DEPARTMENT Β· MOBILE APPS

Mobile apps that stay on the home screen.

We build native and cross-platform mobile apps for UAE businesses. Our Dubai-based engineers ship to the App Store and Play Store every week, integrate UAE PASS and Apple Pay UAE, and design Arabic-first RTL experiences that feel native, not translated.

Native iOS & Android Β· React Native Β· FlutterUAE PASS & Apple Pay UAE readyArabic-first RTL by default
apps.yourbrand.aev 4.2
Software platform interface example
Crash-free sessions
99.7%
Cold start p95
1.4s
Day-30 retention
42%
App Store rating
4.8
How we approach mobile work

Built for the home screen, not just the demo reel.

Mobile apps either earn a place on the home screen or get swiped off in week two. We build for retention from sprint one: fast cold starts, offline that actually works, and updates that ship without breaking sessions.

99%+ crash-free
Default target on the apps we ship. Sentry wired in before the first TestFlight build.
Offline-first by default
Apps keep working on metro Wi-Fi and patchy 5G. Sync resolves cleanly when bars come back.
UAE PASS native
Biometric login wired the way UAE users expect. No web redirect shame.
RTL from day one
Arabic-first layouts, not mirrored English. Numerals and dates in the right script.
What we build

Six things we ship for product teams.

Most engagements pair one flagship app build with two or three supporting services.

Flagship

Native iOS & Android apps

Swift + SwiftUI and Kotlin + Jetpack Compose builds for teams that want the best of each platform.

  • β†’SwiftUI & Jetpack Compose
  • β†’Push, deep links & widgets
  • β†’App Clips & Instant Apps
  • β†’Apple Pay UAE & Google Pay
Service

React Native & Flutter apps

Cross-platform builds for teams that want one codebase and a sensible release cadence.

Service

App Store & Play Store launches

Listing, screenshots, review responses, and the rejection appeals that always come the first time.

Flagship

Super apps & rewrites

Multi-product super apps with tabs, mini-apps and shared identity. Or a clean rewrite of the app you have outgrown.

  • β†’Tab & mini-app architecture
  • β†’Shared identity & wallet
  • β†’Feature flags & A/B testing
  • β†’Phased migration from legacy
Service

Mobile backends & APIs

Push, sync, auth, payments and analytics services tuned for mobile clients on patchy networks.

Service

ASO & retention engineering

Store optimisation, onboarding rework, push strategy and the analytics to prove what moved retention.

What you'll see in six months

Real numbers from mobile clients.

These are ranges from real engagements. We measure them because retainers depend on them.

1.4s
Cold start p95

Default target for the apps we ship. Measured on mid-range Android devices on UAE 4G, not flagship iPhones on Wi-Fi.

99.7%
Crash-free sessions

Sentry wired before TestFlight. We treat any regression below 99% as a release blocker, not a backlog ticket.

+18pts
Day-30 retention lift

Typical lift after onboarding rework and push strategy redesign on apps we inherit.

4.8
App Store rating

Average across the apps we have shipped and run. Review responses are part of the retainer.

Our tech choices for mobile

Stacks that ship weekly and survive App Review.

We pick stacks proven on real stores. Native where it matters, cross-platform where it pays for itself.

iOS

Swift with SwiftUI for new builds. UIKit interop where you have legacy screens. Combine and async/await for the data layer.

Next.jsReactTypeScriptTailwindshadcn/uiReact Native
Android

Kotlin with Jetpack Compose. Coroutines for concurrency. Hilt for DI. R8 tuned so your APK is not the reason users uninstall.

NodeGoPythonGraphQLgRPCOpenAPI
Cross-platform

React Native with Expo and the New Architecture, or Flutter where the team prefers Dart. We tell you which fits your case in week one.

PostgresRedisKafkaClickHousedbtSnowflake
Services

Firebase for auth, Firestore and Realtime DB where they fit. OneSignal for push. RevenueCat for in-app purchases and subscriptions. Sentry for crash and performance.

