MVP · 6–10 weeks
MVP app development that actually ships.
One platform, one sharp idea, in front of real users. Scoped hard, built properly, and instrumented well enough to learn something.
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01Method
How an MVP sprint runs.
Four stages, a working build in your hands every week, and no status decks.
- Discover — about one week
- A free call, then a written scope: goals, users, constraints and the honest version of what it costs.
- Build — four to eight weeks
- Design and engineering in tight loops, with a TestFlight build you can hold at the end of every week.
- Ship — one to two weeks
- Store submission, review handling, launch polish and analytics that answer questions you will actually ask.
- Then decide
- Continue on a retainer, hand the codebase to an in-house team, or stop. All three are fine and none of them are penalised.
02Scoping
What gets cut, and why.
An MVP fails by being too big far more often than by being too small.
- One platform first
- Two stores doubles QA, review cycles and support before you know whether anyone wants the product.
- One core loop
- The single flow the product is judged on gets the whole budget. Settings, admin and onboarding polish come later.
- Real infrastructure, minimal surface
- Proper auth, CI and crash reporting from day one. Cutting those is what makes version two a rewrite.
03FAQ
MVP development: common questions.
How much does an MVP app cost?
$15k–$40k for a scoped MVP sprint over 6–10 weeks, covering product scoping, design, build and store submission on one platform.
What counts as an MVP?
The smallest build that tests the riskiest assumption with real users. Not a prototype and not a demo — a real app in a real store with real accounts, just far narrower than the eventual product.
What happens after the MVP ships?
You own everything, so you choose: continue with us on a retainer from $4k a month, move to a full build, or take the codebase in-house. We hand over source, pipelines, store accounts and architecture notes either way.
Can you work with our designer or founder-designer?
Yes. If design exists and is decided, we scope engineering only, which shortens the timeline and the cost.
04Related
Related capabilities.
Most engagements touch more than one of these.
iOS app development
Swift and SwiftUI, current-generation Apple frameworks, and a release you own end to end. No wrappers, no WebView shortcuts.
React Native development
One codebase, two platforms, no uncanny valley. Native modules where it counts, shared product surface everywhere else.
App Store submission
Signing, metadata, privacy disclosures, review correspondence and rejections. The unglamorous week that decides whether anything launches.
Tell us what you're building.
Send the rough version. A senior engineer reads every brief and replies within one business day.