Cambridge, United Kingdom

Mobile App Development Company in Cambridge

Silicon Fen: chip design, biotech and deep technology.

Drema is a mobile app development company in Cambridge building mobile apps for startups, growing businesses and enterprises across Cambridge, United Kingdom. We deliver for Cambridge clients with a named lead, a planned working rhythm and the same engineering standards on every project.

Apps for instruments, diagnostics and research participants, built with scientific care.

What we build in Cambridge
  • Food and grocery delivery apps
  • Pharmacy and healthcare apps
  • E-commerce and retail apps
  • Salon, spa and home-services booking apps
  • Loan and fintech apps
  • Courier and logistics apps
  • Taxi, bike and ride-booking apps
  • Education and e-learning apps
  • Event and ticketing apps
  • Social and community apps
  • Field-force and sales apps
  • IoT and connected-device companion apps
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Mobile App Development
Cambridge, United Kingdom
200+
Projects Delivered
120+
Happy Clients
4.9/5
Average Rating
15+
Countries Served
95%
Repeat Clients
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Building in Cambridge?

Bring the problem as it actually is, constraints included. You will get a straight answer on whether we are the right team.

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Your mobile app development partner

Top Mobile App Development Company in Cambridge for your business.

Cambridge's university has spawned one of Europe's most successful technology clusters.

Key sectors
  • Pharma & Life Sciences
  • SaaS
  • Healthcare
  • Telecom
Business hubs
  • Cambridge Science Park
  • Cambridge Biomedical Campus
  • CB1 station quarter
  • St John's Innovation Centre
  • Granta Park
What Cambridge teams need

Buyers are deep-tech and biotech start-ups, research institutes and science-led companies.

More about the Cambridge market

The designs behind most of the world's mobile processors originate here, a major pharmaceutical company has its global headquarters at the biomedical campus, and there are thousands of companies in software, AI, genomics and instrumentation.

Why Drema

Why choose Drema for mobile app development services in Cambridge?

If you are looking for mobile app development services in Cambridge, you want a partner that builds properly, communicates plainly and is still around after launch. That is how we work.

Safe & Secure

NDA by default, least-privilege access and security review before launch.

You Own Everything

Code, designs and data live in your accounts. No lock-in.

Senior Engineers

The people on your call are the people writing your code.

Transparent Process

Sprint demos, a shared board and honest progress reports.

Modern Technology

Proven, well-supported stacks your future team can maintain.

Fixed First Release

A scoped, priced first milestone before bigger commitments.

Delivered on Time

Short sprints make slippage visible early, while it is fixable.

Support After Launch

Monitoring, fixes and upgrades on a plan that suits you.

What we offer

Our Mobile App Development Services in Cambridge

Everything under one roof, so a Cambridge business does not have to coordinate separate design, development and support vendors.

Android App Development in Cambridge

Android App Development

Kotlin and Jetpack apps tested on the budget and mid-range devices most Android users actually carry, published to Google Play with staged rollouts.

iOS App Development in Cambridge

iOS App Development

Swift and SwiftUI apps that follow Apple's design conventions, pass App Store review first time and reach the premium user segment.

Flutter App Development in Cambridge

Flutter App Development

One Dart codebase for iOS and Android with pixel-consistent UI — a strong fit when design fidelity across platforms matters most.

React Native App Development in Cambridge

React Native App Development

Cross-platform apps in TypeScript that share logic with your web product and let one team ship to both stores.

Native App Development in Cambridge

Native App Development

Fully native builds where performance, background processing, Bluetooth or camera work demand direct platform access.

App Maintenance & Revamps in Cambridge

App Maintenance & Revamps

Taking over an existing app: fixing crashes, upgrading SDKs for new OS versions, redesigning flows and rebuilding what cannot be saved.

Technologies we use

Technologies behind our mobile apps.

We choose the mobile stack per project, not per habit: native Kotlin and Swift when the app lives close to the hardware, Flutter or React Native when one team needs to ship to both stores quickly. Around the app sits the back end, database, push notifications, analytics and crash reporting — the parts that decide whether an app is still healthy a year after launch.

