Top 15 Mobile App Developers in New York | July 2018

Dom & Tom was founded in 2009 and has offices around the U.S. in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. They are an end-to-end digital product development agency that focuses on emerging technologies. Their team of 100+ created over 120 native mobile apps and worked on 400+ web projects. They specialize in research and planning, UX strategy and design, engineering, QA (quality assurance), and deployment.

Notable Project

Dom & Tom worked with a digital agency for a website redesign. Dom & Tom designed and tested code for requested features for the site. The agency felt that the Dom & Tom team was responsive and displayed impressive attention to detail. 

“Their staff was incredibly helpful. They follow up and they’re very attentive. They worked relentlessly to help us complete this project on time and within budget, which was phenomenal.” – Project Manager, Digital Agency

Former Clients: McDonald’s, CNN, Priceline.com, Hearst, Fitch Ratings, Tyson and The University of Oklahoma.

Awards: Dom & Tom received a 2017 Do Good. Be Good. Award, and they won a Davey Award for their OU Innovate App.

ArcTouch was founded in 2008 and has offices in San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, and Florianópolis, Brazil. They excel at app strategy, design, engineering, and lifecycle management. ArcTouch guides clients through the app building process by defining a strategy for the best user experience, planning the visual design, developing and testing the prototype, and ensuring optimization and growth.

Notable Project

A California-based startup hired ArcTouch to design a content discovery platform and iOS app. They provided feedback on the startup's user stories, created wireframes, and developed the platform and app. The project was completed ahead of schedule.

“We’re astonished at the quality of the work. We’re a small company, and we weren’t expecting the same level of service a Fortune 500 company might enjoy. We were amazed by their design and the effort that went into every screen.” – Senior Project Manger, Content Discovery Startup

Former Clients: Yahoo!, Adidas, Audi, 3M, Guess, Honeywell, Champs Sports, Sony, Salesforce

Awards: ArcTouch has helped create over 400 award-winning apps.

With a team of 50+, Fueled specializes in creating mobile apps and websites. The New York-based app development company aims to create easy-to-use and attractive products for customers, whether they are big or small brands.

Notable Project

Fueled designed a bidding-style app for a company that deals with nightlife reservations. They built the app from scratch, taking into consideration what the company wanted, as well as giving advice. The app had a lot of functions, such as a list of venues, submission options, and tools that allowed notifications to be sent from venues.

“They’re incredibly efficient in the work that they do and know what they're doing in design, coding, and executing their ideas. They have a great understanding of what's current and get things done very quickly compared to others.” – Founder, Mobile App

Former Clients: Rite Aid, Sunnycomb, QuizUp, Verizon

Awards: Hive Awards, The Webbys, Creative Review

A global company, Appster has offices in San Francisco, Australia, New York, and India. They’re a leading company in mobile app development, web development, and custom software development, and their clients include a range of startups, midmarkets, and enterprise companies.

Notable Project

“Appster’s communication style is second to none. They are absolutely committed to helping,” said the managing director of an app startup company in the fitness industry. “Appster’s approach is unique, and they pride themselves on helping a company take its idea to market.”

Appster worked with the client to develop a sustainability lifestyle app for the iOS platform. They also helped the client further develop their business strategy.

Former Clients: BlueDot, Anglicare, and ViewPop

Awards: The company has won multiple Stevie Awards in 2017 for mobile site and apps developed in fitness, recreation and health and fashion, and beauty and lifestyle.

Five is web and mobile app development agency headquartered in New York with offices in Croatia. The 50+ person product team has been creating stunning, award-winning mobile products since 2008.

Notable Project

Five paired with a prominent language app to revamp their mobile user experience, from back to frontend. Thanks to the team’s customer-centric design approach, mobile downloads have more than doubled since the app’s relaunch. Five also delivered their work ahead of schedule and under budget, surpassing all expectations.

"They’re a lot more than a vendor; Five truly is a partner." – Head of Consumer Division, Language App

Former Clients: Marriott International, Penguin Random House, Rosetta Stone, Squarespace

DMI is the world’s first end-to-end mobility company. Their services are extensive, ranging from mobile app development and web development to branding, marketing, and user experience design to big data management and analytics. The large team of 1,000+ is headquartered in Bethesda, MD with satellite offices around the world.

Notable Project

DMI’s work stands out for mobile, branding, and data management.

DMI developed a mobile app on Windows for a large hotel group, providing extensive user experience research and design input such as wireframes and mood boards.

