Mobile app development for businesses in Lutsk — native iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin), cross-platform Flutter and React Native. CI/CD, App Store and Google Play releases, integrations with Node.js/Next.js backends and 1C/BAS. I work with retail, HoReCa and SaaS startups.
Tell me about your app idea, target audience, and platforms (iOS, Android, or both).
We'll discuss features, tech stack, timeline, and App Store / Google Play launch strategy.
A ready mobile app published in stores with analytics and push notifications configured.
I develop mobile apps for any platform and business need
I build native iOS applications in Swift with flawless UX and full Apple ecosystem integration.
I create native Android applications in Kotlin with Material Design optimized for diverse devices.
I develop cross-platform apps with React Native — one codebase for iOS and Android with native performance.
I build Progressive Web Apps that work offline, install like native apps, and load instantly.
I design and develop complex enterprise mobile solutions to automate business processes.
I rapidly build minimum viable products to validate business ideas and attract investment.
I research the target audience, competitors, and business requirements. I form a technical specification and define key app features.
I create wireframes, user flows, and interactive prototypes. I test usability with real users.
I develop visual design following platform guidelines. I create a design system and all app screens.
I code the app with clean architecture, write tests, and integrate with backend and APIs.
I conduct comprehensive testing on various devices, fix bugs, and optimize performance.
I publish the app to stores, set up analytics, and provide ongoing support and updates.
Choose the optimal package for your project
10 screens
$1000$1200What's included:
30 screens
$3000$3600What's included:
50 screens
$5000$6000What's included:
50+ screens
$5000+$6000+What's included:
Cost will be calculated individually depending on your request.
Examples of completed projects
Answers to the most popular questions
Cost depends on three factors: platforms (iOS only, Android only, both natively, or cross-platform), feature complexity (a 5–7 screen MVP versus a full marketplace with ratings, chats and payments), and backend (existing API or built from scratch).
Approximate ranges: a Flutter or React Native MVP for a Volyn startup sits in the lower bracket; native iOS+Android with push, auth and payments is mid-range; a complex product (agri-monitoring with maps, B2B logistics with offline mode, marketplace) sits at the top. Exact figures are agreed after the brief and a technical audit. If you also need a web dashboard or CRM, a combined package beats separate contracts.
Yes. For clients from Lutsk, Kovel, Novovolynsk and Volodymyr-Volynskyi, the first meeting is a 90–120 minute offline brief. We typically meet at your office or at a coworking space on Lesi Ukrainky street, sometimes at the Yevropeiskyi business centre on Hrushevskoho. That's enough time to walk through the product, audience, competitors, business model and technical constraints.
Further work is hybrid: sprint planning and demos on Zoom/Google Meet, day-to-day questions in Telegram or Slack, MVP and launch presentations in person. If the project also involves business consulting or product strategy, the key workshops happen in Lutsk too.
It depends on your audience and budget. For HoReCa in Lutsk and restaurants around Lubart's Castle, iOS is usually critical — owners and waiters more often have iPhones/iPads. For Volyn agriculture and logistics to the Polish border, Android dominates — drivers, agronomists, warehouse staff. Export-oriented startups targeting Polish or German markets typically launch on both platforms from day one.
From the engineering side: native development (Swift/SwiftUI + Kotlin/Jetpack Compose) delivers peak performance and full access to camera, GPS, NFC, ARKit/ARCore, Bluetooth — critical for agri and logistics apps. Flutter and React Native ship faster with one codebase for both stores, saving 30–40% of the budget on typical B2B/HoReCa cases. We pick the stack together at the brief based on your specific scenarios.
A standard MVP cycle is 3–5 months; a full product is 6–12 months. Stages:
I work both ways. If you already have CRM/ERP, 1C, Odoo, Bitrix24 or a custom backend, we integrate via REST/GraphQL/SOAP and align contracts with your team or vendor. This is the fastest route for Volyn companies that have already invested in accounting systems.
