Mobile apps in Flutter for iPhone and Android
DistroCode builds mobile apps in Flutter, so one codebase runs on iPhone and Android. We build the app and, where it needs one, the Laravel back end it talks to, for clients in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Every app is quoted after a free consultation, once the screens and features are written down.
Tell us what the app has to do or see the web app projects.
We are DistroCode, a US company with over 300 projects delivered since 2017. Much of that work was custom, mobile apps included.
What does an app project include?
Three parts, quoted together.
The app
One Flutter codebase that runs on iPhone and Android. Screens, logins, notifications and payments, built to the list we agreed in writing.
The back end
Where the app needs to store accounts, orders or bookings, we build the server side in Laravel. More on that is on our web apps page.
The store listings
We prepare the builds for the App Store and Google Play and walk you through the submission on your own developer accounts.
Do you build the back end too?
Yes, when the app needs one. Many do not, and we say so in the quote.
An app that only shows content can read it from the website you already have. An app with accounts, orders or bookings needs a server that keeps that data, and we build it in Laravel.
The same back end can serve your website, so an order placed in the app shows up on the site as well.
The Laravel side is the same work as the four web app projects on our web apps page, each told without the client’s name.
How does an app project run?
In five steps.
- You tell us what the app has to do. Who uses it, and the three things they must be able to do on day one. We reply in writing within one working day, Monday to Friday.
- Free consultation. We turn that into a written list of screens and features, and send a fixed quote.
- We build in stages. You get a working build on your own phone at each stage, not a slide deck.
- You check it on both phones. iPhone and Android, before anything goes to the stores.
- We hand it over. Store builds, the source code and a written note on how the app and its back end fit together.
What can you look at before you hire us?
Less than we would like. Most of our older mobile portfolio is no longer online, and we will not invent case studies to fill the gap.
Mobile case cards go on our Work page only when we can show a live app and the client agrees. Until then, the free consultation is where you judge us: you get a written scope and a fixed quote before you pay anything.
This is what a scope looks like, written for an app nobody has asked us to build.
Sample
Example scope, not a client project
A booking app for a made-up dog grooming salon, iPhone and Android.
Screens. Sign in, pick a service, pick a groomer and a time, pay, my bookings, and settings. Six in all.
Logins. Email and password, plus Sign in with Apple and Google.
Payments. A card payment when the booking is made, through the payment provider the salon already uses.
Notifications. A reminder the day before, and a message when the dog is ready for pickup.
Back end. Laravel, with an admin page where staff see, move and cancel bookings.
Not in this scope. A staff app, a loyalty scheme, and getting people to install the app.
What will we not promise?
These are our limits on app work. Read them before you ask.
- Store approval. Apple and Google review every app. We build to their published rules, and we fix what a review flags, but the decision is theirs.
- Downloads. We build the app. Getting people to install it is a separate job.
- A price before the scope. A quote without a written feature list is a guess.
Questions owners ask
How much does a mobile app cost?
It is quoted after a free consultation. The price depends on the number of screens, logins, payments and whether the app needs its own back end, so we write the scope down first and price that.
Do you build for both iPhone and Android?
Yes. We build in Flutter, which runs one codebase on both, so you are not paying for two separate apps.
Can the app share data with my website?
Yes. We build web apps in Laravel, and the app and the website can read from the same back end, so an order or a booking shows up in both places.
Which countries do you build apps for?
Clients in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. We work in writing by email and reply within one working day, Monday to Friday.
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Have an app in mind?
Tell us who it is for and what it has to do. Contact us or email sales@distrocode.com, and we will reply with the questions we need answered before the free consultation.