iOS & Android apps
One shared codebase delivers your app to both platforms, so features, fixes and releases stay in step. Native device capabilities — microphone, camera, notifications, secure storage — are used where the product needs them.
iOS & Android
Mobile app development for iOS & Android,led by the engineer who builds it.
I design and engineer mobile apps for iOS and Android — with the backend, admin dashboard and web platform behind them — and I lead your project directly, from the first conversation to the App Store and Google Play.
- iOS and Android
- Backend & admin dashboard
- Store release & support
What I build
One product. Both platforms. Everything behind it.
Most apps need more than screens. I deliver the full product: the iOS and Android apps, the services they depend on, and the tools your team uses to run them.
Cross-platform, honestly chosen
I recommend the technical approach after I understand the product. Where a shared codebase serves you well, it keeps cost and maintenance down. Where it doesn't, I'll tell you plainly before you commit.
Backend, admin & web
APIs, databases, user accounts, admin dashboards and — when it helps — a web version of the same product. Smart FRCS AI runs on web, iOS and Android as one product.
Published work
Products that are live and in use.
Every link goes to the real product or its store listing.
for algarra7 Ltd
Smart FRCS AI
An AI examiner for the FRCS oral viva — spoken, examiner-led and scored on the real band scale
for algarra7 Ltd
SmartFRCS
FRCS exam preparation on the web, Android and iOS — and it keeps working offline
Education
Motaba'ah
A school-management ecosystem: administration, teacher app, parent app and a leadership portal
What's included
What you get when we build together.
The exact scope is agreed in writing before work starts. A typical app project covers:
- Product & UX designUser flows, screen design and a clickable prototype you review before development.
- iOS and Android appsBoth platforms from one product plan, tested on real devices.
- Backend & APIsAccounts, data, integrations and the services your app relies on.
- Admin dashboardThe web tools your team needs to manage users, content and operations.
- Store releasePreparing builds, listings and submission to the App Store and Google Play.
- Handover & documentationSource code, environment notes and a walkthrough of how everything fits together.
- After launchFixes, updates and new features — the support arrangement is agreed with you up front.
How it works
A clear process, with you at every step.
No fixed promises before the facts are known. Timelines and cost come from the agreed scope, and you see progress at every milestone.
Discovery call
We talk through the idea, the users and the constraints. You get an honest view of whether — and how — to build it.
Scope & estimate
A written scope with milestones and an estimate based on it, so you know exactly what is being built.
Design
Flows and screens you can click through and approve before any development starts.
Build in milestones
Development in agreed stages, with working builds you can review as the work progresses.
Release
Final testing, deployment and — for apps — store listings and submission.
Support & growth
Updates, fixes and the next version, under the support arrangement we agreed.
Founder-led
You won't be passed to an account manager. You talk to the engineer who designs your product and answers for it.
Khalid AboubakrFounder & principal engineer
- I lead the architecture, the technical decisions and the quality of what ships.
- When a project needs more hands, I bring in senior specialists I trust — and I stay accountable for the result.
- Healthcare and medical education are my flagship work; government, education and commercial products sit alongside them.
Questions
Before you get in touch.
How much does it cost to develop a mobile app?
It depends on what the app needs to do: the number of features, user types, integrations and the backend behind it. After a discovery call I give you a written scope and an estimate based on it — not a number guessed in advance.
How long does app development take?
That also comes from the scope. Once we agree on it, you get a milestone plan with the order in which features will be delivered, and you can install test builds as the work progresses.
Will my app work on both iOS and Android?
Yes. Apps are built for both platforms from one product plan and one shared codebase, and tested on both before release.
Do you also build the backend and admin dashboard?
Yes. The APIs, database, user accounts and admin tools are part of the product, and they can be included in the same project.
Will you publish the app to the App Store and Google Play?
Yes. I prepare the builds and store listings and handle submission. Which developer accounts the apps are published under is agreed with you up front.
Can you take over or improve an existing app?
Often, yes. I start by reviewing the code and the current setup, then tell you honestly whether to improve it or rebuild parts of it.
Can the app work in Arabic and English?
Yes. Arabic and English, including right-to-left layouts, Arabic typography and store listings in both languages, are planned from the first screen design rather than added at the end, when they cost more to retrofit.
Do you build apps for clients in the UK, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf?
Yes, working remotely from Cairo, which shares most of the working day with both the UK and the Gulf. Current work includes apps for UK-registered medical education companies, and past work includes platforms for Saudi municipalities.
Who owns the code and the accounts?
Ownership of the code, the store listings and the hosting accounts is agreed in writing before work starts.
Who will I actually be working with?
With me, directly. I lead the project from the first call; when specialists are needed, I bring them in and stay responsible for their work.
Start your project
Tell me about the product you want to build.
Your message comes straight to me. I'll reply personally with questions that sharpen the plan, an honest read on scope, or a clear no if I'm not the right fit.
Khalid AboubakrFounder & principal engineer