If there's no backend, we build it from scratch. Stack options: Node.js + NestJS, Python + FastAPI/Django, PHP + Laravel, Firebase for fast MVPs. Hosting on DigitalOcean, AWS, Hetzner (popular in Europe due to GDPR), or Ukrainian providers for clients working with state agencies. API documentation in OpenAPI/Swagger so that switching contractors later doesn't require reverse-engineering the code.
These are three mandatory building blocks — a modern app simply doesn't work without them.
ASO is SEO for the stores. Without it, even a good product stays invisible. For a Lutsk and Volyn business, it matters that the stores rank in Ukrainian and English (and Russian for part of the audience).
What we do: keyword research (App Store 100-character keyword field, Google Play description), title and subtitle with priority queries ("delivery Lutsk", "taxi Volyn", "agri-monitoring"), screenshots with captions and social proof, preview videos, localization (UA + EN minimum; PL/DE/CS for export-driven products), review management — proactively prompting positive reviews from loyal users. We back it up with SEO on the website and Google Ads / Apple Search Ads at launch.
Honest answer: for a typical outsource project with a Western client, large teams are more efficient — they have scaler models, QA departments, dedicated PMs. I don't compete in that format.
Instead, I work in niches where big outsource shops are weaker: product projects for Volyn business (agri, HoReCa, retail, B2B logistics), where the work is not just "coding to spec" but thinking about the product, the Volyn market and EU exports. Senior-level design and architecture from a single person with 15+ years of experience — no handoff to juniors. Transparency and a fixed price instead of an hourly model. Personal presence in Lutsk — at briefs, demos and launches. If you want an MVP with real product logic, not just "technical implementation of a spec" — this is my format.
This is the smartest approach for most Volyn clients. An MVP is not a "bad version of the product" but a minimal scope that validates a business hypothesis: "will drivers at a logistics company in Lutsk actually use the app instead of paper waybills?", "will guests at a restaurant near Rynok square order via mobile menu without a waiter?"
A typical MVP is 5–8 key screens, one end-to-end scenario, basic auth, analytics. We release through TestFlight or Closed Testing on Google Play to 50–200 users, collect metrics for 4–6 weeks, and decide on further investment. This is the product strategy approach — validate first, scale later. We often run conversion optimization in parallel so the MVP already has healthy metrics.
Quality and security are not a separate service but a stitched-in part of the process. What's done by default:
Yes — this is one of the strongest niches for Lutsk and the region. Volyn is a major agri region (cereals, rapeseed, potato, livestock), and proximity to the Polish border makes logistics a strategic industry. What we typically deliver:
If you also need a heavy back-office layer, consider CRM/ERP/SaaS as part of the package.
Launch is not the finish line — it's the start of the product's life. What's included by default and what can be added:
60 days of free post-launch support: hotfixes (production crashes, bugs), minor UX tweaks based on user feedback, monitoring crash rate and ANR, first ASO iterations driven by real store data.
After that — under a support contract: a monthly hours package for fixes and new features, updates for new iOS and Android versions (twice a year — September for iOS, August for Android), reaction to Apple/Google guideline changes, support for new devices (e.g. new iPhones or Foldables).
Roadmap for new versions: we plan v2, v3 together — adding modules, A/B tests, monetization experiments. This is especially important for product teams in Lutsk that aim to scale into Polish or other EU markets.
Comparison with other options
| Alex Filiuk | Outsource agency (NIX/Webx-style) | |
|---|---|---|
| Meetings in Lutsk | ✅ In person, I come for briefs | ❌ Slack/Zoom only, rarely on-site |
| Volyn market understanding | ✅ Agri, logistics, HoReCa, EU export | ❓ Work mostly for Western clients, local context secondary |
| Platform stack | ✅ iOS (Swift/SwiftUI), Android (Kotlin/Compose), RN, Flutter | 📋 Often a single stack per team |
| UX/UI before code | ✅ Senior-level design in Figma before development | ⚠️ Junior or external designer in many cases |
| App Store / Google Play submission | ✅ I run submission and moderation personally | 💰 Often a separate fee or not included |
| ASO (store listing optimisation) | ✅ Included in launch, with keywords and screenshots | ❌ Usually out of scope |
| Push (APNs/FCM) and in-app purchases | ✅ Configured and tested | 📋 Basic integration, no retention scenarios |
| Team transparency | ✅ You know the exact people on your project | 🔄 Developers rotate between projects |
| Post-launch support | ✅ 60 days free, then on contract | 💰 Separate SLA, expensive |
For a business in Lutsk and the Volyn region, a mobile app is no longer optional — it's a mandatory channel for customer interaction, an operations automation tool, and sometimes the company's main product. A logistics operator hauling cargo through Yahodyn to Poland and Czechia can't run on paper waybills alone. A Volyn agri holding doesn't monitor thousands of hectares without a tablet in the field. A restaurant near Rynok square or a hotel in the Lubart's Castle area loses revenue without a mobile menu and loyalty program. In all these cases, a mobile app is not a nice-to-have — it's critical infrastructure.
