Washington DC mobile app development company, accessible from day one

A typical app, web app or SaaS release with us costs $7,000 to around $25,000 to $30,000, and DC clients pay the same as anyone else. Accessibility testing, audit logging, payments and integrations with a CRM or contract system move a build toward the top. You get the price in writing after a free 30-minute call.

Our 44 published builds reached first release in 5 to 10 weeks, with a median of 7. Spirit Airlines' group booking system took 10 weeks because it connects to live fare inventory. Security documentation and accessibility testing run inside that window when they are planned from week one.

We build the product so authorization is realistic: documented controls, audit logging, role-based access and hosting on infrastructure that supports FedRAMP. The authorization itself is a separate process with an agency sponsor or the FedRAMP program and an accredited assessor. We are not an assessor, and the written scope states that boundary.

Yes. A typical portal covers self-maintained profiles, a searchable directory, renewals and payments, event registration and gated resources, connected to the CRM or AMS you already use. GreekVibes, a member network we built, reached 62,000 alumni across 140 chapters and lifted directory accuracy from about 40% to 91%.

It depends on where your members live. DC has no broad consumer privacy act, but its breach law requires prompt notice and Attorney General notice when 50 or more residents are affected. Maryland's Online Data Privacy Act covers larger data holders, including most nonprofits, while Virginia's law exempts nonprofits, so a region-wide audience may still need consent and data-request handling.

We design and test against WCAG, the standard Section 508 adopted in 2017: keyboard access, screen reader labels, contrast, captions and clear error messages. Section 508 binds the agency, so its accessibility team makes the final call. Telling us on the first call puts that testing into the first sprint.

We work remotely from San Francisco and have no Washington office. DC is three hours ahead of us, so noon to 5 p.m. your time is shared every weekday. You get one project lead, weekly video demos and a staging link to test between calls. We do not hold security clearances, so classified systems are not work we take on.

Hire an app development company for the first build, and consider a full-time developer once the product needs daily changes. One hire brings recruiting time, salary and benefits, and rarely covers design, backend, accessibility testing and release alone. We give you a full team for the project, then hand over code, a recorded walkthrough and written documentation your future hire can use.

Ask for published builds with named clients and measured results, who writes the code, a written scope and price, and full ownership of code and accounts. For federal-facing work, ask how they handle accessibility testing and security documentation; for associations, ask how they connect to your existing CRM. A good team also says clearly what it cannot take on.

The results for that search are mostly directory listings and agency-written top 10 lists, and the author often ranks itself first. Treat them as a starting list, check verified client reviews, then compare written price, named clients, who writes the code and who owns it. We publish all four: $7k to $30k, 44 named builds, an in-house team and your code.

Client work is usually paid by the project or by the hour, agreed in a written contract before work starts. Developers who publish their own apps earn from sales, subscriptions or ads instead. We work project-based or hourly, give you a written quote after a free 30-minute call, and bill support after launch per hour only if you want it.