Apps that make it past the launch.
Mobile app development at NexusWave covers the full arc — strategy, design, engineering, backend, and store launch — for iOS and Android. We build apps the way a product company does, because we are one: our own software runs in production every day, and your app inherits those standards for reliability, security, and maintainability.
Who this is for.
The full arc, both stores.
Backend and API development is the invisible half most estimates forget — we engineer it with the same care as the screens.
The honest platform decision.
- Best for
- Heavy device features, max performance
- Cost shape
- Highest (two codebases)
- App-store presence
- Yes
- Our honest default
- When it truly needs it
- Best for
- Most business apps
- Cost shape
- Strong value (one codebase)
- App-store presence
- Yes
- Our honest default
- Most projects land here
- Best for
- Content & light tools
- Cost shape
- Lowest
- App-store presence
- Limited
- Our honest default
- When an app isn't needed at all
If a PWA or a great mobile site serves your users better than an app, we'll tell you — before you spend app money.
The graveyard of business apps is full of beautiful frontends attached to fragile backends.
We weight the estimate honestly: data model, APIs, auth, and infrastructure get engineered with the same care as the screens. Scope starts with a shippable core — the version that earns real user feedback — rather than a two-year everything-app. And because we operate production software ourselves, launch-day concerns are habits, not surprises.
Scope toward a shippable core.
Real questions clients ask.
NexusWave app builds start at $12,000. Backend complexity, platform choice, and feature scope set the final number — itemized in a written proposal within one business day.
Most business apps are best served cross-platform: one codebase, both stores, strong performance. We recommend native only when the use case genuinely demands it — and we'll show you the reasoning either way.
A focused first version typically ships in 8–16 weeks. We scope toward a shippable core first, so you're learning from real users instead of funding a two-year wishlist.
Yes — backend, APIs, authentication, and infrastructure are half the work of a real app, and we engineer them with the same standards as our own production systems.
End to end, including store listings, review responses, and the rejection quirks that stall first-time publishers.
Your choice: full hand-off with documentation, or an ongoing maintenance retainer covering updates, OS-version compatibility, and monitoring — month-to-month.
All of them, chosen for your app rather than for us. Most business apps ship best on a single cross-platform codebase in Flutter or React Native: one build serves iOS and Android, which cuts cost and time without giving up a native feel. When the use case genuinely needs it — heavy graphics, deep hardware access, or platform-specific UX — we build fully native in Swift or Kotlin. You get the reasoning in the proposal, so the framework is a decision you make with us, not one we make for you.