App developers
for Sydney & Australia.
iOS, Android and cross-platform apps for Australian businesses, with an office in Sydney and a senior engineering team in London.
Mobile app development
in Sydney & Australia.
Mobile app development in Sydney & Australia with Magora: a first release in 6–8 weeks, developers from £49/hour (about A$93) and a full team with QA and product ownership for £65–£70/hour (about A$124–133). Every project starts with a free working prototype in 5–10 working days, then a two-week discovery from £3,000 (about A$5,700). Sydney is 9 to 11 hours ahead of London, depending on daylight saving at each end.
Apps
for Australian businesses.
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 Australia.
Time zones, contact and contracts, set out plainly.
Two ends of the day
Sydney is 9 to 11 hours ahead of London, depending on daylight saving at each end. Calls go at the edges of the day (early morning in London is late afternoon or evening in Sydney), and feedback you leave in the evening is with the London team at the start of their day.
Sydney office
Our Australian office is at 3 AMP Tower, 50 Bridge Street, Sydney NSW 2000, on AEST/AEDT. For Organic Response our team spent two weeks at the client's Melbourne head office to work out the first design concept.
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
Australia.
What changes when your users and data are in Australia. We design for these requirements; your counsel or auditor signs them off.
Privacy Act
Designed for the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles, including the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme.
Australian hosting
Data kept onshore in the AWS Asia Pacific (Sydney) or Azure Australia East regions when your customers or regulator need it.
Accessibility
Built to WCAG 2.2 AA, the standard Australian organisations use to meet the Disability Discrimination Act.
Fintech
Banking and finance apps planned around the Consumer Data Right when they share customer data with accredited parties.
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. Australian-dollar figures are approximate, at the ECB reference rate of 1 October 2026 (£1 = A$1.904). More detail in our analysis of 12 real project estimates and the cost calculator.
- From £49/hour
- about A$93
- £65–£70/hour
- about A$124–133
- Dev, QA & product owner
- From £3,000
- about A$5,700
- 2 weeks
- From £10,000
- about A$19,000
- First release in 6–8 weeks
Apps
we've shipped.
Projects for clients in Australia, and related work from the wider portfolio.
Organic 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 → Social · iOS · Australia2Sense
A social networking iOS app for Australian clients.
See case study → Family · iPad · AustraliaChatty Kidz
A child-friendly video-chat app for iPad, built for an Australian client.
See case study → Rail · Data · AustraliaRailway Software
Reliability-monitoring software for an Australian railway company, handling large volumes of data from transponders installed on the rails.
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 · Dubai & UAE.
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 Sydney & Australia?
A 30-minute call with a senior mobile architect: platform choice, scope and constraints, and what we would build first.