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One app, two stores, built to last.
Android and iOS apps for businesses in Jordan and the Gulf. Cross-platform with Flutter or React Native for most projects, native Swift and Kotlin when the app needs it, with Arabic, local payments, store launch and updates after launch included.
AndroidiOSFlutterReact NativeSwiftKotlin
13+years in digital
120+brands served
2018in market since
Illustrative · one codebase, two platforms
Book an appointment
+ Book
Cupertino look · same code
lib/screens/home.dartiOS + Android
// one screen, both platforms class HomeScreen extends Screen { Widget build(ctx) => AppScaffold( title: t.home, // AR + EN body: Column(children: [ NextVisitCard(visit), ServicesGrid(services), BookButton(onTap: book), ]), nav: AdaptiveTabs('home'), ); }
renders: iOS · Cupertino1 codebase
Good morning, Lina
Next visitDermatology · Dr. Sami
Thu 11:00 · AbdounDirections
BookNew visit
ResultsLab reports
PayCards, wallets
ChatAsk the clinic
HomeVisitsPayProfile
Design
Build
Test
Review
Launch
Build 1.0 (42) · testing on 9 devicesSample app · not a client
At a glance
AlGurus develops mobile apps for Android and iOS in Amman, Jordan. Most apps are built cross-platform with Flutter or React Native, so one codebase serves both stores; we build natively in Swift and Kotlin when performance or device features require it. Every app includes Arabic and English, local payment options where needed, an admin panel, store submission and an update plan after launch.
PlatformsAndroid and iOS
Default stackFlutter or React Native
When neededNative Swift and Kotlin
OwnershipCode and store accounts are yours
What we build
Apps that earn a place on the home screen.
People keep only a handful of apps they open every week. A business app earns that place when it does something faster or better than a website: booking in two taps, reordering a favourite, tracking a delivery, showing a membership card, or getting a timely notification. Before we design anything, we check that an app is the right answer, because for some businesses a fast mobile website does the job at a fraction of the cost.
When an app is the right answer, we build it as a product: designed for both platforms, connected to the systems that run your business, launched properly on both stores and kept up to date as Apple and Google change their requirements every year.
Booking and appointments
Clinics, salons, gyms and services: availability, booking, reminders, payments and visit history.
Ordering and ecommerce
Restaurant ordering, retail and companion apps for Shopify or Salla stores, sharing products, stock and customers.
Loyalty and membership
Digital cards, points, tiers, offers and referral programmes that bring customers back.
Staff and field apps
Apps for drivers, technicians and sales teams, connected to your business system, with offline mode.
Customer portals
Account, orders, documents, support and notifications for service, education and real estate companies.
MVPs for startups
A focused first version to test the idea with real users, built so it can grow instead of being rewritten.
Cross-platform or native
How we choose the technology, honestly.
For most business apps, a cross-platform framework is the right choice. Flutter and React Native let one team write one codebase that runs on both Android and iOS, which usually means a faster launch, a lower build cost and simpler updates. Native development, with Swift for iOS and Kotlin for Android, means two codebases, but it gives full access to every platform feature and the best possible performance. We look at four things before recommending either. Answer the questions to see where your app probably sits.
How demanding is the experience?animation, graphics, real-time
Which device features?beyond camera and location
Budget and timeline?
Who maintains it later?
Cross-platformNative
LIKELY FIT · CROSS-PLATFORM
Flutter or React Native
One codebase for both stores will cover your needs with room to spare. You launch on Android and iOS together and every update ships to both at once.
FlutterReact Native
LIKELY FIT · CROSS-PLATFORM + NATIVE MODULES
Cross-platform, with native pieces
Build the app cross-platform and write the few demanding parts, such as a hardware integration or a heavy animation, as native modules in Swift and Kotlin. This is a common and effective middle path.
