Your brief deserves a real proposal.
Not another vague estimate.

Custom mobile app development for Australian businesses. Detailed, itemised proposal in 48 hours.

Most agencies won't give you a real number until you're already deep in their sales process. We think that's backwards. One conversation produces a detailed, itemised, fixed-fee proposal — built from 900+ real projects mapped against our Built to Last™ framework.

Australia's #1-ranked mobile app development agency on Clutch
$9.6B+ Revenue Delivered
900+ Mobile App Projects Delivered

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A senior strategist will review your brief on a 30-minute call. You'll have a detailed, fixed-fee proposal in your inbox within 48 hours.

Global Clutch ranking

F500

Vodafone, News Corp, NSW Health, AGL, UNSW

ISO

9001 & 27001 certified delivery

72+

Awards Won

Trusted by Australia's most recognised organisations

Software isn't finished when it launches. It's finished when the business no longer needs to think about it.

Most agencies measure success at launch. We measure it differently. Built to Last™ is the framework we apply to every project — not as a premium tier, not as an optional upgrade. As the standard. It's six pillars, applied from the first discovery session through the 90-day post-launch plan. Together they're the difference between an app that ships and an app that holds up.

The Right Problem

The most expensive mistake in software isn't technical — it's six months of excellent work delivered to the wrong outcome. Before a line of code is written, we map the real problem.

The Right Infrastructure

Products that perform in testing and fail under real users. Infrastructure isn't a launch concern — it's what determines whether your product holds up at 10x. Designed in, not bolted on.

The Right Architecture

Decisions made in week 2 determine what's possible in year 2. Data models, APIs, integration patterns — and RAG pipelines, agent boundaries, AI infrastructure — planned from day one.

The Right Delivery

Two-week sprints with a working build at the end of every cycle. Weekly check-ins. Fortnightly demos. Monthly progress reports with budget visibility. Quarterly strategic reviews.

The Right Code

Every line reviewed and signed off by a senior engineer. Automated testing, CI/CD, and consistent engineering standards applied to AI features the same way as core product code.

The Right Team

200+ in-house specialists, no subcontracting. The team on your project is on our payroll. Senior Account Manager, UX Designer, Engineering Lead — assigned week 1, still there at 90-day review.

Can AI just build your app?

Honestly — parts of it, yes. We use AI tools on every project. Here's what that actually means for yours, and where senior engineering judgment still matters more than any model can replace.

What AI still can't do

Decide how your architecture should scale to 100K users

Make security and compliance judgements for your industry

Manage a project, a client relationship, or a missed deadline

Own the outcome when something fails after launch

Replace the engineer who designed the system and understands why

Where AI actually helps.

Generates boilerplate code in minutes, not days

Accelerates test coverage across the codebase

Automates documentation as the build progresses

Helps engineers ship faster without cutting corners

Identifies bugs and edge cases during development

The honest truth

AI tools make experienced developers faster. They don't replace the judgment, architecture decisions, and accountability that determine whether your platform survives contact with real users at scale.

Built into Right Code and Right Team — two pillars of the Built to Last™ framework.

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What it's actually like to build with us.

Austin Smith

DDEG

Founder

MYBOS

Co-Founder

Rello Pay

Jess Shahbazi
Jennifer Winstone

Co-founders, MyComms

Roberto Peresa

Director, Aguzzo Group

Founders

QuoteUp

Three starting points. One process that adapts.

Every team is at a different point. The 30-minute call goes differently depending on yours.

01 · Launch

I'm building something new

Idea or validated concept. Need a team to design, build, and launch right.

You have an idea, a vision, or a validated concept. You need a team to design, build, and launch — with foundations that won't need to be rebuilt in 12 months.

On the call: we'll walk through your concept, identify the riskiest assumptions, and outline the path from idea to first 5,000 users.

Total Investment

$50K – $120K

3–5 months

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02 · Scale

I have an app that needs help

Live, but getting harder to release. Changes feel riskier than they should.

Your platform is already live but getting harder to release, slower to scale, and every change feels riskier. You don't always need a rebuild — you need a team that can diagnose what's actually wrong.

