App Design and Development

  • Honest Advice On Whether You Need An App
  • Progressive Web Apps As The Middle Ground
  • iOS And Android Design And Development
  • Testing On Real Devices, Not Just Simulators
  • Store Submission And Ongoing Support

Free, no obligation advice, including telling you if you do not need an app.

App design and development

The First Question Is Whether You Need One At All

The first question is whether you need an app at all. For a great many businesses the honest answer is no, and a fast mobile website will serve customers better at a fraction of the cost.

We would rather tell you that early than build something nobody installs.

When an App Makes Sense

When people will use it repeatedly rather than once. When it needs device features a browser cannot reach reliably. When it must work without a connection. Or when it is for your own staff, replacing paper or a spreadsheet in the field. If none of those apply, an app is usually an expensive answer to a question a website already solves.

Is a Website a Better Answer

When customers interact occasionally, which describes most businesses. Nobody installs an app to check opening hours or make a single booking, and asking them to is a good way to lose the sale.

A well built responsive site reaches everyone immediately, with nothing to download and nothing to approve.

Progressive Web Apps

Often the middle ground. A website that can be added to a home screen, works offline, and sends notifications, without app store approval or separate builds for each platform.

For a lot of the requests we receive, this is genuinely the right answer, and it is considerably cheaper. It also updates instantly, with no store review in between.

If You Do Need an App

We design and build it, front end and back end. Interfaces that follow the conventions of each platform rather than fighting them. Server side systems behind it. Testing on real devices. And the submission process, which is more involved than most people expect. We will tell you honestly if a website would serve you better, before you spend anything.

What Comes Afterwards

An app is a commitment, not a delivery. Operating systems update, requirements change, and a store listing that has not been touched in two years starts to look abandoned. We include ongoing support because an unmaintained app is worse than no app. Budget for the second year before you commit to the first.

Tell Us What You Are Trying to Achieve and We Will Advise Honestly

That includes telling you when a progressive web app or a fast mobile site would serve you better than a native app, which is more often than most agencies will admit.

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One Team, Every Digital Skill

Websites, development, marketing, Microsoft 365 and community I.T. projects, all under one roof across Hertfordshire and the surrounding areas. One team means the person who builds your site is the same one who secures it, keeps it loading fast and picks up the phone when something needs changing, rather than a chain of contractors passing the job between them. Nothing is outsourced, so nothing sits waiting on somebody else.

Web Development

Web Development

CMS, e commerce, APIs, databases and custom builds. Front end through to back end, written as clean code another developer could pick up tomorrow, integrated with the systems you already rely on. Everything is documented as we go, so your site never depends on one person being available.

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Marketing and Content

Marketing and Content

Logos, social media, viral video and content that works. We plan around the handful of platforms your customers actually use rather than spreading thin across all of them, and write copy that sounds like your business instead of a machine. Then we measure which of it brings people back to your site.

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Office 365 and I.T.

Office 365 and I.T.

Setup, migration, security and day to day support for Microsoft 365. Email, files and accounts move across without downtime, and your staff are trained properly rather than handed a login and left to work it out. Afterwards we stay reachable, so a problem never sits waiting for someone to call you back.

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Computers For All

Computers For All

Refurbished ChromeBooks for Hertfordshire schools. Donated devices are securely wiped, fitted with new storage, safety tested and rebuilt for classroom use, then handed to schools for a fraction of the price of buying new. Families clear out old technology safely and businesses cut their electronic waste.

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AI Receptionist

Never miss a call. Free setup, 5 day trial, no obligation. A local number answers naturally, captures every message straight to your inbox, books appointments into your calendar and transfers to a real person when a call genuinely needs one. Keep your existing line and switch it off whenever you like.

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Herts Web Design Blog

Herts Web Design Blog

Guides on cost, speed, hosting and getting found online. Written from real projects and real measurements taken on real sites, not repeated from someone else's advice. Each one shows the numbers behind the conclusion, so you can judge what would actually change a result before you spend anything on it.

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We Provide 24/7/365 Support for all Our Existing Clients

We Provide All Our Clients with round the clock support. New enquiries are answered 7am to 9pm Monday to Friday, and 8am to 6pm at weekends.

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