Do we need an app or a website?

A website reaches everyone, needs no install and cannot be deleted. An app earns its place when it needs the device: notifications, offline use, camera, location, or a task somebody repeats daily. If a website would serve you better we will say so, even though it is less work for us.

Do you build for iOS and Android?

Yes. Whether that is one shared codebase or two native ones depends on what the app has to do, how much it leans on platform features and who will maintain it. We recommend based on your situation rather than on what we prefer to build.

Can the app work without a connection?

It can be designed to, and for field and operations work it usually should be. Offline support is an architectural decision that has to be made early, because retrofitting it means reworking how data is stored and synchronised.

Who owns the app store accounts?

You do. Developer accounts are registered in your name, or transferred to you, and the signing keys are yours. An app published under a supplier's account is a hostage.

United Arab Emirates

Mobile App Development for Dubai and the UAE

An app has to earn its place on the home screen.

Mobile applications for UAE businesses, with Arabic and English interfaces designed together, sensible behaviour on a poor connection, and the API behind them treated as a security boundary.

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Why this matters

The first question worth asking is whether an application is the right answer at all. A fast, well built website reaches everybody, needs no install and cannot be removed on a whim. An application earns its place when it needs the device: notifications people actually want, offline use, camera or location, or a workflow somebody performs every day. Where a website would serve you better, we will say so, even though it is the smaller piece of work.

What we build

Customer applications
Accounts, ordering, booking and loyalty, where the app is a channel that has to stay in step with the website behind it.
Field and operations apps
Tools for people working away from a desk, built to tolerate a connection that comes and goes.
Companion apps for existing platforms
A focused app over a system you already run, sharing its data model rather than duplicating it.
The API behind the app
Usually the harder half. Authentication, authorisation per object, rate limiting and versioning, designed to be operated.

Arabic and English on a small screen

Right to left is harder on mobile than on the web, because gestures, transitions and navigation all carry direction. Getting it right means designing both directions at once.

Layout mirrored properly, including navigation, back gestures and slide transitions
Arabic typefaces chosen for screen legibility at small sizes
Numerals, dates and currency formatted per language
Content, notifications and error states translated, not only the interface labels
Language selectable in the app rather than fixed to the device setting

Security and privacy

No credentials or API keys shipped inside the application bundle
Tokens stored in the platform keystore rather than in general storage
Certificate handling reviewed rather than left at defaults
Permissions requested only where a feature genuinely needs them, at the point of use
The API treated as the security boundary, because the client can always be inspected

Release and afterwards

Store submission is a stage, not the finish line. Applications age faster than websites: platform versions move, review requirements change, and a build that has not been touched for a year usually will not compile.

Store listings prepared in both languages, with screenshots per language
Release process documented so your team is not dependent on us to ship
Crash and error reporting configured before launch, not after the first incident
Platform and dependency updates handled as routine maintenance

Talk to us in the UAE

Call or message the UAE line and tell us what you are building or protecting. There is no charge for the first conversation.

Call+971 58 592 9237 Email[email protected]

Questions

Frequently asked questions

: A website reaches everyone, needs no install and cannot be deleted. An app earns its place when it needs the device: notifications, offline use, camera, location, or a task somebody repeats daily. If a website would serve you better we will say so, even though it is less work for us.
: Yes. Whether that is one shared codebase or two native ones depends on what the app has to do, how much it leans on platform features and who will maintain it. We recommend based on your situation rather than on what we prefer to build.
: It can be designed to, and for field and operations work it usually should be. Offline support is an architectural decision that has to be made early, because retrofitting it means reworking how data is stored and synchronised.
: You do. Developer accounts are registered in your name, or transferred to you, and the signing keys are yours. An app published under a supplier's account is a hostage.

Services for UAE businesses

Thinking about an app for the UAE market?

Tell us what it would do and who for. We will give you a straight read on whether an app is the right answer before anyone talks about scope.

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Why this matters

What we build

Customer applications

Field and operations apps

Companion apps for existing platforms

The API behind the app