UK App Developers

Make apps that
make a difference.

We help you develop apps that create positive impact for customers, society and shareholders.

Shaping behaviours. It's tough, right?

Customers are demanding, competition is fierce, and even the best ideas often fail to gain traction. It’s frustrating when apps fall short of their potential.

We work alongside you to uncover deep customer insights, harness meaningful data, and leverage technology to create apps that truly resonate, shape new behaviours, and deliver measurable success.*

*Our clients have apps serving over 4,000,000 customers a year, and 100% report that mobile CLV is the higher than of all their other offerings.
Pocketworks Testimonial Client

Some days, more than 80% of our bookings are through the app. We've worked with Pocketworks for over ten years, and they've helped Veezu deliver a great customer experience, handling every aspect of our product development.

Pocketworks Testimonial Client

Dr. Adar Pelah

Head of LIVE

Pocketworks Client Identity

An easy, open approach to discussions, ideas and working together, and an agile, no hassle, approach to getting things done collaboratively and in a timely manner. And of course the exceptional quality of their work!

Our Work

Creating real customer growth

We’re helping our clients design for impact on day one. As a result, they achieve up to 3x customer retention and 9x revenue growth.

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Helping half a million people manage their diabetes

View Carbs & Cals Case Study →

900%
Revenue Growth

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Co-designing a faster booking experience with Travelodge

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11x
Experiments

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Scaling up from zero to 20 million yearly taxi rides

View Veezu Case Study →

20m
Taxi Rides in 2023

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Increasing customer loyalty with ASDA's first app

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50K
Monthly Downloads

What we do

Three ways to get cracking

Access resources, book some consultancy or hire us as your development partner.

Education

Get started for FREE

Courses, eBooks and blog posts that help you develop apps on strong foundations. Learn how to do mobile right, from strategy and design to development and growth marketing.

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Advisory Services

From £5,000

Find digital opportunities in your business. Design innovative concepts. Fix your app growth problems or get expert support when building your app business case.

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App Development

From £180,000 per year

Hire us as your long-term app development partner focused on quality and growth.

  • Design experiences that resonate by employing user-centered design and user research
  • Launch native apps or cross-platform Flutter apps complete with back-end infrastructure
  • Achieve customer growth with ASO and data-driven conversion optimisation
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Blog

Latest at Pocketworks.

The role of app reviews and ratings in App Store Optimisation (ASO)

Blog August 8, 2024

The role of app reviews and ratings in App Store Optimisation (ASO)

Lucy Beldon
Lucy Beldon
Where to start with paid acquisition for your subscription app

Blog July 30, 2024

Where to start with paid acquisition for your subscription app

Lucy Beldon
Lucy Beldon
Apps for Impact: The top UK apps for sustainability and net zero

Blog February 11, 2024

Apps for Impact: The top UK apps for sustainability and net zero

Tobin Harris
Tobin Harris

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About

We are UK app developers based in Leeds. Founded in 2012, Pocketworks and has grown to 19 people across five European countries.

Our clients hire us as a long-term partner, assisting them with their mobile strategy, market research, user research, design, mobile development, cloud development, quality assurance and mobile growth hacking.

The mobile technologies we use include Flutter, iOS and Android. For cloud solutions, we tend to use Elixir and Postgres. We also have some solutions in Python, .NET, Rails and Laravel.

We are also a UX research and design studio, helping our clients take a customer-centric approach to modern digital product development. Finally, we encourage joint investment ventures where we share equity and revenue.

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