iOS App Development
Each dedicated iOS application we build starts from defined user journeys. Apple platform requirements, device capabilities, integrations and the agreed product roadmap shape the rest.
Native App Development
Native Mobile App Development That Makes Every Interaction Count
Create an app that feels at home on the devices your customers use every day. WDI develops native mobile experiences around platform-specific capabilities, responsive interactions, and the demands of your product.
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Trusted to Build Digital Products
01Completed delivery2,000+Projects
02Product experience200+Digital Products
03Client profileGrowing Businesses & Enterprises
04Delivery modelCentralised Execution
What we do
Native App Development Services
Our native mobile app development work covers planning, building, migrating and modernising dedicated iOS and Android applications. We take it on where native engineering supports the product experience you require. The services themselves fall into five areas: platform-specific development, migration, modernisation, interface engineering and quality assurance. Nothing is recommended on instinct. Our native app developers study device capabilities, operating-system requirements, integrations, performance expectations and the wider roadmap, and only then do we say whether a native approach gives your product the strongest fit.
Android App Development
We develop Android applications around your defined product requirements, device functionality, integrations and user experience, with the intended operating environment in view.
Native App Modernisation
An existing native application can reach a point where ageing architecture, interfaces, dependencies or maintainability limit further product development. That's when we modernise it.
Native App Migration
We move suitable applications to a native approach. First, though, we review the existing architecture, functionality, integrations, platform requirements and migration dependencies.
Native UI Development
Our interfaces and interactions are platform-specific. They follow your product requirements and the iOS or Android conventions that are relevant.
App Testing & Quality Assurance
We validate agreed functionality, integrations, device behaviour and release requirements. This is done across every supported native mobile environment.
Related services
Extend Your
Extend Your
Native App
Dedicated iOS or Android engineering is often only part of what a native application depends on. There are wider product, design, AI, connected-device and deployment requirements too. Our related services support your mobile product on those.
01 — AI
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AI Mobile App Development
We add AI capabilities where product needs, available information and operating requirements support them.
02 — PLATFORM
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Cross-Platform App Development
Sometimes native development isn't required on both platforms. Shared mobile engineering is then worth considering, and we'll consider it with you.
03 — IOT
IoT & Wearable App Development
We connect native apps with supported devices or wearables for products that require it.
04 — MVP
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MVP App Development
A focused mobile first release gets defined and built first. The wider roadmap expands afterwards.
05 — DESIGN
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Design Systems & Scalable UI
Reusable interface patterns support consistency as mobile product experiences evolve. We create them.
06 — REDESIGN
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Product Redesign & Modernisation
We rework existing product experiences whose usability, structure or interfaces need broader improvement.
07 — CLOUD
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Cloud Applications & DevOps
We address supporting environment and deployment requirements according to the approved product scope.
How can WDI help you?
Make the Right Native App Decisions
Native development can provide deeper platform-specific control. Even so, it isn't automatically the right choice for every mobile product, and we help you determine when dedicated iOS or Android engineering is justified.
Plan Your Native AppNative or Cross-Platform?
Five things are compared: device functionality, user experience, performance expectations, roadmap and maintenance requirements. Then we decide whether dedicated native apps or shared cross-platform engineering is the better fit.
Do We Need Separate iOS and Android Apps?
We assess whether both platforms really need dedicated implementation. Product priorities, audience needs and release strategy may justify starting with one platform, or a different approach altogether.
Which Platform Should We Prioritise?
We look at your target users, product requirements, device usage, business priorities and release dependencies. Whether iOS, Android or both should lead development follows from that.
Should an Existing App Be Modernised or Rebuilt?
Architecture, dependencies, interfaces and technical constraints get reviewed before any decision. The more appropriate path may be targeted modernisation, migration or wider redevelopment.
How Should Device Capabilities Be Used?
Not every platform or hardware capability improves the user experience. We identify the ones that genuinely do, before any native functionality is introduced that adds unnecessary implementation or maintenance complexity.
How Do We Plan for Future Releases?
We define architecture, integrations, release processes and platform requirements with the roadmap in mind. What we avoid is unnecessary engineering for hypothetical future needs.
Native app solutions
Native App Solutions
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Launch a New Mobile Product
We plan and build your dedicated native product, whether for iOS, Android or multiple platforms. Defined users, journeys, functionality, integrations and release priorities are its foundation.
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Add AI to an Existing Mobile App
We introduce AI capabilities into an existing mobile app where practical integration is supported. That depends on the use case, the available information, the existing native architecture and the operating requirements.
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Modernise Legacy Mobile Apps
We review ageing native applications. The aim is to determine which path forward is more appropriate: targeted improvement, migration or redevelopment.