“They tend to think about the end product as a more marketable product. They don't just look at achieving the KPIs [key performance indicators] of the product owner here internally, but also looking to provide fantastic feedback in terms of how certain features or functions can be marketed.” – User Experience Lead, Large Hotel Group

DMI’s focus on the quality of the product they develop and on its marketing potential highlights the benefits of working with a full-service company.

Former Clients: African Wildlife Foundation, Rosetta Stone, USDA

Awards: Washington Post: Top Workplaces in Washington, D.C. 2014, Inc. Magazine’s Hire Power Award as one of the top 100 Private Job Creators in the U.S.

Blue Label Labs is a mobile design, development, and marketing agency based in New York and with an office Seattle office. Started in 2009, the 40+ person team focuses on emerging technologies, wearables, and post-launch support to guarantee maximum impact.

Notable Project

Blue Label Labs both consulted for and developed an iOS and Android mobile app for an experience management platform. The client enjoyed the positive responses from app users, loved the team’s responsiveness, and referred to their project management as “excellent.”

"They feel like they’re an extension of our team, and I can pick up the phone at any time and get a response." – Product Manager, Market Research Firm

Former Clients: Bloomberg News, El Dorado, PLENTI by AMEX, YesU

Based in Brooklyn, NY, App Partner is an app development firm that works with Fortune 500 companies, leading retailers, and funded startups. With a team of around 25 engineers, designers, and strategists, App Partner builds sustainable apps for platforms across the board, including iOS, Android, VR, AR, and wearables.

Notable Project

App Partner updated an iOS app for a prom dress retailer. They designed all the pages and made it possible for clients to make purchases within the app. App Partner’s involvement helped the prom dress retailer double its sales.

“App Partner is always willing to listen to our ideas and collaborate on a project together. With a lot of other development companies, they often require you to do things their way, but App Partner isn’t like that.” – Product Manager, Retail Company

Former Clients: Little Debbie, National Gallery of Art, Conair, AP

Awards: 2016 Google Play Award Winner

Founded in 2009, Chop Dawg is a development firm headquartered in Philadelphia. They have additional offices in Boston, Seattle, Smyrna, Ga., and Mays Landing, N.J. Chop Dawg has about 27 employees that do web development, mobile app development, and UX/UI design. Most clients are small or midmarket businesses, but they also serve enterprise corporations. 

Notable Project

Chop Dawg developed an e-commerce platform for a lifestyle brand geared to dog owners. They built a  WordPress site with a user-friendly UI design. 

 "I haven’t come across another company that conducts themselves like Chop Dawg or goes as far to truly provide an outsource CTO solution. That’s been huge from a financial perspective."– CEO, Dog Owners Platform

Former Clients: Hilton, Six Flags, Dissolve, PawPass

Awards: CSS Design Award

Majestyk is a mobile app development company headquartered in New York, NY. Founded in 2011, the team of about 15 employees offers both app development and UX design for small, mid-market, and enterprise clients.

Notable Project

A filmmaker startup recruited Majestyk to develop a minimum viable project (MVP) for its platform, which allows students and professors in the film industry to connect, communicate, and submit projects. After the startup had a negative experience with another app development company, Majestyk saved the day, developing a web platform from the ground up.

“Majestyk developed our web platform, starting again from scratch. We plan to develop a mobile app in the future. … They’ve all been helpful in terms of communication.” – Co-Founder and CEO, Film Startup

Former Clients: Pepsi, IBM, Audiomack, SuiteRetail, Citi

Awards: W3 Awards: Silver Award 2016, IBM Watson Mobile Developers Challenge: Grand Prize Winners, 2016 Communicator Awards: Gold Award

New York-based mobile app and web development company Utility was founded in 2013. The team of about 40 engineers, digital strategists, and creative designers serves small, mid-market, and enterprise clients across all industries. They complement their development expertise with UX/UI design.

Notable Project

Utility developed a live streaming platform for a new network. The project included UX/UI design, live streaming architecture, and search filtering. As a result of Utility’s work, the network received positive reviews and was acquired by a big name company.

“We provided our goals, told them what we needed, and collaborated during the rounds of UX designs, but they took it all from there and steered the strategies around how to implement and execute everything digitally.” – Director, Network

Former Clients: Target, Airbnb, Verizon, Stride Gum

Since being founded in 2008 in New York City, Mobikasa has expanded to New Delhi and London. They offer full-service and a la carte solutions for mobile and web development, design, engineering, and e-commerce projects.

Notable Project

An e-commerce flower business hit the ground running by choosing to work with Mobikasa from the beginning. Mobikasa developed the flower business’s Shopify site from scratch, and upon launching, the flower shop was inundated with orders.

