One single point of contact, from concept to publication. 12 years of experience. 15+ apps delivered.
In short: I build iOS and Android apps for clients in Vancouver (662,248 residents) and across British Columbia. One single point of contact, 12 years of experience, delivery from concept to publication in 8 to 16 weeks.
Look around you on the streets of Vancouver.
What do you see in people's hands?
Samsung, Xiaomi, Google Pixel phones.
Android is everywhere. It is the most used operating system in the world.
Your future clients spend an average of 4.8 hours per day on their phones (Statista, 2025).
The key point is that your business needs to be where the attention is.
In their pocket.
But launching an app on the Play Store is not a walk in the park.
Many companies in Canada think having a good idea is enough.
Spoiler: a good idea with bad execution is worthless.
He clicks. He leaves. He forgets.
That is what happens if the app is slow, crashes, or ignores Android guidelines.
People often ask me whether to start with iOS or Android for a project in Vancouver.
The answer depends on your target audience and your budget.
The key advantage of Android is its massive reach.
Especially in emerging markets or for the general public.
But there is a fundamental difference with Apple.
Apple controls everything. They have about twenty iPhone models in circulation. It is easy to test.
Android is the wild west.
Google reports there are more than 24,000 active Android device models (Google, 2025).
Some have tiny screens. Others run on Android versions that are five years old.
This fragmentation makes testing much more complex and expensive.
You have to ensure the app does not crash on a cheap four-year-old phone, while still leveraging the power of the latest Samsung Galaxy.
However, Android is often the best choice to start if you are doing B2B in the British Columbia area.
For example, equipping your delivery drivers or field technicians with inexpensive rugged tablets.
In that scenario, Android's open ecosystem is unbeatable.
I build mobile applications the way a craftsman builds a house. With solid foundations.
I've been doing this job for 12 years from Bordeaux, designing iOS and Android apps meant to last. I refuse sloppy work. The key advantage of this method? Your application won't collapse at the first Apple or Google update.
I create clean tools that are easy to maintain and ready to evolve alongside your SMB or startup. Work done with care is a profitable investment for the long run.
You are launching your project in Vancouver.
And you are probably wondering who to work with to build your mobile app.
It is the first major decision you have to make. Some people think that to succeed, you absolutely need a big agency right around the corner. Others believe they should outsource to the cheapest team they can find overseas.
Both options come with serious tradeoffs.
A big agency will assign your project to a junior developer you have never met. An offshore team will deliver code you cannot read, three weeks behind schedule, with zero accountability.
The most important factor in the success of an app is not just the code. It is communication.
When you work with me, you get one dedicated expert with 12 years of experience and over 15 delivered projects. Not an account manager. Not a rotating team. One person who knows your project inside out.
Vancouver runs on Pacific time, which is nine hours behind me. That sounds like a problem and is usually the opposite: you send feedback at the end of your day, I work while you sleep, and there is a new build waiting when you open your laptop. It only breaks down if a project needs live conversation every day, which most do not.
Making that rhythm work is a matter of discipline rather than luck. It needs written decisions instead of remembered ones, a build you can install every week rather than a demo you watch me give, and a habit of asking questions in batches rather than one at a time. Done properly, the effective pace is a full review cycle every day, which is faster than most co-located projects manage — the gap stops being dead time and becomes the time the work happens in.
Vancouver's mix of tech, film and outdoor industries produces a recognisable split in the work. Consumer products where the design bar is high and the competition is one tap away, and field tools for people working somewhere without reliable signal. Those pull in opposite directions: the first spends its budget on polish, the second on resilience. Deciding which one you are building, out loud and at the start, prevents the most common failure — a product that is neither beautiful enough nor robust enough because the effort was split down the middle.
There is a Canadian point worth settling early too. Depending on your users and your sector, data residency may not be a preference but a requirement, and British Columbia has historically been strict about where public-sector information is stored. Choosing a hosting region on day one costs nothing. Moving a live database between countries after launch is possible, tedious and entirely avoidable.
