Mobile Apps

Mobile apps your users keep coming back to

iOS, Android, or both. Native or cross-platform, whatever fits your users best. We handle the design, the build, and the long tail of releases that follow your launch.

$0
Until you see your first working deliverable
100%
US-based engineering team
How we work

Mobile, only when it makes your users' lives better

Three principles guide every mobile engagement.

01

Mobile has to earn its place

If a web app or PWA gets the job done, we say so. Native gets built when it earns the cost of two app stores.

02

Cross-platform, done right

React Native delivered well feels native. Delivered lazily, it shows. We do not ship the lazy version.

03

The first two minutes decide

First-run UX decides whether someone opens your app a second time. We design around that, not around feature lists.

Who we partner with

Three situations where mobile really is the answer

01

Your web product is working and users want it in their pocket

If you're hearing "is there an app?" on every call, that's signal worth listening to. We extend your backend, design a mobile experience that fits, and ship without rebuilding your stack.

02

Your users work in the field, offline, or on the move

Healthcare, logistics, service trades, and field teams all need an app that works when the signal doesn't. We build offline-first with reliable sync, sensor support, and interfaces that hold up in real conditions.

03

You have a legacy native app that's holding the team back

Old Objective-C or Java Android apps quietly turn into the reason your roadmap stalls. We'll help you decide what to keep, rebuild, or retire, with feature parity first and the new features after.

What you get

Every deliverable defined before a contract is signed

React Native (iOS + Android) or native development
UI/UX design and interactive prototyping
Authentication and secure session management
Offline-first data architecture with sync
Push notifications and background processing
Deep linking and universal link configuration
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REST or GraphQL API integration
Real-time sync (WebSockets or Firebase)
Secure local data storage (AsyncStorage, SQLite)
Background sync and conflict resolution logic
Biometric authentication (Face ID, Touch ID)
Camera, GPS, and device sensor integration
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Apple App Store submission and review management
Google Play Store submission and review management
Screenshot and metadata preparation for both stores
Privacy manifest and tracking transparency compliance
App signing, certificates, and provisioning profiles
TestFlight and Firebase App Distribution setup
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Full Figma design files and component library
API documentation and integration guide
App Store Connect and Play Console access transfer
Push notification and analytics credentials handoff
Release management playbook for future updates
We stay as long as you need us, no retainer required
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Why teams partner with us

Mobile work, built as a real partnership

An honest platform recommendation, engineers who stay through launch, and an app you fully own the day we hand it off.

01

You don’t pay until you see real progress

Our first step is a free mobile review and an honest platform call. You only start paying when there’s working software in your hands, not a slide deck.

02

The team you meet at kickoff is the team you keep

The same US-based team that scopes your work stays on it from kickoff to launch day. No handoffs, no timezone games, and they're the ones on the call when the App Store flags a build.

03

You own your app on day one

Code, accounts, store listings, credentials, and release playbook all sit in your hands. When you’re ready to take it in-house or bring in another partner, there’s nothing to untangle.

Platform decision guide

Which mobile path fits your product?

This one call shapes cost, timeline, and how your team will feel about the app in a year. Pick the scenario closest to yours and we’ll show you where we’d steer.

How we work together

From first conversation to launch day, side by side

01

We start with an honest scoping call

We sit down with you, map the feature set, user flows, and offline or sync needs, and make the platform call together. If web is the smarter move, we’ll tell you there.

02

We design with your team, not around it

We share high-fidelity Figma flows and a clickable prototype for both platforms, with your team in the room while decisions get made, so what ships feels like yours from day one.

03

We build in the open, on real devices

Short sprints, weekly demos, and testing on real iOS and Android hardware the whole way through. AI helps us move faster behind the scenes, with humans reviewing anything before it reaches your users.

04

We launch with you and stay close

We handle App Store and Google Play submission, review responses, and post-launch monitoring, then leave you with a release playbook and a team you can still call when something needs a second set of eyes.

We had a web app and a real question about whether mobile was even the right move. Elevate sat with us, walked through it honestly, and came back with a plan that made sense. They landed both stores on time, and our users use it.
Priya M., Founder & CEO  ·  HealthTech Startup
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Project scope estimator

What might your mobile build cost?

Two quick questions, an honest range, no email required. If the numbers don’t line up with what you were picturing, we’ll tell you that too.

What are you building?
Web Application
Mobile App
AI Product or Automation
Cloud / DevOps
UI/UX Design
Full Product Suite
What’s your starting point?
From scratch
Modernizing what’s there
Extending what’s in production
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Let’s figure out if mobile is the right next move

Book a free 30-minute mobile review. We’ll talk through your users, your options, and what a realistic path to launch looks like. If the answer is “not yet,” we’ll say that too.

Case studies

Mobile builds, done with real partners

FAQ

The mobile questions we hear most often

We’ll help you answer that. If your users are at desks, a responsive web app or PWA is usually faster, cheaper, and easier to ship updates to. Mobile earns its place when you need offline access, push notifications, device hardware, or a genuine home-screen habit. On the first call, we’ll tell you which way we’d steer and why.

For most business apps (SaaS, healthcare, logistics, field service), React Native is the right call. One codebase, one team, near-native feel, and roughly half the long-term maintenance of two native apps. We recommend native when you genuinely need custom hardware, frame-rate-sensitive graphics, or bleeding-edge platform APIs, and we’ll say so on the scoping call.

Two ways. Inside our process, AI helps with things like boilerplate screens, test scaffolding, and reviewing diffs before a engineer signs off. Inside your product, we add AI only where it makes a real difference for users, like smart search, summarization, or assistive flows. In both cases, a human decides what ships.

A focused MVP is usually 10 to 16 weeks from kickoff to App Store submission. A fuller product with complex offline sync, real-time features, or device integrations tends to run 4 to 8 months. We scope the timeline with you up front so it matches what you’re trying to launch.

Yes, and we stay on it until the app is live. Screenshots, metadata, privacy manifests, review information, binary requirements, the whole list. We’ve been through both stores many times, so we head off the common rejection patterns before they cost you a week.

That’s one of the most common things we do. We plug into your existing backend API, hold feature parity with the web product where it matters, and add the mobile-specific pieces (push, biometrics, offline) that justify being on a phone in the first place.

You own the code, the stores, and the credentials on day one, so nothing is held hostage. We hand off a release playbook and stay close after launch, whether you want us on retainer, on a short-term support window, or just a number you can call when something needs a second set of eyes.

Let’s build an app your users open twice

Book a free 30-minute review. We’ll look at your users, your platform options, and what a realistic path forward looks like, and tell you honestly if mobile is the right next move.