FlutterSwift modulesKotlin modules
LIKELY FIT · NATIVE
Native Swift and Kotlin
Your app leans on performance, deep device features or long-term platform-specific teams. Two native codebases will cost more, but they give you full control on each platform.
Swift · iOSKotlin · Android
Performance
Booking, ordering, content and account screens run smoothly cross-platform. Heavy graphics, AR, complex video or real-time processing are where native earns its cost.
Device features
Camera, location, notifications and biometrics are well supported in both frameworks. Specialised hardware, wearables or heavy background work may need native code.
Budget and timeline
One codebase usually means a faster, leaner launch and cheaper updates. Two native apps roughly double the build and maintenance effort.
Your team
If web developers will maintain the app, React Native fits their skills. If you plan dedicated iOS and Android teams, native suits them.
Features
The building blocks, built for this region.
Most business apps are assembled from a familiar set of features. What makes them work in Jordan and the Gulf is the detail: phone-number sign-in, local payment methods, proper Arabic, and notifications that respect people instead of spamming them. Choose a feature to see how we approach it.
Feature · Sign-in
Sign-in that people finish
Most users in the region expect to sign in with their mobile number and a one-time code, not a new password. We combine phone OTP with Sign in with Apple and Google sign-in, plus Face ID or fingerprint for returning users. When an app offers third-party sign-in, Apple's review guidelines require an equivalent privacy-focused option, so we plan for that from the start.
- Phone number and one-time code
- Sign in with Apple and Google
- Biometric unlock for returning users
- Guest mode where it makes sense
Feature · Payments
Payments for Jordan and the Gulf
We integrate card payments through payment gateways that operate in your markets, Apple Pay and Google Pay where supported, local options such as mada cards in Saudi Arabia, and cash on delivery when your customers still prefer it. For physical goods and services, payments run through your gateway; for digital content and subscriptions, Apple and Google require their own in-app purchase systems, and we design the business model around that rule.
- Card payments via local gateways
- Apple Pay and Google Pay
- Cash on delivery and pay at branch
- In-app purchases for digital goods
Feature · Push notifications
Notifications people keep switched on
Push notifications are an app's biggest advantage over a website, and the fastest way to get uninstalled if they are misused. We separate useful transactional messages, such as order updates and appointment reminders, from marketing messages, let users choose what they receive, and send in the user's language and time zone.
- Transactional and marketing channels
- Segments and scheduled campaigns
- Deep links to the right screen
- Opt-in prompts at the right moment
Feature · Maps and location
Maps for real addresses
Addresses in Amman, Riyadh or Dubai are often described by landmarks rather than street numbers. We let customers drop a pin, save labelled locations such as home and work, and add notes for the driver. Location also powers branch finders, delivery zones, live driver tracking and check-ins for field staff.
- Pin-drop addresses with notes
- Delivery zones and fees
- Branch finder and directions
- Live tracking for deliveries
Feature · Arabic RTL
Arabic that feels native
Both Flutter and React Native support right-to-left layouts, but a good Arabic app still needs design decisions: which icons mirror and which do not, Arabic fonts that render well at small sizes, numbers and prices displayed the way your customers expect, and store listings written for each language rather than translated.
- Full RTL layouts, designed not flipped
- Language switch inside the app
- Arabic search and input handling
- Arabic store listings and screenshots
Feature · Offline mode
Work that continues without signal
Drivers in basements, technicians on site and sales staff on the road lose connection often. Offline mode stores data on the device, lets people keep working, and syncs changes safely when the connection returns, with clear rules for conflicts.
- Local storage of key data
- Queued actions that sync later
- Conflict handling rules
- Clear offline indicators
Store submission
Getting through Apple and Google review, the first time.
An app is not launched until both stores approve it. Apple reviews every release against its App Review Guidelines, and Google Play has its own policies and requirements, including up-to-date target API levels. Rejections usually come from missing details rather than big problems, so we work through a checklist like this one before every submission. Tick items to see your progress.
