Application Development
We design and build custom applications for businesses in Ottawa, Gatineau and Aylmer: one place for the owner to plan the work, for the team to get it done in the field, and for customers to follow their requests.
Who it's for: Service businesses with crews, routes, schedules or customers to coordinate, where group texts, paper sheets and spreadsheets no longer keep up.
For a landscaping and snow-removal company, we built one application that connects the owner's workspace, the crew's routes and the customers' requests.
Status: built and tested in the app's test environment with sample data; not yet in daily use. The screens on this site come from that environment.
A business application works best when each person sees only what they need, and everyone works from the same information.
Three ways to put software on a phone. The right one depends on who uses it and what it has to do.
We'll recommend the simplest option that does the job, and explain why.
Landscaping and snow removal
Consultation, proposal, build and launch, then ongoing support if you need it.
Walk us through a normal day: who does what, where information gets lost and what you'd like to see at a glance.
Agree in writing on the first part to build: the screens, who uses each one, the connections to your other tools and the price.
Design the screens, build in stages and test each one with sample data on phones and tablets, then with your team, and launch once you approve.
Agree separately on hosting, maintenance and new features as the business grows.
Applications are quoted individually, based on the screens and roles you need, the connections to your website or other tools, and how much existing information needs to be brought in.
We often recommend starting with the part of the day that costs you the most time, then adding to it. Your proposal sets out each stage and its price.
We design for phones and tablets first, with large buttons and clear screens, and test on the kinds of devices your team uses.
Yes. Where possible the app shares one system with your website and CRM, so a request or sign-up becomes a job without being typed again.
Access is set by role. Owners see the whole operation; crew members see only their own work. Private screens sit behind sign-in.
Yes. Many applications start with one part of the day, such as routes or time tracking, and grow from there.
If customers mainly need to find you, book or ask for a quote, a website does that. If the office needs to follow leads, quotes and invoices, a CRM does that. An application makes sense when your team needs its own tools during the day, such as routes, work orders or time tracking, or when customers need a private space to follow their requests.
No. Most business tools work well as a web application your team opens from a link or a home-screen shortcut, with sign-in. If your project really needs an app people download and install, we'll explain what that adds before you decide.
Ready-made tools work well for many businesses, and we'll say so when one fits. A custom application makes sense when your work doesn't fit their screens, when your team needs it in both languages your way, or when it has to share one system with your own website and CRM.
Bring your spreadsheets and lists to the consultation. Bringing existing information into the application, such as customers or properties, is planned and priced in your proposal.
Tell us how a normal day runs. We'll suggest what's worth building first.
