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A second-hand sales platform connecting buyers and sellers across the UK with real-time messaging and location-based search.
Bespoke app developer in South-West UK
We’re a small, senior team crafting iOS, Android, and web apps—from zero to launch. Strategy, design, development, and growth in one place.
Trusted by startups and product teams worldwide
From idea to launch, and beyond. Flexible engagement to match your stage.
Research, validation, scoping, and roadmapping to de-risk your build.
UX, UI, and motion systems that feel fast, friendly, and familiar.
Native Swift/Kotlin and cross-platform with high-performance UI.
Full-stack apps with modern tooling, fast APIs, and crisp UI.
Scalable APIs, infra-as-code, observability, and reliability.
Intelligent features, automations, and integrations that scale.
A few recent launches and long-term partners.
A second-hand sales platform connecting buyers and sellers across the UK with real-time messaging and location-based search.
A cryptocurrency financial platform offering seamless trading and investment solutions with real-time crypto trading and portfolio management.
A medical clinical trials platform streamlining patient data collection and management with compliance monitoring.
A pregnancy monitoring app providing real-time insights and health tracking with contraction tracking and doctor communication.
A comprehensive banking app offering secure financial management solutions with account management and secure transactions.
A hospital patient monitoring system providing real-time health data analysis with vital signs monitoring and alert systems.
Tight feedback loops, real velocity, predictable outcomes.
Goals, constraints, and a clear first milestone with estimates.
Prototypes and user tests to validate the core moments.
Weekly demos, telemetry, and rapid iterations in production-like envs.
Store approvals, analytics, and growth experiments that stick.
We embed as a true partner. Here’s what that feels like.
Luke at Appgroup worked with us at uMotif for just under a year and made a significant contribution in helping us build a new app from scratch using the very latest technologies. SwiftUI was still in its infancy and not a proven technology in production but Luke quickly became something of a SwiftUI expert. He implemented a large variety of features that were well tested in a complex and regulated environment requiring collaboration between several teams. He stood out as an experienced, friendly, well-liked and highly creative developer. I'd happily recommend Luke.
Aaron RobertsonuMotif Lead Developer
I have worked closely with Luke at Appgroup over the past 2 years on the development of an iOS app for the Sensium wireless vital sign monitoring system. Luke quickly understood the benefit such an app would bring the product and used his skills to realise that, in the face of challenging technical constraints. Luke's standard of work is always of a very high quality so he made the job of testing the product easy. He has good time management skills and always works hard to achieve a deadline. Above all, I have been impressed by Luke's can-do attitude and his willingness to adapt to the processes required for regulated medical software development.
Oliver Boorman HumphreySoftware Design Engineer, Sensium
Luke has shown that he is an incredibly gifted designer and manager. He has always given good strong advice when confronting complex problems or when designing a game to be fun, as well as many other things. His ideas are compelling and inspirational and he has all the qualities required in a Design Director. It has been a pleasure working with/for Luke.
Mathew NicholasDesign Director, AI Innovator
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