Indian App Developers Guide.pdf

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India’s booming app market is ripe for companies tolaunch their business into the mobile sphere. We’ve

researched the best app development agencies across

the country to help you get a foothold on Indian soil.

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India’s mobile app market is booming, with more than 26.5 million smartphones shipped tothe subcontinent in the second quarter of 2015, an increase of 44% from 18.4 million during

the same period in 2014.With that kind of boom in the market, the eld is ripe for companies to launch their businessinto the mobile sphere, whether they be local or international. As with all markets however,especially one as varied as India, good local knowledge is required, and that is why we’veresearched the best app development agencies across the country.

We’ve gone for a mix of competencies, expertise and budget-levels here, with companieswho have worked both for large enterprises and others who concentrate more on SMEs. Allof them were chosen for being extremely competent in a variety of platforms and applyingthe best cutting edge technology, as well as having an ofce on Indian soil.

The list below is not a ranking, it is simply our favourite app development agencies in India.We’ve collated the following data on them:

• Main Activity: The main avenues of activity of the company, such as straight-up coding,

UX/UI design, branding and others.

• Industry Focus: Previous experience with companies and the sectors in whichthey operate.

• Client Size: The size of the companies they usually deal with

• Company Size: So you know how many people you’ll be dealing with

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• Key Clients: The biggest and best-known clients of the developer, generally large enter-prises.

• Avg. Hourly Rate: A range of rates you might expect to pay for development of your app

and other services

Sourcebits

Sourcebits is an all rounder, offering services that go from mobile strategy to app develop-ment, marketing and analytics as well as lifecycle management. Their India ofce is in Ban-galore, and in 2013 they were nominated in the World Start Up report as “Gaming Industry

Leaders” in India. They have ofces in San Francisco, London and Greece, and despite havingsome important clients like Disney and Intel, the majority of their business is SMEs, and haverecently launched App Fuel – $10k worth of free app design and development for projectsover $50k.

• Main Activity: Mobile App (33%), App UI/UX (33%)

• Industry Focus: Retail, IT, Government, Consumer Products, Business Services (10%)

• Client Size: Small Business and mid-market (40%)

• Founded: 2006

• Company Size: 150+

• Key Clients: Bank of America, Disney, GE, Intel, MIT, IBM, P&G, Hershey’s, Coca-Cola

• Avg. hourly rate: $100 – $149

Konstant Infosolutions

Konstant Infosolutions has an ofce in Jaipur, with its headquarters in the US east coast, andis eclectic in the services it offers, from native app development for iOS, Android, iPad, Win-dowsphone and cross-platform using PhoneGap, to UX/UI design, mCommerce and eCom-merce development, backend integration and more. Their portfolio is equally varied: since

foundation in 2003 they’ve delivered 300+ mobile apps and 3500 projects, covering a hugevariety of sectors from Gaming to health care, from arts to real estate.

• Main Activity: Mobile Development (45%), Web Development (30%)

• Industry Focus: Health care, transportation, arts, consumer products (all 10%)

• Founded: 2003


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• Client Size: Midmarket (55%)

• Company Size: 50-249

• Key Clients: Holiday Inn, Citrix

• Avg. Hourly Rate: Under $25

Viteb

Viteb boasts a strong experience in providing mobile solutions to businesses and enterprises,

having worked with technologies for eld reporting, online payment methods and cloud solu-

tions. Their model is slightly different from the other companies here in that they outsourcecarefully vetted developers, chosen depending on your apps requirements. There are alsomultiple hiring models, starting from Full-time (160 hours a month) to an hour-to-hour basisfor smaller projects, with full ownership of the code at the end of the project.

• Main Activity: Mobile App Development (45%), App UI/UX (20%),Web Development (20%)

• Industry Focus: IT, Business Services, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Consumer Productsand Services (all 25%)

• Founded: 2005

• Client Size: Small Businesses and Midmarket (70%)

• Company Size: 50 – 249

• Key Clients: Picit, Tow Help, StrongBox, Marabous, Journal of Asian Martial Arts, JDStop

• Avg. Hourly Rate: $25 – $49

hedgehog lab

hedgehog lab is a tech consultancy founded in 2007 which now spans the UK, the US andIndia, specically in Hyderabad. They have a particular experience with media organisations,having worked with Channel 4, News International and the FT, to name a few. Their mobiledevelopment services cover everything from discovery and ideation to publishing and post-launch support, and they can do so for a wide base of platforms including iOS, Android, iOSWear, Android Wear, Windows Phone, HTML5 and Blackberry.

• Main Activity: Mobile App Development (60%), enteprise software development (20%)


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• Industry Focus: NA

• Founded: 2007

• Client Size: Small Business (50%), Midmarket (30%)

• Company Size: 11-50 employees

• Key Clients: Jamie Oliver, FT, News International, Channel 4, East Coast Trains


Appstudioz

Appstudioz, an Afe company, calls itself a design-led engineering company, combining cut-ting edge technology like location-based services, Open GL and security architecture withgorgeous UI design and an emphasis on good user experience. From their ofces across theworld, the India one in Noida, UP, they’ve delivered 1400+ mobile applications, both native

and cross-platform, and the guarantee 24/7 support both during development and post-launch.

• Main Activity: Mobile App Development (50%), Application UI/UX (35%)

• Industry Focus: Consumer products and services (15%), Media (10%), Arts, entertain-ment and music (10%)

• Founded: 2011

• Client Size: Midmarket (40%), Enterprise (35%)


• Key Clients: Samsung, Mahindra Comviva, HCL, Adidas, Reebok


A screenshot of Appstudioz navigaon apps porolio

source: appstudioz.com


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ChromeInfo Technologies

ChromeInfo Technologies deals with companies of all sizes and has a wide mobile portfoliowhich includes trivia apps, geolocated social networks and a tourist guide to the city of Shang-hai. Its headquarters are in Noida, with a client relationship ofce in San Jose, California. Overthe last ve years they’ve delivered 500+ mobile projects using their “3A Methodology”: theAdaptive Agile Approach is a collaborative method which allows you, the client, to see dailyupdates on your apps progress while developers ensure functionality and excellent design.

