Mobile app development, built in Calgary.
SanshTech designs and develops custom mobile apps for Calgary businesses, startups, and product teams. We build iOS, Android, and cross-platform products for logistics, field operations, marketplaces, customer services, media platforms, and AI-enabled workflows.
From product planning and UX to backend development, integrations, App Store launch, and ongoing support, we handle the complete system behind the app.
A successful mobile product usually includes a complete business system.
Depending on the project, your app may also need APIs, a database, an admin dashboard, user roles, payments, notifications, reporting, integrations, analytics, or offline synchronization. That is why we start by understanding the business behind the app before deciding how it should be built.
Who will actually use it?
A truck driver, homeowner, field technician, dispatcher, athlete, and service provider all use software differently. We design the experience around what that user needs to accomplish and the environment they are using the app in.
What needs to happen behind the app?
A customer may simply see a booking screen, while the system behind it may include availability rules, payments, vendor assignment, notifications, cancellation logic, reporting, and an admin portal.
We plan those systems together so the mobile app and the operational systems behind it work smoothly together.
Does the app need to work offline?
For transportation, construction, energy, inspections, and field operations, reliable internet access cannot always be assumed.
Offline-first functionality may allow users to continue viewing jobs, completing forms, capturing photos, or recording information and then synchronize when connectivity returns.
Do you need a downloadable mobile app?
Some products mainly involve forms, dashboards, or occasional browser access. A responsive web application can work well for those use cases.
Mobile apps are especially useful when GPS, camera access, push notifications, biometrics, offline operation, frequent mobile usage, or App Store and Google Play distribution create value for the user.
Different products need different architecture.
The right mobile product depends on the users, the workflow, the business model, and the systems the app needs to connect with.
Customer Apps
Apps that allow customers to manage accounts, book services, make payments, receive notifications, track orders, manage subscriptions, or interact directly with your business.
Marketplace Apps
Platforms connecting two or more groups of users, such as customers and service providers. These projects often require separate user experiences, scheduling, payments, payouts, reviews, verification, messaging, and administrative controls.
Field Operations Apps
Mobile tools for employees working away from a desk. Common workflows include work orders, inspections, checklists, photos, signatures, equipment information, GPS, document capture, and offline synchronization.
Transportation & Logistics Apps
Mobile products for drivers, dispatchers, fleets, and logistics operations. Features may include routing, GPS, dispatch, documents, load management, proof of delivery, driver workflows, alerts, and transportation management system integrations.
Internal Business Apps
Employee-facing mobile tools for approvals, inventory, reporting, scheduling, communication, job management, or access to internal business systems.
Startup & SaaS Mobile Products
Mobile applications for new products and SaaS businesses, including MVP development, user accounts, subscriptions, analytics, scalable APIs, and ongoing feature development.
Real products built around real workflows.
These projects cover transportation, marketplace operations, service-provider workflows, sports and social experiences, and mobile broadcasting.
Load Navigator
Load Navigator is built around trucking and transportation workflows, combining route planning, GPS navigation, permit-related workflows, fleet tools, document handling, operational information, and AI-assisted functionality.
Capabilities include GPS navigation, routing, fleet workflows, AI-assisted document processing, mobile operations, alerts, and offline considerations.
JustChores
JustChores provides the customer side of a services marketplace. Customers can discover services, select appointment times, manage addresses, book work, make payments, and manage their service experience from mobile.
The platform includes scheduling logic, service-provider workflows, payments, job management, and shared backend infrastructure.
JustChores Vendor
The vendor app gives service professionals an experience designed around their workflow. Providers can receive job requests, manage availability, accept work, update progress, verify completion, and track earnings.
The customer and vendor apps connect to the same marketplace platform while supporting different user responsibilities.
Draftys
Draftys is a sports-focused mobile platform built around athlete profiles, video content, discovery, search, and connections between athletes, coaches, and recruiters.
The product includes user-generated content, profiles, search, video experiences, discovery, and different account types.
