Android app development,
UK.
Magora is a London software company that designs, builds and publishes Android apps in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, with the backend behind them. Free working prototype in 5 to 10 working days; an MVP from £10,000 in 6 to 8 weeks; a full production app typically £25,000 to £60,000.
Android app development,
in one paragraph.
Magora is a software company in Shoreditch, London, building apps since 2010. We design and build Android apps in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, with the backend and admin behind them, and take them through Google Play in your company's name. If you need iPhone too, the same team builds the iOS app, or we build one cross-platform app for both. Every project starts with a free working prototype, and prices are published.
Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
Modern Android, built on Material Design, for phones, tablets and foldables.
Google Play, done for you
Play Console set up in your company's name, staged rollout and crash monitoring.
Same team, both stores
The iPhone version from the same team, so both apps stay in step. See iOS app development.
Android app development
services.
From a first Android app to an established product that needs new features and the next Android version. Need engineers for your own team instead? See hire Kotlin developers.
Android app development
Kotlin and Jetpack Compose apps, from the first prototype to Google Play release.
Kotlin Multiplatform
Shared business logic across Android, iOS and backend, for teams with one engineering organisation and two stores.
Foldables and tablets
Adaptive layouts and large-screen patterns for the devices your users actually carry.
Wear OS and Android Auto
Companion apps for Wear OS watches and car interfaces where the product needs them.
Native modules and connected devices
C++ and the NDK when it pays, and apps that talk to hardware such as sensors and IoT products.
Maintenance and Android upgrades
Each new Android version, Google Play policy changes, crash monitoring and new features.
Android only, both stores,
or one cross-platform app?
Most UK products need both stores sooner or later. The right order depends on who your users are and what the app has to do. We recommend one after the free prototype, not before.
Android first
Launch on Google Play when your users, devices or hardware are mostly Android, then add iPhone once the product works.
Native Android and iOS
Kotlin and Swift apps built in parallel, for products with heavy device features.
One cross-platform app
React Native or Flutter: one codebase for both stores when the app does not need deep device access.
From idea
to Google Play.
Every step ends with something you can see and install on your own Android phone.
Free prototype
5 to 10 working daysYour core journey as working code, built from your brief before any paid work.
Discovery
2 weeksScope, platforms, architecture and a fixed price for the build.
Design
2 to 3 weeksAndroid UI on Material Design, prototyped in Figma, and iOS UI that follows Apple's guidelines if you need both.
Build and test
6 to 8 weeks for an MVPTwo-week sprints, builds you install on your own phone, automated tests and QA on real devices.
Google Play launch
Launch weekPlay Console in your company's name, staged rollout, crash monitoring and release.
What an Android app
costs in the UK.
Our 2026 prices in GBP, published on our pricing page; support after launch is from £1,000 a month. The UK app development cost guide has the full breakdown.
Your core journey as working code in 5 to 10 working days.
Two weeks: scope, architecture, estimate and a fixed price for the build.
A first release on Google Play in 6 to 8 weeks.
A production Android app with backend and admin, typically 3 to 6 months; adding iOS adds to the scope.
Fintech, health and connected-device apps with heavy integrations, typically 5 to 8 months.
Senior Kotlin engineers joining your team, about £390 a day.
Android apps
we've built.
Four apps on Google Play and the App Store: interpreting, smart lighting, short-term car insurance and a nursery device.
Interprefy
- Built
- iOS, Android and web apps for a cloud platform that streams event audio to interpreters and translated audio to the audience.
- Result
- Up to 100 languages and 400 interpreters during one event; used for UEFA EURO 2020 press conferences and UN sessions.
Organic Response
- Built
- iOS and Android apps and a web portal that control a smart lighting system through IR dongles and light sensors.
- Result
- Energy saving of 46% versus networked addressable systems, with payback in as little as three years.
Dayinsure
- Built
- An iOS and Android app for a leading UK short-term insurer: cover from one hour to a month in three steps, with saved documents and vehicle preferences.
- Budget
- £25k to £60k, typically 3 to 5 months.
Sweet Dreamers
- Built
- The app that controls Misty, a smart nursery device: temperature alerts, colour therapy, feeding and nappy tracking, Alexa voice commands.
- Result
- Misty won the ABC Kids Expo Award of Distinction, Outstanding Tech Savvy category.
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Android app development
questions.
At Magora, Discovery starts from £3,000, an MVP from £10,000 in 6 to 8 weeks and a full production app at £25,000 to £60,000; senior Kotlin engineers are from £49 an hour (about £390 a day). The UK app development cost guide has the full breakdown.
If your users, devices or hardware are mostly Android, launching there first is a sensible way to learn, with iPhone added once the product works. If you need both from day one, we either build native Kotlin and Swift apps or one cross-platform app in React Native or Flutter. We recommend one after the free prototype.
Native Kotlin and Jetpack Compose are worth it for heavy device features, complex animation or hardware such as Bluetooth devices. Cross-platform suits most business apps that need both platforms and one codebase. See React Native and Flutter.
Yes. We set up the Play Console in your company's name and handle the store listing, staged rollout, crash monitoring and release. The app and its listing belong to your company, not to us.
Yes. Our Android engineers build adaptive layouts for foldables and tablets, companion apps for Wear OS watches and car interfaces for Android Auto, where the product needs them.
You do. We sign an NDA on day one, the code lives in your repository, and the Google Play listing sits in your company's developer account. Source code, designs and IP are transferred to you on payment.
Planning an
Android app?
30-minute call with a senior Solution Architect. Bring the idea, and we will tell you whether to start with Android, both platforms or cross-platform, and what it will cost.