App Gurus

Brisbane, Australia is home to App Gurus, an app and web development firm that names Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide among the cities it works in. The firm calls itself a veteran web design and mobile app company and says it is Australian-owned and operated. It builds native and hybrid apps, and it also builds apps without code. It describes its team as in-house, so design and development are handled by the same people from the first sketch to the finished product.

From wireframes to usability testing

The firm's UI and UX design covers wireframes, prototypes and usability testing. It says the aim is an app that looks distinctive and is also easy to use, and that the design stage tests the idea with real users before development starts.

Mobile apps and websites

Mobile app development covers iOS and Android apps, along with cross-platform builds that run on both systems from one code base. Web development covers websites, e-commerce stores and content management system integration, so that a client can run its site on a platform its own staff can edit. The firm presents its web work as the same kind of design-led process as its apps.

Staff augmentation and app marketing

Staff augmentation places developers and project managers into a client's own team. This is for businesses that already have an internal group but need specialists for a period. Alongside development, the firm offers app marketing, which covers app store optimisation and targeted advertising, so that a launched app can be found by the people it is built for.

Support and maintenance after launch

Once an app is live, the firm provides support and maintenance. That includes fixing bugs, releasing updates and reviewing analytics to see how users behave.

Sectors and past work

App Gurus says its clients range from start-ups to established brands, and its listed sector work is in finance and healthcare. Its portfolio, as the site describes it, includes an app for connecting people for dates at restaurants, cafes and bars in Australia, a wellness app for the Lorna Jane brand, an emoji keyboard that lets people design their own emoji from photos, and an AI virtual bookkeeper for the KIS Books accounting product. The firm presents these as examples of what it has delivered across consumer, retail and business software.

The firm's own description of its method

The firm says it works through strategy, design and development in that order, and that it educates clients about the technical steps involved so that they understand why each decision is made. It says its developments are built on architecture that can scale and be maintained easily as the product grows.

Age of the firm

The firm's site gives its age as more than fourteen years. Its earlier copy said ten years, and the newer figure is the one used here.