Mobile Apps · Mumbai

Mobile apps engineered for retention, not just installs.

A mobile app with 10,000 downloads and 200 monthly active users is a failure. We design, engineer and launch iOS and Android apps that earn the home-screen real estate they take up — native, React Native, Flutter or KMM, chosen on requirement, not preference.

★ 4.9 · 600+ Google reviews iOS · Android · Cross-platform 75+ apps shipped
75+
Apps shipped to stores
4.9
Average client rating
10M+
Downloads powered
6+
Years of active work
E · E · A · T Trust Signals

How we earn your confidence

Four signals that show how we demonstrate Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness and Trustworthiness on this service — visible to both your team and the search engines that rank us.

Experience

iOS + Android native + cross-platform

Swift, Kotlin, React Native, Flutter and KMM shipped in production — across fintech, healthtech, e-commerce, edtech and on-demand categories.

Expertise

App Store + Play Store fluent

Submission, review responses, screenshots, listing copy and ASO keyword research — we handle release pipelines end-to-end, not just the build.

Authoritativeness

Retention-led product thinking

Onboarding, engagement loops, push strategy and personalisation designed before sprint 1 — because installs are vanity and D30 retention is the brief.

Trustworthiness

Performance-budgeted from day one

Cold-start, app size, crash-free rate and frame budgets enforced as engineering gates — not discovered after a 1-star review storm.

The mobile app graveyard is enormous. We build for the apps that earn home-screen space — not the ones that get deleted in week two.

Most apps launched in India each year are abandoned within 90 days — not because the technology failed, but because the product solved problems users didn't have, demanded engagement users didn't want to give, or buried value behind onboarding friction users wouldn't tolerate.

As a mobile app development company in India, DV Digital builds iOS and Android apps engineered for retention rather than installation. Native (Swift, Kotlin), cross-platform (React Native, Flutter, KMM), or PWA — we pick the stack from the requirement, not the agency Rolodex.

How we work

From product strategy to ASO — five disciplines, one team.

The five-step engagement we run on every mobile app — discovery through to a launched, monitored and ranking product.

01

Product strategy & user research

What problem, for whom, and why an app instead of a web flow. We interview users, map jobs-to-be-done and define the retention thesis before a single screen is designed.

02

UX, flows & interactive prototypes

Information architecture, user flows, wireframes and clickable prototypes — iOS Human Interface and Material guidelines respected, stakeholder alignment locked before engineering starts.

03

Cross-platform or native build

Sprint-based development in Swift, Kotlin, React Native, Flutter or KMM with weekly demos, internal TestFlight/Play Internal tracks and stakeholder feedback baked into every cycle.

04

QA & store submission

Device-matrix QA across multiple iOS versions, Android OEMs and screen sizes — followed by App Store and Play Store submission, review handling and metadata sign-off.

05

Launch & ASO

Screenshot design, listing copy, keyword sets and review response plus analytics, crash monitoring and a roadmap of OS updates and feature releases — because apps without maintenance go obsolete in 12–18 months.

App disciplines

Six engineering tracks. One product team.

We're stack-agnostic on purpose. The right tech for your app depends on performance budget, hardware needs, team skills and time-to-market — not what our last project happened to use.

iOS native

Swift, SwiftUI and UIKit for performance-critical iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch experiences — Human Interface compliant and App Store review-ready.

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Android native

Kotlin and Jetpack Compose with Material guidelines — OEM-tested across the Indian Android device matrix, not just a Pixel emulator.

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React Native

Cross-platform delivery with native modules where it matters — shared business logic, two app stores, one engineering team.

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Flutter

Dart and Flutter for consistent design across iOS and Android — productivity-first delivery for content, marketplace and tooling apps.

DartRiverpodCustom paint

Kotlin Multiplatform

Shared business logic in Kotlin with native UI on each platform — when you want native fidelity but refuse to write the same code twice.

KMMKtorSQLDelight

Web & PWA companions

Progressive Web Apps and web companions when distribution beats store presence — installable, push-capable, no review queue.

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App formats

Six app categories we build for a living.

The shapes of mobile work we've shipped enough times to know the retention traps, the platform gotchas and the review-team red flags before they catch you.

Consumer apps

Marketplaces, content, social, lifestyle and entertainment apps built around engagement loops and retention drivers from day one.

