Mobile App Development
Company in Dubai

Starter apps in Dubai begin at AED 4,999 — a fixed-price cross-platform package (iOS + Android from one codebase) with submission to both stores included. Custom MVPs typically run AED 25,000–50,000, full business apps AED 50,000–120,000, and enterprise builds AED 120,000–200,000+. Every Control Shift quote is fixed-price with milestones. For a full line-item breakdown, see our app development cost guide at controlshift.ae/app-development-cost-dubai.

There is no official ranking, so judge on verifiable facts: apps actually live in the App Store and Google Play, published pricing, code ownership terms, and a local team you can meet in person. Control Shift publishes fixed AED pricing, guarantees 100% source code and repository handover, and has apps like JBC Express, Salamah Drivers and NxVoy live in stores — which is why Dubai businesses shortlist us first.

A well-scoped MVP can be launched in as little as 4 weeks. Full-featured iOS or Android apps typically take 8–16 weeks depending on complexity, integrations, and design scope.

Yes. We build native iOS (Swift), native Android (Kotlin), and cross-platform apps using React Native and Flutter — all from our Dubai engineering team.

Absolutely. 100% code ownership is guaranteed with every project. You receive full IP rights, the Git repository, and all documentation upon project completion.

Yes. We integrate OpenAI, custom ML models, and AI-driven personalisation into mobile apps — from AI chatbots and recommendation engines to predictive analytics.

Two models: fixed-price project delivery (from AED 4,999 for a starter app; custom MVPs from AED 25,000) or dedicated developers placed inside your team on a monthly basis. Dedicated React Native, Flutter, Swift or Kotlin engineers are billed monthly with no recruitment fees, and you interview every developer before they start. Most Dubai SMEs find a fixed-price build more predictable; scale-ups with existing tech teams usually prefer dedicated developers.

For most Dubai businesses, outsourcing to a local agency is faster and cheaper for the build phase: you skip 2-3 months of recruitment, visa costs and salaries for a 4-6 person team, and you get design, QA and DevOps included. In-house makes sense once the app is your core product and needs daily iteration. A common path is agency build first, then we hand over the code (you own 100% of it) and help you hire your in-house team.

Yes — MVPs are our sweet spot. The AED 4,999 Starter tier covers one core user journey on iOS and Android (React Native or Flutter), store submission, and analytics wired in from day one, typically live in 4–8 weeks. We scope the MVP with you so it is genuinely launchable, not a demo — several clients have raised funding or won enterprise contracts on the strength of their MVP.

We handle it end to end: developer account setup in your company's name, store listings (English and Arabic), screenshots, privacy declarations, and review responses. Apple review typically takes 1-3 days, Google Play a few hours to 2 days. If a store rejects the app, fixing and resubmitting is part of the job — not an extra charge.

Weekly sprint demos over video, a shared channel (WhatsApp, Slack or Teams — your choice) for day-to-day questions, and a named senior engineer as your point of contact. You see working software every week from sprint one, and you always have direct access to the people writing your code — no account-manager relay.

We sign an NDA before any discovery call on request, and every contract assigns 100% of the IP to you: source code, designs, store accounts and documentation. Nothing is reused, resold or licensed back to you.