App developers in Preston
App developers in Preston, building for Lancashire and the UK.
TheCodeV is a Preston company. We design and build iOS and Android apps for businesses and founders across Lancashire, with an engineering team that has shipped delivery, finance and field-service apps for real users.
The work itself.
Engineered for production reliability, long-term maintainability, and clean architecture from day one.
Customer apps
Booking, ordering and account apps that your customers download and keep using, published under your own App Store and Google Play accounts.
Apps for your own staff
Field, delivery and inspection apps for people working away from a desk, including ones that keep working with no signal.
An app for an existing business
A mobile front end for the systems you already run, so customers or staff can do on a phone what they now do by phone call or paper form.
A first version for a new idea
A small, real app that tests whether people want the idea, built so it can grow instead of being thrown away.
What usually goes wrong
The problems people arrive with.
You are not sure whether you need an app, a website, or both.
What we do
We ask what people will actually do with it and how often. If a fast mobile website does the job, we say so, because it costs less and needs no App Store review.
Two quotes for the same app are tens of thousands of pounds apart.
What we do
We price from a written scope, not an hourly guess. You see what is in the first release, what waits until later, and why.
A previous developer disappeared and the code is a mystery.
What we do
We start by reading what exists and telling you plainly what can be kept, what needs fixing and what it would cost to carry on.
Your app has to work where the signal does not.
What we do
We build offline-first when the job needs it: data is saved on the phone and syncs when a connection comes back, without duplicates.
How the work runs
Five stages, in order.
- 1
A first call
Thirty minutes on what the app is for, who will use it and what has to be true for it to be worth building.
- 2
A written scope
Screens, features and what is deliberately left out, with a fixed estimate for the first release.
- 3
Design you can tap through
Clickable screens on your own phone before any code is written, so changes are cheap.
- 4
Build in short cycles
A test build every week or two that you can install and use, not a demo at the end.
- 5
Release and after
We handle App Store and Google Play submission, then fix, measure and improve once real people are using it.
Shipped with this
Products we've built.
Stack
Proven, not experimental.
Questions
Asked often enough to answer here.
Are you actually based in Preston?
Yes. TheCodeV Ltd is registered at 26 Adelphi Street, Preston PR1 7BE, company number 15461237. Most projects run over video calls, which suits most clients; if you would like to meet in person, say so and we will see what works.
Who writes the code?
Engineers from EmporionSoft, our strategic partner, which has a team of more than fifty. You deal with TheCodeV, contract with a UK company and have one point of contact throughout.
How much does an app cost?
It depends on what the first release has to do. Our project form uses budget bands from £5k to £10k up to £50k and above, and we tell you honestly what fits the band you choose, including when a smaller first version would be wiser.
How long does it take?
A focused first release usually takes a few months. The written scope gives you a timeline before you commit to anything.
Will we own the app and the code?
Yes. The app is published under your developer accounts and the code is yours.