Web and mobile apps from one studio
Big agencies are slow to decide, and a single freelancer can struggle with the full breadth of a product. A studio-sized team sits comfortably between the two.
Design and engineering share one backlog, so the visuals never drift away from what can realistically ship on time.
We work best with brands hiring an app development agency who want a partner that ships. Cross-platform app development with React Native, Next.js, and production backends.
What you get
- Web and mobile apps
- Shared design systems
- API and cloud setup
- Store and web launch
- One studio accountable for the result
- Design and engineering on the same schedule
- Support available after launch
How engagement works
As your app development agency, we run a shared backlog, design reviews, and engineering sprints, and you keep one point of contact throughout.
- 01
Discover
Goals, constraints, data sources, and success metrics, all settled before we touch architecture or prompts. On app development projects we favour practical architecture over trendy defaults.
- 02
Design
System design, AI/tool boundaries, interface direction, and interaction prototypes. The work for teams in Dubai stays tied to the outcome you asked for.
- 03
Build
Modern stack, clean architecture, evaluated AI behavior, and iterative demos you can react to. You see progress on the critical path every week.
- 04
Launch
Ship, monitor, harden, and keep improving models, tools, and product after go-live. Nothing here waits on a handover between separate teams.
How we build it, and why
The stack is chosen per project, not applied from a template. For app development agency work these are the defaults, and the reason each one is on the list.
- React Native
- one codebase for iOS and Android, which halves the surface area you maintain after launch
- Next.js
- server rendering and static generation in one framework, so marketing pages stay fast and app routes stay dynamic
- NestJS
- structure and dependency injection on the backend, which keeps a growing API from turning into a pile of route handlers
- Firebase
- auth, push, and realtime sync without standing up your own infrastructure first
- AWS
- the services you grow into, once a managed platform stops being enough
What the first weeks look like
- Week 1
Scope and architecture
Users, data, integrations, and constraints, ending in a written plan for the app development that you approve before anyone opens an editor.
- Weeks 2-3
Design the critical path
The screens that carry the product, prototyped and clickable. Design and engineering review together, so nothing gets drawn that cannot ship.
- Weeks 4-8
Build in weekly slices
Every week ends with something on a real URL. web and mobile apps lands early, because the rest of the plan depends on it working.
- Launch
Ship, measure, hand over
Release, monitoring, analytics, and a documented handover, so your team can carry it without calling us.
Weighing up your options
There are three realistic ways to get this built. Each is the right answer for someone.
A solo freelancer
Cheapest per hour and fine for a contained task. The risk on app development is breadth — one person covering design, backend, infrastructure, and launch usually means one of them is weak, and there is no cover when they are unavailable.
A local agency in Dubai
Same timezone and a face to meet, which genuinely matters for some teams. You are also paying Dubai brands investing in premium digital products and AI. rates for the whole team including the layers that never touch your app development, and a local shortlist is a small shortlist.
Arcode
A small senior team. The people who scope the app development write the code, you get weekly demos instead of status decks, and the engagement ends when the thing is live and handed over.
Work we have shipped
Vigorant
Frontend · Accessibility
Accessible web app with reusable components, Redux Toolkit state, and Strapi integration.
Code Band product built with React, Next.js, Tailwind, and Redux Toolkit, focused on accessibility and maintainable UI patterns.
- · Accessibility-first UI
- · Reusable component system
- · Efficient Redux Toolkit logic
- · Strapi-backed content
Next.js · React · Tailwind · Redux Toolkit · Strapi
Quickee UI Library
Design system · Tailwind
Tailwind component library for React and Next.js with reusable UI patterns inspired by Tailwind UI.
Code Band component kit providing a variety of production-ready Tailwind components with Redux-friendly patterns for React and Next.js apps.
- · Reusable Tailwind components
- · React and Next.js ready
- · Consistent interaction patterns
- · Faster UI assembly across projects
React · Next.js · Tailwind · Redux
Agile IT Blog
Frontend · Astro
Performance-minded blog maintained in Astro with Markdown, Tailwind, and modular content integrations.
Stellar Stack content site where I improved performance and scalability across modular Astro components and data integrations.
- · Astro static content pipeline
- · Markdown-driven posts
- · Modular component structure
- · Performance and scalability pass
Astro · Markdown · Tailwind · SCSS
Working with teams in Dubai
Dubai brands investing in premium digital products and AI. We work with clients in Dubai remotely and keep overlapping hours in GST. We usually collaborate in English/Arabic.
How we work with Dubai teams
Dubai runs on GST, one hour ahead of us, so the overlap is effectively complete. We work the Sunday-to-Thursday week where clients do, and same-day responses are the norm rather than the exception.
What Dubai clients usually need
Dubai clients typically want a product that looks premium and holds up under real traffic: booking and marketplace platforms, branded commerce, and AI automation inside operations that are already running.
Contracts, data, and compliance
We invoice in AED or USD. Where products serve both English and Arabic audiences, right-to-left layout, Arabic typography, and localised content are planned into the design system instead of retrofitted.