On the call: we'll diagnose the symptoms, identify what's structural vs surface, and outline a remediation roadma

Total Investment

$80K – $300K

4–9 months

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03 · Evolve

I'm ready to lead my market

Platform stable. Ready to use AI and automation to pull ahead.

Your platform is stable. You're ready to use AI and automation to operate more efficiently, capture data advantages, and pull ahead of competitors.

On the call: we'll map your workflows and data landscape against AI opportunities — and tell you where the ROI sits.

Total Investment

$150K+

6–18+ months

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For risk-averse buyers

Not ready to commit to the full build? Start with the Prototyping Phase.

For founders and product leaders who want to de-risk before signing for the full project. Over 3–6 weeks we map your users, design the product in Figma, plan the technical architecture, and produce investor-ready documentation.

$15,000
fixed fee · 3–6 weeks · deliverable-based

Validated concept & customer journey Interactive clickable prototype Branding & UI design system Technical architecture plan Revised itemised build estimate Investor-ready documentation

Want to know how much your app prototyping costs

In 30 minutes, we'll give you an honest, itemised estimate.No commitment. No pitch.

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30-minute call. 48-hour proposal. No guesswork.

Most agencies send a vague proposal two weeks later. Here's what actually happens with us.

Step 01 · The Call

A 30-minute working session

A senior strategist — not a sales rep — walks through your project. We'll cover your users, your priorities, the trade-offs you're facing, and the questions that will change the price. No pitch deck, no demo reel of our case studies.

Step 02 · The Proposal

Itemised, fixed-fee, in 48 hours

Inside two business days, you receive a detailed proposal: itemised scope, fixed-fee structure, timeline, team composition, and where the risks sit. Built from 900+ real projects mapped against the Built to Last™ framework.

Step 03 · Your Decision

Proceed, prototype, or pass

If you proceed, we move to the Prototyping Phase (if scope needs validation) or directly to discovery. If you don't, you keep the proposal — and a real benchmark for the conversations you're having with other vendors.

5,000 users in 4 months

Marketplace lending platform that needed enterprise-grade architecture from day one. The architecture held up as they scaled to 40,000+ users, with a 43% lift in recurring investment.

Architecture · Infrastructure · Code

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$32M raised after rebuild

Originally a rescue project. We rebuilt the telehealth compliance platform from the foundations up. Now serves 2,000+ practitioners across Australia and the US. Three years on the Deloitte Fast 50.

Problem · Infrastructure · Team

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Honest pricing. Drawn from 900+ real projects.

Most agencies won't tell you until you've signed. Here's what projects like yours typically cost, mapped to the Launch / Scale / Evolve stages.

Validate your idea

MVP & LAUNCH

Getting to market fast on a defined budget with architecture that won't block you at scale.

$50K – $120K

3–5 months · Single platform or cross-platform

Inclusions

Up to 3 user roles
Standard REST API backend
Stripe payment integration
Basic analytics
30 days post-launch support
Fixed Cost delivery model

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Built for where you're going

GROWTH & SCALE

Stronger architecture, dual-platform delivery, integrations that handle serious user load.

$80K – $300K

4–9 months · Mobile and Web · Multiple roles

Inclusions

Multiple user roles + admin portal
Real-time features (notifications, chat)
Complex third-party integrations
AI / ML features available as addon
ISO 27001-aligned delivery
90 days post-launch support
Fixed Cost or Delivery Squad

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A dedicated team

ENTERPRISE & EVOLVE

Custom workflows, AI integration, enterprise compliance, an engineering partner that stays.

$150K+

6–18+ months · Multi-tenant · Native

Inclusions

Complex role architecture
Custom cloud design, multi-region
Enterprise integrations (SAP, Salesforce)
AI/ML included in squad
HIPAA, PCI-DSS, government compliance
SLA-backed ongoing support
Delivery Squad model

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You'll always know where things stand.

The most common frustration teams have is not knowing what's happening. We prevent that with a consistent communication cadence built into every engagement.

