Salon booking app
- Problem
- Bookings taken by phone, with heavy no-show losses at weekends.
- What we did
- Booking app with deposits, reminders and staff-level scheduling.
- Result
- No-shows fell once deposits and reminders were in place.
One team for the app, the backend and both store listings
Reply time
Within 24 hrs
Scope
Fixed, in writing
Code
You own it
Based in
Mumbai
An app is rarely just an app. It needs an API, an admin panel, push infrastructure and two store listings that each have to pass review. Engaging one company in Umroli means a single team owns all of it, rather than you coordinating three vendors who each blame the others.
The most expensive mistake in app projects is treating the backend as an afterthought. Teams build a beautiful interface, then discover the API cannot support offline sync or push segmentation, and half the app gets rewritten.
We design the data model and the API alongside the screens. It makes the first three weeks feel slower, and it is precisely why the last three weeks are not spent rebuilding.
Most Umroli clients approach us with an existing site or app that no longer matches how they trade day to day.
We are comfortable telling you when a cheaper option would serve you better than the one you asked about.
We cover Umroli (401606) and the surrounding Palghar area — on site where a meeting genuinely helps, and remotely where it does not.
Flutter or React Native, so features ship to Android and iOS together rather than drifting apart.
APIs, database and admin panel developed alongside the app, not subcontracted elsewhere.
Segmented, scheduled push with delivery reporting, configured properly rather than bolted on.
Screen and event tracking instrumented before launch, so you learn what users actually do.
Crashlytics configured so problems surface in your dashboard rather than in store reviews.
Screenshots, descriptions, privacy declarations and review responses handled as part of the work.
We define who uses the app, what they do first, and which single action defines success.
A clickable prototype covering the main journeys before any code is written.
Screens and backend developed in parallel sprints, with builds you can install each fortnight.
Tested across a spread of real Android devices and iPhone models, not just simulators.
Listings prepared, privacy declarations completed and review feedback answered.
OS updates break apps; support keeps yours compatible and stable.
Chosen for mobile app development company work specifically, and why.
Our default for cross-platform work — one codebase, near-native performance, fast iteration.
Where you already have a React web team who will maintain the app themselves.
Native modules where the app needs deep platform access.
Native Swift components for platform capabilities Flutter does not reach.
Authentication, push, analytics and crash reporting without running your own infrastructure.
Backend APIs with role management and an admin panel your office staff can use.
Real-time features such as live tracking and chat where persistent connections matter.
FCM and APNs with segmentation, scheduling and delivery reporting.
No triangulating between an app vendor, a backend vendor and a designer.
A single codebase means Android and iOS do not gradually become different products.
Published under your Play Console and App Store Connect, so control stays with you permanently.
Annual Android and iOS releases are planned for rather than reacted to.
Specific to mobile app development company projects, and worth avoiding before you commit budget.
Building screens first means discovering the API cannot support them, then rewriting half the app.
If the app is not on your own store accounts, you do not really control your product.
Without event tracking from day one, you are guessing about what users do.
Android and iOS ship annually and break things. Apps without a support plan quietly stop working.
Third-party platforms commonly connected on mobile app development company projects.
Auth, push, analytics and crash reporting in one place.
In-app payment with UPI intent and saved methods.
Location features with sensible battery usage.
Transactional messages for users who disable push.
Retention campaigns and behavioural segmentation.
Campaign links that open the right screen in the app.
Weeks 1-2
Flows defined and a clickable prototype approved.
Weeks 3-9
Parallel sprints with installable builds each fortnight.
Weeks 10-11
Real hardware across Android and iPhone models.
Weeks 12-14
Listings, review responses and phased rollout.
Indicative packages. Final quotes follow a scope conversation.
₹2,99,999
On quote
Added when you need them, not bundled into the headline price.
₹24,999/mo
OS compatibility, crash fixes and store policy upkeep.
₹29,999
Each further third-party service connected.
₹19,999
Listing, keywords and creative tuned for installs.
₹39,999
Extra reporting and management modules.
“They insisted on building the API before the screens. It felt backwards until the point where we added a feature in days rather than weeks.”
“Both apps shipped in the same week, which our previous vendor said was impossible without doubling the budget.”
Yes. A single Flutter or React Native codebase ships to both, which is materially cheaper than commissioning two native builds and keeps features in sync.
You do. Apps are published under your own Play Console and App Store Connect accounts, so you retain control regardless of what happens to our relationship.
Support plans cover OS compatibility updates, crash fixes and store policy changes — the three things that break live apps.
An MVP is typically ten to fourteen weeks including store review. Larger builds with integrations run longer and we scope them honestly.
Yes, if we can access the source. If the previous developer never handed it over, we will tell you plainly what your options are.
Yes. Rejections are common on privacy declarations and account deletion requirements; responding and resubmitting is part of the engagement.
Different requirement? These pages cover it.
Tell us what you need in Umroli and we will come back with scope, timeline and a fixed quote.