iOS and Android app development for Australian businesses
Cena Advisory designs and builds mobile apps for iOS and Android. Staff tools, customer apps, and products that need to work well on a phone. New apps are welcome, not only extras on software you already run. We work across Australia. We take meetings and calls.
Product
What we build
Mobile app development in Australia, for us, means iOS and Android that people will actually use. Staff apps for the day list, notes, photos, and a clear done button. Customer apps when the product needs to live on a phone. Apps that are the product itself.
We will use one codebase for iOS and Android when that is the honest choice, usually Ionic and Capacitor, and native when it is not. One codebase is often right for a staff app with a handful of screens. Native is the better path when the product needs heavy camera work, tight platform APIs, or a store listing that will not forgive a shared shell. We will say which we would take before we quote. Push, camera, and offline-tolerant flows when the work is on site.
A new app is a normal job. An app that sits with software you already run is also a normal job. The web side of that work iscustom software development.
- Staff apps: the day list, notes, photos, and a clear done button
- Customer apps when the product needs to live on a phone
- iOS and Android from one codebase when that is the honest choice (Ionic / Capacitor), native when it is not
- Push, camera, and offline-tolerant flows when the work is on site
- A new app, or a mobile layer on software you already run
Fit
When a phone is the right surface
People work away from a desk. They need an app that fits a few minutes between jobs, not a desktop website squeezed onto a phone. We also build apps that are the product itself.
If the honest answer is a well-made web app in a browser, we will say so. That work lives oncustom software development.
See how we work, ortell us about the project.
Starting
How a project starts
Tell us about the project. You do not need a long brief. Who will use the app, what they need to do in a few minutes, and any systems it should talk to is enough. We will get on a call.
Some work is clear enough to quote a build from that conversation. When it is not, a two-week discovery gives you a spec and a fixed-price quote. The steps are onHow we work.
Experience
Twenty-plus years of mobile
Our team has spent 20+ years shipping software and mobile apps, including ones that have to work on a mid-range Android in the afternoon.
Cena Advisory is an experienced Australian software and mobile team based in Melbourne. We work with businesses across Australia. We take meetings and calls. The people you speak to are the people who design and build the work. Who you will meet is on theAbout page.
The team
You talk to the people who build.
You talk to the people who quote the work and write it. If you want to start, use theContact page.
Questions
Buyer questions
Do you build iOS and Android apps in Australia?
Yes. Cena Advisory designs and builds iOS and Android apps for Australian businesses. Staff tools, customer apps, and products that need to work well on a phone. Tell us about the project and we will get on a call.
Do you build iOS and Android from one codebase, or do you write two native apps?
We use one codebase for iOS and Android when that is the honest choice, usually Ionic and Capacitor. We write native when the product needs it: heavy camera work, tight platform APIs, or a store listing that will not forgive a shared shell. A staff app with a handful of screens is often a good fit for one codebase. A consumer product with deep iOS or Android behaviour may not be. We will say which path we would take before we quote.
Can a mobile app sit with software we already use?
Yes. A greenfield app is a normal job. An app that talks to a diary, CRM, portal, or other tool you already run is also a normal job. Custom software development often sits next to the app.
How does a mobile app project start?
Use the contact form or email felix@cenaadvisory.com. We will get on a call. Some work is quoted from that conversation. Some work starts with a two-week discovery, described on How we work.
Who builds the app, and where are you based?
Cena Advisory is an experienced Australian software and mobile team based in Melbourne. The team has 20+ years of development experience. We work with clients across Australia. We take meetings and calls. The people you speak to are the people who build the work. See About.
Do we own the app code?
Yes. Clients own the source code Cena Advisory writes for a paid mobile app engagement. You own the repository.