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Get an app with screens designed for iOS and Android, backed by the accounts and data your service needs. For your business in Scotland, we can design the customer flows and build the tools behind them, including an admin view for your team. You work directly with us at MSH Technologies, a studio in India, to shape the product around your agreed scope.
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- 01Tell us what you need, in the form or on WhatsApp.
- 02Sohail replies within 1 working day (Mon–Sat, IST).
- 03We agree the scope together, then send your quote.
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What you get
What’s included in mobile app development
App design
Screens and flows designed for iOS and Android conventions.
Cross-platform build
One React Native codebase for both platforms, with native modules where needed.
Backend & APIs
Accounts, data, notifications and admin tools behind the app.
Push notifications
Timely, targeted notifications that bring people back.
Payments & subscriptions
In-app purchases and subscriptions on both stores.
Store launch
App Store and Google Play listings, submission and release.
Tools we use: React Native, Expo, Swift, Kotlin, Firebase, Node.js.
Choosing
Should you build a cross-platform or native app?
A cross-platform app is a useful choice for products built around accounts, bookings, forms, payments or content. We usually use React Native to share a codebase across iOS and Android, adding native modules where a feature needs them. It uses JavaScript or TypeScript and renders each platform’s own interface components; some logic can also be shared with a React web app.
A native build suits deeper device features, heavy graphics, complex background work or new platform features needed at launch. The trade-off is maintaining separate iPhone and Android codebases. A progressive web app is another option for a staff tool: it skips store review, though it needs packaging to appear in the stores. On iPhone, it can ask to send notifications only after it has been added to the Home Screen.
We start with your business, audience and goals, then agree the scope with you. That gives us a basis for choosing the approach before screen design and development begin.
Local
What Scotland’s businesses need from an app
For financial services firms based in Edinburgh, an app that extends an existing web platform can give frequent users access to the same accounts and data they already use. The useful starting point is the task customers return to: decide which part of the existing service belongs on a phone, then connect it to the existing backend.
Scotland’s whisky industry supports over 41,000 jobs. For a whisky business with a shop and repeat customers, an app could make reordering easier with a fast checkout and saved payment details. Well-timed notifications give customers a reason to return; the ordering flow should make the repeat purchase straightforward.
Rules
What a UK app project needs to handle
Your app project might include a connected website that uses cookies solely for statistics. UK rules allow those cookies without consent when visitors receive clear information and an easy way to object. We set up that information and objection control on the website. Identify the statistics you want the site to collect before that work starts, so the information shown to visitors describes the use you have chosen.
How it runs
How an app project runs with us
We work remotely over video calls, WhatsApp and shared project boards. IST is 5h30m ahead of UK time, or 4h30m ahead during British Summer Time. The shared board gives you a place to leave feedback across that gap.
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Design
We prepare screens for iOS and Android and refine them with your feedback before writing code. Review the flows with the people who will use them.
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Test
We send builds to your own phone through TestFlight on iPhone or Google Play’s internal or closed testing tracks. Use the app as you would in everyday work and tell us where a task is awkward.
- 03
Prepare for review
If your app has a login, we need a working demo account and a live backend for Apple’s submission. Leave room in the launch plan for a fix and resubmission if review identifies a problem.
- 04
Launch
We handle the App Store and Google Play listings, submission and release. Give the listing content a final check so it describes the product customers will receive.
Checklist
What to have ready before we talk
Bring what you already have, and flag the gaps we need to discuss.
- Developer accountsStart registering Apple and Google accounts in your company’s name; organisation accounts need a D-U-N-S number for verification.
- TestersNew personal Google Play developer accounts need a closed test with at least 12 opted-in testers before production release.
- Privacy policyPrepare a policy that matches the data your app collects; Apple requires a link in the listing and inside the app.
- Customer feedbackIdentify a few customers or staff who can try a clickable prototype and comment on its screens before they are built.
- Existing systemsList your website, booking system, CRM and payment provider, noting which have an API and who holds admin access.
Cost & time
What affects the cost and timeline
The work grows with the flows and systems your app needs.
User roles
Customers, drivers and staff each need their own screens and permissions, even when they share a backend.
Live features
Tracking, chat and presence need persistent connections and more backend work than screens that load data on request.
Integrations
Payment gateways, maps, booking systems and hardware each add setup, testing and failure handling.
User content
Posts or other user-generated material need filtering, reporting, user blocking and published contact details for Apple’s requirements.
Avoid
Mistakes to avoid when building an app
Wrapping a website in an app shell
Give people a useful app experience beyond the existing site. Apple’s guidelines expect more than a repackaged website.
Demanding sign-up too soon
Let people see useful content first when account-based features are not central to the app. Apple asks for access without login in that situation.
Adding an analytics or advertising SDK late
Review the store privacy answers when an SDK is added. Google Play’s Data safety form must cover data collected by third-party SDKs.
Questions
Asked by businesses in Scotland
Page updated 5 November 2026
How much does it cost to develop an app?
There is no fixed price. The largest drivers include whether you already have a backend with a documented API and whether people need to create and edit records offline. Showing previously loaded data without a signal is less work than synchronising offline edits with conflict handling. Ask us for a quote once the scope is agreed.
How do I choose an app development company?
Choose a company that makes it easy to test the proposed screens with real users and plans measurement from the first release. A clickable prototype lets customers or staff identify awkward steps before they are built. Analytics and crash reporting then show which screens people use, where they give up and which devices crash.
What is included in an app build?
An app project usually includes the phone app, a backend for accounts and data, and an admin panel for your staff. We can build a shared backend for your app, website and admin tools, keeping customer accounts and data in one place. The admin panel can include tools to look up customers, issue refunds and block abusive accounts.
Who owns the app and the store accounts?
You own your code, content and domain, with no lock-in. We handle store listings, submission and review under your own developer accounts, so those accounts remain yours. Keep your account access and ownership details with the rest of your product records as you prepare for launch.
What support does an app need after launch?
Plan for ongoing support, including bug fixes, updates for new iOS and Android versions, and new features. Google Play requires apps and updates to target a recent Android API level. Track how often people return, where they drop out of the main task and the crash-free rate to help assess each release.
How should an app ask to send notifications?
Ask when the customer can see the benefit, such as after an order, instead of presenting the permission request at first launch. We build targeted push notifications for relevant updates. On Android 13 and later, notifications remain off until the user allows them, so the request needs a clear purpose.
Tell us what you need
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