Mobile · India

An app worth the home screen

Webzenia designs and builds mobile apps people open every day: one codebase across iOS and Android, fast on real phones, tuned to retention, not just downloads.

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28,400
Downloads in four months
6.8%
In-app conversion, vs 2.1% on web
1
Codebase, both app stores
Trusted by ambitious brands worldwide, small and large

The new rules

An app has to earn its place on the home screen.

India installs and forgets thousands of apps. The ones that survive are fast on a mid-range phone, useful every day, and built so retention compounds.

Earn the daily open

Downloads are vanity; daily active is the business. An app nobody opens is a cost, not an asset.

Fast on a real phone

Most users are on mid-range Android and patchy networks. An app tuned only on a flagship will stutter for the majority.

Works when the network doesn't

Offline-first is table stakes in India. An app that breaks on a weak signal gets deleted on the train.

Retention beats acquisition

A leaky app makes every install cost more. Plugging churn is cheaper than buying users to replace the ones you lose.

One codebase, both platforms

Ship iOS and Android together, not twice. Two native teams cost twice and drift apart over time.

Ship, then learn

The first version is a hypothesis; the data decides v2. An app that never measures itself never improves.

The app engine

How we ship an app people keep.

Four stages, each a discipline we run in-house. The method, what it moves, and the part of Webzenia that powers it.

01 / 04Define · scope what matters

Nail the one job first

Most apps fail by doing too much. We define the core job your users need, cut the rest to a later phase, and scope an MVP that proves the idea before the budget balloons.

1core job, shipped first · scope before code
02 / 04Design · make it feel native

Design screens users live in

A clunky app gets deleted. We design fast, native-feeling flows that work for a thumb on a mid-range phone, so the app feels effortless, not like a website in a shell.

60 fpssmooth on real Android · native, not wrapped
03 / 04Build · one codebase, both stores

Build once, ship to iOS and Android

Two native teams cost twice and drift apart. We build on a single modern codebase that ships to both stores, with offline support and the performance native users expect.

1codebase across both stores · one team, both platforms
04 / 04Launch · ship and retain

Get it live, then make it stick

Launch is where retention work starts. We ship to the stores with analytics wired in, then improve onboarding and the core loop, so the app holds users instead of leaking them.

28,400downloads in four months · retention that holds

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A free scoping call maps the MVP and what it would take to ship.

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Our stack

The tools we use to build the app

The platinum-tier tools behind every app we ship. Select one to see why it earns its place, and how we get more from it than most.

Figma
Why Figma

Figma is where the app is designed and signed off before a line of code: real components, variables, and a token system the whole team works in. It is the single source of truth for every screen and state.

How we excel

We design in a token-driven Figma library that maps 1:1 to the code, so what you approve is what ships.

Real-timeDev handoffTokens
FigmaYes
SketchSome
Static mockupsNo

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Common questions

Questions buyers ask before building an app.

Direct answers on cost, timelines, platforms, and what makes a mobile app people actually keep.

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Ready to build an app worth keeping?

Tell us what the app needs to do. We will scope the MVP, the platforms, and an approach, with no obligation.

What happens next

  1. 1A 30-minute scoping callWe learn the idea, the users, and the must-haves
  2. 2An MVP scope and approachThe core build, the platforms, and a costed first phase
  3. 3A named project leadOne senior owner from kickoff

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