Service · Custom software

Mobile apps

Imagine a winter maintenance contractor in Salzburg that clears pavements and car parks for property managers and supermarkets. When someone slips outside a shop in February, the insurer wants to know when that spot was last cleared and gritted. Until now the answers sit on soggy notes in the vans. An app that records each job with time, location and a photo, even in an underground car park without reception, turns a claim into evidence. Cases like this set our bar: an app is worthwhile when it truly needs the camera, location or offline working and gets used regularly. For occasional use, say a customer account consulted twice a year, a well-made mobile site or a progressive web app does the job, and that is what we will recommend.

iOS and Android
from one Flutter codebase
Offline first
syncs as soon as there is signal
Intune
roll-out to company devices
Store accounts
registered to your business

Everything this covers

The app on the phone is only the visible part. Behind it sit a back end, an admin screen for the office and a plan for the yearly operating system updates.

Settle the details with an engineer

App, PWA or website

We weigh frequency of use, device features and the working environment to decide which format fits. A PWA installs without a store and is perfectly adequate for many internal tools.

Technology

Flutter or React Native for a shared codebase, with Swift and Kotlin kept for heavy hardware use such as Bluetooth scales or continuous barcode scanning.

Offline first

Jobs, checklists and photos live on the device and sync in the background. Conflict rules for two people editing the same job are agreed beforehand.

Time-stamped evidence

Photos carrying date, time and coordinates that cannot be quietly altered afterwards, an on-screen signature and a PDF report for your customers.

Admin for the office

A web interface for dispatch, reporting and exports, so office staff do not have to work on a phone.

Company phones and BYOD

Distribution via Microsoft Intune or Apple Business Manager to company devices; on personal phones, a cleanly separated work profile with no access to private data.

Stores and upkeep

Submission to Apple and Google through your accounts, crash reports that avoid unnecessary personal data, and updates for each new iOS and Android release.

Our working method

We test early in real conditions, because how an app copes with cold fingers, rain or a basement never shows at a desk.

01

Context of use

Video calls with future users: where they stand, what they are holding, how many seconds they have for an entry.

02

Prototype on the device

A first installable build via TestFlight or Google Play internal testing, on two or three phones in daily work.

03

Pilot

One crew uses the app for a few weeks, and their feedback flows straight into the next builds.

04

Roll-out and maintenance

Release to everyone, video training and a maintenance schedule for the operating system updates each autumn.

Expect running costs even if the app itself is not meant to change. Apple and Google tighten their rules every year, libraries receive security fixes, and an app left untouched for two years may drop out of the store altogether. Set a modest annual budget aside from the start rather than paying for an expensive rescue later.

Frequently asked questions

Often, yes. A PWA runs in the browser, can sit on the home screen, works offline to a degree and needs no store. Its limits show with background tasks, Bluetooth and some push notifications on iOS. We review your needs and recommend the simpler route when it suffices.

Technically yes, with a separate work profile. On the employment side, clarify whether it is voluntary and how costs are reimbursed. For jobs involving location tracking we recommend company devices so private and work use stay apart.

It is a delicate area. Depending on the set-up a works agreement may be required, and staff must be informed. We record location only as proof of work, only during a job, and delete it after the agreed period. The legal assessment rests with your adviser.

For a modest app, usually a few working days a year for updates, testing and resubmission, charged at €110 per hour plus VAT. If new features keep coming, we agree a monthly allowance.

Your company's. We help with registration, including the D-U-N-S number Apple asks for, and work with limited roles in your accounts. The name, reviews and downloads therefore stay with you permanently.

Let us talk about your app

Who will use it, where and how often? We will tell you frankly whether an app, a PWA or a mobile site is the better choice.

Availability
Monday to Friday, 8:00-17:00 Austrian time (CET/CEST), reply within one working day
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