“We're happy with everything that they have done for us. They don’t need to improve in any area.”
– Co-Founder, Flower Retailer

Former Clients: Mobikasa has built products for Versace, Matchabar, Holland & Sherry, and the City University of New York

Fuzz is an award-winning mobile app development company based in Brooklyn, NY. Fuzz’s team of 50+ strategists, designers, and engineers build innovative and creative mobile-first solutions for small, midmarket, and enterprise businesses.

Notable Project

When tasked with rebuilding the entire mobile app suite for a popular newspaper, Fuzz developed a range of sleek and intuitive tablet and phone apps that yielded a 20%+ increase in active users.

The Chief Digital Officer of this newspaper lauded Fuzz for its creativity, reliability, expertise.

“Fuzz has done a good job on all fronts, from their technical abilities to managing the project. They’re good communicators … and continued to support the apps, staying by our side whenever we had an issue. If we need them at three in the morning, someone from Fuzz’s team is there to answer the phone.” – Chief Digital Officer, Newspaper

Former Clients: Wegmans, Huffington Post, Shake Shack, Forever21, Condé Nast

Awards: 2016 AppyAward: Best Charity/Non-Profit App; 2016 Pixel People’s Champ Award

Founded in 2009 in New York City, Small Planet Digital is a mobile app development company that produces top quality mobile apps for both iOS and Android devices, including 25 App Store Category #1’s. The close-knit team works in Brooklyn, NY, offering user experience (UX) and design for mobile and web, smart device and touchscreen development, quality assurance and user testing, product management, and consulting services. They also recently started a Machine Learning Lab to work on some exciting AI-related projects.

Notable Project

A fantasy sports company had a concept for a live fantasy basketball game and back end developers but needed help on the front end. Small Planet Digital came in and brought the game to life, delivering a quality, reasonably priced product in a timely manner.

“Small Planet has a great passion for their work – that definitely came through and showed they cared about the success of the project.” – Product Manager at a Fantasy Sports Company

Notable Clients: Aetna, General Motors, Disney, JP Morgan, Planned Parenthood

Awards: Fast Company Innovation By Design Award, Communication Arts Magazine Award of Excellence, Webby Award, People's Voice Award

Saffron Tech is a full-service web, software, and mobile application development company with offices in New York and India. They have served their global clientele for over 10 years. They use industry-leading tools to create scalable websites and products for clients.

Notable Project

Saffron Tech helped develop a website for an instructional health video platform.

"Their willingness to go the extra mile showed a great level deal of care.” – Co-Founder of Instructional Health Video Platform

The project included developing a site that featured a payment portal and integrated with Wistia and MailChimp.

Former Clients: Fortune 500 companies, mid-market businesses, and startups

Awards and Recognition: Saffron Tech is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, and they have developed 500+ web portals and mobile apps.

A leading front-end consultancy headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel, 500Tech specializes in web development and mobile app development. Founded in 2012, the consultancy is made up of 23 employees. 

Notable Project

500Tech developed a web-based solution using Ruby on Rails for a valve manufacturer. The consultancy went through an iterative process and translated outdated algorithms into an online application that can be used by employees and customers. The application is now a valuable internal tool and is used by customers all around the world. 

"500Tech was fantastic. There's no superlative that could be more precise. We were very pleased." – Application Engineer, Valve Manufacturer 

Former Clients: Unpakt, MarketOnce, ThetaRay, Phytech, Bits of Gold 

RexSoft is a digital production agency headquartered in Khmelnitsky, Ukraine. They were founded in 2012, and grown to a team of 52 employees. RexSoft offers full-cycle web, software and mobile application development, and has served clients of varying needs and sectors with a diverse range of solutions.

Notable Project

A vertical search engine for communications services hired RexSoft to build their web platform for connecting providers to clients. They lacked a sophisticated enough in-house development staff and chose RexSoft for their scale and experience with product development. RexSoft delivered a fully functional platform in sprints, each time within budget and schedule.

"RexSoft has worked with me as a partner. I haven't used any other developers, given that I've not felt the need. One of the things that impressed me was that RexSoft brought in their own ideas, thoughts, and solutions to the table." – CEO, Communications Services Platform

Former Clients: Fraktportalen, Drukarnia, Quantumlisting, TapApp

SOLID Design and Development is a web and mobile development agency based in New York City with a branch office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. They were established in 2012, and have just under 50 employees. SOLID's client base consists of several global brands and notable institutions from the United States, South America, and Europe. Their services include web design, web development, mobile app development for Android and iOS, and application prototyping.

Former Clients: HP, Kia, Citroen, Unilever

Awards: Cannes Lions, CLIO Award