How I help / Build it
Mobile apps. Made for thumbs, not manuals.
I design and build mobile apps with a clear purpose: a tool for people in the field, a service your customers use on the move, or a companion to software you already run.
Design and development · Newbury, UK · Remote worldwide
Mobile apps, at a glance.
What it is
An app for a clear job on a phone or tablet: field work, customer self-service or a mobile view of your existing systems.
Job first
Most good apps do one thing very well. We agree that one thing before we talk about features, platforms or app stores.
Works on the move
Patchy signal, small screens and one free hand. The app is designed and tested for the conditions people actually use it in.
Ready for release
Permissions, data handling, store listings, updates and support are planned before launch, not discovered afterwards.
When an app is the right answer.
Not every idea needs an app. Sometimes a well-built mobile website does the job for less, with no app store in the way. If that is the case, I will tell you.
An app earns its place when people use it often, need it away from a desk, or rely on something the phone itself does best.
Work happens in the field
Visits, inspections, deliveries or stock checks. Capture the information where the work happens, not typed up later.
Customers expect self-service
Bookings, tracking, account details or support, in their pocket and without a phone call.
Your software needs a companion
A focused mobile view of an existing system, for the few tasks people need on the go.
How I build an app.
Name the one job
Agree who uses the app, where and how often, and the task it must make easy.
Design for small screens
Sketch the flow and test it as a clickable prototype on a real phone before building anything.
Build and test on devices
Develop in small releases and test on real phones, including slow connections and awkward inputs.
Release and look after it
Plan permissions, data handling, updates and support, so launch is the start of the app’s life, not the end of the project.
What I bring to it.
I build software myself as external / fractional CTO at Kona Libre, covering development, testing, version control and release coordination. I also do UI and UX design, including freelance work on 99designs.
Earlier in my career I was a field engineer at T-Mobile, so I know what it is like to need the right information away from a desk.
A sensible first step.
Focused discovery is a good start for a new app: one defined job, a solution plan and a clickable demo on a real phone when that helps.
Once the scope and acceptance criteria are clear, the build is quoted to scope using the defined implementation day rate as the planning basis. Updates after launch can sit in a planned improvements allowance.
Focused discovery, builds and improvementsA useful next step
What should the app help people do?
Describe who would use it, where and for what. The first 30-minute conversation is free.
You’ll speak directly with me about the problem, the fit and a sensible next step.
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hello@richardzoltantoth.com
Online meetings worldwide.
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