MobileFirms explains how mobile app projects usually work and connects businesses with a service partner that designs and builds apps. When you send the project brief form, your request goes to that partner. They reply to discuss your goals and send a written scope and estimate. Nothing is agreed until you accept it.
What the app development service covers
- Discovery and scoping, which turns an idea into a prioritized feature list and an estimate.
- UX and UI design, including clickable prototypes you can test before any code is written.
- iOS and Android development, native or cross-platform, plus the backend and integrations the app needs.
- Testing, beta distribution and store submission under your own developer accounts.
- Maintenance, updates and new features after launch.
How an app development engagement is structured
- Brief and first call. What the app is for, who uses it, deadlines and existing systems.
- Paid or scoped discovery. For larger projects, a short discovery phase produces the scope and a firmer estimate.
- Written agreement. Scope, milestones, payment schedule, IP assignment, account ownership, confidentiality and support terms. The code ownership page lists what to check.
- Design, build and test in cycles. You see working builds regularly and give feedback as you go.
- Launch and support. Store submission, then maintenance under the support terms you agreed.
Who this is for
Owners and managers of small and mid-sized businesses without an in-house development team: service companies, clinics and studios, retailers and restaurants, membership organizations, and operations teams that want paperwork off clipboards. You don't need to know the technology. You do need to know your customers or staff well enough to say what the app must help them do.
Questions worth asking any app developer
- How will I see progress, and how often do I get a build on my own phone?
- How are changes to scope estimated and approved?
- Will the code, accounts and keys be in my company's name?
- Who tests, and on which devices and OS versions?
- What happens if we stop working together?
What we don't claim
This site doesn't show a portfolio, client names or ratings, and it doesn't promise prices, launch dates or store approval. Store review decisions belong to Apple and Google. Ask for examples of similar work and references directly when you discuss your project, and judge the proposal on how clearly it answers the questions above.
Questions about MobileFirms
Who builds the app?
A service partner that designs and builds mobile apps. Your project brief goes to them, and they reply with questions and a written scope and estimate.
Do I need technical knowledge to start?
No. Describe what your customers or staff should be able to do in the app. The technical choices are worked out during discovery.
Can I see examples of past work?
This site doesn't show a portfolio. Ask the partner for examples of similar work and references when you discuss your project.
Tell us what the app needs to do and who will use it, and get a written scope and estimate back.
Send a project brief