Mobile app developers in Calgary

For an app built around bookings, forms, payments or content, a cross-platform build is often a practical choice. We use React Native to share a codebase across iOS and Android, with native modules where needed. It uses each platform’s own interface components, and some logic can be shared with a React website.

A native build suits an app that depends on deep device features, heavy graphics or complex background work. It gives you access to new platform features at launch, but leaves you with separate Swift and Kotlin codebases to build and maintain. That choice adds work on both platforms, so the device features need to justify it.

A progressive web app is another option for a staff tool. It avoids store review, but does not appear in the app stores unless packaged for them. On iPhone, it can ask to send notifications only after someone adds it to their Home Screen. If store discovery or notifications are part of your plan, include those constraints in the decision.

Alberta has its own private-sector privacy law, while federal rules address the collection, use and disclosure of personal information in commercial activity. We plan the information your app collects and set up links to a matching privacy policy inside the app and in its Apple store listing.

Payment choice affects checkout. Stripe is available to businesses in Canada, and we set up payments and subscriptions as part of the build. Apple requires in-app purchase for digital features and subscriptions used in the app; physical goods and services used outside it need another payment route, such as a card gateway.

Start with a short list of what users must do in the first release, ordered as they would do it.

• Developer accountsStart registration in your company’s name; organisation verification needs a D-U-N-S number.
• Existing systemsList your website, booking software, CRM and payment provider, including API and admin access details.
• Account deletionIf users can create accounts, plan an in-app deletion route and the web request link Google Play requires.
• Review accessFor an app with a login, prepare a working demo account and live backend for Apple’s review.
• Ownership accessKeep developer accounts, signing access and code repositories in your business’s name.

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  Wrapping the website

  Apple expects an app to offer more than a repackaged site. Plan useful app screens and tasks before submitting.

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  Demanding sign-up too soon

  Let people see useful parts of the app before asking them to register, where the features do not require an account.

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  Requesting notifications immediately

  Ask when the benefit is clear, such as after an order. On Android 13 and later, notifications stay off until the user allows them.