Practical guides on planning, building and running a mobile app for a small business.
App Development & Publishing
A minimum viable product (MVP) is the smallest version of your app that solves a real problem for your customers well. This checklist covers scope, store accounts, content, privacy...
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App Development & Publishing
To publish an app you need developer accounts with Apple and Google, a store listing, privacy disclosures, a tested build and approval from each store's review process. Approval is...
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Customer Retention & Loyalty
Push notifications work when customers have chosen to receive them, the messages are useful, and you send them sparingly. Ask for permission at a meaningful moment, separate servic...
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React Native & Cross-platform
For most small business apps, React Native is the better choice: one TypeScript codebase produces genuinely native iPhone and Android apps at lower build and maintenance cost. Full...
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Industry Apps
A pet grooming or daycare app gives owners one place to manage pet profiles, book grooms and daycare, receive updates and collect rewards. It suits businesses with regular clients...
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Website to Mobile App
There are three realistic ways to turn a website into a mobile app: a progressive web app, a wrapper that puts your site inside an app shell, or a purpose-built app using React Nat...
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Industry Apps
A booking app lets your customers see availability, book, reschedule and pay from their phone. Whether you need one depends on how often customers rebook and whether your current b...
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Website to Mobile App
Every business needs a website, because that is how new customers find you. A mobile app is worth adding when you have repeat customers who would benefit from faster booking, order...
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Customer Retention & Loyalty
A loyalty app replaces paper stamp cards with a digital scheme customers carry on their phone. For most local businesses, a simple stamp or points scheme with clear rewards works b...
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App Development Costs
A small business app can cost anything from a modest fixed fee to a significant investment. The price is driven by screens, features, integrations, backend work and ongoing mainten...
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