Hybrid Apps
You need something in both stores sooner than a native build allows
There is a launch date, a budget and a requirement to be on both platforms. A native build takes months per platform. When the application is largely content, forms and workflow rather than performance-critical interaction, a hybrid build reaches the same users considerably sooner.
- A launch deadline a native build cannot meet
- An existing web application that should also be an app
- A need for store presence without native complexity
- Web development capability already in the team
- An app that is mostly content and forms
What we build
Web codebase in a native shell
Your web application packaged as an installable app for both stores, with a single codebase behind it.
Device capability access
Camera, location, storage, notifications and contacts reached through the native bridge.
Store deployment
Built, signed and submitted to both stores as proper native packages.
Offline caching
Local caching so the app stays usable through connectivity gaps.
Shared code with your website
Where you already have a web application, substantial code reuse rather than a parallel build.
Push notification
Native notification support through the container.
Faster release cycles
Much of the content updatable without a store submission, subject to platform rules.
Native modules where required
Platform-specific code for the features the bridge cannot reach.
What you get
Fastest
Route to both storesReused
Existing web codeNative
Device access6-12 wks
Typical deliveryBuilt for
- Businesses with an existing web application
- Companies with a fixed launch deadline
- Content and workflow applications rather than graphics-heavy ones
- Teams with web development capability in house
- Organisations validating demand before investing in native
Built with
- React Native and Flutter
- Capacitor and native web containers
- Existing web application code
- Payment and analytics services
- Push notification providers
How we deliver it
Six to twelve weeks, faster where a web application already exists.
Book a CallBook a Call- Week 1
Assess suitability
Whether the application is a genuine fit for hybrid. Graphics-heavy or interaction-intensive apps are not, and we would rather say so at the start.
- Weeks 2-3
Adapt the interface
Web interface adjusted to mobile conventions so it does not feel like a website in a frame — the most common failure of hybrid builds.
- Weeks 4-8
Build and bridge
Native container built with device capability bridged through to the web layer.
- Weeks 9-10
Test
Device testing focused on the boundaries between web and native, which is where hybrid problems concentrate.
- Weeks 11-12
Submit and launch
Store submission for both platforms, including the review requirements hybrid apps are scrutinised against.
Frequently asked
That depends entirely on the interface work. A web page in a wrapper feels exactly like one, and users notice. Done properly — native navigation patterns, appropriate transitions, respecting platform gestures — most users do not distinguish it.
Yes, provided it offers genuine app functionality rather than being a thin wrapper around a website. Apple in particular rejects apps that add nothing beyond the mobile site, so we build to that requirement deliberately.
When the app is a long-term product rather than a fast route to market. Cross-platform frameworks give better performance and a more native feel for a modest increase in effort.
Yes. The backend, API and product design carry over entirely. The client is rebuilt, but you launch sooner and learn what users actually need before committing to the larger build.
Mobile apps
Mobile Apps
Native iOS and Android, built for a reason.
Cross-Platform Apps
One codebase, both platforms, most of the benefit.
Progressive Web Apps
App behaviour without the app store.
Tell us what you are trying to fix
A short call is usually enough to establish whether this is the right answer for your operation, and what it would take. No obligation and no pitch deck.
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