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Software Engineering

Mobile, spatial computing and digital twins

Mobile apps people keep using, and digital twins that show the plant or the city as it runs

Why mobile and spatial projects stall

A mobile app lives on someone else's device, under the rules of two app stores, with patchy connections and a new operating system every year. Building one that people keep using takes more than screens.

Plants, ports, campuses and cities produce live data that sits in dashboards nobody can picture. A digital twin turns that data into a 3D model operators can see, test and plan against. It only works if it is connected to the real systems behind it.

What changes for you

  1. Apps that stay current

    Apps released through both stores, kept up to date with each new iOS and Android version and with your roadmap.

  2. Security for money and identity

    Banking, wallet and payment apps designed with secure key storage, device binding and biometric sign-in from the start.

  3. Decisions tested before they are made

    Digital twins and simulations where operators rehearse changes, train staff and see the effect before it reaches the real site.

What we deliver

  • Native iOS and Android apps

    Apps in Swift and Kotlin when the app depends on the device, such as payment hardware, sensors or complex media.

  • Cross-platform apps

    One codebase for iOS and Android in React Native or Flutter, when sharing the code is the better trade for your app.

  • Mobile back ends and releases

    The sign-in, notifications and APIs the app needs, plus store listings, signing, review submissions and staged roll-outs.

  • Offline use and safe sync

    Encrypted local storage and conflict rules, so field and operations apps keep working without a connection.

  • Industrial and urban digital twins

    Real-time 3D models of plants, buildings, ports and city districts in Unity, Unreal Engine or NVIDIA Omniverse, fed by live data from your systems.

  • Interactive systems and training simulations

    Serious-training simulations, interactive systems and games, with the back-office tools to manage their content and users.

How we work

  1. Discover

    We agree the users, the core journeys or scenarios, the platforms and the devices or data sources involved.

  2. Choose the approach

    We recommend native or cross-platform, or the right 3D engine, and set out the trade-offs in writing.

  3. Prototype on real devices

    We test the key journeys or a first scene on real devices and with real data before the full build.

  4. Build the app and its back end together

    We deliver in iterations you can install and try, with the services and data connections built alongside.

  5. Release and watch

    We handle signing, store review and a staged roll-out, and watch crash reports and usage closely.

  6. Maintain

    We keep the app or the twin current with new operating systems, engine versions and your roadmap.

Technologies and standards

Naming a product does not mean a partnership with its vendor.

Languages
  • Swift
  • Kotlin
Mobile
  • SwiftUI
  • Jetpack Compose
  • React Native
  • Flutter

How to start

A digital twin, a large simulation or a new app concept usually starts in the Blueprint Studio. An app with a clear specification goes straight to a proposal.

What happens next

  1. Pre-consulting session

    A free 30-minute online pre-consulting session: we go through your goals, systems and constraints.

  2. Readiness review

    In a free 48-hour readiness review, a Principal Architect checks your project against the 6-point Definition of Ready and recommends the track that fits.

  3. Choosing the track

    Scope-ready projects receive a binding proposal within 3–5 business days. Concept-stage projects start in the Blueprint Studio. A live system that is failing, undocumented or needs integration starts with a diagnostic of 1–2 weeks. The Blueprint Studio and the diagnostic each have a fixed fee, quoted in the proposal.

  4. Delivery in five stages

    Mobilisation, sprints with live demonstrations, integration and hardening, acceptance and go-live, then managed services. After launch comes a warranty period, then optional support and maintenance.

  • AI-native product teams

    Managed, cross-functional pods of senior engineers, equipped with agentic coding and QA harnesses.

  • Embedded specialists and strategic augmentation

    Nearshore and on-site principal engineers and specialists, and embedded solution, transformation, PQC and integration architects.

Questions and answers

Should we build native or cross-platform?

Native apps in Swift and Kotlin give the fullest access to device features. Cross-platform apps in React Native or Flutter share most of their code between iOS and Android, which lowers the cost of building and changing them. We recommend native when the app depends heavily on the device, and cross-platform for most business and consumer apps.

How do you secure a banking or wallet app?

We keep keys and tokens in the platform's hardware-backed secure storage, and use certificate pinning and biometric or device-bound sign-in. Every sensitive action is checked on the server. Where the risk calls for it, we detect rooted or jailbroken devices and tampered builds, following the OWASP Mobile Application Security guidance.

Do you handle App Store and Google Play releases?

Yes. We prepare the listings, manage signing, submit builds for review and release in stages, so a problem reaches few users. The developer accounts stay in your organisation's name, and we work under them with access you grant and can revoke.

What is a digital twin, and when is it worth building?

A digital twin is a live 3D model of a physical place or process, fed by data from its sensors and systems. It is worth building when decisions about that place are costly to test in reality. Examples are changing a production line, planning a port, running a smart-city district or training staff for rare events.

Which systems can a digital twin connect to?

The ones that describe the real site: industrial IoT and sensor platforms, building and plant systems, and ERP and asset-maintenance systems. We agree the data sources and how often each updates, so the twin shows the site as it is.

Can the app work without a connection?

Yes, where the journeys allow it. We store the data the user needs on the device, encrypted, and queue their changes until the connection returns. Sync rules decide what happens when the same record changed in two places, and we design those rules with you.

Ready to build? Ask for a proposal.

Send your requirements or RFP. Our architects validate them and return a binding, fixed-scope proposal.

What happens next

  1. Readiness review

    In a free 48-hour readiness review, a Principal Architect checks your project against the 6-point Definition of Ready and recommends the track that fits.

  2. Binding proposal

    After architecture validation at no cost, you receive a binding, fixed-scope proposal within 3–5 business days: milestones, architecture, team structure and SLAs. We sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) with you on request, before you share your requirements.

  3. Mobilisation

    Once you sign, our engineering pods begin Sprint 0 within 5–10 business days of contract signature.

  4. Delivery in five stages

    Mobilisation, sprints with live demonstrations, integration and hardening, acceptance and go-live, then managed services. After launch comes a warranty period, then optional support and maintenance.