Native iOS and Android mobile apps.
Mobile first UX. Business integrations. Post launch follow up.
Mobile app development is building a dedicated iOS or Android product, native (Swift, Kotlin) or cross-platform (React Native), designed for mobile usage: gestures, push notifications, offline mode and sensors. MAWT builds apps that connect to your business systems and ship to the App Store and Play Store.
For Swiss SMBs and growing commercial companies with a real mobile use case: field teams, loyalty, bookings or a product that belongs in the pocket. If a dedicated app is not justified, we will recommend responsive web instead.
A mobile app isn't a stripped down website. It's a tool with its own conventions : gestures, notifications, offline, sensors. And a store filter. If your mobile usage doesn't justify a dedicated app, we'll say so and recommend responsive web instead.
When the app is justified, we build it cross platform (React Native) or native (Swift, Kotlin) depending on the need. Mobile first design, business API integration, push notification handling, App Store and Play Store publishing, post launch tracking.
Why a mobile app is not just a smaller website
A mobile app is not a stripped down version of your website. It is a separate product with its own conventions: gestures, push notifications, offline behaviour, device sensors and an app store review filter that web pages never face.
That difference matters commercially. If your real mobile usage does not justify a dedicated app, we will tell you and recommend a responsive web experience instead. We would rather protect your budget than ship a download nobody opens.
When the case is real, native mobile app development unlocks things the browser cannot do well: instant launch, reliable notifications, camera and location features, and a presence on the home screen that keeps your brand one tap away.
- Push notifications that bring users back without paid reach.
- Offline mode so the app keeps working with no signal.
- Native access to camera, GPS, biometrics and sensors.
- A home screen icon that earns repeat usage.
Our mobile app development approach, step by step
We work as an extension of your team, with senior humans and no intermediaries between you and the people writing the code. Here is how a mobile app development project runs with MAWT.
Every step ships something you can see and test, so you are never waiting months for a black box reveal.
- 1. Fit check: we confirm a dedicated app is the right call versus responsive web.
- 2. Mobile first UX: we design the flows around thumbs, screens and real context of use.
- 3. Tech choice: cross-platform React Native or native Swift and Kotlin, decided on the need, not on habit.
- 4. Business integration: we connect the app to your APIs, CRM and internal tools.
- 5. Build and test: push, offline and sensor handling, tested on real devices.
- 6. Store publishing: we handle App Store and Play Store submission and review.
- 7. Post launch follow up: monitoring, updates and iteration once real users arrive.
What native and cross-platform mobile app development gets you
Native or cross-platform mobile app development is the practice of building a dedicated application for iOS and Android rather than adapting a web page. Native means writing in the platform language, Swift for iOS and Kotlin for Android, which gives the smoothest performance and the deepest access to device features. Cross-platform, with React Native, means one shared codebase that ships to both stores, which lowers cost and speeds up delivery when the app does not need heavy native depth. MAWT chooses between them based on your usage, your budget and your roadmap, not on a default template. Either way you get a mobile first interface, integration with your existing business systems, clean push notification handling, offline support where it matters, and a published presence on the App Store and Google Play. After launch we stay involved with monitoring and updates so the product keeps working as devices and operating systems evolve.
- A decision on native versus cross-platform backed by your real needs.
- Connections to the systems you already run.
- A product published and maintained, not abandoned at version one.
Who mobile app development is for
We build mobile apps for Swiss SMBs and growing commercial companies that have a genuine on the move use case: field teams, customer loyalty, bookings, logistics or a product that simply lives better in the pocket than in a tab.
Picture a concrete case. A Suisse romande detailing business like rs detailing runs most of its work away from a desk: technicians on site, customers booking slots from their phone, photos of each job captured on the spot. A mobile app turns that scattered activity into one flow: a booking screen the customer actually opens, a job list the team checks between cars, and push reminders that cut no shows. The same shape fits a field service crew logging interventions, a hospitality team taking bookings, or a loyalty programme that needs to live one tap from the home screen.
If you are weighing an app against a web build, the conversation starts with one honest question: do your users behave like mobile users? We answer that with you before a line of code is written.
- Swiss SMBs with field or on site teams.
- growing companies adding a mobile channel to an existing product.
- Founders validating a mobile first idea with a focused first version.
- •React Native or native depending on the need
- •Mobile first UX and design
- •Push, offline, sensors
- •App Store and Play Store publishing
- •Post launch monitoring and updates
- •A native or cross-platform app, chosen on your real need and not on habit.
- •Mobile first UX designed for thumbs, screens and real context of use.
- •Push notifications, offline mode and sensor access working reliably.
- •Integration with your APIs, CRM and internal business systems.
- •App Store and Play Store publishing handled end to end.
- •Post launch monitoring and updates as devices and operating systems change.
Cross-platform versus native mobile app development
| Cross-platform (React Native) | Native (Swift, Kotlin) |
|---|---|
| One shared codebase for iOS and Android | Separate codebase per platform |
| Faster to ship, lower build cost | Higher effort, deeper investment |
| Great for standard business apps | Best for heavy graphics or deep device features |
| Good native performance for most cases | Maximum performance and platform fidelity |
| Ideal when speed to market matters | Ideal when the app is the core product |
A mobile app is a dedicated product, not a smaller website.
We choose native or cross-platform on your real need, not on habit.
If an app is not justified, we recommend responsive web instead.
Every step ships something testable on real devices.
Post launch follow up keeps the app working as platforms change.
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