App developers in Stoke-on-Trent
Get a mobile app with screens designed for your customers, push notifications and a release prepared for the app stores. If you run a business in Stoke-on-Trent, we can help you decide what belongs in the first release and how people will use it. We’re MSH Technologies, a web, app and AI studio in India, working with you remotely.
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- 01Tell us what you need, in the form or on WhatsApp.
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- 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 native or cross-platform app?
For an app centred on accounts, forms, bookings, payments or content, a cross-platform build is a practical place to start. React Native shares most of the code between iOS and Android while rendering each platform’s own interface components. It uses JavaScript or TypeScript, so web developers can contribute; some logic can also be shared with a React web app.
We usually build with React Native and add native modules where a feature needs them. When an app needs deep device features, we go native. The decision affects how much code you maintain and how you access those features, so start with the tasks your users need to complete and the device capabilities those tasks require.
A progressive web app is another option, particularly for staff tools. It skips store review, though it will not appear in the app stores unless packaged for them. On an iPhone, it can ask to send notifications only after someone adds it to their Home Screen. Check those limits against how your users will find and use the product.
Local
What Stoke-on-Trent businesses need from an app
Pottery businesses and distribution centres are part of the city’s economy. A delivery team needs job forms that work without a signal, with photos, signatures and location details that sync back to the office when connectivity returns.
For shops serving repeat customers around the Potteries Shopping Centre, an app can support reordering, loyalty and saved payment details. The checkout needs to be quick to use, and notifications need to arrive at a useful moment.
Pottery factory shops and tours also contribute to local tourism. If your customers already use your web platform frequently, an app can reuse their accounts and data through the same backend, so they do not have to start from scratch.
Rules
What a UK app project has to handle
If your app has accounts, Google Play requires an in-app route for deleting the account and associated data, plus a web link for deletion requests. We set up both routes. If the supporting website also 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 route on the site.
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 during British Summer Time, from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. The shared board gives you a place to review progress and leave feedback across that difference.
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Discover and design
We learn about your business, audience and goals, agree the scope with you, then refine screen designs with your feedback before coding.
- 02
Test the prototype
Put the clickable screens in front of a few customers or staff. Their feedback gives us a chance to change a screen before it is built.
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Build
For a cross-platform app, we use a shared React Native codebase for iOS and Android, adding native modules where needed.
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Prepare the release
We handle store listings, submission and review under your own developer accounts. You retain control of those accounts.
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Measure use
We include analytics and crash reporting in the first release, so you can see which screens people use, where they give up and which devices crash.
Checklist
What to have ready before we talk
We start by learning about your business, audience and goals, then agree the scope with you.
- List the tasks users must complete in the first release, in the order they would do them.
- Note the systems the app must connect to, whether each has an API and who holds admin access.
- Have a privacy policy that matches the data the app collects, for its store listing and an in-app link.
- Start registering developer accounts in your company’s name; organisation accounts need a D-U-N-S number.
- For an app with login, prepare a working demo account and live backend for submission.
Cost & time
What affects the cost and timeline
The work grows or shrinks with the systems and behaviour your app needs.
Existing backend
A documented API reduces the work. Creating a backend and admin panel from scratch can be as large a task as building the app.
Integrations
Each payment gateway, booking system or device connection needs setup, testing and a way to handle failures.
Offline work
Showing previously loaded data is modest work; creating and editing records offline also needs syncing and conflict handling.
User-generated content
Apple requires filtering, reporting, blocking and published contact details, so moderation needs screens and processes of its own.
Questions
Asked by businesses in Stoke-on-Trent
Page updated 5 November 2026
How much does it cost to develop an app?
There is no fixed price. The main drivers include how many types of user need their own screens and permissions, and whether features such as live tracking or chat need persistent connections and extra backend work. We agree the scope with you before discussing a quote.
How should I choose an app developer?
Choose a developer who can explain what gives people a reason to install and use your app. Ask what someone can do before creating an account. Apple expects apps to offer more than a repackaged website, and asks apps without significant account-based features to allow use without login.
Can the app use the same backend as my website?
Yes. We can build a shared backend for your app, website and admin tools. That gives staff a place to manage the service behind the screens: an admin panel can let them edit content, look up customers, issue refunds and block abusive accounts without calling a developer.
Will I own the app code?
Yes. You own your code, content and domain, with no lock-in. When planning the handover, ask where the code and content are kept and who has access to the domain. That gives your business a clear record of its assets if you need another developer to work on them later.
What happens after the app launches?
After launch, look at how many people return and where they drop out of the main task, alongside the crash-free rate. Some JavaScript and content fixes can go out through an over-the-air update; changes to native code or permissions still need a store release.
Tell us what you need
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