Companion app for a web product
Your web product, in your customers' pockets.
// Overview
Where this product fits
// Audience
Who it is for
Companies with a web product customers already use, who now want it on iOS and Android with the same accounts, the same data and notifications that bring people back.
// Problem
The problem
A separate mobile team means a second backend and features that drift apart, while a wrapped website feels slow, works badly offline and struggles in app store review.
// Deliverables
What we would build
iOS and Android apps from one codebase
A shared codebase delivers both apps, so every feature reaches iOS and Android together and works the same way on each.
Sign-in shared with your web product
Customers sign in with the account they already use on the web, and their data, settings and history are waiting when they open the app.
Offline mode and sync
The app keeps working on a weak or missing connection, and changes made offline sync back to your servers once the phone reconnects.
Push notifications
Notifications bring people back at the right moment, for an update, a reminder or a reply, and each user controls what they receive.
App Store and Google Play listings
We prepare the listings and review submissions for both stores, and answer the questions reviewers raise before your app is released.
The API changes the app needs
Where the app needs data your web product does not yet expose, we extend your API, so both products read from the same source.
// Process
How it works
- 01.
The app calls the API your web app uses
The mobile app reads and writes through your existing API, so there is no second backend to build or keep in step.
- 02.
Shared types keep both apps in step
Web and mobile share the same data types, so a breaking change to the API shows up in both before it ships.
- 03.
Data is cached for use offline
Recent data is stored on the device, so screens open quickly and stay usable when the connection drops.
- 04.
Releases go through both app stores
Each release is built, tested and submitted to the App Store and Google Play, then rolled out to users in stages.
Let's build
your product.
Tell us what you're building and where it stands. We'll scope it with you on a call and give you a straight answer on fit.
- 01
Book a call
Pick a time on our calendar and tell us what you want to build.
- 02
Shape the scope
Together we name the users, the first release and what success looks like.
- 03
Get a proposal
We send a written plan with the scope, the steps and the engagement that fits.
- 04
Start the work
We begin with Discovery and show you working software early and often.