Lahore engineering hub, serving Dubai & the UAE

Mobile App Development Company inDubai

10silicon is a mobile app development company Dubai founders and operations teams work with when they need an app that survives contact with real users. We build native iOS and Android apps, and cross-platform apps in Flutter and React Native, for businesses in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and across the UAE. Our app developers, designers and QA engineers are full-time staff in our Lahore engineering hub, working in Gulf hours with a named lead on every project.

In 7+ years and 100+ delivered projects we have shipped customer apps, driver and field-staff apps, marketplace apps and internal tools, with the backends, APIs and admin panels that make them work. We handle the whole path from first wireframe to App Store and Google Play approval, and we stay on after launch for releases and support.

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What we build

Services for Dubai businesses

01

iOS and Android apps

Native Swift and Kotlin when performance or hardware access demands it, or a single Flutter or React Native codebase when you want both platforms from one team and one budget.

02

Backend, APIs and admin panel

A secure REST or GraphQL backend, a database designed for your data, and a web admin console so your staff can manage users, content and orders without calling a developer.

03

Payments and wallets

Card payments through UAE-friendly gateways, Apple Pay and Google Pay, cash-on-delivery flows, in-app subscriptions and wallet top-ups, with VAT-compliant receipts.

04

Push notifications and messaging

Transactional and marketing push through Firebase and APNs, deep links into the right screen, and WhatsApp or SMS fallbacks for OTPs and order updates.

05

Arabic, RTL and offline mode

Full Arabic localisation with right-to-left layouts that mirror correctly, plus local caching and sync so the app still works in a basement car park or a warehouse with poor signal.

06

App store submission and releases

Developer account setup in your name, store listings, screenshots, privacy labels, review responses and a release process with staged rollouts and crash monitoring.

Tech stack we use

  • Flutter
  • React Native
  • Swift
  • Kotlin
  • Node.js
  • Laravel
  • PostgreSQL
  • Firebase
  • GraphQL
  • AWS
  • Fastlane
  • Stripe & UAE payment gateways

How we work

Our 3-step process

  1. 1

    Strategic Discovery

    We map your goals, users, constraints and success metrics into a scoped plan with a fixed first milestone before any code is written.

  2. 2

    Agile Engineering

    Two-week sprints with a demo at the end of each one. You see working software, not status reports, and can change direction early.

  3. 3

    Deployment & Growth

    Production launch with monitoring, documentation and a growth plan: performance, SEO, analytics and a maintenance retainer if you want one.

Indicative pricing

What it costs in Dubai

App cost is driven by platforms, screens and user roles, the back end and admin panel, integrations such as payments and maps, and whether Arabic is in the first release.

  1. Tier 1

    Simple app (MVP)

    AED 30,000 - 75,000

    USD 8,000 - 20,000

    Timeline: 8 - 12 weeks

    • iOS and Android from one codebase
    • Up to 10 screens
    • Login, notifications, basic back end
    • Store submission handled
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  2. Tier 2

    Business app

    AED 75,000 - 220,000

    USD 20,000 - 60,000

    Timeline: 3 - 5 months

    • Payments, maps, chat or bookings
    • Admin dashboard and reporting
    • Arabic and English
    • Automated testing and analytics
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  3. Tier 3

    Platform app

    AED 220,000 - 735,000+

    USD 60,000 - 200,000+

    Timeline: 5 - 10 months

    • Multi-sided marketplace or on-demand
    • Real-time features and offline mode
    • Third-party and ERP integrations
    • Scalable cloud architecture
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Ranges are indicative 2026 market figures for the UAE, not quotes. Every proposal is written after Strategic Discovery with a fixed price for the first milestone.

Why it works

Why a Lahore team is the right mobile app development company for Dubai

Mobile apps are never finished. After launch there are OS updates every autumn, new device sizes, store policy changes, and a steady list of features your users ask for. Hiring a Dubai agency for all of that means paying Dubai rates for years, and hiring freelancers means losing context every time one moves on. Our model solves both problems: a stable, salaried team of app developers in Lahore who stay on your product for its whole life, at a cost that makes ongoing releases affordable.

Lahore is one hour behind Gulf Standard Time, so your testers in Dubai can report a bug at 10am and see a fix on TestFlight the same afternoon. We do not have a Dubai office and we will not pretend otherwise. What you get is a video consultation whenever you need one, on-site consultation in Dubai for discovery workshops and launch days, and a UAE number, +971 56 639 0908, that reaches the person actually running your project.

Agency vs offshore vs hybrid

Choosing a mobile app development dubai partner: how the options compare

Rates are indicative 2026 market figures for senior work. The point is not the cheapest hour; it is senior engineers, full working-hours overlap and ownership of what you pay for.