Invent Better starts by removing, not adding. An app that does one thing properly ships in two months; one that does five things halfway never ships at all. Given that 80% of features planned in advance are never actually used (Pendo, 2025), the useful question is not whether a feature would be nice, but whether anyone still uses the app without it.
An app that crashes is a user lost forever.
It is a question of logic. The user does not have time to suffer through your bugs.
In fact, 62% of users uninstall an app following a technical problem (Statista, 2025).
The most important factor in my process is technical quality.
How do we ensure the app will hold up on the thousands of different Android phones in Vancouver?
I work with clients everywhere, from France to Canada.
It does not matter if you are based in Vancouver or elsewhere, the method is the same.
The key advantage is asynchronous and transparent communication.
No need for three-hour meetings that lead nowhere.
We use tools like Slack, Trello, or Jira. You see exactly where I am.
Every week, you receive an update on your Android phone.
You test the new feature directly from your office in Vancouver.
If there is weird behavior on a specific Samsung model, you report it to me and I fix it.
I manage the entire Google Play Console.
Signing certificates, store descriptions, translation management, store listings.
You do not have to dive into this administrative complexity. You stay focused on your business. I handle the technical side.
It is a partnership. I am here to advise you, not just execute.
If I have to say no to a feature because it will slow down the project, I will tell you. That is my role as an expert.
Let's take a concrete example.
A client contacted me to build a home services booking app, specifically targeting the British Columbia area.
The initial problem? The app had to target the general public.
And the general public uses Android. From all brands. At all price points.
The most important factor was managing Android's terrible fragmentation.
The app had to be as smooth on a five-year-old cheap Xiaomi as on the latest Samsung Galaxy S.
I rebuilt the interface using Jetpack Compose, Google's new design tool.
The result? Much lighter and more robust code.
We launched the app in Vancouver via a Staged Rollout on the Google Play Console.
1% first. We detected a strange crash that only happened on old Oppo phones using Crashlytics.
We fixed it the exact same day. Without the majority of users ever noticing.
Then we opened the floodgates to 100%.
The app maintained a 4.8-star rating on the Play Store. And the client was able to expand their service without fearing their servers would melt.
An Android app generally costs 10 to 15% less than its iOS equivalent. The reason is practical rather than technical: Google's development tools are free and more flexible, and the Play developer account is a one-off fee rather than an annual one. The scope of your app still sets the figure — the platform only shifts it at the margin.
Every domain has its problems. Android often has the appropriate technical answer for your business in Vancouver.
It is the nightmare of bad developers in Vancouver. There are thousands of different screen models. My job is to ensure the design adapts perfectly to all of them.
Recently, Google requires 20 people to test the app for 14 days before publication. This is to eliminate garbage apps from the store in Canada. I help you manage this step.
Kotlin. Java is the past. Kotlin is the official language recommended by Google. It is safer and prevents many silent bugs.
Yes, it will be in your name. It is a small one-time fee. You will be the sole owner of the app in Vancouver.
The most important factor is defining a threshold. We generally target the most recent 90% of users to avoid useless development costs.
No. Android has its own visual rules (Material Design). Copying the iPhone will frustrate your Android users in Vancouver.
It can take 2 to 7 days, in addition to the famous 14-day testing period. We must anticipate this in the schedule.
Yes, the work does not stop at launch. Android evolves every year; the code must be updated for your clients in the British Columbia area.
You do. As soon as the final invoice is paid, you receive all the source code developed for your business in Vancouver.
Absolutely. Android is very open regarding hardware usage: Bluetooth, NFC, GPS, camera.
While you hesitate, your competitors in Vancouver are moving forward.
The mobile world moves fast. Very fast. Today, 63% of global web traffic comes from mobile devices (Statista, 2025). If you keep pushing back the creation of your app, someone else will happily take your spot in British Columbia.
But be careful, do not confuse speed with haste. Launching an unstable application is the worst possible strategy.
In short: you have to act fast, but above all, you have to do it right. ⏳
In 30 minutes, you will know exactly where to start.
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