Service
Mobile App Development
Mobile applications connected to the systems you already run, rather than another disconnected island.
What this service is
Business mobile app development means building an application for phones and tablets that reads and writes your real operational data. The hard parts are rarely the screens: they are authentication, offline behaviour, synchronisation conflicts and keeping the app working as the backend changes.
The problem
What usually brings people here
Field staff are blind
People working away from a desk cannot see or update the system, so work is recorded on paper and entered later.
Approvals block on a desk
Orders and requests wait because the approver has to be at a computer.
An app disconnected from the data
An app exists but holds its own copy of everything and never reconciles with the system of record.
No signal where the work happens
Warehouses, sites and vehicles have patchy connectivity, and an online-only app is unusable there.
Capabilities
What we do
- Mobile application design and development
- Integration with existing ERP and business systems
- Offline-first data handling and sync
- Authentication and device-level security
- Push notifications and alerts
- Barcode, camera and location capture
- Release management to app stores
- Ongoing maintenance against OS updates
Use cases
Typical engagements
Field operations
Job details, checklists, photo capture and completion recorded on site and synchronised when a connection returns.
Warehouse and stock
Barcode-driven picking, receiving and stock counts writing directly to the system of record.
Approvals and visibility
Managers approving orders and leave, and seeing live operational numbers, away from a desk.
Delivery
How the work runs
- 01
Discovery & requirements
We map how the work actually flows today — the systems, the spreadsheets, the manual handoffs — and agree what success looks like in measurable terms.
- 02
Solution architecture
Data model, service boundaries, integration points and hosting. You get the shape of the system before anyone writes production code.
- 03
UX & technical design
Screens and flows for the people who will use it daily, reviewed against the architecture so the design is buildable as drawn.
- 04
Development & integration
Built in increments you can see and use. Integrations are wired early, because that is where most projects actually go wrong.
- 05
Testing & quality assurance
Automated tests around the logic that matters, plus migration rehearsals against real data shapes before anything goes near production.
- 06
Deployment & onboarding
Release pipeline, environment configuration, data migration and training for the teams who have to live with the system.
- 07
Support & continuous improvement
Monitoring, fixes and the next increment. Software that is used changes; the engagement allows for that.
Technology
What we build with
Backend & APIs
- Java 21
- Spring Boot 3
- Spring Cloud Gateway
- Spring Security
- Python
- REST & webhook APIs
Frontend
- React 19
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Vite
- Tailwind CSS
Data
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- Redis
- Flyway
- JPA
- Database-per-service
Messaging & storage
- Kafka / Redpanda
- Event streaming
- MinIO & object storage
- Dead-letter queues
Cloud & DevOps
- Azure
- Docker & Compose
- Kubernetes manifests
- GitHub Actions CI
- Static & container hosting
AI & automation
- LLM integration
- Retrieval over business data
- Document extraction
- Workflow orchestration
- Local & cloud inference
Before you commit
What to weigh up
Decide early whether the app must work offline — it changes the architecture fundamentally, because you then need conflict resolution, not just caching. Factor in the ongoing cost of OS updates and store policy changes: a mobile app is a maintenance commitment, not a one-off build.
Questions
Frequently asked
- Native or cross-platform?
- Cross-platform suits most business applications and halves the maintenance surface. Native is worth it when you depend heavily on device hardware or need platform-specific behaviour.
- Can the app work offline?
- Yes, with design for it from the start: local storage, a sync queue and explicit conflict resolution rules for when two people changed the same record.
- Will it connect to our ERP?
- That is normally the requirement. The app works against an API layer over your existing system rather than holding a separate copy of the data.
- Do you handle app store releases?
- Yes, including store listings, review submissions and the release process for updates.
Related
You may also need
Custom Software Development
Software built around how your business actually works, rather than bending the business to fit a package.
API & System Integration
Connecting the systems you already run so data moves between them reliably instead of by spreadsheet.
Cloud & DevOps
Deployment pipelines, infrastructure and observability so releases are routine rather than an event.
Talk to us about Mobile App Development
Tell us what you want to build, automate or improve, and we'll help you identify the right technical approach.