App development
for Dubai & the UAE.
Bilingual Arabic and English iOS and Android apps for businesses in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and across the UAE, built by a senior London team whose working day covers your afternoon.
Mobile app development
in Dubai & the UAE.
Mobile app development in Dubai & the UAE with Magora: a first release in 6–8 weeks, developers from £49/hour (about AED 238) and a full team with QA and product ownership for £65–£70/hour (about AED 316–340). Every project starts with a free working prototype in 5–10 working days, then a two-week discovery from £3,000 (about AED 14,600). The UAE is on UTC+4 all year: three hours ahead of London in British Summer Time, four in winter.
Apps
for businesses in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and across the UAE.
One senior team designs, builds and supports what you launch. Pick the parts you need.
iOS app development
Swift and SwiftUI apps for iPhone and iPad: Apple Pay, HealthKit, push, offline sync and App Store release.
Android app development
Kotlin and Jetpack Compose apps for phones, tablets and foldables, released on Google Play.
React Native & Flutter
One shared codebase when it pays its way, with native modules where performance matters.
MVP development
A production-grade first release in 6–8 weeks, built to grow rather than to be thrown away.
Backend & integrations
APIs, admin panels, payments, identity and the integrations that turn an app into a product.
Maintenance & support
OS upgrades, security patches, store-policy changes and new features after launch.
How it works
from Dubai & the UAE.
Time zones, contact and contracts, set out plainly.
Your afternoon, our working day
The UAE is on UTC+4 all year: three hours ahead of London in British Summer Time, four in winter. Our 09:00–18:00 UK day is 12:00–21:00 or 13:00–22:00 in Dubai, so calls and demos fit your afternoon, Monday to Friday.
Run from London
We don't have a UAE office: Dubai and UAE clients work with our London headquarters remotely, with the same senior team from kickoff to handover.
You own it
An NDA on day one, the repository in your name from the first commit, and full ownership of code, designs and IP on payment.
Built for
Dubai & the UAE.
What changes when your users and data are in Dubai & the UAE. We design for these requirements; your counsel or auditor signs them off.
Arabic & English
Bilingual apps with full right-to-left layouts, Arabic typography and content that switches language cleanly.
Data protection
Designed for the UAE PDPL (Federal Decree-Law 45 of 2021), and for the DIFC or ADGM rules if you're licensed in a free zone.
In-country hosting
Health and other regulated data can stay in the UAE on in-country cloud regions such as AWS Middle East (UAE) or Azure UAE North.
Payments
Apple Pay, Google Pay and card gateways that settle in dirhams, so card data never touches your servers.
From idea
to first release.
A checkpoint at every stage, and working software at a demo every week.
Free working prototype
5 – 10 working daysA clickable prototype of your core idea, built from your brief before any paid engagement.
Discovery
2 weeks · from £3,000A senior Product Owner and Solution Architect fix scope, architecture, estimate and roadmap in writing.
Design
2 – 3 weeksUX and UI prototypes tested with real users before production code is written.
Build
First release in 6 – 8 weeksTwo-week sprints, a demo every week and a shared board, so you see progress rather than status reports.
Launch & support
OngoingRelease, monitoring and testing on real devices and browsers, then maintenance and new features.
What it costs,
in plain numbers.
Prices are set in pounds sterling. Dirham figures are approximate, at the ECB reference rate of 1 October 2026 (£1 = US$1.3234) and the dirham's peg of AED 3.6725 to the dollar. More detail in our analysis of 12 real project estimates and the cost calculator.
- From £49/hour
- about AED 238
- £65–£70/hour
- about AED 316–340
- Dev, QA & product owner
- From £3,000
- about AED 14,600
- 2 weeks
- From £10,000
- about AED 48,600
- First release in 6–8 weeks
Apps
we've shipped.
Projects for clients in Dubai & the UAE, and related work from the wider portfolio.
VPN SaaS
A VPN service built as SaaS for a partner from Dubai, with mobile and web access for Arabian, Chinese and European markets.
See case study → Property · Web · UAEProperty Finder
Worked alongside the in-house team of the UAE's largest real-estate portal on tasks that needed deep PHP and system-architecture expertise.
See case study → Insurance · iOS + Android · UKDayinsure
Temporary car insurance app for one of the UK's leading short-term insurance providers.
See case study → Lighting · iOS + Android · AustraliaOrganic Response
A web portal and iOS and Android apps where software and lighting hardware work as one; design started on site in Melbourne.
See case study →Technologies
we work with.
The stack on most mobile engagements — we slot into yours if you already have one.
- Swift · SwiftUI
- UIKit · Combine
- Core Data
- Apple Pay
- Kotlin
- Jetpack Compose
- Room · Retrofit
- Biometrics
- React Native
- Flutter
- Expo
- Native modules
- Node.js
- Python
- PHP · Laravel
- REST · GraphQL
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- Redis
- Firebase
- OpenAI · Anthropic
- Core ML
- ML Kit
- Vector databases
What clients
say.
Verified reviews from our Clutch profile — 4.9 out of 5 across 71 client reviews.
“They came through as more of a tech partner rather than just developers for hire.”
“They didn't simply take our requirements and run with them; they truly made an effort to understand everything.”
“Partnering with Magora for the development of the messenger was a decision we will never regret.”
The honest
questions.
Also serving: London · USA · Sydney, Australia.
Pick a slot below
and let's talk.
No commitment, no charge. We'll review your project, scope the next step, and tell you the realistic price + timeline. Free working prototype + senior PO analysis before any paid engagement.
Got an app idea
in Dubai & the UAE?
A 30-minute call with a senior mobile architect: platform choice, scope and constraints, and what we would build first.