Apple App Store
Google Play
Backend and admin panel
The app is the front door. The house is behind it.
Every useful app depends on a backend: the server, database and API that hold users, orders, bookings and content, and the admin panel your team uses to manage them. We build this as part of the project, or connect the app to systems you already run, such as your Shopify or Salla store, your booking software or your ERP.
The admin panel is where the app is really run day to day: editing content and offers, handling orders, sending notifications and seeing what users do. When your operations need more than that, the same backend can power a full custom business system or a custom dashboard that puts app data next to sales and marketing.
Illustrative architecture
iOS app
Android app
Website
APIAPIAPI
Your backendusers · orders · bookings · content · notifications
Admin panelyour team
Business systemorders, stock
DashboardKPIs
After launch
Launch day is the start. Updates, installs and ratings come next.
Apple and Google release new operating system versions every year and update their store policies regularly, so an app that is not maintained slowly breaks or gets removed. And an app nobody installs helps nobody. After launch we keep the app healthy and, if you want, our marketing teams help it grow.
Maintenance and updates
Kept current, kept stable
A care plan covers compatibility with new iOS and Android versions, framework and library updates, store policy changes, crash monitoring and security fixes.
It also includes hours for improvements, so the app keeps evolving with what users ask for and what the analytics show.
Partner service · App advertisingExplore App Ads
App Ads
Google App campaigns bring installs from Search, Play, YouTube and the Display network. A result from our app advertising work, not app development:
$0.32cost per install, loyalty app
930installs in 12 days
Partner service · ASO
App Store Optimization
Titles, keywords, screenshots and ratings in Arabic and English, so people searching the App Store and Google Play find your app and choose to install it.
Explore ASOProof and measurement
We measure an app by how people use it.
Downloads alone say little. These are the measures we set up from the first release and review with you every month.
StabilityCrash-free sessions
Crash and error reports per version and device, with fixes prioritised by impact.
RetentionDay 1, 7 and 30 return rate
How many people come back after installing, by acquisition source.
ActivationKey action completed
The share of users who book, order or sign up within their first sessions.
StoresRatings and reviews
Average rating and review themes on both stores, in both languages.
A digital team that thinks past the build
Since 2018 AlGurus has worked with more than 120 brands in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Iraq, the USA and Canada. We run app install campaigns, store optimisation, websites and online stores, so we build apps knowing how they will be found, installed and used.
13+years in digital
120+brands served
$28M+ad spend managed
75+Shopify stores built
Certified partners
Google Premier Partner status covers the app install campaigns that often follow a launch; Meta Business Partner and Shopify Partner status cover the ads and stores many of our apps connect to.
App development examples and references are shared on your strategy call, under NDA where a client asks for it.
Process
From idea to both stores, in six steps.
We release early and often. A testable build reaches your phone within the first sprints, and real users test the app before the public launch.
01
Discover
Goals, users and the core journey. We confirm an app is the right answer and choose cross-platform or native.
Scope · tech choice02
Design
Screens for iOS and Android conventions, in Arabic and English, as a clickable prototype tested with users.
Figma prototype03
Build
App, backend and admin panel in two-week sprints, with test builds on your phone after each one.
TestFlight · test tracks04
Test
Testing on real devices and OS versions, a beta with real users, then performance and security checks.
Device matrix · beta05
Store review
Listings, privacy details and submission to both stores, handling any reviewer questions.
App Store · Google Play06
Launch and care
Staged rollout, monitoring, then regular updates and new features under a care plan.
Care plan · roadmap
What you get
Two store listings, one codebase, all in your name.
The app is published under your own Apple and Google developer accounts, the source code sits in your repository and the backend runs in your cloud account. If you later build an in-house mobile team, they inherit a documented project, not a dependency on us.
We hand over design files, build and release instructions, and access to crash reporting and analytics, and we stay on through a care plan for updates and improvements.
Figma designs for iOS and Android
Every screen, in Arabic and English, with a clickable prototype.
