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App Modernization

We take apps that have fallen behind, redesign them for how people use phones and tablets today, and rebuild them on current native or cross-platform technology, moving your users and data across safely.

A designer and an engineer comparing an outdated app with its modern redesign on a large wall display

What's included

Bring an outdated app up to date without starting over.

01.1

Modernization assessment

Know what to keep, what to refactor and what to rebuild.

A review of your app’s code, architecture, design, dependencies, security and store standing, with a recommended path, a phased plan and an estimate, so the decision rests on evidence.

Deliverables

  • Code, architecture and dependency review
  • Design and accessibility audit
  • Recommended path with a phased estimate

01.2

Redesign for today’s devices

A fresh, modern experience your users will notice.

We rework dated screens and flows to current platform conventions, with adaptive layouts for phone, tablet and foldable, accessibility to WCAG 2.2 and a design system your team can keep consistent.

Deliverables

  • Experience audit and redesigned flows
  • Adaptive layouts and a design system
  • Usability testing with your current users

01.3

Rebuilds on native or modern cross-platform

Off aging frameworks and onto technology with a future.

We move apps from Objective-C, older Java, Xamarin, Cordova and early hybrid frameworks to Swift and SwiftUI, Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, or current React Native and Flutter, choosing native where performance and platform features matter most.

Deliverables

  • Target architecture and technology choice
  • Incremental rebuild, module by module
  • Parity testing against the current app

01.4

Backend, API & data migration

New foundations behind the app, with no lost data.

Aging APIs and servers move to secure, scalable services, with data migrated, verified and reconciled, and old and new systems running side by side until the switch is safe.

Deliverables

  • API and data modernization plan
  • Migration with verification and rollback
  • Cutover plan with zero-downtime releases

How we run it

A clear process, every engagement.

  1. 01

    Assess

    Review the code, design, data and risks, then agree on the path.

  2. 02

    Redesign

    Modernize the experience and validate it with your current users.

  3. 03

    Rebuild

    Re-platform incrementally, releasing each part as it is ready.

  4. 04

    Transition

    Move users and data across, then retire the old app safely.

Standards & frameworks

WCAG 2.2OWASP MASVSPlatform human interface guidelinesZero-downtime releases
How we approach compliance

Available standalone

Start with a modernization assessment on its own: a clear recommendation and estimate, with no commitment to the rebuild.

Scope it with us

20 years of mobile engineering

Tell us what you are building.

Share the platforms, compliance needs and budget. Programs over $50k go straight to an engineering lead.

  1. 01

    We read every requestAn engineering lead reviews your brief, not a sales queue.

  2. 02

    Programs of $50k or more go to an engineering leadNot a sales queue: a lead reviews the brief and contacts you to set a time.

  3. 03

    You get a planArchitecture options, team shape and a phased estimate.