Custom app development for Texas businesses, from idea to app store
From our Austin HQ, serving Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and clients nationwide, we design, build, and launch native iOS and Android apps, cross-platform builds, and the backends behind them, for businesses that need software people keep using, not just installing.
Why a Texas app team matters once it is in the stores
Building an app is the part everyone plans for. Keeping it alive is the part that decides whether it was worth it. An app carries your users' data, depends on backends and integrations, and has to survive every OS and store-policy change Apple and Google ship. Those are long-term commitments, and they go better when you can actually reach the people who built it.
That is the case for a development team in your time zone. We are based in Austin, in one of the strongest engineering markets in the country, on hours that overlap your day and close enough to meet in person when a build warrants it. For Texas founders and operations leads, that matters most when an app gets rejected at review or a release breaks something, and you need a straight answer, not a ticket and a two-day wait.
From a single-purpose app to a full platform
The app work Texas businesses bring us most often. Yours probably sits near one of these, and we scope it to how you actually operate.
Native iOS and Android apps
Apps built for the platforms your users actually carry, with the smooth, responsive feel that keeps people opening them instead of deleting them after a week.
Cross-platform apps
One shared codebase that ships to both stores, when speed and budget matter more than squeezing out the last drop of native performance. We tell you honestly which approach fits your app.
Web and progressive web apps
Browser-based apps for tools that do not need to live in a store, built by the same team that handles our web app development.
Backends, APIs, and integrations
The server side that makes an app more than a shell: secure accounts, real-time data, payments, and connections to the systems you already run on.
Maintenance and store management
Apps are never finished. We handle OS updates, store submissions and rejections, crash monitoring, and the steady improvements that keep an app live and well rated.
App growth, ASO, and marketing
Building the app is half the job. We optimize your store listing and run the marketing that gets it found, installed, and used.
App development, metro by metro
We build apps for businesses in every major Texas market, and for clients across the country when the work calls for it.
Austin app development
Our home base and one of the deepest engineering talent pools in the country. We build and launch apps for Austin startups and established companies, close enough to meet in person when a build calls for it.
Houston app development
From energy and healthcare to logistics, Houston runs on complex operations that apps can streamline. We build the mobile and web tools that fit how greater Houston actually works.
Dallas app development
A fast-growing business hub where mobile is how customers and field teams stay connected. We ship apps for Dallas and the wider metroplex, from Plano to Frisco.
San Antonio app development
A growing market across healthcare, defense, and tourism. We build apps that serve San Antonio businesses and the customers and members who rely on them daily.
Fort Worth app development
Worth its own focus alongside Dallas. We build mobile and web apps for Fort Worth companies that want a partner in their time zone, not an offshore black box.
Statewide and nationwide
Whether your users are across Texas or all over the country, the build holds to the same standard. We have shipped apps used well beyond the state line.
Need the web side too? See our Texas web development and web app work.
From idea to a live, maintained app
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Discovery and scope
We map what the app must do, who uses it, and the systems it connects to. You leave with a written scope, a recommended platform approach (native or cross-platform), and an honest estimate.
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Design and prototype
We design the screens and a clickable prototype so you react to the real flow, not a paragraph describing it. We settle the data model, accounts, and backend before feature code begins.
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Build, test, and refine
We build in working slices behind a private TestFlight or internal track you can use as it fills in. We test on real devices and the edges users hit: bad networks, permissions, and odd inputs.
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Launch and grow
We handle App Store and Google Play submission, including the review hurdles, then set up crash monitoring and analytics and keep improving the app as real usage shows what matters.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. We build native apps for both, and cross-platform apps that ship to both stores from one codebase. After we understand your users and budget, we recommend the approach that fits you rather than the one that suits us.
It depends entirely on scope. A focused single-purpose app is a very different build from a platform with accounts, payments, and integrations. After a short discovery call we give you a written scope and a fixed estimate, with no surprise bills.
Yes, outright. The code lives in your repository, and the App Store and Google Play accounts are in your name. There is no lock-in that forces you to keep working with us.
Yes, and it is where a lot of apps quietly die without it. We handle OS updates, store-requirement changes, crash fixes, and improvements so your app keeps working as phones and stores change. See our care plans.
All the major markets and plenty of smaller ones: Austin, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, El Paso, and the areas around them. We build for clients nationwide too, so where you are rarely changes whether we can build your app.
What clients say about working with us
We were having issues designing and structuring our website until we met Mike. He listened fully to what we wanted and made it better than we imagined. We will continue to use OgreLogic for this website and future plans.
What an absolute pleasure. The understanding of all my detailed requirements, the creativity and immediate responses, and the friendly, kind, and cordial manner I experienced have all been exceptional. I give extremely high recommendations.
Our company, Jack Apps Education, makes products for diverse English Language Learners. We have relied on OgreLogic to create apps to accompany our products, and they have provided the expertise we needed, along with a great deal of patience.
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