Build it in clear phases.
Every custom app is built in priced phases. A phase is a complete, working slice of your app you can see and use on a live link. Pick the pieces you need now; add more later. Below is the menu of what a phase can include, not limited to, grouped so it's easy to scope. Each item is tagged by relative effort.
Get Up and Running
Sign up, log in, and secure sessions so each user has their own private space.
Control who can see and do what, from everyday users up to admins.
The layout, menus, and mobile-friendly styling everything else lives inside.
The one main thing your app does, built start to finish on a live link.
How Work Gets Done
A second complete feature area beyond your core workflow.
Let users find records fast and narrow lists by the fields that matter.
Handle long lists cleanly and act on many records at once.
Move data in and out so the app fits the tools you already use.
Charts and summaries that turn your data into decisions at a glance.
A record of who changed what and when, for trust and compliance.
People and Payments
Group users into companies or teams that share data and settings.
Add, remove, and manage people on a team with invitations.
One-click login using accounts your users already have.
Take one-time payments securely through Stripe or Square.
Recurring plans, paywalls, and automatic monthly or annual billing.
Generate and send invoices and receipts your customers can keep.
Tools and Touchpoints
Bookings, events, and reminders your users can manage in one place.
Drag-and-drop boards and lists to move work through its stages.
A searchable record of people, customers, or members and their details.
Outward-facing pages, sign-up forms, and links to share beyond your users.
Show addresses, routes, or service areas on an interactive map.
Serve the app in more than one language for a wider audience.
Smart Features and Automation
Automatic emails for sign-ups, resets, confirmations, and alerts.
Reach users on their phones the moment something needs attention.
Let users attach, store, and download documents, photos, and files.
Conversation and notes attached right where the work happens.
Screens that update instantly as data changes, with no refresh.
Custom intelligence to support your team and save time.
Link the app to another tool you use, one integration per service.
Recurring tasks that run on their own, like nightly reports or reminders.
Ready for Launch
A refined phone experience, installable to the home screen.
Your brand, or your clients' brands, applied throughout the app.
Make the app usable for everyone and meet accessibility standards.
Security review, backups, monitoring, and a clean move to production.
The Process
Pick the items you want in a phase and we size it together. Effort tags drive the estimate and the exact price comes in your written quote, starting at $2,000 per phase. Half your quote gets development started and the rest is due when the phase is complete. After each phase you choose to keep building or take the finished code and go.
A single module, or polish and fixes layered onto existing work. The quickest way to add one capability.
A complete feature area built end to end, such as teams, payments, or an AI feature wired into your workflow.
The full foundation, or several linked features in one phase. Bigger work is split so your decision points stay frequent.
What's Always True
- You see the price and what “done” looks like before any work starts.
- Scope is fixed per phase. New ideas go into the next quote, not the current build.
- You own the code, IP, and trademark on final payment.
Quoted Separately
- Branding: logo, palette, and brand kit, available as an add-on.
- Setup costs: domains, paid APIs, and build tooling, passed through.
- Hardware and on-site work, scoped and billed on their own.