BTV Broadcasting
BTV Broadcasting brings news, programming, and digital media content into a mobile experience.
The product focuses on content delivery, navigation, publishing workflows, performance, and ongoing updates.
Different users can share one business platform.
JustChores is a useful example of how mobile architecture changes when different users have different responsibilities.
Customer Experience
- Browse services
- Choose an appointment
- Manage addresses
- Make payments
- Track bookings
- Manage appointments
Payments
Scheduling
Notifications
Reporting
Service Provider Experience
- Receive job requests
- Manage availability
- Accept jobs
- Update job status
- Verify completion
- Track earnings
Both applications connect to the same business platform, while the experience for each user is designed around different responsibilities. The shared system may also include payments, scheduling rules, notifications, customer records, vendor records, reporting, and administrative controls.
Mobile workflows for teams working across the city and in the field.
Mobile products can connect employees, customers, field teams, and office staff through a shared system while giving each user access to the tools they need.
Transportation & Logistics
Imagine a Calgary transportation company coordinating drivers, loads, and documents.
A driver may need assigned work, route information, pickup details, documents, delivery instructions, customer information, GPS, photos, signatures, proof of delivery, status updates, and offline access.
The office may use a desktop dashboard to see drivers, jobs, delivery status, documents, billing information, and reporting.
HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical & Field Services
A field technician can use a single mobile workflow while working at a customer's property.
The office can simultaneously manage scheduling, customers, employees, job status, and reporting from a browser-based system.
Camera access, GPS, push notifications, signatures, and offline functionality can make mobile particularly useful for field-service teams.
Energy & Industrial Field Operations
Calgary energy and industrial teams often work outside traditional office environments.
A field application may support equipment inspections, checklists, photos, measurements, notes, safety information, asset records, and incident reporting.
When connectivity is unreliable, information can be captured locally and securely synchronized when the device reconnects.
Real Estate & Property Services
A property-focused mobile product might support listings, inspections, maintenance requests, tenant communication, document uploads, photos, signatures, bookings, and property records.
The app can connect agents, tenants, property managers, contractors, or building staff to one shared backend while giving each user access to the tools relevant to their responsibilities.
Construction & Trades
Construction mobile apps may support site reporting, employee check-ins, progress photos, inspections, safety documentation, job assignments, equipment tracking, timesheets, and change requests.
Speed and simplicity are especially important on a job site. A clear workflow helps workers complete tasks quickly with fewer screens and less manual data entry.
We start with the users, the workflow, and the systems your business already uses.
We look at what the product needs to accomplish, how people will use it, what information moves through the system, and which existing tools need to connect with it. Those decisions guide the mobile architecture, backend, integrations, and development approach.
The technology should fit the product and the people using it.
The right approach depends on the features the app needs, how deeply it interacts with the device, the platforms it needs to support, and how the product is expected to grow.
Native iOS & Android
Native development can be a strong choice for products that need deep access to device capabilities, high performance, Bluetooth, background processes, advanced animations, or platform-specific functionality.
Each platform receives an experience developed specifically for its operating system.
Cross-Platform Apps
Frameworks such as React Native and Flutter allow much of the application logic to be shared across iOS and Android.
This approach works well for many marketplaces, customer applications, SaaS products, internal tools, and startup MVPs.
Progressive Web Apps
Some business workflows can be delivered through a browser-based product that behaves like an application across phones, tablets, and desktops.
PWAs can work well for internal forms, dashboards, inspections, reporting, and employee tools.
Features built around the workflow.
The feature set depends on the product, but many mobile platforms combine several of these capabilities.
