Android & iOS apps

Mobile App Development in Bhatkal — Android & iOS

I build mobile apps for Android and iOS using React Native, sharing one codebase across both platforms so a small business is not paying to build the same app twice. The apps connect to the same backend and database as the web systems I build, rather than being a separate island of data.

Before quoting an app, I will ask whether you need one. For a great many businesses, a fast mobile website does the job at a fraction of the cost and with no app store approval to manage. An app earns its keep when you need push notifications, offline use, or device features like the camera or location.

Where an app is genuinely the right answer, it should share the backend with everything else you run.

One

Codebase, both platforms

Shared

Backend with web

Offline

Capable

What this includes

Cross-platform apps

A single React Native codebase producing both Android and iOS apps, which keeps build and maintenance cost close to half that of two native apps.

Shared backend

The app talks to the same API and database as your website or ERP, so there is one source of truth rather than two systems to reconcile.

Authentication & roles

Secure sign-in with role-based permissions, so members, staff and administrators each get the right experience in the same app.

Push notifications

Targeted notifications by user group — the feature that most often justifies building an app instead of a mobile website.

Offline capability

Core functions that keep working without a connection and sync when one returns, which matters for field and counter use.

Store submission

Play Store and App Store submission handled, including the review process, with the accounts registered in your name.

How it works

1. Check an app is the right answer

If a mobile website would serve your users as well, I will say so. This conversation saves more money than any other part of the project.

2. Define the core journey

The one thing the app must do brilliantly. Apps fail by launching with twelve mediocre features instead of one that works.

3. Build & test on real devices

Tested on actual mid-range Android hardware, not only a simulator, because that is what most of your users will be holding.

4. Submit & support

Store submission, review responses and post-launch fixes, with the store accounts belonging to you.

Built with

React NativeTypeScriptPostgreSQLPrismaPush notificationsREST APIs

Questions

Who develops mobile apps in Bhatkal?

I build Android and iOS apps from Bhatkal using React Native, for businesses and community organisations across coastal Karnataka and the Gulf. The apps share a backend with the web systems I build, so data stays in one place rather than split across disconnected systems.

Do I actually need an app, or is a website enough?

For most small businesses, a fast mobile website is enough and considerably cheaper. An app is worth building when you need push notifications, offline use, or device features like the camera or location. I would rather talk you out of an app than build one nobody opens.

Do you build separately for Android and iPhone?

No. I use React Native, so one codebase produces both apps. This keeps build and ongoing maintenance cost close to half that of two separate native apps, which for most projects at this scale is the sensible trade.

How much does a mobile app cost?

Meaningfully more than a website, and the honest answer depends on how many user roles and screens are involved. The biggest cost drivers are the number of distinct user types, whether it must work offline, and whether payments are handled inside the app.

Related work

BCJ Community Platform

Bilingual English and Urdu community platform with full right-to-left layout, serving over 400 members.

Where I work

Bhatkal

Home base — Uttara Kannada

Mangalore

Dakshina Kannada

Other services

Website & Web Application Development

Websites & web apps

ERP Software Development

Custom ERP systems

Start a project

Tell me what you are trying to build and I will tell you honestly whether mobile apps is the right fit, what it would take, and roughly what it costs.

syedsafwanpirzade@gmail.com