RAGEvalsVector DBLLM RoutingGuardrails
Quality & release

Detox and Maestro for end-to-end tests. Fastlane for store releases. EAS for managed React Native builds. Feature flags so launches are calm, not heroic.

AWSTerraformKubernetesGitHub ActionsDatadogSentry
How to work with us

Three ways product teams hire us.

Pricing shared openly during scoping. Smallest engagement starts around the cost of one senior in-house hire.

App & Store Audit

A two-week review of your app, your backend, your store listings and your retention funnel before a major release or rebuild.

For

Teams preparing for a relaunch, a rewrite, or a big marketing push

  • App & backend walk-through
  • Store listing & ASO review
  • Retention funnel analysis
  • Written 30/60/90-day plan
From the cost of one senior engineer for a week
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Most chosen

Embedded Mobile Pod

A senior pod shipping iOS, Android and backend features alongside your team each sprint.

For

Product teams shipping new apps, super-app modules, or a serious v2 rebuild

  • 3 to 5 senior engineers + a lead
  • iOS, Android & RN / Flutter specialists
  • Daily overlap with your product team
  • Quarterly outcome commitments
Our most popular option. Let's talk scope and price.
Scope this engagement

Mobile Care Retainer

We own your app's release train, crash budget, push strategy and store responses on a monthly retainer.

For

Live apps past launch that want one steady partner for mobile engineering

  • Release train ownership
  • Crash & performance budget
  • Push & retention engineering
  • Store updates & review responses
Monthly retainer, reviewed every quarter
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Small decisions, big impact

The choices that keep apps on the home screen.

Mobile apps live or die by a few decisions made in the first quarter. We focus there and leave clever for the feature layer.

01
Offline-first with clean conflict resolution

Local store is the source of truth on the device. Writes queue with stable client IDs and a versioned merge strategy, so a user on patchy metro Wi-Fi never sees a spinner that means nothing.

02
Idempotent push handling

Notifications can arrive twice, late, or after the app was reinstalled. Every payload carries a message ID and a version, and the client treats re-delivery as normal β€” no duplicate orders, no double-counted points.

03
Biometric session refresh, not biometric login theatre

Face ID and UAE PASS refresh a short-lived token bound to the device. The server still decides. Lost phones, rotated keys and revoked sessions all flow through one path.

How an engagement runs

From first call to live on both stores.

Week 1
Listen & learn

Use the app you have, read the analytics, talk to support, product and marketing. We listen for the screens where users drop and the bugs that never quite get fixed.

Week 2
Written plan

Milestones, risks, store strategy, and what we would do first. Including the work we would recommend you do not do this quarter.

Week 3
We start shipping

Our senior pod is in your repos shipping production builds. Your team owns the merges, we own the release train.

Quarterly
Outcome reviews

Measured against the retention, crash and rating targets we agreed on. The people who start with you are the same people in month six.

What our mobile clients say
SKIMBOX rebuilt our iOS and Android apps in one quarter and took over the release train. Crash-free sessions went from 96% to 99.7%, and our App Store rating climbed from 3.6 to 4.8 in three months.
RT
VP Product
Retail group Β· Dubai
3.6 β†’ 4.8
App Store rating

Across iOS and Android, over three months.

+22pts
Day-30 retention

After onboarding rework and push redesign.

1.4s
Cold start p95

Down from 4.2s on mid-range Android devices.

FAQ

The questions we hear most often.

Honest answer in week one. Native (Swift + Kotlin) wins for heavy graphics, AR, deep platform APIs and apps where the feel has to be perfect on each OS. React Native or Flutter wins when you have one product team, a sane feature set, and want one release cadence. We have shipped both and tell you which fits your case, not which suits our staffing.

Currently taking new clients Β· 2026 Q3

Talk to a senior mobile engineer, not a salesperson.

Tell us what is slipping in your app, what is breaking in the store reviews, and what your product team is bracing for. Written plan in two weeks, or an honest 'we are not the right team'.