Custom software or off-the-shelf? A practical way to decide
Building your own software can be a competitive advantage or an expensive mistake. Five questions help you tell which one you are looking at...
2 minute read
Some jobs need software that lives on a device: an app for engineers working offline, a till or kiosk application, or a Windows tool that talks to hardware. We build them to be reliable in the real conditions they are used in.
A warehouse with patchy Wi-Fi, a van in a rural area, a shop counter at lunchtime: these are the conditions business apps have to survive. We design for them from the start, with offline storage, careful syncing and large, clear controls.
We build native Android apps in Kotlin for phones, tablets and rugged handhelds. Apps can be published on Google Play or distributed privately to company devices through a device management system.
For desktop software we use .NET, which runs well on everything from office laptops to point-of-sale terminals. We package apps with proper installers and automatic updates, and integrate with printers, scanners, scales and other hardware.
Most device apps are only half the job. We usually build the web dashboard and API they talk to as well, so data flows into the rest of the business without anyone retyping it.
Our focus is Android and Windows. Where a project needs iOS as well, we can build with a cross-platform framework such as Flutter, or recommend a trusted iOS specialist to work alongside us.
Building your own software can be a competitive advantage or an expensive mistake. Five questions help you tell which one you are looking at...
2 minute read
AI is good at reading, sorting and drafting text, and unreliable as the final word on facts. A practical way to decide whether a task in you...
3 minute read
Quotes for the same website can range from £500 to £25,000. Here is what actually drives the price, what you should expect at each level, an...
3 minute read
Send a few lines about your project. You will hear back from the person who would build it within one working day, with honest next steps and, where we can, a ballpark price.