Native iOS & Android development

We build mobile apps
people actually keep.

Start Apps Lab is a small senior team that takes mobile products from idea to the App Store — native, fast, and built to last.

30-minute intro call · No commitment · Usually within 48 hours

Services

Everything a mobile product needs

Strategy, design, and engineering handled by one team — no handoffs, no gaps.

Native iOS & Android

Swift and Kotlin apps built against platform conventions — smooth animation, real offline support, and full access to device capabilities.

Product & UX design

Interface design grounded in how people actually use their phones. Prototypes you can hold before a line of code is written.

Backend & APIs

The services behind the app — authentication, sync, notifications, payments — designed to scale with your user base.

Rebuilds & rescues

Inherited an app that crashes, crawls, or nobody can maintain? We audit it, stabilize it, and give you a clear path forward.

Launch & App Store

Store listings, review submissions, beta distribution, and release management — we handle the parts that stall launches.

Ongoing support

OS updates, crash monitoring, and iteration on what your analytics show. Shipping day one is the start, not the finish.

Process

Clear steps, no surprises

You always know what's being built, what it costs, and when it ships.

01

Discovery

A conversation about the problem, your users, and what success looks like. We leave with scope; you leave with a written estimate.

02

Design

Flows, screens, and a clickable prototype. We settle the hard decisions here, where changes are cheap.

03

Build

Two-week cycles with a working build at the end of each. You test on your own device the whole way through.

04

Launch & iterate

We ship to the stores, watch the first weeks closely, and keep improving based on real usage.

About

A small team, deliberately

Start Apps Lab is senior engineers and designers who work directly with you. No account managers, no layers, no work quietly passed to someone junior.

40+
Apps shipped to production
4.7★
Average store rating
8 yrs
Average team experience
100%
In-house, no outsourcing
Schedule

Let's talk about your app

Pick a time that works for you. Thirty minutes, a real engineer, and honest answers about whether we're the right fit.

  • 30 minutes, video or phone — your choice
  • You talk to the people who'd build it
  • A rough timeline and budget range before you go
  • No pressure and no follow-up sequence