Gibraltar Mobile App Development
App development in Gibraltar, from first idea to the app stores
An app earns its place on someone's phone when it does one job better than a website can: booking in two taps, reordering a favourite, collecting loyalty points, or giving staff a tool they use every day. Our app development in Gibraltar starts with that job, then designs and builds the app around it, for iPhone, Android or both.
Gibraltar Web Studio is on Main Street. We plan, design, build and publish apps for businesses in Gibraltar and across the border, and look after them once they're live. You talk to the people building your app, not an account manager.
When an app is the right choice
Customers come back often
Regular orders, bookings or visits are where an app on the home screen pays off; for occasional visitors, a fast website is usually enough.
It needs the phone itself
Notifications, the camera, location, offline use or contactless check-in work best in an app.
Staff need a tool
Field teams, deliveries, stock checks and inspections are often simpler with an internal app than with spreadsheets.
You're testing an idea
A focused first version shows whether customers want it before you spend on everything else.
If a website or web app would do the job for less, we'll say so before you commit.
Apps we build
Booking and appointments
For salons, clinics, tours, gyms and charters: live availability, payments or deposits, reminders and a calendar your team manages.
Ordering and loyalty
For cafés, restaurants and Main Street shops: menus and catalogues, saved favourites, points and offers, and notifications when there's something new.
Tools for your team
For logistics, maritime, property and service firms: job lists, forms, photos and signatures captured on site, and data sent straight back to the office.
First versions for start-ups
For founders: the smallest version that proves the idea, built so it can grow, with the analytics to show what users actually do.
Built with the right technology
We choose the technology for the job rather than one framework for everything: native Swift for iPhone and Kotlin for Android when performance or device features matter most, or cross-platform React Native or Flutter to build both from one codebase and save time and cost. For the server side, we build the back end, admin panel and integrations your app needs, from payments and bookings to the systems you already use.
App development packages
Every app starts with a design and prototype you can tap through on your own phone, so you see it working before the build begins.
Design and prototype. Screens, user journeys and a clickable prototype to test with real users.
Starter app. One focused job done well, for iPhone and Android, with a simple admin area.
Business app. User accounts, payments, bookings and a full admin panel.
Bespoke platform. Integrations, complex logic and larger teams of users.
App care. Hosting, updates, monitoring and support once your app is live.
Prices are in the table below, and we'll confirm yours in a written quote.
| Package | What's included | Price |
|---|---|---|
| App design and prototype | Screens, user journeys and a clickable prototype on your own phone, in three to four weeks. | £2,500 once |
| Starter app | One focused job for iPhone and Android with a simple admin area, usually twelve to sixteen weeks. | from £12,000 |
| Business app | User accounts, payments or bookings and a full admin panel, usually eighteen to twenty-four weeks. | from £25,000 |
| Bespoke platform | Integrations with your systems, complex logic and larger numbers of users, planned after scoping. | from £45,000 |
| App care | Hosting for typical small apps, operating system and security updates, crash monitoring and two hours of changes a month. | £195 a month |
How we build your app
Discovery
We agree what the app must do, who uses it and how you'll measure success, and write it down in plain English.
Design and prototype
You test the screens on your own phone and change them before any code is written.
Build in stages
We share a test version every couple of weeks, so you see progress and can steer it.
Launch
We prepare the store listings, submit the app to the App Store and Google Play, and handle the review process.
Care
After launch we keep the app working through new phone and operating system releases, and plan the next improvements with you.
How long it takes
A design and prototype takes three to four weeks. A starter app usually takes twelve to sixteen weeks from the start of the build, and a business app eighteen to twenty-four. These estimates include time for testing, app store review and the changes that always come up; we give you a dated plan once we've agreed the scope.
After launch
Apps need looking after: Apple and Google release new versions every year, and the libraries an app is built on need updates for security. App care covers hosting for typical small apps, updates, crash monitoring and a couple of hours of changes each month. The store accounts and the code are set up in your name, so the app is always yours.
Websites, apps and marketing together
Many apps need a website alongside them, for search, sign-ups and support pages: see our web design in Gibraltar. To bring people to your app, Google Ads and SEO can promote it from launch day. When you're ready, tell us about your idea.
Questions about mobile app development in Gibraltar
A design and clickable prototype is £2,500. A starter app starts at £12,000, a business app with accounts, payments or bookings at £25,000, and bespoke platforms at £45,000. You get a written quote once we've agreed the scope.
A prototype takes three to four weeks. Most starter apps take twelve to sixteen weeks and business apps eighteen to twenty-four, including testing and app store review.
Yes, either or both. Cross-platform tools such as React Native or Flutter build both from one codebase; native Swift and Kotlin suit apps that rely heavily on device features.
If customers use it often, or it needs notifications, the camera or offline use, an app is usually worth it. If people visit occasionally, a web app or a fast website often does the job for less. We'll recommend one before you commit.
Yes. We prepare the listing, screenshots and privacy details, submit the app and deal with the review. Apple and Google charge their own developer account fees, which are set up in your name.
App care is £195 a month. It covers hosting for typical small apps, operating system and security updates, crash monitoring, store compliance changes and up to two hours of improvements each month.
Yes. We build to your compliance requirements and leave regulatory wording, licences and approvals to your compliance team. App stores have their own rules for gambling and financial apps, which we check before the build starts.
You do. The code, the store accounts and the app listings are in your name, so you can take them elsewhere at any time.
Yes. We build apps in English, Spanish or both, with the Spanish written by our team, which helps if your customers come from both sides of the border.
Usually. We start with a review of the code and the store accounts, then tell you what it would take to maintain, fix or rebuild it.
Recent website work from our team
These are websites we've built for clients; our app projects will appear here as they launch.
Miss Keen To Clean based in Bootle are a cleaning business who wanted to promote their brand and build their legitimacy in the eyes of potential contracts with large corporate businesses. The proffesional look and feel of the new website has recieved positive feedback from contractors and many of her existing clients. The contact form has been really useful for managing booking as well.
View the website
Got an idea for an app?
Tell us what it should do and who will use it, and we'll suggest the quickest way to test it with real users.