Weekly

Progress check-in

What moved, blockers, decisions needed, next steps.

Fortnightly

Sprint review

Live demo of completed work and feedback.

Monthly

Progress report

Milestones, budget visibility, upcoming goals.

Quarterly

Strategic review

Roadmap alignment, escalations, relationship health.

Don't take our word for it.

Verified reviews from Clutch.co, a third-party platform where clients write anonymously if they choose. We can't edit these. We don't want to.

Approachable and accommodating to our exact needs and requirements. Our mobile app’s reception and engagement have been great, and the design is very user-friendly. EB Pearls is very professional, always on track, and always delivers to our expectations.

Roberto Peresa

Founder, Aguzzo Group

The MVP has exceeded expectations, and EB Pearls’ quality work has allowed the client to secure funding to continue the project. The team is highly skilled and professional; they’re open and easy to work with.

Gerhard Stander

Founder, Caroo App

We’re very happy with the results of EB Pearls’ work. Since its launch, the app has had over 7,000 downloads, with around 6,000 users completing the signup process in the first 6 weeks.

Giuseppe Saffioti

Co-Founder, Intro Dating App

It can be a little daunting to engage a mobile app development company. They proved they could work within my budget, made me realise the ideas stuck inside my brain, and helped me launch multiple mobile app development projects.

Jesse Milani

Founder, Pocket Fuel

EB Pearls provided great clarity on the scope, timeline, design, and stages of developing our app, which gives users access to a database of more than 1,000 roles. They stuck rigidly to our production schedule and delivered as promised.

Mike Fields

Director, Care Careers

We’re extremely impressed with EB Pearls’ work, technical skill, and ability to adapt, iterate, and learn new skills. Their high attention to detail and eternally positive attitude make working with EB Pearls a wonderful experience.

Sarah Scaife

Product owner, BAXTA

I have found EB Pearls great to work with. They offer high level, innovative and affordable app development. I appreciate that they view our business relationship through a long term lense, always working to find a solution that will help my business's growth. I look forward to continuing to work with the EB Pearls team.

Lisa Brown

Founder, Impact apps

The company saved $200,000–$400,000 using EB Pearls. The team's QA services also helped the firm resolve issues by being responsive to requests and highly involved in project management. Their resources had the right technical skills; their leasing service model gave the client great flexibility.

Wayne Wen

Product Manager, Coposit

The questions shortlisters actually ask.

It's higher. We're an Australian team, working in your timezone, with senior engineers — not subcontracted developers we've never met. Most of our rescue work comes from offshore builds that stalled. If price is the deciding factor, offshore always wins. If your project needs to launch and last, the gap is smaller than it looks.

For well-scoped projects, yes. Fixed price requires a completed discovery phase so both sides have confidence in the scope. For projects with significant unknowns, time-and-materials with milestone checkpoints usually protects you better than an artificially padded fixed quote.

Yes. Full stop. All IP, source code, design files, and documentation transfer to you on final payment. We don't retain licensing rights or hold code in escrow. Our contracts are reviewed by independent legal counsel before signing. If any agency won't commit to this in writing before you sign anything, that's a serious red flag. Walk away.

Not very. We've had great discovery calls from a one-page summary and bad ones from a 50-page spec that missed the core user problem. Come with your business context, your audience, and a sense of what success looks like. We'll ask the right questions from there.

No. We have 200+ in-house specialists. The team on your project is on our payroll. No subcontracting on development, design, or QA.

30 days minimum post-launch support is included with every project. 90 days for Growth tier. Ongoing for Enterprise. We use AI-assisted monitoring to detect performance anomalies and error spikes — so your team hears about issues from us, not from users.

$50K and above. Below that, you'd be better served by a smaller boutique team — we'll point you to one on the call if that's where your project sits.

Yes. We regularly take over projects with existing Figma files, technical specs, or partially completed builds. We'll review what you have, tell you honestly what's worth keeping, and scope from there.

Your brief deserves a real proposal.
Not another vague estimate.

Get your itemised proposal.