The mobile apps we have built
The simplest thing is to show you what we have already built. Besides the phone app, all of them have an admin panel and a server made by us.
- UNTaxi, taxi booking. Three apps: the customer picks the pick-up point and destination on the map, sees available drivers and books. The driver receives orders in real time and keeps the car, documents and fares in the app. The administrator approves drivers and fares and follows rides and money.
- Trainer700, home fitness. The user creates an avatar, gets workouts at their level and buys packages from trainers, whom they talk to by chat. Trainers apply from the app and sign a digital contract, and the platform calculates their commissions. It has card payments and App Store payments, with invoicing through SmartBill and e-Factura.
- Pigmento, for hair colourists. You choose the hair type, the dye, the current colour and the one you want, and you get the colouring formula. You simulate it on a photo and save it under the client's name. It is sold by subscription, with a trial period, directly from the app store.
- ADK, marketplace. An app for buyers, on Android and iOS, linked to a marketplace with several sellers, online payments and AWBs from FAN Courier, DPD and Sameday.
- Tuagua, water delivery. The customer orders from the app, sees their orders and invoices and gets payment reminders. Couriers have their own app, and invoices are issued automatically.
Mobile app development in Romania
We work from Romania, with our own team of developers and designers. That means we know e-Factura (Romania's mandatory e-invoicing system), SmartBill and the local couriers, and the app connects to them from the start.
On the phone people pay for, order and book almost anything: taxis, food, clothes, workouts. If your company sells something customers ask for often, an app brings them back without you paying for an ad every time.
Android and iOS apps: the differences
Most users in Romania have Android, but iPhone users are far from few. That is why we publish apps in both stores.
- The operating system. Android is made by Google and runs on phones from many manufacturers. iOS is made by Apple and runs only on iPhone and iPad.
- The interface. Android is more flexible in appearance, iOS is more uniform, with simpler navigation.
- Publishing. The App Store has more rules, and stricter ones, than Google Play.
We build hybrid apps: a single codebase that runs on Android and iOS, with access to the camera, GPS, notifications and in-store payments. For team apps, an Android version is often enough.
Mobile app design
Design decides whether the app stays on the phone
One crowded screen or a hard-to-find button and the user deletes the app. That is why we start with the screens, which you see and approve before any programming.
Visual elements have to say what they do
Icons and animations show clearly what happens when you tap. A taxi driver has to accept a ride with one tap, not hunt for the button.
The app looks good on any screen
From small phones to tablets, the screens arrange themselves according to size.
How to make money from a mobile app
There are several models, each with its own advantages:
- Subscription. Pigmento is sold by subscription, with a trial period, paid through the app store.
- In-app purchases. Trainer700 sells training packages and takes a commission on the trainers' sales.
- Commission on transactions. A marketplace like ADK invoices its commission on every sale.
- Ads. In-app ads bring in money, but they have to be placed so they do not drive users away.
- Free, with paid features. The basic app is free, the advanced features are paid.
To know which features are worth charging for, listen to what users say and measure what they do in the app. We built our own library that sends the same events (views, add-to-cart, purchases, sign-ups) to Google Analytics, Facebook and TikTok, so you can see which campaign brings in money.
What comes next in mobile apps
- Artificial intelligence. In Pigmento, AI recognises the hair in the photo to simulate the colour, and reads a product label to give it a score based on its ingredients.
- Augmented reality. Virtual objects placed over the camera image, useful for trying on clothes, furniture or colours.
- Blockchain. Used for transactions that have to stay verifiable.
- Health and fitness. Apps that track workouts, diet and well-being grow year after year. Trainer700 is one of our examples.
- Data security. Users trust only apps that protect their data. We use sign-in with an SMS code and accounts with separate roles for customer, driver and administrator.
How we build a mobile app
The talk and the screens
We work out who uses the app and what each of them does. We draw the screens and you approve them.
The app and the panel
We build the phone app, the server and the admin panel together.
Testing on phones
We try it on Android and iOS, on small and large screens, with real data.
Publishing
We prepare the App Store and Google Play pages and go through each store's review.
Updates
After launch, we fix, add features and publish new versions.
Want your app on your customers' phones? See also the page on mobile apps with an admin panel or write to us about what you have in mind.