Android app development

Android appdevelopment

Fast, reliable Android apps in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose — designed for real users, tested across devices and launched on Google Play.

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Quick answer

How are Android apps built?

Native Android apps are built in Kotlin with Jetpack Compose, Google's modern toolkit for app interfaces, and published through the Google Play Console. Apps that must also run on iPhone are often built once in Flutter or React Native instead. Either way, a good Android app is designed for many screen sizes, tested on real devices and kept up to date with each Android release.

  • Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
  • Tested across phones, tablets and Android versions
  • Google Play launch and updates handled

What we build

Android app development services

From a first version to an app with thousands of daily users, designed and built by one team.

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  • Native Android apps

    Kotlin and Jetpack Compose apps with smooth performance and full access to device features.

    • Kotlin
    • Jetpack Compose
    • Material 3

  • Cross-platform apps

    One Flutter or React Native code base for Android and iPhone, when speed to market matters most.

    • Flutter
    • React Native
    • One code base
    Flutter & React Native

  • App UI and UX design

    Screens and flows designed for Android users, prototyped and tested before development starts.

    • UX research
    • Prototypes
    • Material Design
    Mobile app design

  • Ecommerce and Shopify apps

    Shopping apps with catalogue, cart, checkout and push notifications, synced with your store.

    • Shopify
    • Payments
    • Push
    Shopify mobile apps

  • Back end and APIs

    Secure back ends for accounts, data, payments and notifications, built alongside the app.

    • Node.js
    • Firebase
    • APIs
    Back-end development

  • Payments and subscriptions

    Google Play Billing, Razorpay, Stripe and in-app subscriptions set up to Google Play's policies.

    • Play Billing
    • Razorpay
    • Subscriptions

  • Testing and Google Play launch

    Device testing, store listing, release tracks and Play Console setup, in your developer account.

    • Device testing
    • Play Console
    • Store listing

  • App maintenance and updates

    Android version updates, crash fixes, performance work and new features after launch.

    • Crash fixes
    • Android updates
    • New features

Build options

Three ways to build your Android app

Every app is scoped with you and priced in writing before design starts.

  • Validate

    App MVP

    The core features users need, launched quickly to learn what matters.

    • Product workshop
    • UX & UI design
    • Core features
    • Google Play launch
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  • Most chosen

    Full Android app

    A complete native app with back end, payments and analytics.

    • Custom design
    • Kotlin and Compose
    • Back end and APIs
    • Analytics and crash reports
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  • Both platforms

    Android & iOS

    One cross-platform app for Android and iPhone, launched on both stores.

    • Flutter or React Native
    • Shared code base
    • Both app stores
    • One team
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In every app

What every Android app project includes

  1. UX research and clickable prototype
  2. Design for phones and tablets
  3. Testing on real Android devices
  4. Crash reporting and analytics
  5. Security and data protection
  6. Google Play listing and release
  7. Accounts in your name
  8. Code you own and 30 days of post-launch fixes

How it works

From idea to Google Play

Design first, then two-week sprints with a test build on your phone after every one.

  1. Free 30-minute call

    Discovery

    Your users, features and business model talked through, with what to build first.

  2. Fixed quote in 48 hours

    Prototype & quote

    Scope and price in writing, then a clickable prototype to test the idea.

  3. Test builds every sprint

    Build

    The app built in sprints, with test builds you install on your own phone.

  4. 30 days of fixes

    Launch

    Published on Google Play, monitored for crashes and improved from real use.

Straight answers

Questions worth asking Questions worth asking

The things brands actually ask us before a build — answered properly, including the times the answer is that you do not need us.

  • How much does Android app development cost?

    It depends on the number of screens, features, integrations and whether you need a back end. A focused MVP costs far less than a full product. After a short call we send a fixed, itemised quote.

  • How long does it take to build an Android app?

    A focused first version often takes ten to sixteen weeks, including design, development, testing and launch. Larger apps are built in phases. You get a milestone plan with your quote.

  • Native Android or cross-platform?

    Native Kotlin gives the best performance and the deepest device access. Cross-platform Flutter or React Native builds Android and iPhone from one code base, which is faster and cheaper when both platforms are needed. We recommend what fits your app.

  • Do you publish the app on Google Play?

    Yes. We prepare the store listing, screenshots and release, and publish the app through a Google Play developer account in your name.

  • Who owns the app?

    You do. Once the project is paid in full, ownership of the custom code and designs passes to you, and the app is published under your developer account.

  • Do you maintain apps after launch?

    Yes. Maintenance plans cover Android version updates, library upgrades, crash fixes and new features.

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Tell us where you are — a new build, a migration or a project that has stopped moving. You get a fixed scope and a plan in writing, not a sales call.

  • Fixed quote in 48 hoursScope, milestones and price in writing before anything starts.
  • No obligationThe plan is yours to keep, even if you build it somewhere else.
  • Straight to the teamYou talk to the people who design and build it, not an account manager.