I'm Alex Filiuk, Senior UI/UX and product engineer with 15+ years of experience, designing and building mobile apps for Lutsk and the region. My portfolio includes 20+ apps live in production: from product iOS/Android apps for Ukrainian startups to B2B tools for European clients. I work across three technology tracks at once: native iOS (Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit), native Android (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Material 3), and cross-platform (React Native, Flutter). This lets me recommend Volyn-based clients not the stack I happen to know, but the one that fits their task, audience, and budget.
Lutsk and the Volyn region have several unique factors that make the mobile channel critically important here:
If your business operates in any of these categories — a mobile app pays back the investment within 6–18 months. If not — it's still worth a consultation via business consulting or product strategy before you invest.
This is the very first technical decision that drives budget, speed and long-term support. There's no universal answer — only the right answer for your task. Here's how I approach the choice:
I pick native iOS when peak performance, complex graphics, AR (ARKit), Core ML for on-device machine learning, or deep integration with system APIs (Live Activities, Widgets, App Clips, Apple Pay, Sign in with Apple) are required. This is typical for:
Android dominates the Ukrainian audience — in Lutsk and Volyn, Android share is around 70–80% depending on the segment. I go native Android when:
Cross-platform isn't a cheap substitute for native — it's an engineering decision with its own strengths and weaknesses. I pick cross-platform when:
What I don't do on cross-platform: heavy AR, intensive CPU computation, tight integration with brand-new system APIs (native plugins usually lag 6–12 months behind platform releases).
I work via a transparent process that gives you visibility and control at every stage:
Pricing doesn't depend on geography — a Lutsk client gets the same quote as a Kyiv or US client for the same scope. Reference points:
Each range is finalized after discovery. No "our team will work on it, billed hourly, scope known later". Fixed price for a fixed scope. If the project also needs a web dashboard, CRM/ERP, or an e-commerce layer, a bundled package saves 20–30%.
The mobile app is the facade. Behind it sits the backend, without which the app simply doesn't exist. What we typically deliver:
Launch isn't "compiling a build" — it's a separate process with its own methodology. What's included:
Most of my apps pass review on the first attempt. That's not magic — it's experience from 20+ launches and knowing which wording Apple and Google won't accept.
My portfolio includes 130+ projects, of which 20+ are mobile apps live in production on iOS and/or Android. Some categories where I have hands-on experience:
Go to Projects or fill in the contact form — I'll pick 5–10 most relevant cases for your niche, with real-world metrics: time-to-market, retention, ARPU, ROI.
Over 15 years I've seen dozens of cases where Volyn or Ukrainian businesses lost hundreds of thousands of hryvnias to typical mistakes. Top of the list:
Lutsk is a priority region, but I work across Ukraine and beyond. Other locations with active project flow:
The full list of locations is on the Service Areas page.
Whether you have a finalized idea or only a preliminary hypothesis — fill in the contact form or write to email/Telegram (contacts in the footer). The first consultation is free, up to 60 minutes. We'll discuss your business, the Volyn audience, target metrics, an approximate budget and timeline. After that I'll send a detailed proposal with a fixed price — no surprises and no hidden fees.
I'm ready to build a mobile app for your business in Lutsk that doesn't sit as a dead icon on the customer's phone but actually drives sales, retention and operational efficiency. Not "another app" — a working business tool for years to come.