B2B & enterprise apps

Field service, sales enablement, internal ops and B2B customer apps — role-based access, SSO and integration with the enterprise stack.

Fintech apps

Payments, lending, investing and wealth apps with the security, KYC, RBI compliance and reliability the category demands.

Healthtech apps

Patient apps, clinical tools, mental health and wellness platforms — data privacy, regulatory care and emotional sensitivity built in.

Marketplace apps

Two-sided marketplaces with buyer and seller flows, ratings, payments, dispute resolution and the trust mechanics that make liquidity possible.

IoT companion apps

Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and BLE-mesh companion apps for hardware products — provisioning flows, OTA updates and device-state UIs handled.

Measurement

Installs are vanity. Retention is the metric.

Six KPIs we report on every month so app activity always ladders back to product health — not download charts.

01

D1 / D7 / D30 retention

The honest signal of whether the product is solving a real problem — tracked per cohort, per platform and per acquisition source.

02

Crash-free rate

Crash-free users and sessions monitored per release — a hard release gate, not an after-the-fact diagnostic.

03

App size

Download size and install footprint tracked across releases — because every extra MB costs you installs on Tier-2 and Tier-3 devices.

04

Cold-start time

Time to interactive on the entry flow — budgeted, instrumented and regression-tested on real Indian devices, not flagship simulators.

05

ASO ranking

Keyword positions and category rank on App Store and Play Store — paired with conversion-rate-on-listing tracked release over release.

06

Install-to-active ratio

The honest funnel from store install to onboarded, activated user — the only number that says whether your CAC is real money.

Industries

Where our mobile apps ship.

Categories we've shipped enough apps in to know the review-team traps, the compliance gotchas and the retention levers that actually move.

Fintech & payments
Healthtech & wellness
E-commerce & D2C
Edtech & learning
Social & community
On-demand & services
IoT & hardware
Media & entertainment
Why teams stay with us

What you get that most app studios skip.

Choosing an app partner is less about the polished pitch deck and more about whether the team ships clean releases, honest retention reports and stable code — month after month, OS update after OS update.

Native + cross-platform fluent — Swift, Kotlin, React Native, Flutter and KMM in production teams.

Retention-focused engagement — D30 is the brief, not an afterthought added in v2.

ASO-aware from day one — listing copy, screenshots and keywords budgeted into launch.

Performance-budgeted engineering — cold-start, app size and crash-free rate as release gates.

Real Indian device matrix QA — multiple OEMs, screen sizes and OS versions, not just flagships.

Submission and review-response experience on both App Store and Play Store across categories.

Post-launch retainers for OS updates, bug fixes and new features — apps stay alive, not abandoned.

Stack-honest recommendations — we recommend native or cross-platform based on requirement, not bias.

FAQs

Questions teams ask before they sign.

How long does mobile app development take?
A standard consumer app takes 4 to 6 months from design to App Store/Play Store submission. Complex enterprise apps with backend integrations can take 6 to 12 months or more.
Do you provide post-launch support and updates?
Yes. We provide ongoing support and development retainers covering OS compatibility updates, performance monitoring, bug fixing, and new feature development.
Should we build native apps or use React Native / Flutter?
Depends on product requirements. Native (Swift/Kotlin) for performance-critical apps, deep platform integration, or hardware-heavy use cases. Cross-platform (React Native, Flutter) for time-to-market priority and shared logic across platforms. We recommend honestly based on actual requirements — we do both well, so we have no agency-preference bias.
What does mobile app development cost?
Simple consumer apps with standard features: ₹8–25 lakhs. Mid-complexity apps with backend integration: ₹20–60 lakhs. Complex apps with custom features, real-time, or high-performance requirements: ₹50 lakhs to several crores. Pricing depends on platforms (iOS only, Android only, or both), feature scope, and backend complexity. Custom proposals always after discovery.
Do you handle app store submission and updates?
Yes — App Store and Play Store submission is part of every project, including ASO (App Store Optimisation) setup, screenshot design, listing copy, and review response. Post-launch maintenance retainers cover ongoing updates, OS version compatibility, bug fixes, and feature additions. Apps without ongoing maintenance become obsolete within 12-18 months.

Ready to ship a mobile app users actually open?

Book a free 30-minute consult — we'll review your concept or current app and send a custom proposal within 48 hours.