Apps and web applications
A booking system, a client portal, an internal tool, a SaaS product: software built around the one thing people open it for. In the browser when that is enough, as a native app for iOS and Android when the phone has to do the work.
When this fits
How we work
Step 01 · Scope
What the application must do perfectly, who uses it, whether it lives in the browser or on the phone, and what stays out of version one. A small, sharp first release beats a large vague one.
Step 02 · Develop
User flows and clickable prototypes first, then interface and code: a web application under your own domain, or iOS and Android, with the connections to the systems you already run, such as calendar, payments, CRM and accounting.
Step 03 · Release
Testing with real users and on real devices, going live under your own domain or through the App Store and Google Play, and a plan for the versions after the first.
What you get
An app earns its place by being opened again tomorrow.
In the browser it follows the web, on the phone it follows iOS and Android, so nobody has to learn it.
Tested with real users and on real devices before it goes live, not after.
Structured so version two builds on one, without starting over.
Practical questions
A web application when people use it at a desk or occasionally on the phone, and when it has to be found and shared by URL. A native app when people do one task on the phone often, need it offline, or use the camera, location or notifications. We tell you which one it is, and sometimes the answer is a good mobile website. See web design
Yes. There are three routes: connect an existing booking tool, build a booking flow on your own site, or refer to a platform. Which one fits depends on your calendar, your payments and the number of exceptions. A booking flow we build usually covers several locations or staff members, payment at the moment of booking, confirmations and reminders by email, and a view for the people behind the counter; Roosty in our AI Lab is the same thinking taken further, as a week board for hospitality venues. Our article on booking systems walks through all three routes. Read about booking systems
That depends on the number of flows in the first version, the systems it connects to and whether it launches in the browser, on both phone platforms or all three. Scoping is the first step for exactly that reason. Our article on web apps explains what drives the cost and the payback. Read about web apps and payback
The applications we can show run in our AI Lab: Roosty, a staff scheduling board for hospitality venues, and Kassabon.ai, a receipt and warranty assistant, both live products with their own case page there. In this studio, the enquiry flow on Solara Red Sea Tours shows the same approach on a website. See Solara Red Sea Tours
You do. A web application runs under your own domain and accounts; a native app is published under your own developer accounts. We set them up with you and guide the review.
Tell us what you want to build. We think along on the approach, say honestly what it takes, and come back with a clear next step.
