Exploding Phone

Exploding Phone designs, codes and maintains native apps from a base just south of Birmingham. It has been building for smartphones since the Apple App Store opened in 2008, and its UK engineering team handles projects from a rough idea through to launch.

What Exploding Phone offers

• iOS and Android apps — native builds in Swift and Kotlin for iPhone, iPad and Android phones and tablets.
• Wearable apps — software for Apple Watch and Android Wear devices.
• Smart speaker apps — voice apps for Amazon Echo, Google Home and Apple HomePod.
• Web portals and admin systems — app administration and content management back ends, plus system integrations.
• Design and project management — UI and UX design with managed delivery from wireframes onward.
• Maintenance and support — an optional service to keep live apps technically and visually current.

Who it works with

Clients range from entrepreneurs and start-ups to FTSE 100 companies, in the Midlands, across the UK and abroad. A large share of work comes from long-standing customers; named clients include Gas App UK, Two Knights and SmartWater Technology.

Key facts

• Based in: south of Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
• Founded: 2008
• Track record: more than 300 apps for over 150 clients