Custom App Development Company in Ireland
We design and build web and mobile apps around the way your business works, starting with a first version you can use within weeks.
Custom App Development Built Around Your Business
Off-the-shelf software often gets you most of the way and then leaves you working around it, with a spreadsheet on the side and someone retyping figures at the end of the week. Custom app development means we build the app around your forms, your rules and your customers instead, as a web app that runs in the browser, a mobile app for iPhone and Android, or both.
Whether the app is for your customers or for your own staff, here's what you can expect from us:
- Built around how you work: we start by looking at how the job is done today, then build the app to fit it.
- Room to grow: a first version you can use within weeks, with more added in stages as the business needs it.
- Easy to use: screens designed for the people who'll actually use them, including staff who are used to pen and paper.
You'll deal with the same person from the first conversation through to launch and afterwards, and you own the code and the data in everything we build for you.
Custom Apps We've Built
Most of what we build starts with a slow, manual job that someone is tired of doing. Here's what that has looked like for some of our clients.
Apps That Take Over the Admin
Cork Office Machines and Supplies used to take printer usage data out of emails and type it into a spreadsheet to work out their monthly billing. The web app we built reads those emails itself, and over 90% of their monthly billing is now automated, giving the family back more than 35 hours a week. For AM Site Solutions, a health and safety consultancy, we replaced paper forms with digital GA1 and GA2 certificates and a QR code on each machine, which saves them 492 hours a year on GA1 certificate processing. For another client, we built a system that reads supplier invoices and statements from email with AI and lines them up for someone to approve.
Paper forms are the other common starting point. Big H The Plumber's surveyors now fill in surveys on a tablet, with sketches and photos, instead of on paper that later had to be typed up. The Motorhome Man's technicians complete their service checklists digitally, and the finished PDF report goes to the customer by email with a single click.
What a Custom App Can Do for You
Connecting Your Existing Tools
We've built apps that read data from incoming emails, export billing to an outside accounts system and take payments through Stripe, so information only has to be entered once.
Automating Repetitive Work
Tasks that run on a schedule or a trigger, such as monthly billing, reminders before a certificate expires, or an alert when a machine stops sending its usage report.
Web and Mobile Together
A web app for the office and a native iPhone and Android app for people out on the road, all working from the same data in the cloud.
Customer Records and Portals
Keep customers, contracts and history in one place, and give clients their own login to see their documents, as AM Site Solutions' clients do.
Staff, Training and Timesheets
Timesheets, training records, quizzes and certificates for staff and subcontractors, with progress visible to whoever manages them.
Keeping Your Data Safe
Your app runs on Google Cloud and Firebase with data held in an EU region and backed up off site every night. We'll sign a GDPR data processing agreement when you ask.
Our Work
Custom applications we've built for businesses in Ireland and the UK.
A Custom Mobile App for Compliance and Certification
AM Site Solutions use a custom mobile app and web dashboard to manage health and safety certificates. Their paper forms are gone, and they spend 80% less admin time on cert renewals.
Read more90% Less Manual Work for Cork Family Business
A web app that reads printer usage data from emails and works out the monthly billing for Cork Office Machines and Supplies, with over 90% of it now automated.
Read moreSaaS App for Irish Tillage
How a Wexford farmer's idea became TillageTrack, an app that helps Irish tillage farmers keep their records and stay compliant, now on the App Store and Google Play.
Read moreDigitising Paper Forms for a UK Motorhome Business
Paper service checklists replaced with digital forms, sketches on vehicle images and PDF reports emailed to customers, for a motorhome and caravan service business in Buckinghamshire.
Read moreFaster GA1 Audits with QR Codes
Engineers record GA1 inspections on site and issue the certificate straight away. AM Site Solutions now save 312 hours a year in the office and 180 hours a year for site engineers.
Read moreOnline Learning Platform for Food Safety
An online learning platform for Food Safety Management Solutions, with courses, quizzes, progress tracking and certificates emailed automatically when a learner finishes.
Read moreFrequently asked questions
What is custom app development?
Custom app development means building an app around your own business, your forms, your rules and your customers, rather than changing how you work to fit a ready-made product. The app can be a mobile app, a web app that runs in the browser, or both. It's usually worth it when a manual process is costing you real hours every week.
How much does custom app development cost in Ireland?
A first version or MVP usually costs from €3,000 to €8,000. A mid-sized app is typically €8,000 to €12,000 depending on complexity, and larger builds start at €15,000, usually once the first version has proven itself. We agree a fixed price for each stage before development starts.
How do I choose app developers in Ireland?
Look for someone who gives you a clear price up front, shows you working screens early, and lets you own the code and the data. Ask where your data will be held and how it's backed up, and check their case studies for apps like yours. With us, you deal with the same person from start to finish.
Is custom application development just for mobile apps?
No. Many of the custom applications we build are web apps that run in any browser, often alongside a mobile app for staff in the field. Cork Office Machines and Supplies, for example, cut manual work on order processing and billing by 90% with a web app we built for them.
How long does custom app development take?
A first version usually takes 4 to 8 weeks, and the app then grows in stages over months and years as you need it. First versions are getting quicker, because the tools keep improving and we use AI to help with parts of the development work.
Will I deal with the same person throughout my app project?
Yes. You deal with one person from the first conversation to launch and afterwards, the person who designs and builds your app. That means nothing gets lost between a salesperson, a project manager and a developer.
Do I own the source code for my custom app?
Yes. You own the source code and the data in any app we build for you. If you ever want another developer to take it on, you're free to do that.
Where is the data in my custom app stored?
The apps we build run on Google Cloud and Firebase, with your data held in an EU region. It's backed up every night to separate off-site storage, and we'll sign a GDPR data processing agreement when you ask.
What kinds of custom apps have you built?
We've built compliance and certification apps for construction, job and survey apps for plumbing firms, a farm records app that became a subscription product, and online learning and billing systems. For AM Site Solutions, the app saves 492 hours a year on GA1 certificate processing, roughly three months of one person's time.
Can a custom app link up with the tools we already use?
Usually, yes. We've built apps that read data from incoming emails, export billing to an outside accounts system and take payments through Stripe. We look at what you already use in the first conversation and plan the connections from there.
Ready to work with us?
Tell us about the problem you'd like an app to solve, and we'll give you an honest view of what it would take and what it would cost.