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Integrate Apps with Business Systems
Native mobile applications can be connected with your existing business systems. We do it wherever suitable APIs, permissions and integration routes are available.
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Build Mobile Customer Portals
Defined services, information and workflows sit at the centre of the native customer-facing experiences we create. They're supported by the required authentication, backend systems and integrations.
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Automate Mobile Workflows
Repeatable mobile activities are digitised through native workflows. Those workflows capture information and connect with supporting systems where appropriate.
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Centralise Mobile Data & Reporting
Relevant application information is brought into defined views, so users or operational teams can review agreed mobile data more consistently.
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Build Scalable Enterprise Mobile Solutions
We plan enterprise native applications around users, workflows, integrations and foreseeable operating requirements. Scalability is never treated as an automatic outcome.
Industries
Native Apps by Industry
Some products require deeper platform integration, device functionality or dedicated user experiences, and native development can suit them. We can shape native mobile products around different industry contexts while keeping requirements specific to the intended application.
Financial ServicesFinancial information and workflows are the basis of the native mobile experiences we develop here. Access, integrations, user roles and operating requirements must be clearly defined.
Healthcare & WellnessWe create native applications that support healthcare or wellness journeys. This work needs information handling, device functionality, user access and workflows to be understood.
Learning & EducationOur native learning applications are built around content access, interactions, device capabilities and progress-related journeys, together with administrative requirements suited to the product.
Commerce & ConsumerWe develop native consumer experiences around discovery, transactions, engagement and device-specific functionality, where these requirements support the intended product experience.
Media & CommunityContent, communication and community participation are supported by the native mobile products we create. We account for platform conventions, moderation and user interaction requirements.
Mobility & LogisticsOperational or location-sensitive workflows are what these native applications are built for. Device functionality, integrations, information and user roles have to be clearly defined.
Industrial & Emerging TechWe develop native mobile experiences around connected or operational use cases. Device, integration, platform and workflow requirements must be established before implementation.
01
Client outcome
We clarify who the users are, the business goals, platform priorities, mobile journeys and the device capabilities required.
Stage 01
Understand the Product
We clarify who the users are, the business goals, platform priorities, mobile journeys and the device capabilities required.
02
Client outcome
We determine whether dedicated iOS or Android engineering is justified. Meaningful platform-specific requirements are identified alongside.
Stage 02
Assess Native Fit
We determine whether dedicated iOS or Android engineering is justified. Meaningful platform-specific requirements are identified alongside.
03
Client outcome
We shape journeys, interfaces and interactions around the product, and respect the relevant platform conventions.
Stage 03
Design the Experience
We shape journeys, interfaces and interactions around the product, and respect the relevant platform conventions.
04
Client outcome
The native application structure is defined, together with backend services, APIs, integrations, data and supporting requirements.
Stage 04
Plan the Architecture
The native application structure is defined, together with backend services, APIs, integrations, data and supporting requirements.
05
Client outcome
We develop the agreed platform functionality progressively, against the prioritised product scope.
Stage 05
Build in Iterations
We develop the agreed platform functionality progressively, against the prioritised product scope.
06
Client outcome
Before release, agreed functionality, device behaviour and integrations are tested across supported native environments.
Stage 06
Validate & Release
Before release, agreed functionality, device behaviour and integrations are tested across supported native environments.
07
Client outcome
We review product needs, operating-system changes and roadmap priorities. Subsequent releases and modernisation are guided by that review.
Stage 07
Evolve the Product
We review product needs, operating-system changes and roadmap priorities. Subsequent releases and modernisation are guided by that review.
Technology
Native App Technology Expertise
Native development brings platform-specific engineering together with backend, data and integration requirements. The technical approach should reflect four things: the product, device capabilities, operating-system expectations and the wider application architecture.
Native iOS Development
Platform, product and device requirements shape the dedicated iOS applications we build.
Native Android Development
We build dedicated Android applications around platform, product and device requirements.
Mobile Backend Engineering
Native mobile products need supporting application logic and backend services. We build both.
API & Backend Integration
Approved APIs, backend services and business systems are connected with your native application.
Mobile Database & Data Sync
We structure mobile data and synchronisation around product workflows, connectivity and agreed information requirements.
Cloud & DevOps for Mobile
We address deployment and environment requirements according to the approved mobile architecture and scope.
AI opportunities
AI for Native Apps
AI can support a native mobile experience where product needs, available information and technical feasibility justify using it. Specific advanced techniques should be selected only where current capability evidence supports the implementation.