• Main Activity: Mobile App Development (60%)

• Industry Focus: Education (30%), IT and Transportation (both 20%)

• Client Size: Midmarket (50%)

• Founded: 2010


• Key Clients: Yellowstone Wildlife, Bitesize LLC

• Avg. Hourly Rate: < $25

Qburst

Qburst‘s focus is mid-market and small business projects, but their portfolio has all sorts ofapps in it, from social networks to game-making platforms, and video streaming to tnessapps. Their key client roster includes AstraZeneca, Burberry and the National Geographic,showing they have what it takes to produce high-quality applications. With their India ofcesin Trivandrum, Qburst has 1000+ employees ranging from business specialists to dedicatedUX/UI designers and engineers.

• Main Activity: Mobile app development (35%), Web Development (20%), BI and Big DataAnalytics and Solutions (20%)

• Industry Focus: Health care and life sciences (15%), IT (10%)

• Client Size: Midmarket and Small Businesses (40%)

• Founded: 2004

• Company Size: 1001 -9999 employees

• Key Clients: National Geographic, Burberry, Dell, Peugeot



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[x]cube Labs

[x]cube Labs has delivered 700+ apps for big-name clients like Honeywell, Amazon andNokia, to name a few. It’s two ofces are in Kondapur, Hyderabad and Dallas, Texas. Proud ofits ability to deliver “disruptive” apps, it has created over $2 billion in extra business value forits clients since foundation in 2008. To be so successful, it deals with all sorts of technologiesand solutions including wearables, gaming, cloud solutions, big data, analytics and the inter-net of things.

• Main Activity: Mobile App Development (35%), Enteprise Software Development (30%)

• Industry Focus: NA

• Client Size: NA

• Founded: 2008


• Key Clients: Amazon, Nokia, Dreamworks, Texas Instruments

• Avg. hourly rate: $25 – $49

Prismetric

Prismetric, based in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, offers the full suite of mobile development servic-es for multiple platforms, both native for iOS, Android and Windows as well as Phone-Gap

for cross-platform. They also do game development, wearables (both Android and Apple),eCommerce and marketing strategy for mobile apps. Their porftolio is very varied, with theirbiggest focus being Business services at 20% of their work, but also having worked in thetransportation, arts, real estate, media and government sectors.


• Industry Focus: Business services (20%), Consumer products, IT (both 10%)

• Founded: 2008

• Client Size: Midmarket (50%), Enteprise (30%)


• Key Clients: Peugeot, Singapore Post, Chase Bank



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Digital Brand Group

Digital Brand Group is a team of mobile consultants, strategists and developers foundedin 2006 with their Indian ofce in Trivandrum. As well as all the services around app devel-opment, which they both natively and cross-platform, and strategy they are also experts inbrand identity creation and management. Digital Brand Group offers free different engage-ment models according to the level and scope of work your app requires, and are willing togive a free online quote before they begin a project.

• Main Activity: Mobile App Development (45%), web development (25%)

• Industry Focus: Consumer products and services (20%), Advertising and marketing(15%), Health care and life sciences (15%)

• Founded: 2006

• Client Size: NA


• Key Clients: Digi-Tribute, American Honey, Hoonigan, Tamyia, Cobra


Screenshot of the Cinepop app by DBG

Source: Digitalbrandgroup.com


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Dot Com Infoway

Dot Com Infoway is another company whose model depends on outsourcing their mobiledevelopment. Given the exibility of the model and the pool of developers they have accessto, they can deliver native and cross-platform apps for all systems including Blackberry andHTML5. With their ofces in Chennai and New York, their model clearly works as they’vecreated over 2000 apps in the last 15 years to 500+ clients.

• Main Activity: Mobile App Development (50%), App UI/UX (30%)

• Industry Focus: Advertising and Marketing (50%), Business Services (30%)

• Founded: 2000

• Client Size: Small Business (50%), Midmarket (30%)


• Key Clients: bWired, Forix


Robosoft Technologies

Robosoft Technologies has worked for some of the biggest clients in India, having developedthe mobile application for NDTV, one of the country’s biggest media corporations. Their of-ces are in Udupi (Karnataka), Mumbai and Bengaluru as well as the US and the UK. As wellas doing app development, UX/UI design and testing, they also consult on mobile strategyand marketing, and are particularly versed in cloud technology and data analytics.

• Main Activity: End-to-end mobility solutions, Strategy, Design & Engineering

• Industry Focus: Consumer Mobility, Enterprise Mobility and Games & Entertainment

• Founded: 1996

• Client Size: NA


• Key Clients: ESPN, Viacom18, Sony, NDTV, Times of India, Conde Nast, Disney, Logitech,PopCap, Vodafone and National Geographic

• Avg. Hourly Rate: NA


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OpenXCell

OpenXCell prides itself in providing mobile app and web development at extremely lowcosts thanks to its outsourcing model from their pool of over 100 highly qualied developers.They’ve managed to deliver high quality products like this, having worked for large corpo-rations like Blizzard and Unilever through the years. Their India ofces are in Ahmedabad(Gujarat) and their services cover everything from eCommerce platforms to UX/UI design,branding, cloud deployment and QA testing.


• Industry Focus: Media, IT, Utilities, Arts, Gaming (all 20%)

• Founded: 2008

• Client Size: Enterprise (45%), Midmarket (40%)


• Key Clients: Unilever, Ubisoft, Google India

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