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Custom Mobile App Development for CTOs and IT Directors

Custom iOS and Android app development built to extend your engineering team. From discovery through App Store launch, we deliver scalable apps that give you delivery capacity without the hiring overhead.

Trusted by enterprises, scaleups and startups

  • British Gas
  • Lafarge
  • NHS
  • cinch
  • Bridgestone
  • Dole

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Why CTOs Partner With Us for Mobile App Development

As a CTO, you need reliable delivery partners who speak your language. Our developers integrate directly into your engineering structure, not as a vendor handing off a brief. We ask questions about your architecture, your compliance needs, and your roadmap before we write a line of code. This means apps that fit your technical environment, not ones that create integration headaches downstream. You get capacity to build new iOS and Android products without expanding your permanent team, plus access to specialists in cross-platform development who stay current with the platform SDKs and submission requirements.

From Discovery to Live App: Our Approach

We start with your business problem and technical constraints, not a feature list. Our team works through discovery to define scope, validate user needs, and plan for scalability from day one. We build and test on real devices, not just simulators. Once the app is production-ready, we handle the submission process to both App Store and Play Store, including managing review cycles and ensuring compliance with each platform's guidelines. You stay in control. We share progress through regular demos and technical syncs, and we document decisions so your internal team can take over maintenance or future builds with no knowledge gaps.

We understand that enterprise IT environments have strict requirements around data handling, API integration, and third-party dependencies. Our team works within your security frameworks, uses your preferred CI/CD pipelines, and respects your code review processes. We conduct threat modelling during development and ensure mobile apps meet your standards for encryption, authentication, and audit trails. This approach avoids the costly rework that happens when a vendor delivers something that doesn't meet your compliance checklist.

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Security, Compliance and Technical Governance

WHAT YOU GET

Built around how your business works

  • Deliver iOS and Android apps end-to-end while your team focuses on core systems
  • Proven process from discovery and wireframing through App Store and Play Store submission
  • Technical partnership with architects and engineers who understand enterprise constraints
  • UK-based with Spain and Ukraine teams for timezone flexibility and extended capacity
  • Security, scalability and governance aligned with your existing standards

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Evolve ran a series of workshops with key business stakeholders to understand the business challenge we were facing and to help us define the right solution. The team then held my hand every step of the way in developing our Discount and Rebate Management Solution, which went live in January across 7 countries.

Sally Snelson

Assistant Credit Manager, Bridgestone EMEA

ABOUT US

Read our story

Founded in 2007 as a dedicated IT consultancy, Evolved Ideas has grown into a team of over 100 professionals, with a head office in Leicester and development hubs in Eastern Europe and Spain.

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19+
Years in business
200+
Successful projects
100+
Developers, designers and analysts
100+
Satisfied clients
  • Clutch Top Software Developers Leicester 2024
  • Clutch Global Fall 2024
  • UK Fintech Awards 2021 — Winner
  • UK Digital Technology Leaders Awards 2018

LOCAL INSIGHT

Working with businesses in the UK

IT directors in the UK face persistent engineering capacity constraints without wanting to expand permanent headcount. Nearshore teams based in Spain and Ukraine give you 24-hour coverage for critical issues, faster iteration during UK working hours, and cost efficiency compared to hiring full-time London developers. Our Leicester headquarters means you meet the team face-to-face when needed and align on governance without timezone friction. CTOs leading scaleup engineering teams often choose this model to stay focused on infrastructure, security and architecture rather than hiring, onboarding and managing mobile-specific skill sets.

Where our teams sit

  • LeicesterHead office, UK delivery
  • Gran CanariaEvolved Ideas Spain
  • KyivEngineering hub

OUR PROVEN PROCESS

From first call to ongoing support

Our process has guided startups, scaleups and enterprises from concept to reality, and continues after launch.

  1. 01

    Discovery

    A free 30-minute consultation followed by a stakeholder workshop, where we listen to your challenges, validate assumptions and build an outside-in view of your situation.

