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Mobile App MVP in 10 Weeks

Client: Series A wellness startupTimeline: 10 weeksStack: Swift, Kotlin, Firebase, Postgres

A Series A wellness startup had a sharp idea for a habit-tracking app and a deadline to prove it. Their engineering team was strong on the backend but had no mobile expertise, and they couldn't afford a year-long build to find out if the concept worked. We scoped a focused MVP and shipped polished native iOS and Android apps to the stores in ten weeks, without cutting the corners that users actually notice.

A polished mobile app experience on a smartphone — Premium feel from day one: onboarding and core flows built to App Store quality, not prototype quality.

The challenge

The client needed validation fast, but "fast" couldn't mean "cheap-feeling." In a crowded wellness category, a clunky first impression would have sunk the concept regardless of the idea's merit.

No in-house mobile expertise. A backend-heavy team with no one to own native iOS and Android.
A real deadline. They needed something in users' hands to inform the next funding conversation.
UX had to feel premium. Onboarding and daily habit loops needed to delight, not just function.
Offline reality. People track habits on the go, so the app had to work without a connection and sync cleanly.

Our approach

We scoped ruthlessly to one core journey, designed it to a high bar, and built native on both platforms with a shared core so the two apps stayed consistent without doubling the work.

Focused MVP scope. One habit-tracking loop done excellently, with a clear backlog for everything else.
Premium onboarding. A designed first-run experience that set the tone and drove activation.
Native iOS and Android. Swift and Kotlin UIs with shared logic, offline-first storage, and clean sync.
Weekly demos. Stakeholders saw real builds every week, so scope decisions were made with eyes open.

The 10-week plan

Ten-week MVP timeline: discover, foundations, build and demo, launch — Four phases, ten weeks, weekly demos throughout, so there were no surprises at launch.

Results

10wk

Time to App Store

4.9★

Store rating

80k

Users in 6 months

The app hit the App Store and Play Store in ten weeks and reached 80,000 users within six months, holding a 4.9★ average rating and 99.95% crash-free sessions. The early traction gave the team exactly the proof point they needed for their next raise.

"They shipped something we were genuinely proud to put our name on, and they did it faster than we thought was possible."Founder, wellness startup

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We'll help you scope a focused MVP and ship native iOS and Android to the stores, fast, without the cheap-feeling shortcuts.