Location & Field Operations
- GPS tracking
- Maps and routing
- Geofencing
- Technician or driver location
- Offline data capture
- Background synchronization
Accounts & Permissions
- User registration
- Secure login
- Biometric authentication
- Role-based permissions
- Customer accounts
- Employee and vendor accounts
Payments & Transactions
- Stripe payments
- Subscriptions
- In-app purchases where appropriate
- Invoices
- Provider payouts
- Transaction history
Communication
- Push notifications
- SMS notifications
- Email notifications
- In-app messaging
- Status alerts
Mobile Data Capture
- Camera access
- Photo uploads
- Document uploads
- Barcode and QR scanning
- Digital signatures
- Forms and checklists
AI Features
- Document extraction
- AI assistants
- Knowledge search
- Image analysis
- Automated classification
- Workflow automation
Your mobile app usually connects to a larger system.
Mobile products often rely on APIs, business logic, databases, administrative tools, notifications, and integrations with software your team already uses.
A marketplace may need customer accounts, provider accounts, payments, scheduling, notifications, and administrative controls. A logistics platform may need drivers, loads, routes, documents, dispatch, billing, and reporting.
Integrations can include QuickBooks, Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft 365, ERP systems, CRM platforms, payment gateways, mapping services, existing APIs, and custom internal software.
From product idea to App Store launch.
Discovery
We understand the users, business goals, workflows, existing systems, and the problem the product needs to solve.
Product Planning
We define the initial feature set, user roles, integrations, platform requirements, and MVP scope.
UX & UI Design
We map the main user journeys and design screens around the tasks people need to complete. Interactive prototypes can validate the experience before full development begins.
Mobile & Backend Development
Our team develops the mobile application, APIs, database, admin tools, integrations, notifications, and supporting services.
Testing
Testing covers the main workflows across relevant devices and operating systems, including permissions, payments, notifications, integrations, offline behaviour, and user roles where required.
App Store & Google Play Launch
We prepare the production build and support the release process for Apple App Store and Google Play.
Ongoing Support
Support can include operating-system updates, bug fixes, monitoring, performance improvements, integrations, new features, and future releases.
What affects the cost of building an app?
Mobile apps vary significantly in scope. The project estimate depends on the product architecture, number of users, features, integrations, and systems required behind the mobile experience.
Scope comes first.
A focused MVP with one primary user type has a very different scope from a marketplace with customers, vendors, payments, live tracking, and an administrative platform.
We estimate mobile projects after understanding the workflow and defining the initial product scope.
Start with the workflows that create the most value.
An MVP gives a new product an opportunity to launch, collect real user feedback, validate assumptions, and prioritize future development using actual usage data.
A marketplace MVP may begin with user accounts, service listings, bookings, payments, and basic provider management. Future releases can add messaging, loyalty features, advanced analytics, automation, or AI capabilities.
Mobile development connected to the rest of your technology.
SanshTech develops the full system around mobile products, including apps, backend services, APIs, integrations, and administrative tools.
Transportation
Experience with GPS, routing, driver workflows, documents, fleet tools, and field operations.
Marketplaces
Customer, vendor, scheduling, payment, booking, and multi-user workflows.
Business Systems
Mobile applications connected with APIs, admin portals, dashboards, and internal software.
AI
AI-assisted document workflows, knowledge systems, automation, and intelligent application features.
Web & Backend
Mobile, web, backend, and integration capabilities can be delivered as one connected project.
Ongoing Support
Continued development, OS compatibility, performance improvements, and future releases.
Common questions before starting a mobile app project.
How long does it take to build a mobile app?
Can you build both iOS and Android apps?
Can you build the backend and admin dashboard too?
Can you take over an existing mobile app?
Can our app connect to our existing software?
Can you add AI features to a mobile app?
Do you help publish apps to the App Store and Google Play?
Do you provide support after launch?
What clients say about working with SanshTech.
“SanshTech has done a great job bringing my vision to a reality. They are very experienced in mobile application development, marketing and communications. They have been very accommodating and I’m looking forward to growing our relationship!”
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Work with a mobile app development team in Calgary.
SanshTech Inc.
540 12 Ave SW
Calgary, Alberta
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Tell us who will use the product, what they need to accomplish, and which systems the app needs to connect with. We can help define the scope, architecture, backend requirements, and path to launch.
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