  2. 02

    Plan & design

    We scope the project, define milestones and deliverables, then research your market, wireframe the UX and prototype the UI so the direction is agreed before a line of code.

  3. 03

    Build

    We assemble your dedicated team, establish reporting and work in iterative Scrum sprints, delivering a working MVP or proof of concept you can test with real users.

  4. 04

    Launch & support

    We ship, sign off, and keep your product current through our support service or a permanent extended team as your business evolves.

OUR TECHNOLOGY

The stack our teams work in

We specialise in mobile and web application development, DevOps, cloud computing, data analysis, AI and ML — with security and code quality certified end to end.

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Angular
  • NestJS
  • Express
  • NX
  • Storybook
  • TailwindCSS
  • Laravel
  • Ruby on Rails
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • PHP
  • Python
  • Java
  • C#
  • Ruby
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • SQL
  • Bash

Security and quality

  • ISO 27001 Information Security
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect
  • AWS Certified Developer
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals
  • Terraform Certified Associate
  • Professional Scrum Master I
  • ISTQB CTFL

OUR SOLUTIONS

We build solutions for your business challenges

Technology is more than just code — it's a tool for solving real business challenges. Whichever route fits your stage, the same team delivers it.

Bespoke Software

With your long-term goals in mind, we help you choose the technology you need and develop a tech roadmap based on industry trends, emerging tech and your business requirements.

MVP Ideation & Validation

We have years of experience building proof of concepts and MVPs. We will take you from testing viability to building an MVP to validate your hypotheses.

Application Support

Tier 1 customer support, Tier 2 technical support and Tier 3 development support for applications and legacy software, delivered by our engineering teams.

Development Teams

If you need to build an IT team from zero or need staff augmentation, we can build the team you need — developers, designers, analysts and even fractional CTOs.

FAQ

Questions we hear most often

Still unsure how this would work for your business?

How do your developers work within our existing engineering team?

Our team joins your sprint planning, attends your tech standups, and uses your development tools and code repositories from day one. We're not a separate vendor; we're an extended team member. You maintain code review control and architectural decisions. We document our work in your system of record so knowledge stays with your organisation, not locked in our heads.

What if we need to scale the mobile team up or down mid-project?

You don't have hiring lead time or redundancy costs. If scope grows, we add engineers from our UK, Spain or Ukraine teams. If priorities shift, we reduce headcount without severance or notice periods. This flexibility is especially valuable for startups and founders testing new product lines or CTOs managing seasonal demand spikes.

Do you handle App Store and Play Store submissions?

Yes. We manage the full submission process, including account setup, app signing, screenshots, descriptions, and compliance review responses. We track changes to platform guidelines and advise on required updates. This saves your team the overhead of learning each platform's submission quirks.

What happens after launch? Can you move the app to our team?

The app is yours. We provide full documentation, architecture diagrams, and knowledge transfer sessions so your engineers can maintain or extend it. We also offer ongoing support retainers if you prefer us to handle bug fixes, OS updates, and performance monitoring. You decide what works for your team's capacity.

How do you ensure the app meets our security and compliance standards?

We start by understanding your requirements: data residency, encryption standards, API authentication, audit logging. We build these into the architecture, not as an afterthought. Our developers are familiar with SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA constraints and code defensively from the first sprint.

What's the typical timeline from discovery to a live app?

It depends on complexity and scope, but most apps move from discovery to launch in 4-6 months with a dedicated team. We break this into milestones: discovery (2-3 weeks), MVP build (8-12 weeks), testing and refinement (4-6 weeks), then submission and launch (2-4 weeks). We share a realistic plan early and track progress against it.

NEXT STEPS…

Ready to bring your ideas to life?

Book a free 30-minute discovery call with our team — we'll understand your objectives and advise how bespoke software, MVP development, or an extended team can help your business.

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