Android and iOS apps
Published on Google Play and the App Store under your accounts.
Backend, API and admin panel
Or integration with the systems you already run.
Analytics and crash reporting
Events, funnels and stability monitoring from day one.
Source code and documentation
Repository, build steps and release process documented.
Care plan
OS updates, store policy changes, fixes and improvement hours.
Honest fit
When a mobile app is (and isn't) the right choice
An app is a bigger commitment than a website: two stores, yearly platform updates and the work of persuading people to install it. It pays back for some businesses and not for others.
A good fit when
- Customers come back often, to reorder, rebook, check points or track something, so a home-screen icon is genuinely useful.
- You need device features such as push notifications, location, camera, biometrics or offline use.
- Your staff work in the field and need a tool that works on the move and without signal.
- The app is your product, as with many startups, and the experience is what customers pay for.
- You are ready to invest after launch in updates and in getting installs.
Probably not the right choice when
- Customers buy from you once or twice a year. Few will install an app; a fast mobile website serves them better.
- The app would only repeat your website. A custom website or a well-built online store may be all you need.
- There is no budget for maintenance. An app left without updates soon breaks on new phones.
- You have not tested demand yet. A landing page or web MVP can validate the idea first.
SEO & GEO tool
Request an SEO & GEO checkup for your website
Send us your website. Our team reviews its speed, technical health and how it shows in Google and AI answers, and the audit arrives in your inbox with a plain-language fix for each issue.
Check my website
- Reviewed by our team
- PDF to your inbox
- Arabic or English
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FAQ
Mobile app development: your questions answered.
Do you build apps for both Android and iOS?
Yes. Most apps we build launch on both Google Play and the Apple App Store at the same time. With a cross-platform framework one codebase serves both; with native development we build a Swift app for iOS and a Kotlin app for Android.
Flutter or React Native: which do you use?
Both are mature and well supported. Flutter gives very consistent visuals across platforms and strong performance; React Native suits teams with JavaScript and web experience and can share logic with a React website. We recommend one per project based on the design, the features and who will maintain it.
When is native development worth the extra cost?
When the app depends on demanding graphics, AR, complex video or real-time processing, on deep or new device features, on heavy background work, or when you plan separate long-term iOS and Android teams. Often a cross-platform app with a few native modules gets most of the benefit at lower cost.
How much does app development cost in Jordan?
Cost depends on the number of screens and features, cross-platform versus native, whether a backend and admin panel are needed, and the integrations involved. A focused MVP is a much smaller project than a full ordering or booking platform. We fix the scope and price of the first release after discovery.
How long does it take to build an app?
Timelines depend on scope. Discovery and design come first, development runs in two-week sprints with test builds on your phone throughout, and store review adds time before launch. We share a dated plan at the start and recommend launching a focused first version rather than waiting for every feature.
Can the app accept payments in Jordan and the Gulf?
Yes. We integrate card payments through gateways operating in your markets, Apple Pay and Google Pay where available, local card schemes such as mada in Saudi Arabia, and cash on delivery. Digital goods and subscriptions must use Apple and Google in-app purchases under store rules, and we plan the model accordingly.
Will the app support Arabic?
Yes. Apps are designed for Arabic right-to-left and English from the start, with an in-app language switch, Arabic fonts and input, and separate store listings and screenshots for each language.
Do you handle App Store and Google Play submission?
Yes. We prepare listings, screenshots, privacy and data safety details and review notes, submit to both stores under your developer accounts, and handle any questions from reviewers. Future updates go through the same process.
What happens after the app is launched?
A care plan keeps the app compatible with new iOS and Android versions, current with store policies, monitored for crashes and secure, with hours for improvements. Our App Ads and ASO teams can also help the app get installs and rank in store search.
Who owns the app and the code?
You do. The app is published under your company's developer accounts, the code is in your repository and the backend runs in your cloud account, with documentation for any future team.
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