Mobile App Development By One UK Team
We build mobile apps as extensions of custom SaaS applications - the same system your business owns, reaching your customers' and your team's phones. We do not sell app development on its own: every app extends software we design, build and support in house.
The App Is An Extension Of The System
A mobile app on its own has very little to do. It lives on the accounts, bookings and data of the system behind it. That is why we build the two as one project: one system, reached from the web and from a phone. One team is accountable for all of it.
Because the app and its system are scoped as one project, we do not price apps off a list. Tell us what the system needs to do and where it needs to reach, and we will come back with the right approach and what it would cost, in writing, before anything begins.
A Phone App That Fits The Rest Of Your Application
No Reseller Hand-Off
When a project needs a phone app as well as the system behind it, the same team builds both. That is one team accountable for the whole project.
Cloud Services On Google Cloud
Your app's cloud services run on Google Cloud, alongside the custom SaaS application they connect to. The back end your customers never see is the same platform we build and run our own software on.
Supported For The Long Run
We support a mobile app the same way we support everything else we make. That means it keeps pace with your business long after launch.
The Project It Runs In Is Yours
The app and the application behind it share one Google Cloud project, and that project is registered to your company. Who owns what, and who Google bills for it, is set out on the custom SaaS development page.
How We Quote An App And The System Behind It
Every mobile app is different, so we quote per project. Scope, timeline and cost are confirmed in writing before any work begins.
Running the finished system afterwards is a separate decision: the Managed Service if you would like us to operate it, or you run it yourselves. It is never bundled into the price of building it.
A mobile app extends a custom SaaS application and connects back to the same system: one piece of work, scoped and quoted together. We host and operate it on our Google Cloud hosting. Need a website to sit alongside it? Valacia is our one page website product.
Common Questions About Mobile Apps
Do You Build Mobile Apps?
Yes - as extensions of custom SaaS applications. Every useful app has software behind it - sign-in, data, bookings - so we design and build the app and its system as one project, supported by the same UK team, with cloud services on Google Cloud. The whole system is quoted per project rather than off a price list.
Can You Build Just An App On Its Own?
We do not offer standalone mobile development. An app on its own has nowhere to keep its data. Where the system behind the app does not exist yet, we design and build it as a custom SaaS application and the mobile app extends it. If you already run the system the app would talk to, tell us what you have and we will give you an honest answer about the right next step.
How Much Does A Mobile App Cost To Build In The UK?
There is no price list for mobile, because every app is different - what it needs to do, who it is for and how it connects to the rest of your systems all change the work involved. We quote per project and confirm scope, timeline and cost in writing before you commit, so you always get a straight answer up front rather than an open-ended hourly rate.
Do We Need A Native App Or Just The Browser?
Often the browser is the better answer. Because everything we build is static-first, your application can be made installable on a phone straight from the browser, with no app store in the way - for less cost and less overhead. A native app earns its place when you need what only a native app can do. Tell us what you have in mind and we will give you an honest steer, even when that means the smaller piece of work.
Get The App Quoted With The Application
Tell us what the app needs to do, who it is for and how it fits with the rest of your application. We will reply in writing with the approach we would take and the cost, before you commit to anything.