Mobile apps for customers and field teams.
Helmsman designs and develops mobile apps for iOS and Android, for the customers who buy from you and the teams who work in the field. Each app is designed around the few things its users open it to do, and connected to the systems behind it, so the bookings, orders and stock it shows are real.
From $3,000Typically $3,000 to $80,000See pricing
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Who needs a mobile app?
You probably need it if…
- Customers keep asking for an easier way to book, order or track than phoning you.
- Field staff note orders and visits on paper or in messages, and the office types them in again later.
- You have an app idea and want it designed and built properly the first time.
- Your existing app gets installed, opened once and forgotten.
- The app you have shows information that does not match what your business actually holds.
What does a mobile app include?
- 01
iOS and Android
One product on both platforms
Apps for both iOS and Android, so customers and staff get the same experience whichever phone they carry.
- 02
Customer apps
Apps people come back to
B2C apps designed for repeat use, because the second session matters more than the first.
- 03
Field team apps
Work recorded where it happens
Apps for sales and service teams on the move, so visits, orders and updates reach the office the same day.
- 04
Product & UX design
Research, flows and screens in Figma
User research, flows and interface design in Figma before development starts, so the app is shaped around the people who will use it.
- 05
Booking, ordering & payments
The main job in a few taps
Booking, ordering, tracking and payment flows designed so the core action of the app takes as few steps as possible.
- 06
Reminders & alerts
Bringing people back at the right time
Reminders for appointments, orders and expiries, sent when they are useful rather than as noise.
- 07
Admin & back office
Running the app as a business
The web panel and admin platform behind the app, where your team manages users, content, bookings and reports.
- 08
Integrations
Connected to what the business has
Links to your ERP, stock and accounts, so what a customer sees in the app is what your business actually has.
How does Helmsman deliver a mobile app?
The full approachAn app project starts with who will hold the phone and what they open the app to do. Helmsman studies those users and the business behind them, agrees in writing what the first release must do, and designs the flows and screens in Figma before development begins.
The app, its admin and its connections to your systems are then built in stages, with working software you can review as it comes together. After launch it keeps evolving, as users and the business show what the next release should add.
- 01UnderstandProcess map
- 02AnalyseRequirement document
- 03ArchitectSolution structure
- 04DesignScreens and flows
- 05DevelopWorking software
- 06ImplementLive system
- 07EvolveOngoing support
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Mobile apps questions, answered.
Do you build both iOS and Android apps?
Yes. Helmsman builds mobile applications for iOS and Android, for customers and for field teams.
Can you build the whole app, including the admin side?
Yes. One example is a therapist-matching platform built end to end: a client mobile app, a therapist web panel and the admin platform the business runs on.
Can a mobile app connect to our ERP or stock system?
Yes. Helmsman connects apps to the systems behind them, so the orders, bookings and stock an app shows are what the business actually holds.
Do you design the app before building it?
Yes. Design is a stage of its own. Flows and screens are designed in Figma around the people who will use them, and reviewed with you before development begins.
How long does it take to build a mobile app?
The dates are agreed in writing before work starts, together with the price, which starts at $3,000. How long it takes depends on how much the app has to do, how many types of user it serves and which systems it connects to. It is built in stages you can review, so you see progress throughout rather than only at the end.
Is our app idea kept confidential?
Yes. Helmsman signs an NDA on every project, so your idea and your data stay private.