Mobile apps that work as hard as you do.

It depends mainly on complexity — a simple booking app costs very differently from one with real-time data, payments and backend integrations. What moves the price: app complexity, native vs. cross-platform, design scope, and what it needs to connect to. Every project starts with a fixed quote in writing. As a starting point: from $6,000 for a simple app, up to $30,000 for something more complex.

Not every business needs an app — sometimes a fast, mobile-friendly website does the job just fine. An app makes sense once customers use your business repeatedly and would benefit from speed, notifications, or offline access — frequent bookings, regular ordering, a loyalty program. If most of your customers visit once or compare a few options, a strong website is usually the better first investment. We'll tell you honestly which one fits.

For most business apps, cross-platform with React Native is the smarter choice — one codebase for iOS and Android, faster to build, more affordable, easier to maintain, with customers noticing no difference. Native makes more sense when an app relies heavily on the camera, GPS, or device hardware, or needs the best possible performance for something graphics-intensive. We build primarily in React Native — but if your project genuinely needs native, we'll say so.

Yes — this is one of our most common app projects. We build apps where customers can browse availability, book and pay in a few taps, which tends to drive more repeat bookings than a website alone, since the app stays on their phone. It connects to the same kind of direct-booking setup we build into websites, so you're not paying OTA commissions on app bookings either.

Most apps take [ 8–14 weeks ] from kickoff to launch, depending on complexity and whether it's native or cross-platform. A simple app moves faster; one with real-time features or several integrations takes longer. That timeline includes design, development, testing, and getting it approved on the App Store and Google Play.

We do, end to end. Apple and Google both have their own submission rules, reviews and occasional rejections, and most business owners have never dealt with that process. We handle the entire submission — including any back-and-forth the stores require — so your app actually goes live.

Yes, and this matters more for apps than for websites. iOS and Android release new versions regularly, and an app that isn't maintained eventually breaks or gets pulled from the stores. We provide ongoing maintenance and updates after launch, so your app keeps working as the platforms change.

In most cases, yes. If you already have a booking system or ecommerce site — including ones we've built for you — we can connect your app to the same backend, so inventory, availability or orders stay in sync. If you don't have one yet, we can build the app and the underlying system together from the start.

Yes. We work with clients already in Costa Rica and with people building a business here from abroad. Discovery calls, design reviews and approvals all happen remotely, in English or Spanish, and we stay in close contact throughout.

It depends on how your customers behave, not just the size of your business. A small but repeat customer base — locals who book with you season after season — can make an app pay off by keeping you in their pocket between visits. If most customers are one-time tourists, that budget is often better spent on a strong website and direct-booking setup first, with an app as a later step. We'll give you a straight read on which stage your business is at.