An app that runs your business — not just one that looks like one.
For the shops, crews, and teams still working after 5pm. Book more jobs. Stop chasing no-shows. Put a tool in your team's hands they'll actually use on their phones — built once, runs on iPhone, Android, and the web.
Is an app the right move for your business?
Real talk, up front.
An app probably makes sense if…
- You've got regulars, members, or customers who book you again and again.
- Your team works off their phones in the field, not from a desk.
- You're losing hours to phone tag, no-shows, or paperwork.
- You want booking, payments, or dispatch in your customer's pocket.
Probably hold off if…
- Customers only come around once a year. A solid website with online booking is cheaper and does the job.
- You haven't checked whether people actually want the thing yet.
- You've got a wishlist of 30 features. Pick the 1 or 2 that hurt most and start there.
- Your real problem is getting leads. That's a website and marketing fix, not an app.
Not sure which side you land on? That's what the free call's for.
What every app I build gets by default.
Not upsells. Just the floor.
- Works on iPhone + Android
- Runs without signal
- Safe logins
- Easy for everyone to use
- You see how it's being used
- You own it, not me
How I actually build these.
Built the way your business runs. Not the way an agency wants to sell it.
Built once, works everywhere
iPhone, Android, and browser — one codebase builds all three. Your customers open it however they want. You only have one thing to keep updated.
Runs on Google's backbone
Your app sits on Google Cloud, with Firebase handling auth, database, file storage, and serverless functions. No servers for you to babysit. Scales from 10 users to 10 million without a rebuild. Monthly bill's usually pennies to a few bucks.
You own it. Fully.
Code, data, App Store listing, domain — all filed in your company's name. Fire me tomorrow and any other developer can pick it up. No lock-in, no hostage situation.
Talks to the software you already use
Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan, QuickBooks, Square, Stripe, Toast, ShopMonkey, HubSpot, Mailchimp — if it connects, I can wire it in. AI gets layered on when it'll actually earn its keep.
Your customers' language. Every single one.
Apps I build ship with real translation support — not Google Translate bolted on at the last minute. Dates, numbers, and currency formatted the way locals actually read them. Right-to-left for Arabic and Hebrew. This site itself runs in 12 languages — yours can too.
Three ways to start. Pick what fits.
Every package is custom-built and yours to own. Ranges are typical. You get a fixed, one-page quote after a free call.
Starter
- Timeline
- 2–4 weeks
- Scope
- Solves one problem
- Languages
- English
- One job done right — booking, a field checklist, a customer portal, whatever hurts most
- Phones or browser. Pick what matters most.
- Logins for customers or staff, whoever needs in
- Designed around your brand, not a generic template
Pro
- Timeline
- 6–10 weeks
- Scope
- Customer side + team side
- Languages
- English + 1
- Everything in Starter
- iPhone, Android, and browser. Customers pick how.
- Text + push alerts. Confirmations, "your tech is 15 min out," payment reminders.
- Take payments — cards, deposits, tips, subscriptions, whatever fits
Platform
- Timeline
- 10–20 weeks
- Scope
- Your whole operation, connected
- Languages
- 2–12 languages
- Everything in Pro
- Dashboard for you and your managers — jobs, customers, revenue at a glance
- AI that saves real hours — auto-quotes, draft replies, smart summaries
- Plugs into the tools you already pay for — Jobber, QuickBooks, Square, ShopMonkey, you name it
Extras, when you need them.
Slot these onto any package. Or add them later as you grow into them.
Another language
$500–$1K eachReach Spanish, Mandarin, or whoever else walks in the door. Full translation plus dates, numbers, and currency formatted the way locals actually read them.
Text + push alerts
$800–$2KBooking confirmations. "Your tech is 15 minutes out." Payment reminders. Win-back messages. Scheduled, grouped, and never a firehose.
Take payments
$1.5K–$4KCards, deposits, tips, subscriptions, in-app purchases — whatever fits. Money goes straight to your bank, not mine.
AI that helps your team
$2K–$8KAuto-draft quotes. Summarize a customer's history before a call. Pull info off a photo of an invoice. Pick one job it'll do well — no demo theater.
Back-office dashboard
$3K–$8KThe web page your managers live in. Jobs, customers, payments, staff — all in one screen instead of five tabs. Works on any browser.
Monthly maintenance
$300–$1K / moApple pushes a new iOS. Your payment provider changes something. You want a small tweak. I handle it before you notice. Apps need more upkeep than websites — plan for it.
How an app project actually goes.
No slides. No 40-page contracts. A call, then good work, then a launch where I don't disappear after submission.
20-minute call, no slides
Tell me who's using this, what it has to do on day one, and what's eating your time today. If an app isn't the right fix — sometimes it's a website with a form — I'll say so.
Plain-English quote in 48 hours
One page. Scope, price, timeline, what's in, what's not. Fixed price — no hourly surprises, no "discovery sprints" billing you before anything ships.
I build, you watch it come together
Within the first two weeks you're tapping on real screens on your own phone — not sitting through "milestone reviews." Change your mind? Revisions are part of the price, not an upsell.
Launch together, then I stick around
I handle the App Store and Google Play paperwork, walk your team through anything new, and hand over everything in your company's name. Most folks keep me on a small monthly retainer; plenty don't. Both are fine.
Things people usually ask.
Honestly, plenty don't. If your customers only visit once a year, a fast website with online booking probably does the job. Apps earn their keep when the same people come back often, when your team's in the field on phones, or when phone tag and no-shows are eating your week. First call's where I tell you which one fits. No charge, no upsell.
Maybe — and often they don't have to. A lot of what I build works as a web app too. Customers click a link from your text or website and they're in. No App Store search, no "go install this." If your business really benefits from a store listing (gyms, trades with repeat bookings, loyalty programs), we build for that. If not, we skip it and keep things simpler.
Almost always yes. Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan, QuickBooks, Square, Stripe, Shopify, ShopMonkey, Mitchell1, HubSpot, Mailchimp, Toast — I've connected most of these before, and anything with a normal way to plug in works. If it doesn't, I'll tell you on the first call, not on the invoice.
You do, completely. The code sits in a repo under your company's name. The backend lives in your Google account. App Store and Google Play listings are filed under your business. If we ever part ways, you walk away with everything and any other developer can pick it up. No hostage situations.
For most small-business apps, $30–$80 a month covers it. That's Google's backend bill (usually free up to a solid chunk of usage), Apple's $99/year developer fee spread out, and Stripe's normal cut on payments that flow through. If AI features are doing heavy lifting, budget a few extra dollars per active user per month. I show you the math in the quote so nothing sneaks up on you.
Tell me what's slowing your business down. I'll tell you whether an app is the fix.
First calls run about 20 minutes. You'll leave with a clearer plan. A quote, a recommendation, or an honest "you don't need an app for this, you need a website." All three happen.