Custom Software & Apps
Portals, dashboards, mobile apps, and internal tools built around how your business actually works.
The actual work
Builds the specific thing your business needs when no off-the-shelf product fits — a customer portal, a staff dashboard, a mobile app, a booking system, an internal tool.
Connects the systems you already use so data does not have to be retyped between them, which is where most small business admin time disappears.
Builds mobile apps that install to a home screen and work like normal apps, without the cost and review process of an app store release.
Designs around how your staff actually work, including the awkward edge cases nobody mentions until the thing is nearly finished.
What's included
- — A scope agreed in writing before anything is built
- — Design that accounts for how your people work, not how the software works
- — Integrations with the tools you already use
- — Installable mobile app or web app where it makes sense
- — Documentation, a walkthrough, and a handover session
- — A maintenance option once it is live
Who it suits
- — Businesses where the software is the bottleneck — the work gets done, but the admin around it does not.
- — Anyone whose team retypes the same information between three systems.
- — Service businesses that need a client-facing portal but have been told enterprise software is "overkill" or out of budget.
Things people actually ask
Is this cheaper than hiring an agency?
For a well-scoped project, usually — because there is one of me rather than a team plus account management. For something genuinely large or requiring accreditation, contractors, or a support desk, I will tell you honestly that an agency is the better call and who to talk to.
What happens when it breaks?
You get the source code and the documentation, and a maintenance option if you want me to stay involved. I do not hold projects hostage — if you want to take it to another developer, that is your right and I will help you do it cleanly.
Can you see an example?
CookTwo is the honest example — a membership and booking platform with a customer app and a staff dashboard. It is a real working system rather than a concept, though I would describe it as a live product rather than a proven business.