Web and mobile apps from one studio
Slides do not launch products. Design, engineering, and launch need to sit with the same team on the same schedule.
Projects run on milestones rather than an open-ended discovery phase. Every phase ends with something you can click, test, or release.
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
- Documented handover and runbooks
- Help getting it deployed
How engagement works
Our app development service covers discovery, build, and launch, with the option to keep improving things once you are live.
- 01
Discover
Goals, constraints, data sources, and success metrics, all settled before we touch architecture or prompts. The work for remote and worldwide teams stays tied to the outcome you asked for.
- 02
Design
System design, AI/tool boundaries, interface direction, and interaction prototypes. You see progress on the critical path every week.
- 03
Build
Modern stack, clean architecture, evaluated AI behavior, and iterative demos you can react to. Nothing here waits on a handover between separate teams.
- 04
Launch
Ship, monitor, harden, and keep improving models, tools, and product after go-live. On app development projects we favour practical architecture over trendy defaults.
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.
An in-house hire
A permanent engineer is the right call once the app development is continuous rather than a project. Before that point you are paying a salary, recruiting for months, and carrying the risk that the first hire is the wrong shape for the problem.
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
Dare To Donate
Mobile · React Native
Cross-platform blood donation app connecting donors and recipients with Firebase auth and realtime data.
Expo React Native app for donation matching with secure auth and cloud storage.
- · iOS and Android via Expo
- · Firebase auth and realtime DB
- · Donor/recipient flows
- · Secure cloud storage
React Native · Expo · Redux Toolkit · Firebase
Lengju Deildin
Realtime frontend · GraphQL
Live football league experience with sockets, GraphQL, and YouTube stream widgets.
Automated league app built at Stellar Stack with live scores, widgets, and stream integrations for higher fan engagement.
- · Realtime score updates
- · YouTube live widgets
- · GraphQL data layer
- · Automated league data views
React · GraphQL · Apollo · WebSockets · Firebase
Medusa Ecommerce Store
Frontend · Medusa.js
Grocery ecommerce storefront on Medusa.js with Next.js, TypeScript, and API-driven catalog flows.
Stellar Stack ecommerce build focused on shopping UX and integrations across Medusa services and a Next.js storefront.
- · Medusa-powered catalog and checkout
- · TypeScript Next.js storefront
- · API and service integrations
- · Performance-minded product UX
Medusa.js · Next.js · TypeScript · React · Tailwind
Where we work
International clients across US, UK, EU, Middle East, and Asia. We work remote-first, so the time zone matters less than keeping updates clear and regular. We usually collaborate in English.
