Custom app and website development
Fixed price.Weeks, not quarters.
We build apps and websites for businesses. A website from $990 in a week; an app from $4,900 in weeks. You get the number on the first call, real screens to click before we build, and you own the source.
Websites from
$990
Apps from
$4,900
Source
Yours
PDF Master · real build, captured on a device
What we build
Six things businesseskeep coming back for.
Most people who call us want one of these. If yours isn't on the list it's probably still buildable — ask.
Online store
Catalogue, cart, checkout, order tracking. Something to send to customers that isn't another email.
- Product catalogue
- Cart + payments
- Order history
- Push updates
Booking app
Availability pulled from real staff schedules, and reminders that fire before people forget.
- Calendar + availability
- Reminders
- Deposit holds
- Staff view
Customer app
Loyalty, messaging and order history in the pocket of people who already buy from you.
- Loyalty wallet
- Direct messaging
- Offers
- Profile
Internal tool
The spreadsheet workflow your team actually uses, turned into something they stop complaining about.
- Your real fields
- Role-based access
- Export + import
- Offline tolerance
Field service
Jobs, photos and sign-off from the person doing the work, back to the office in real time.
- Job list + routing
- Photo reports
- Customer sign-off
- Dispatch view
Order tracking
Where the order is now, without your customer phoning you to ask.
- Live status
- Proof of delivery
- Driver view
- Notifications
Published pricing
Three numbers.No discovery invoice.
You get the price on the first call. If the scope changes you approve the change before we do the work — not after it's done.
Starter
$4,900
One job, one platform, done properly.
- Android or iOS
- Core screens, designed and built
- Store submission
- 30 days of fixes
Standard
$12,900
Both platforms, backend, ready for customers.
- Android + iOS, one codebase
- Accounts, backend, sync
- ~10 screens of real function
- 90 days of fixes
Full
$24,900
Anything that talks to the rest of your business.
- Payments + third-party integrations
- Custom design system
- Accessibility and performance
- 6 months of fixes
Store fees are roughly $99/year for Apple and $25 once for Google — we cover those in the first year. Full comparison against agency and freelancer pricing is on the services page.
How it runs
Four steps. You seeevery one of them.
No black box, no weekly status call you can't follow. Here's the whole build, with how long each part takes.
Brief
One call. You describe the business problem, we say what it costs and whether it's worth building.
Screens
You click the real screens before anything is built. Not a wireframe sketch — the actual design.
Build
Both platforms in parallel. You get a testable build every week, not a black box at the end.
Ship
Store submission, listing, and the documentation your team needs. The accounts are yours.
We ship our own too
PDF Master
A PDF app with no internet permission, eleven tools, and 82 tests behind it. Built with the same process we use for clients, and running the exact code you'd get. This is what the standard tier looks like in the wild.
Screenshots · the real build
The Tools tab. The whole suite in one grid, one Import button, and no account screen anywhere in the app.
Captured from the app running on an Android emulator. Not a render, not a mockup.
82
automated tests
34 of them end-to-end
0
Android permissions
it cannot open a socket
11
tools in the first app
all on-device
8.8 MB
release build
down from 27.2 MB
What's in it
View & Read
Renders pages on-device with pinch-zoom and pan.
Merge PDF
Combine files in an order you choose.
Split PDF
Pull out pages, or split into single files.
Rotate & Organize
Rotate 90/180/270°, reorder, delete pages.
Compress PDF
Re-encodes embedded images. Never returns a bigger file.
Images to PDF
Photos and scans into a clean, aspect-fitted PDF.
PDF to Images
Exports pages as high-resolution PNGs.
Watermark
Diagonal text with alpha, colour and placement control.
Page Numbers
{page}/{total} placeholders, position and start page.
Stamp signature
Draw a signature, place it as a vector object.
Protect & Lock
Password-protect a PDF. The source file is never touched.
Before you ask
The questionswe always get.
What do I actually own at the end?
The source code, the store accounts and the backend. All of it, from day one. There's no lock-in and no per-seat licence on top of the build price.
How long does it really take?
A single-purpose app on one platform is usually three to five weeks end to end. Both platforms with a backend runs six to ten. We'll tell you which one you're looking at before you commit.
Why is this cheaper than an agency?
Because the cost of building an app is mostly people, and most of those people are AI agents doing the execution. You're not paying for a project manager and a QA team to click through a form. You're paying for the work.
What if I only need part of this?
Then we scope only that. The Starter tier exists precisely so nobody pays for features they won't use.
Can you work with what we already run?
Usually. Most builds connect to something you already have — a Shopify or WooCommerce store, a booking system, a CRM. We integrate rather than replace, unless you'd rather we didn't.
What happens after launch?
Optional. Maintenance runs 15% of the build price per year and covers OS updates, security patches and a small amount of new work. Take it or leave it — nothing expires if you do.
Start here
Tell us what you need.We'll tell you what it costs.
One conversation, a real number, and an honest answer if the app isn't the right answer. You keep whatever we produce either way.
talon@talonforge.xyz