Your own app on iPhone and Android, in Arabic and English, built for how the Gulf books and buys.
iPhone and Android apps for Gulf businesses: store apps for Shopify brands, booking apps for salons, clinics and studios, and member apps, in Arabic and English.
Most Gulf customers live on their phones, and many expect a brand they use often to have its own app. We build apps for small and growing businesses in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman: store apps that run on your existing Shopify catalogue, booking apps for salons, clinics, gyms and studios, and member or learning apps with logins and subscriptions. Every app works in Arabic and English, with a proper right-to-left layout.
We build one app that runs on both iPhone and Android, so you pay for one build, not two. We connect the payment methods your customers already use in each country, send push notifications and WhatsApp updates, and publish the app under your own Apple and Google accounts so you own it. We focus on apps we can deliver well at a fixed price; we do not build banking or wallet apps, or multi-vendor delivery platforms.
Why The Dev Studio
- 15+ years building websites for clients on five continents.
- English and Arabic handled in-house, with proper right-to-left layouts.
- UAE compliance built in: PDPL privacy, TRN, trade licence, cookie consent.
- Fixed prices, clear timelines and a single accountable lead.
Mobile App Development: what you get.
Store apps for Shopify brands
A branded app on top of your Shopify store: the same products, prices and stock, plus app-only offers, wishlists, reorder and push notifications for new drops and abandoned baskets.
Booking apps
Customers pick a service, staff member and time, pay a deposit or pay in full, and get reminders. You manage bookings, staff and opening hours from a simple dashboard.
Member & learning apps
Logins, memberships, class schedules, courses and progress for gyms, studios, academies and tutors, with subscriptions where the app stores allow them.
Arabic & English
Every screen in both languages with a true right-to-left layout, Arabic fonts that read well on small screens and the language chosen from the phone's settings.
Gulf payments
Cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay everywhere, plus mada in Saudi Arabia, KNET in Kuwait, BenefitPay in Bahrain and local gateways in Qatar, Oman and the UAE, through providers such as Tap, PayTabs, Telr and Checkout.com.
Launch & ownership
App Store and Google Play listings, screenshots and review submission under your own developer accounts, plus analytics so you can see installs, bookings and sales.
From brief to launch.
- 01
Discovery
A short call and a written scope: screens, features, payments and a fixed price before any work starts.
- 02
Design
Clickable designs in Arabic and English that you approve before we build.
- 03
Build & test
One codebase for iPhone and Android, tested on real devices, with a test version on your phone every week.
- 04
Launch & care
We submit to both stores, handle the review and then keep the app updated for new iOS and Android versions.
Mobile apps
One app for iPhone and Android, in Arabic and English, published under your own Apple and Google accounts. Fixed price after a short discovery call. Available across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman.
Store app
For brands already selling on Shopify.
fromAED 14,999one-off
- iPhone and Android app on your Shopify store
- Products, prices and stock synced
- Wishlist, reorder and app-only offers
- Push notifications for drops and abandoned baskets
- Arabic and English
- App Store and Google Play launch, about 4–6 weeks
Booking app
For salons, clinics, gyms and studios.
fromAED 24,999one-off
- Services, staff and time-slot booking
- Deposits or full payment with local methods
- Reminders by push and WhatsApp
- Dashboard for bookings, staff and hours
- Arabic and English
- App Store and Google Play launch, about 6–10 weeks
Custom app
Member, learning and loyalty apps.
fromAED 44,999one-off
- Logins, memberships and subscriptions
- Class schedules, courses or loyalty points
- Admin dashboard and reports
- Integrations with your website or CRM
- Arabic and English
- Scoped after discovery, about 10–16 weeks
App care
Keep the app working and up to date.
fromAED 799/ month
- Updates for new iOS and Android versions
- Crash monitoring and bug fixes
- Store listing and review management
- Small changes each month
- Hosting and database billed at cost
Apple developer account US$99 a year and Google Play US$25 once, paid by you. Prices exclude 5% VAT. In other GCC currencies the build prices start at about SAR 15,320 / 25,530 / 45,950, QAR 14,870 / 24,780 / 44,600, KWD 1,254 / 2,090 / 3,762, BHD 1,536 / 2,559 / 4,607 and OMR 1,570 / 2,617 / 4,711, and app care at about SAR 820, QAR 790, KWD 67, BHD 82 and OMR 84 a month; invoices are issued in AED or USD.
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Mobile App Development: FAQs
Our store apps for Shopify brands start at AED 14,999, booking apps at AED 24,999 and custom member or learning apps at AED 44,999, all one-off and excluding 5% VAT. App care, including updates for new iOS and Android versions, starts at AED 799 a month. We price in AED and show the equivalent in SAR, QAR, KWD, BHD and OMR. Larger agencies in Dubai often quote AED 100,000 or more for similar apps because they build two separate apps; we build one that runs on both.