Mobile AI Features
Defined AI capabilities are added to native applications where the product need and technical approach are validated.
Intelligent Personalisation
Selected experiences are adapted using relevant user information. Suitable data and evaluation criteria must exist.
Conversational Assistants
We support defined information or workflow tasks through conversational interactions, with appropriate controls.
Predictive Recommendations
We use suitable historical information to support recommendations where meaningful evaluation is possible.
Visual Information Processing
We use supported image or visual inputs only where validated capability and product requirements justify the implementation.
Voice-Enabled Experiences
Voice interaction is used where supported capability and product requirements justify the experience.
Behavioural Insights
We analyse suitable interaction information and identify patterns that may inform product decisions.
Workflow Assistance
AI is applied to suitable workflows, with appropriate ownership, review and exception handling maintained.
Our Projects
Selected work, project by project.
A fraction of what we have shipped.
01. Amble
02. Sattva Connect
03. Tanami Capital
04. Foodism
Ready when you are
Let's scope your mobile product.
Share the goal, the users and the systems involved. We'll come back with a considered approach.
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Capabilities
A native mobile product may involve broader AI, software, web, design or engineering requirements. These WDI capabilities give you a route to related services once the requirement extends beyond native development.
01 — AI
AI Development
We evaluate AI capabilities for products, software and workflows. Implementation follows where AI supports a defined need.
02 — MOBILE
Mobile App Development
We plan, design, engineer and evolve mobile products around users, business requirements and technical constraints.
03 — SOFTWARE
Software Development
Purpose-specific software platforms and systems are built around business processes, integrations and operating requirements.
04 — WEB
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Web Development
Our web applications and digital experiences support wider product and software requirements.
05 — DESIGN
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Design Services
We define user journeys, interfaces and product experiences before engineering, or alongside it.
06 — TEAM
Team Augmentation
Engineering capacity is added within an established delivery environment, with roles and responsibilities defined.
07 — SOFTWARE
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Software Solutions
We organise our software approaches around the operational or product problem your organisation needs to solve.
Why WDI
Why Build Your App with WDI
01
Experience Informs Better Decisions
We have a broader delivery history to draw on. It provides useful context for planning product scope, dependencies, priorities and development trade-offs.
02
We Understand the Business Behind the Software
Our discovery is business-first. Product requirements are connected with the operational or customer problem the application is intended to address.
03
Built Around Real Product Requirements
User roles, integrations, workflows and future requirements are all considered as we shape the application's architecture and development approach.
04
Operational Requirements Considered Early
We consider access, data handling, performance expectations and other relevant operating requirements during planning. The product and agreed scope determine how.
05
Business, Product and Technology Aligned
Commercial goals, user needs and engineering decisions are considered together whenever a major product choice is defined.
06
Connected Delivery
Discovery, design, engineering, validation, deployment planning and continued product evolution can be considered as connected parts of the delivery relationship.
FAQs
Questions businesses ask before choosing native app development
These answers cover when native is the right choice, how it compares with cross-platform, iOS and Android delivery, migration, integrations, AI, choosing native app developers and modernisation.
If your question is not answered here, a mobile product specialist can address it directly in a consultation.
It can be, when your product depends on platform-specific functionality, deeper device access or dedicated iOS or Android experiences. Technical requirements that justify separate implementation are another reason.
Platform-specific engineering for iOS or Android is what defines native development. Cross-platform development shares more of the implementation across platforms. The right choice depends on functionality, user experience, device needs, integrations and roadmap priorities.
WDI's authorised mobile capability includes both iOS and Android delivery. Developing both platforms together is a different decision, one that depends on product priorities, target users, functionality and release strategy.
Potentially. Suitability depends on the existing architecture, platform requirements, integrations and technical constraints, as well as your reasons for changing approach. Some products may benefit from targeted modernisation instead.
Yes, where suitable APIs, permissions and integration routes are available. Existing systems, application architecture, information requirements and the intended mobile workflows determine the appropriate integration approach.
Yes, where the AI capability addresses a defined need and the required information, technical feasibility, architecture, evaluation criteria and controls are available.
Product judgement and platform understanding come first. Look as well for backend and integration capability, design coordination and release planning. Good native app developers can also explain when native engineering is genuinely justified.
Sometimes. Architecture, dependencies, interface condition, platform changes and technical constraints determine the appropriate approach. Targeted improvements may be practical, while other applications may require wider redevelopment.
Build Around the Platform Experience Your Product Needs
Share your product requirements with us, along with your intended platforms, device functionality, existing application environment and integrations. We'll review the product, the platform requirements and the technical dependencies. Then we can discuss whether native development is the appropriate next step.