Designed As A Product
Built around what people come back to do, not a features list.
Web & Mobile Apps
Build The Apps Your Customers Come Back To.
Verticals 8 designs, builds and runs customer apps, portals and dashboards — on iOS, Android and the web — with the APIs, analytics and support that keep them healthy after launch.
App Principles
The Launch Determines How Well Everything After It Runs.
Most apps are judged a year after release, when the second wave of features arrives. We design, build and measure for that moment — as one product rather than a list of features.
Built To Change
Shared components and clean APIs, so new features don't mean a rebuild.
Secure From Day One
Accounts, permissions and data handling designed in, not added later.
Observable In Production
Analytics and crash reporting are in the first build, not a later phase.
Cost-Aware As It Scales
Hosting and third-party costs estimated up front and tracked after launch.
Supported Beyond Go-Live
Store updates, OS changes and new features handled by the team that built it.
Domains
The Six Foundations Of Every App We Ship.
Every customer app inherits the quality of what sits beneath it. When design, data, releases and monitoring are built separately, the product fragments. We build them as one.
Product Thinking
Who uses it, how often and what they came to do — settled before a screen is drawn.
Interface & Design System
Reusable components, so the second year of features looks like the first.
Backend & APIs
Documented APIs the app, the website and your other systems can all share.
Accounts & Data
Sign-in, permissions and personal data handled properly from the first release.
Release Pipeline
Automated builds, tests and store submissions, so a fix ships in hours, not weeks.
Monitoring
Crashes, slow screens and failed payments surface to us before they reach reviews.
What We Build
What We Build Into Every App.
The disciplines required to design, ship and run a customer app — delivered as one practice rather than bought as separate services.
iOS & Android Apps
One codebase where it fits, native where it doesn't, shipped to both stores.
Customer Portals
Logged-in areas to book, pay, track orders and download documents.
Admin Dashboards
The screens your staff use to run the app day to day.
APIs & Integrations
Payments, messaging, maps, accounting and your existing systems.
Analytics & Reporting
Funnels and retention measured from the first release.
Release & Support
Store submissions, updates and fixes handled for you.
What Good Looks Like
An App Assembled Vs. A Product Engineered.
Every business ends up with screens and features. The difference is whether they were engineered into a coherent product — or accumulated one request at a time.
| Dimension | App Assembled | Product Engineered |
|---|---|---|
| Design | Screens added per request | One design system, reused |
| Codebase | Two apps drifting apart | Shared code where it fits |
| Data | Copied between systems | One API, one source of truth |
| Releases | Manual, nervous, monthly | Automated, routine, weekly |
| Quality | Found in app-store reviews | Caught by monitoring first |
| Ownership | Agency holds the accounts | Store accounts in your name |
How We Measure It
An App Is Measurable.
An app is only working if it moves real signals. These are the ones we build toward and review with you.
Crash-Free Sessions
Tracked per release, so a bad build is rolled back before reviews notice.
Time To First Screen
Measured on the mid-range phones most customers actually carry.
Weekly Active Users
Whether people come back is the clearest sign an app earns its place.
Funnel Drop-Off
Sign-up, checkout and booking flows instrumented step by step.
Fix-To-Store Time
How fast an urgent change reaches users — kept short by automation.
Practice Map
The Practices That Make Up An App.
Each practice goes deeper into one layer of the product, but they're delivered as one operating model — not a menu of isolated services.
Product & Design
Discovery
User journeys, priorities and the core loop.
UX & UI Design
Screens, flows and a reusable design system.
Prototyping
Clickable versions tested before the build.
Build & Platform
Mobile Development
iOS and Android from one codebase where it fits.
Web Portals
Customer and admin interfaces in the browser.
APIs & Integrations
Payments, messaging and existing systems.
Release & Growth
Store Management
Listings, reviews and release schedules.
Analytics
Funnels, retention and feature adoption.
Product Support
Fixes and features planned quarter by quarter.
Engagement Models
Three Ways To Build Your App
From a read on the idea to a shipped product and a standing team — most engagements move through all three.
App Prototype
A clickable, testable version of the core journey in a few weeks — with a build estimate you can plan around.
Version One
The first release, shipped to the stores or the web, with analytics and crash reporting from day one.
Product Team
A standing team for features, fixes and releases, planned quarter by quarter.
Why Verticals 8
One Team. Idea To App Store.
Verticals 8 brings product design, mobile and web development, APIs, analytics and support under one team — which matters because an app only works when the people designing it understand how it will be run.
The same people who build the app help release it, measure it and improve it — removing the hand-off gap where most apps quietly stall.
What You Can Count On
- Shipped products, including Contato on iOS, Android and web
- An honest answer on whether you need an app at all
- Weekly builds you can install on your own phone
- Store accounts and code in your name
- Updates and new features after launch
Inside Web & Mobile Apps
Pick The Part You Need First.
Products and portals for customers, on the browser and on the phone, built to survive their second year.
- iOS & Android AppsiOS and Android app development — cross-platform where it fits, native where it doesn't.Learn more
- Customer PortalsCustomer portals for bookings, payments, documents and account management.Learn more
- Dashboards & AdminAdmin panels and operational dashboards with clear permissions and the numbers that matter.Learn more
- APIs & IntegrationsAPI development and integrations for payments, messaging, accounting and existing systems.Learn more
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions Buyers Ask.
Direct answers to what comes up most when evaluating an app build.
01. Do I need an app, or just a better website?
It depends on how often the same person uses it and whether it needs something only a phone can do. We'll give you a straight answer on the first call — often it's the website.
02. iOS, Android or both?
Usually both, from one codebase. Where a feature needs native code, we write native code for that part.
03. Who handles the App Store and Play Store?
We do: listings, screenshots, review guidelines and releases. The developer accounts are in your name.
04. Can you take over an app someone else built?
Yes, after a short review of the code and infrastructure so we can tell you honestly what we're inheriting.
05. What does it cost to run after launch?
Hosting, store fees, third-party services and maintenance — estimated in the written scope before anything is built.