Type of work · Mobile apps
Most small business apps fail the same way: they are a website in a wrapper, they need a signal the job site does not have, and they ask a technician standing on a ladder to fill in eleven fields. An app earns its place when it is faster than the paper it replaced — a job signed off in the truck, a delivery photographed at the door, stock counted in the aisle instead of on a clipboard and typed in again that evening. We build for iPhone and iPad, submit to the App Store, and support it afterward.
The job as it is done now.
Something built for one hand and a bad connection.
App builds run two to six weeks depending on how much has to work offline, at a fixed price agreed before work starts. App Store review adds a few days and we handle the submission.
Who it is for
We ship our own apps, which is a different thing from talking about apps.
PickIt is on the App Store, and Money, Apparently. is an iPhone app built on live bank data through Plaid, with everything App Review demands of a financial app. That means the unglamorous parts — developer accounts, signing, privacy declarations, review rejections, the update after launch — are things we do for ourselves, not things we will learn on your money. The apps we build and run ourselves are all listed, and you can download one and judge the work before you call us.
Common questions
We build for iPhone and iPad first, and say so plainly. For most small businesses in this area the crews are on iPhones and one platform done properly beats two done thinly. If your workforce is on Android, tell us at the audit and we will scope it honestly or tell you we are not the right shop.
It can, and for field work it usually has to. Work gets captured on the phone and syncs when the signal comes back, so a basement, a warehouse or a job site out past the last tower does not stop anybody. That choice changes what a build costs, so we make it early.
Yours. The app is published under your own developer account, which means you own the listing, the reviews and the ability to move it elsewhere. If you do not have an account yet we will walk you through setting one up; Apple charges $99 a year for it.
Apple releases a new version of iOS every year and occasionally changes what the App Store will accept. Keeping up with that is part of the monthly support fee, not a separate invoice each autumn.
Often just a better website, and we will say so. An app is worth building when it has to work offline, use the camera or scanner, or live on a home screen for daily use. If it is something a customer does once a year, a website does the job for less money.
A few sentences is plenty: what you would like built or improved, and who it is for.
We read and answer every message ourselves.
All of these reach Chris directly.
Tell us about your project Book a free 30-minute Process Audit Email chris@edenmillsoftware.com Call 410-375-4340Not sure what you need yet? The free Process Audit is the place to start.