CriteriaDubai agencyOffshore shop10silicon
Indicative hourly rateUSD 60 - 120USD 15 - 35USD 25 - 45
Working-hours overlap with GSTFullOften 2 - 4 hoursFull (Lahore is GST minus 1)
Who you talk toAccount managerRotating contactsNamed engineer and project lead
DemosMonthly or at milestonesVariesEvery two weeks on a staging URL
Code and accountsUsually yoursSometimes theirsAlways in your repos and cloud accounts
In-person meetingsAt their officeRareVideo any time; on-site in Dubai by arrangement
Arabic / RTL and UAE paymentsYesVariesYes, standard on every build

UAE-ready by default

Built for how business works in Dubai

Offshore teams often learn UAE requirements on your project. We treat them as standard scope, so Arabic, AED payments, VAT invoicing and data protection are designed in rather than bolted on.

  • 01

    Arabic & RTL interfaces

    Bilingual English-Arabic layouts planned from the first wireframe, with right-to-left mirroring and Arabic typography that holds up on mobile.

  • 02

    UAE payment gateways

    Integration with Network International, Telr, PayTabs, Stripe and bank gateways, plus Tabby and Tamara instalments and cash on delivery flows.

  • 03

    VAT and e-invoicing

    FTA-compliant tax invoices with TRN, 5% VAT handling, credit notes and exports your accountant can reconcile.

  • 04

    Data protection by design

    Built with the UAE Personal Data Protection Law in mind: consent records, access control, encryption and data residency in Gulf cloud regions when required.

  • 05

    Sector rules designed in

    For fintech, healthcare and education builds we design for regulator expectations such as CBUAE, DHA and MOHAP requirements; compliance sign-off stays with your advisers.

  • 06

    WhatsApp-first customer flows

    Click-to-chat, WhatsApp Business API notifications and lead capture, because that is how UAE customers actually get in touch.

Compliance sign-off for regulated sectors stays with your legal and regulatory advisers; we build to the requirements they specify.

Platform choice

Native, Flutter or React Native: how we decide

The first question most clients ask is whether to go native or cross-platform. Our honest answer is that for most business apps in the UAE, a Flutter or React Native codebase is the right call: you get iOS and Android from one team, features ship once instead of twice, and the budget stretches further. Our Flutter developers have shipped delivery, booking and fintech apps where users cannot tell the difference from native.

We recommend native Swift and Kotlin when the app leans heavily on the camera, Bluetooth, background location or heavy animation, or when you already have native teams in-house. Either way, the backend, admin panel and APIs are shared, so switching later is a front-end decision rather than a rebuild.

  • Flutter for consumer apps, marketplaces and fintech where a single polished UI matters
  • React Native when your web product is already in React and you want shared logic
  • Native Swift and Kotlin for hardware-heavy or performance-critical features
  • The same Node.js or Laravel backend and admin console whichever route you pick

Approach

How we build apps for UAE users

Every app follows our three-step process. Strategic Discovery produces clickable prototypes, a screen map, an API contract and a milestone plan with a fixed price for the first release. Agile Engineering runs in two-week sprints with a TestFlight or Play internal build at the end of each, so your team in Dubai is holding working software from the first month. Deployment & Growth covers store submission, analytics, crash reporting and a release calendar for the months after launch.

UAE apps have specific needs that we build in from the start rather than bolt on. Arabic and English with correct RTL mirroring. Phone-number login with OTP, because many users prefer it to email. Payment flows that handle cash on delivery alongside cards. Location features that understand Makani numbers and building names rather than only street addresses. And privacy settings that respect UAE data rules, including hosting user data in a Gulf cloud region when your regulator or customers expect it.

Quality

Testing, performance and store approval

An app that crashes once in a checkout flow gets a one-star review and an uninstall. We run automated unit and widget tests on every pull request, manual QA on real devices including the mid-range Android phones most common in the UAE, and performance checks on cold start time, scroll smoothness and battery use. Release builds are signed and shipped through Fastlane so every release is repeatable.

Store rejections are a common cause of missed launch dates. We have been through Apple review enough times to know what triggers a rejection: missing privacy labels, login walls without a guest option, payment rules, and screenshots that do not match the app. We prepare the listing, respond to reviewers and manage staged rollouts so a bad build never reaches all your users at once.

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App developers in Dubai for iOS, Android and cross-platform

Whether you search for app developers in Dubai, an iOS app development company, Android developers or Flutter developers in the UAE, the underlying need is the same: a team that can design, build, ship and keep improving an app that real customers use. We staff every app project with a product designer, mobile engineers, a back-end engineer and QA, led by one project lead you talk to directly.

Our mobile work also connects to the rest of the business: the web dashboard your staff use, the payment gateway, the CRM and the analytics. That is why most of our app clients also use our web development team rather than stitching vendors together.

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FAQ

Mobile App Development Dubai: common questions

A focused single-purpose app with a backend usually starts in the low five figures in US dollars. A marketplace or fintech app with payments, multiple user roles and an admin panel is a larger multi-milestone project. After discovery we give you a written scope and a fixed price for the first release, and you only commit one milestone at a time.

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