App Design

A Galway studio building apps for Irish and international clients

App Design works from Galway, in the west of Ireland, creating mobile and web apps. It develops custom software for organisations in Ireland and abroad, and says its clients include startups, state agencies and some of the world's largest enterprises. The firm describes itself as an award-winning Irish company and works on a project from the first idea through to a release in the marketplace.

What it builds

The company develops apps for iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows, along with tablet apps and mobile games. It also builds HTML5 web applications that run in a browser. For businesses it covers enterprise apps, tailored customer relationship management software, software consultancy and the integration of apps with existing systems. It lists internet of things work and, more unusually, an automatic number plate reading product based on optical character recognition.

Local reach

Its service pages are organised by place, with mobile app design offered in Dublin, Cork and Limerick, and app development in Galway, which shows how it presents itself as a nationwide Irish supplier from a single base.

A three-part process

The firm describes its method as design, develop and deliver. It designs apps meant to connect customers to a brand and bring them back, develops highly functional apps that work smoothly for the client and its users, and supports the product from app idea to market. It says it believes any company, whatever its budget, can have a usable, high-quality mobile application.

Recognition it reports

The company cites a run of awards as its own record, among them a regional win at the European Space Agency awards in 2015, a silver medal at the Best Mobile Awards in 2019, a Business Irish Enterprise Award in 2020, recognition as a leader in mobile and web app design by Corporate Vision in 2020, and a title as most innovative app development company in 2020. It also mentions a software development consultancy of the year award and a best new mobile app award in 2019 for a music application it built, and says it appears on the Clutch ratings site.