App Development Company

Dorset Creative

Bournemouth digital agency, now trading as Fontis, building custom software, mobile apps and immersive VR products

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About Dorset Creative

Custom software and mobile apps

Dorset Creative now trades as Fontis, part of The Fontis Group, with the same team that has delivered digital work since 2008. The company says it continues to design and build custom software and mobile apps for clients in healthcare, education, energy, government and enterprise.

Prototypes, websites and blockchain

The company also builds prototypes, websites and blockchain applications. Its site describes the team as award-winning and says the change of name brings no change to the quality clients have come to expect, with the same focus on creativity and reliability.

Projects and clients

The company's project list includes a virtual reality demonstrator for Bournemouth University, which the firm built to show research and development in AI robotics to healthcare professionals.

TrustList summary

Dorset Creative is a Bournemouth software and digital agency that now trades under the name Fontis. It builds custom software and mobile apps and has long specialised in immersive technology such as virtual reality and 3D. The team has worked across healthcare, education, energy, government and enterprise since 2008.

What Dorset Creative does

Custom software and mobile apps: enterprise software for cloud, mobile and desktop.
Virtual and augmented reality: VR, AR and simulation applications for commercial and educational use.
3D modelling and multimedia design: interface design based on UX principles, and 3D assets for Unity or Unreal.
Microsoft solutions: work hosted on Azure using Power Apps, Power BI, .NET and SharePoint.
Prototypes and websites: prototypes, websites and blockchain development.
Retained developers: developers and designers supplied to work alongside a client's own team.

Customers and markets

Clients come from healthcare, education, energy, government and enterprise. Examples include a VR robotic hip replacement demonstrator for Bournemouth University and a prototype electronic weatherboard for fishing communities.

Key facts

Based in: Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Working since: 2008
New name: Fontis, part of The Fontis Group
Recognition: National Technology Awards 2020
Tools: C#, Unity, Maya, PHP, AngularJS and Ionic

Summary written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Nov 2026.

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Dorset Creative rankings

Dorset Creative is ranked on 5 TrustList rankings: #5 on 1, #13 on 1, #19 on 1, #26 on 1 and #43 on 1.

Every ranking orders its listings by their reviews, how complete the profile is and the Trust Score. Dorset Creative has no reviews yet and 3 of the 10 profile details we look for. Where no listing on a page has been reviewed, the order follows the profiles alone.

App development company · 5 rankings

On 2 of these it sits behind APPNWEB Technologies.

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Government
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