/001Web & mobile app development

An app your users keep. Code your team can live with.

Senior engineers in Montréal design and build your web or mobile app with you, in your timezone. You own every line of code. No offshore handoff, no mystery codebase, no rebuild in a year.

  • —Senior North American + nearshore team, your working hours
  • —A written estimate before you commit a dollar
  • —You own 100% of the code and IP, from commit one
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/002Why apps fail

Most apps don't fail at launch. They fail in the year after.

The demo looked fine. Then the bugs, the silence, the store rejection, the codebase nobody wants to touch. Here is where app projects go wrong, and what we do differently.

/01 — Handoff

The offshore handoff

Your spec crosses an ocean and comes back as something else. Every clarification costs a day; every misunderstanding ships to users.

The Webisoft answer

Senior engineers in your timezone, on your calls, in English or French. Questions get answered the same hour, not the next day.

/02 — Abandon

Nobody maintains it

The shop ships version one and moves on. An OS update breaks the app, the original devs are gone, and nobody answers the ticket.

The Webisoft answer

Launch is a milestone, not a goodbye. We maintain the app through OS updates, store changes, and new features, for as long as you want us.

/03 — Stall

Iteration slows to a crawl

Users ask for a small change. It takes six weeks and a change order. The app falls behind, and so does the business.

The Webisoft answer

One team that knows the codebase, shipping on a steady cadence. Small changes take days because nobody has to rediscover the code first.

/04 — Friction

UX that drives users away

The features exist, but the app fights the user: confusing flows, slow screens, logins that fail. Downloads don't become daily users.

The Webisoft answer

We prototype the flows and test them with you before building. Design decisions get made on screens you can tap, not in a spec document.

/05 — Rejected

The app store says no

Weeks of review limbo: privacy labels, permissions, guideline violations the builder never mentioned. The launch date slips and slips.

The Webisoft answer

We build to Apple and Google guidelines from day one and handle the submissions ourselves, privacy labels, review notes, and all.

/06 — Debt

Tech debt nobody admits to

Under the demo sits a codebase with no tests and no docs. Every new feature breaks an old one. Eventually someone says "rebuild."

The Webisoft answer

Tests, docs, and code review on every merge, in your repos where you can see it. The codebase stays something a new hire can pick up.

/003What we build

One app or the whole product: web, mobile, and the backend behind them.

Webisoft builds with in-house senior engineers in Montréal. Whatever platform the work targets, the same rules hold: your timezone, your repos, your code.

/01

iOS apps

Native iPhone and iPad apps built to Apple's guidelines, from first screen to App Store approval. Fast, polished, and review-ready.

Swift · App Store
/02

Android apps

Native Android apps that feel right on the platform and survive the device zoo, built for Google Play from day one.

Kotlin · Google Play
/03

Cross-platform

One codebase, both stores. React Native or Flutter when it fits, so features ship to iOS and Android at the same time, for less.

React Native · Flutter
/04

Web apps & PWAs

Customer portals, dashboards, and SaaS products that run in any browser, installable as a PWA when your users want an icon.

React · PWA · SaaS
/05

Backend & APIs

The part users never see and always feel: auth, payments, notifications, and APIs that keep the app fast as it grows.

APIs · Auth · Payments
/06

App modernization

Rescue or rebuild the app you already have: stabilize it, pay down the debt, and get releases shipping again without starting over blind.

Rescue · Rebuild
/004How it works

Four steps. A number in writing before any code.

01

Scope

A short call about who the app serves and what it must do. You get a written estimate and a platform recommendation, free. If an app isn't the answer, we say so.

Free · This week
02

Design

We prototype the screens and flows before building. You tap through the app and correct it while changes are cheap, on a prototype, not in production.

You approve first
03

Build

Senior engineers build in your repos with tests and docs. Weekly demos on real devices, so progress is something you hold, never a black box.

Demos every week
04

Launch & maintain

We handle store submissions and launch, then keep the app healthy: OS updates, monitoring, and new features. Or hand it to your team. Your call.

No lock-in
/005The honest comparison

Offshore shop, freelancers, or built here.

Each option is right for someone. Freelancers win on small, well-defined jobs. Offshore wins on hourly rate. Here is the full picture.

Criteria
Offshore app shop
Freelancers
Webisoft
Timezone & communication
Overnight round-trips
When they're available
Your hours, direct access, EN/FR
Who does the work
Junior-heavy, rotating
One person, one skillset
Senior, in-house, one named lead
After launch
Next client, next project
Gone when they get busy
Maintained: OS updates, fixes, features
Code & IP ownership
Varies by contract
Often undocumented
You own 100%, from commit one
Security posture
A PDF of promises
Whatever they set up
SOC 2 · HIPAA · AWS Partner
If they disappear
You start over
You start over
Your repos, tests, and docs stay yours
/006Straight answers

The questions buyers ask before the call.

/01How much does an app cost?
It depends on scope, and anyone who quotes you before understanding the job is guessing. The real drivers are how many platforms you target, how much lives in the backend, and how polished version one must be. That's why the estimate comes first and free: you get a number in writing, with the scope behind it, before you commit a dollar. If a smaller build, or no app at all, serves you better, we tell you that instead.
/02How long does it take to build?
We scope version one deliberately small: the core flows your users need, built properly, shipped early. You see the app running on real devices in weekly demos from the first weeks, not a reveal at the end. Your written estimate includes the delivery plan and dates for your specific scope, including store review time, so the timeline is a commitment, not a hope.
/03Should we build iOS, Android, or both?
It depends on where your users are and what the app has to do. Cross-platform (React Native or Flutter) covers both stores from one codebase and fits most products. Native wins when you need deep platform features or maximum performance. A web app or PWA skips the stores entirely and can be the right version one. The scoping call ends with a platform recommendation and the reasoning behind it, in writing.
/04How is this different from an offshore app shop?
Offshore is cheaper per hour; the risk is what the hourly rate hides. Overnight round-trips on every question, junior-heavy teams that rotate mid-project, and bugs that surface after the contract ends. Webisoft builds with senior in-house engineers in Montréal, in your working hours, in English or French, with one named lead accountable from first commit to store approval. You pay for it once, built right.
/05Who owns the code?
You do. 100%, in your repositories, from the first commit, along with the app store accounts, the documentation, and the data. No vendor-held code, no murky IP clauses, no exit fees. You can hand the codebase to any competent team tomorrow, which is exactly why clients choose to stay.
/06Do you maintain the app after launch?
Yes, and we think it's the most important question on this page. Apps live in a moving environment: iOS and Android updates, store policy changes, new devices, your own feature list. We offer ongoing maintenance with the same engineers who built the app, so nothing has to be rediscovered. If you'd rather run it in-house, the tests and docs make the handover clean. Either way, you're never stuck.
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