Customer-Facing Apps
A branded app your customers keep on their home screen — loyalty, accounts, content, and a fast way to do business with you. The kind people actually open more than once.
iOS · Android · Cross-platform
Mobile App Development in West Palm Beach
Custom iOS and Android apps for small businesses and startups — designed, built, and submitted to the App Store and Google Play by a real team. We pick native or cross-platform based on what's right for you, then handle every step so you don't have to.
your business, right in their pocket
West Palm Beach, FL · and remote, nationwide. Free, no-pressure chat, always.
Why a custom app
Your Customers Live on Their Phones. Meet Them There.
Most of your customers do almost everything on a phone — and the businesses winning their attention have a fast, friendly app sitting right on the home screen. But hiring an iOS app developer, figuring out Android app development, and wrangling the app stores feels like a second job you never asked for.
That's the part we take off your plate. We're a mobile app development company in Florida that builds custom mobile apps for small businesses — booking apps, ordering apps, loyalty apps, field tools, marketplaces, and small business apps of every shape. You explain the goal in human terms; we handle the design, the build, and the launch.
No clunky template junk, no offshore mystery, no jargon homework. Just a premium app that loads instantly, feels like it belongs to you, and actually gets people opening it again. that's the whole point
The kinds of apps we build
One Team, Every Kind of App
From a simple booking tool to a full marketplace — here's the range of mobile apps we design and ship.
Booking & Ordering
Take appointments, reservations, or orders straight from a phone — with reminders, payments, and your calendar all wired together. Less phone tag, more booked time.
Internal & Field Apps
Tools your team uses on the job: checklists, inspections, inventory, dispatch, time tracking. Works in the field even when the signal drops.
Marketplaces & Platforms
Two-sided apps that connect buyers and sellers, riders and drivers, clients and pros — with profiles, messaging, reviews, and payouts built in.
Startup MVPs
Got an idea? We build a lean, real version (an MVP) fast, so you can put it in users' hands, learn what works, and raise or grow from there.
Small Business Apps
You don't need to be a tech company to have a great app. We build right-sized custom mobile apps that make a small business feel ten times bigger.
Explained simply
Native vs. Cross-Platform, Explained Simply
You'll hear these two words a lot. Here's what they actually mean — and why we don't pick a favorite, we pick what's right for your app.
Cross-platformRight for most
One app, both stores
We write the app once and it runs on both iPhone and Android. We use React Nativefor this. It's faster to build, cheaper to maintain, and for the huge majority of apps, users can't tell the difference. This is the right call for most small businesses and startups.
build once, ship twice
NativeWhen it's earned
Built for one platform, maxed out
We build a separate app specifically for iPhone (with Swift) or Android (with Kotlin). It squeezes out the absolute most performance and the deepest device features — worth it for graphics-heavy apps, games, or anything pushing the hardware hard. The trade-off is more time and cost.
maximum power when it counts
Our honest default for cross-platform app development is React Native — it gets a great app on both stores for the best price. We only go fully native when your app genuinely needs it, and we'll explain exactly why.
What you get
Everything Your App Needs, Handled
Design through launch and beyond — these all come standard, not as surprise add-ons.
UX / UI Design
We map the screens and design a clean, on-brand interface that feels natural to tap through — so people get it without a tutorial.
Native-Quality Build
We build the actual app — smooth, fast, and stable — using React Native, Swift, or Kotlin depending on what your app needs.
App Store + Google Play
We submit to Apple's App Store and the Google Play Store for you: listings, screenshots, privacy answers, and the review back-and-forth.
Push Notifications
Reach people right on their lock screen — order updates, reminders, offers — so your app keeps earning its spot on their phone.
Offline Support
The app keeps working when the internet doesn't, then syncs up the moment it's back. Essential for field crews and spotty coverage.
Analytics
See how people actually use the app — what they tap, where they drop off — so every update is based on real behavior, not guessing.
Maintenance
OS updates, security patches, fixes, and new features. We stick around and keep your app healthy long after launch day.
Smart Features
Chat, AI assistants, search, maps, payments, the camera — we wire in the modern bits that make an app feel premium.
How we build it
From Idea to App Store, Step by Step
Clear milestones, real progress on your phone, no black box. You always know what's happening.
