Mobile App Development
Your customers already carry the device. A mobile app puts your business one tap away from them: a restaurant takes orders directly, a gym lets members book a class from the couch, a field crew files a job report from the driveway. We plan, design and build apps for iPhone and Android for Fairfield businesses, and we look after them once they are live.
Every app we build starts with one question:
App Strategy
Sometimes a good mobile website does the job for less. We look at what your customers need to do, how often they will do it, and whether it calls for something only an app offers, such as notifications, the camera or working without a signal. Then we tell you plainly which route makes sense.
What a Business App Can Do
The apps that keep their place on a phone do one or two things well. These are the features that tend to matter most for a local business.
App Cost and Timeline
An app is priced by what it has to do. Before any design work begins, we set out the scope so you know what you are paying for:
The number of screens, whether people sign in, and what the app has to talk to, such as payments, bookings or the systems you already run.
Where it suits the app, we write it once so it runs on both iPhone and Android. That keeps the budget and the upkeep down.
We prepare the listing, the screenshots and the answers reviewers ask for, then submit to the App Store and Google Play on your behalf.
Phones get a new system version every year. We keep your app compatible, fix what breaks and release updates as your business changes.
Have an App Idea?
Call us and describe it. We will tell you what it would take to build, and whether an app is the right tool for the job.
Mobile App Questions We Hear Most
Do I need an app or a mobile website?
If customers visit now and then to look something up, a fast mobile website is enough. If they come back often to book, order or get reminders, an app starts to earn its keep. We help you decide before you spend anything on development.
Will it run on both iPhone and Android?
In most cases, yes: one app, built once, for both. If yours needs something specific to one system, we explain the options and what each would cost.
How long does an app take to build?
That depends on the scope. An app with a handful of screens is quicker than one with accounts, payments and a back office. Once the scope is agreed, you get a schedule with a date for each stage.
Can the app connect to our website?
Usually. An app can share accounts, products and bookings with your website, and exchange data with most payment, scheduling and accounting tools. We confirm what is possible before we quote.