App Development in Johannesburg

Mobile and web application development for Johannesburg businesses, built from Pretoria and close enough to meet.

App development for Johannesburg businesses

We build mobile and web applications for businesses in Johannesburg. To be straightforward with you from the start: our office is in Pretoria, not Johannesburg. It is an hour up the road, we come down when a meeting is worth having, and the rest of the work happens the way software work always happens, which is remotely.

We say that plainly because plenty of agencies list a Johannesburg address they do not occupy, and you deserve to know who you are dealing with.

What we build

• Mobile apps for Android and iPhone, from a shared codebase where that suits the project
• Web applications that run in a browser with no installation at all
• Custom business systems for operations, scheduling, approvals and reporting
• Integrations connecting an app to the systems you already run
• Store submission, including developer accounts, listings and the review process

Do you actually need an app?

This is the question worth answering before anything else, and the honest answer is often no.

An app earns its place when your users open it several times a week, or when you need the camera, GPS, offline access or push notifications. If people would visit occasionally and everything happens in a browser anyway, a fast mobile website will serve you better for less money and less ongoing maintenance.

We will tell you which situation you are in, including when that means a smaller project for us. An app nobody opens is worse than no app, because you paid for it and you still have to maintain it.

One system, not two

The most expensive mistake in app projects is treating the app as separate from everything else. Two systems drift apart, records disagree, staff stop trusting either, and everyone quietly returns to the spreadsheet.

We build the app against the same data as your web system, so there is one source of truth. Something changed on a phone in Sandton is changed everywhere, immediately, because it was never stored twice.

Areas we work in

We work with businesses across Johannesburg and the wider Gauteng area, including the Johannesburg CBD, Sandton, Rosebank, Braamfontein, Illovo, Melrose Arch, Randburg, Fourways, Midrand, Woodmead, Bedfordview, Roodepoort, Soweto and Alberton.

How working with a Pretoria team actually goes

Gauteng is small. Johannesburg and Pretoria are about an hour apart, which is less than crossing Johannesburg at the wrong time of day.

In practice we meet in person for the parts that benefit from it, usually scoping at the start and handover at the end, and work remotely for everything in between. You get builds you can install on your own phone while the work is in progress, so your opinions come from having actually used the thing rather than from looking at a screenshot.

Questions we are often asked

Will it work on both Android and iPhone? Yes. Where the project suits it we build both from one codebase, which keeps the build and the ongoing maintenance cheaper than two separate apps.

Can it work without signal? Where the work needs it, yes. The app holds what it needs and syncs when the connection returns, which matters for field staff and inspections.

Who owns the app and the store listings? You do. The Apple and Google developer accounts are registered in your name, along with the code and the data.

Will you come to Johannesburg? Yes, when there is a reason to. We are not going to bill you for a trip that a call would have covered.

What happens after it launches? Apps need maintenance as Android and iOS change. We are upfront that an app is an ongoing commitment rather than a once-off purchase, so you can budget for it honestly.

Can it connect to systems we already use? Often, depending on what those systems allow. We check what is genuinely possible before it becomes an assumption in the plan.