Buy, if a product covers your process without you bending the process to fit it. Custom is worth it when the process is the thing you compete on, or when licence costs across a large team outrun the build. We will say so if buying is the better answer.
We release in stages and put each one in front of real users. Requirements change because people learn what they need by using something — a dedicated-developer engagement suits this better than a fixed scope agreed months earlier.
You do, from the first commit. The repository is in your account, not ours.
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Tell us what you are trying to build
Send a short description. We reply within one business day with an approach, a rough range, and the questions we still need answered.