- 01
Discover & Scope
A free call where you tell us the goal in normal words. We map the must-have screens, agree on what's in the first version, and give you a fixed, honest quote.
- 02
Design the Screens
We design how the app looks and flows — clickable mockups you can actually tap through — so there are no surprises before a line of code is written.
- 03
Build in Milestones
We build the app in clear two-week chunks. You see real, working progress on your own phone the whole way through, not a black box.
- 04
Test on Real Devices
We test on actual iPhones and Android phones — different sizes, slow networks, edge cases — so it's solid before anyone else touches it.
- 05
Launch to the Stores
We handle the full App Store and Google Play submission and walk it through review. You get a launch, not a homework assignment.
- 06
Support & Grow
After launch we keep it updated and add features as you grow. And we pick up the phone when you call.
The tech, explained for normals
The Tools We Build With
You don't need to know any of this — but here's the honest rundown of what powers your app, in human words.
React Native
The workhorse for most projects. One codebase becomes a real iPhone app and a real Android app at the same time — faster to build, cheaper to maintain, and indistinguishable from native for the vast majority of apps.
Swift
Apple's own language for building iPhone and iPad apps. We reach for it when an app needs the absolute most polish or power on iOS — heavy graphics, deep device features, peak performance.
Kotlin
Google's modern language for native Android apps. When a project demands the most out of Android specifically, Kotlin gives us full, first-class access to the platform.
Our React Native developers ship most apps cross-platform; our Swift and Kotlin work covers anything that needs to go fully native. Either way, you get one team and one clear bill.
Why Epic
Why Small Businesses Pick Us
One Small, Sharp Team
The people who design your app are the people who build it. No handoffs to a call center, no ticket-number runaround.
Truly iOS + Android
We ship to both stores from day one. Your customers get a great experience whether they're on iPhone or Android.
We Pick Up the Phone
Real humans in West Palm Beach (and remote, nationwide). When something comes up, you call us and a person answers.
No Jargon, No Surprises
Plain-English updates, fixed quotes, and clear milestones. You always know what's being built and what it costs.
From a real client
“We went from a rough idea to live on both app stores in about ten weeks. Our customers book and pay right from their phones now, and the weekly no-shows we used to just eat basically stopped.”
Questions, answered
Mobile App Development FAQ
- How much does it cost to build a mobile app?
- It depends entirely on what the app does. A focused MVP or a simple booking/loyalty app costs a lot less than a full marketplace with payments, chat, and live tracking. After a quick (free) scoping call we give you a fixed, plain-English quote up front — no surprise invoices, no meter running.
- How long does it take to build an app?
- A lean MVP often ships in 6–10 weeks. A larger app with custom backends, payments, and lots of integrations usually runs 3–5 months. We work in milestones so you see something real on your phone every couple of weeks — not just at the very end.
- Can you build for both iOS and Android?
- Yes — both. Most of our work is cross-platform with React Native, which means one codebase runs on iPhone and Android, so you launch on both stores at once without paying for two separate apps. When something truly needs maximum native horsepower, we build natively in Swift (iOS) or Kotlin (Android).
- Do you submit the app to the App Store and Google Play?
- We do all of it. We handle the full submission to Apple's App Store and the Google Play Store — developer accounts, store listings, screenshots, privacy questionnaires, and the review back-and-forth. You never have to learn the app-store maze.
- What about updates and maintenance after launch?
- Apps aren't 'set it and forget it.' Apple and Google ship new OS versions, security patches come out, and you'll want small improvements. We offer simple maintenance plans that cover updates, monitoring, and fixes — and we add new features as your business grows.
- Do I actually need an app, or just a website?
- Honest answer: sometimes a fast, mobile-friendly website is the smarter first step. An app earns its keep when you need push notifications, offline use, a home-screen icon people open daily, device features like camera or GPS, or a real loyalty loop. We'll tell you straight which one fits your business — and we happily build both.
Pair it with
Make the Whole Stack Work Together
An app is even better next to a sharp website, a custom backend, and automations that handle the busywork.
Let's build it
Got an App Idea? Let's Make It Real.
Tell us what you're picturing — for your customers, your team, or a brand-new startup. Talking to us is always free, and we'll be straight with you about what it takes (and whether you even need an app or just a great website).
we read every single one
Or email hello [at] epicdevsolutions [dot] com
West Palm Beach, FL · and remote, nationwide.
