App Development
We design and build apps for iPhone and Android. Native Swift when the app needs to feel like part of the phone, React Native when one codebase across both platforms makes more sense. We work out which one fits your project before any code gets written.
Start a ProjectAn app is a bigger commitment than a website, so the first thing we do is check you actually need one. A lot of ideas are better served by a web app that runs in the browser on any device, with nothing to install and no app store in the way. When an app is the right answer it is usually because you need the camera, GPS, offline access, push notifications, or a spot on someone's home screen. Those are the things a browser handles badly. From there the question is native or cross-platform. Native means Swift and SwiftUI on iPhone, written specifically for the device. It costs more and gives you the smoothest result with full access to everything the hardware can do. React Native means one codebase running on iPhone and Android at once, which is quicker to build, cheaper to maintain, and the right call for most business apps. We have shipped both. Atlas is a native iPhone app that reads the metadata inside your photos on the device itself and maps every city and country you have been to, with no server behind it. The POMP player runs on iOS, Android, tvOS and web displays from a single React Native codebase, with offline support and content that syncs on its own.
Native iPhone Apps
Built in Swift and SwiftUI for current iOS. Full access to the camera, photo library, location, HealthKit, iCloud, and everything else the device offers.
Android Apps
Android builds that follow Material conventions and cover the range of screen sizes and versions your customers actually have.
Cross-Platform Builds
One React Native codebase running on iPhone and Android. Cheaper to build than two native apps, and one thing to maintain instead of two.
Store Submission & Review
App Store and Google Play listings, screenshots, privacy labels, and the review process handled end to end. We deal with rejections if they come.
Backends & APIs
Accounts, payments, push notifications, and data syncing. We build the server side too, or connect the app to systems you already run.
Offline & On-Device
Apps that keep working without a connection and sync when it returns. Where the work can happen on the phone, we keep it there so data never leaves it.
Our process.
Discovery & Platform Choice
We work through what the app has to do, who uses it, and whether it needs to be native, cross-platform, or a web app instead. You get a straight answer on which is cheapest to build for what you need.
Design
Screens designed in Figma to the iOS and Android conventions your users already know, so the app feels normal on their phone rather than like a website in a box.
Build
Swift and SwiftUI for native iPhone, React Native for cross-platform. Written by hand, with the backend and APIs built alongside it if the app needs them.
Beta Testing
Builds go out through TestFlight and Google Play internal testing so you and your team can use the real app on real phones before anyone else sees it.
Store Submission
We handle App Store and Google Play submission: developer accounts, listings, screenshots, privacy declarations, and the review process. Rejections get sorted by us.
Launch & Updates
After launch we watch crash reports and reviews, then ship updates. Apps need maintaining as iOS and Android release new versions each year.
Common questions about app development.
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Contact usWeb App Development
Custom web app development in New Zealand. Dashboards, booking systems, admin panels, and business tools. Built from scratch to fit your workflow.
Web Development
Web development in Christchurch. Hand-coded websites and web apps built with Next.js, React, or WordPress. No shortcuts, no page builders.
Web Design
Custom web design in Christchurch. No templates, no page builders. Every site designed from scratch to fit your brand and bring in customers.
Our Work
“The design and delivery exceeded our expectations in every respect. Milestones were hit, deadlines were met, and the process was calm, collaborative, and expertly managed from start to finish.”
Virna Smith
The Court Theatre
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