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Kotlin
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Swift & SwiftUI
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Flutter
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React Native
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Expo
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Jetpack Compose

For Cambridge projects we typically host on AWS London or Google Cloud London, and integrate with Benchling and LIMS platforms; AWS and GCP life-sciences services; Stripe; and Microsoft 365.

Our development process

Turning ideas into mobile apps that work.

A structured, agile process that keeps your mobile app development project on time, on budget and visible at every stage.

01

Discovery & Strategy

We work through your business goals, target users and the one journey the first release must nail, then agree what success looks like in numbers.

Deliverables: Requirement analysis, user personas, feature roadmap, fixed first-release plan

02

UI/UX Design

Wireframes first, then clickable prototypes tested with real users before a line of production code — changing a screen in Figma costs minutes, in code it costs days.

Deliverables: Wireframes, interactive prototype, final UI and design system

03

Agile Development

Two-week sprints with a working build on your phone at the end of each one, so you see progress rather than hear about it.

Deliverables: Sprint builds via TestFlight and Play internal testing, API documentation

04

Quality Assurance

Automated tests plus manual testing on real devices across screen sizes, OS versions and network conditions, including offline and slow-network cases.

Deliverables: Test reports, device compatibility matrix, performance benchmarks

05

Deployment & Launch

We handle store listings, signing, privacy declarations and review submission for both stores, then roll out gradually so issues surface with a small audience first.

Deliverables: App Store and Play Store release, staged rollout, crash monitoring

06

Post-Launch Support

Crash and usage analytics show what to fix and build next; we handle OS upgrades, SDK changes and feature releases on an agreed cadence.

Deliverables: Maintenance plan, monthly analytics review, feature releases

Industries we serve

Mobile App Development for Cambridge's key industries.

What mobile app development typically means in the sectors at the centre of the Cambridge economy.

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Success stories

Products our team has shipped.

Real products, live today, built end to end by the same engineers who would work on your Cambridge project.

Working together

Working with Cambridge clients.

Hours and overlap

Cambridge is 4.5 to 5.5 hours behind India, so your morning overlaps with our afternoon every day.

Meetings and workshops

Remote engagement with a named lead, a regular video sync at an agreed time, and work tracked in your own tools.

Regulation and data

UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 apply. We work under a data processing agreement and the UK's international transfer terms. Health and genomic data is special-category data, and medical-device software follows MHRA rules.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

About mobile app development in Cambridge, and about working with Drema.

Do you have a team in Cambridge?

We work with Cambridge clients through one named lead who is your point of contact from kickoff to handover, backed by the same engineering team on every project.

Should our app for Cambridge users be native or cross-platform?

Usually cross-platform, with native modules where a feature demands it. Cambridge users skew towards recent iPhones and flagship Android devices, so polish, accessibility and platform conventions matter more than squeezing the app onto low-end hardware. We ship both platforms from one codebase and integrate what local users expect — typically Benchling and LIMS platforms; AWS and GCP life-sciences services; and Stripe.

How long does mobile app development take for a Cambridge company?

A focused first release — one core journey on iOS and Android, with login, analytics and store submission — usually takes eight to twelve weeks. Apps with payments, offline sync or hardware integrations take longer. We scope in a short discovery phase and give you a fixed plan for the first release before you commit.

Which Cambridge industries do you build mobile apps for?

Most often Pharma & Life Sciences, SaaS, Healthcare and Telecom, because that is where Cambridge's economy is concentrated. We are not limited to those sectors — the engineering transfers — but that is where we can bring the most relevant experience to a first conversation.

Which local systems can you integrate with?

Most Cambridge projects touch Benchling and LIMS platforms; AWS and GCP life-sciences services; Stripe; and Microsoft 365. We integrate with what your customers and staff already use, and we check API access and commercial terms for each before committing to a timeline.

Should we build native or cross-platform?

Cross-platform with React Native covers the majority of business apps at roughly half the cost of two native codebases. Go native when you depend heavily on platform-specific hardware, sustained high-performance graphics, or deep OS integration. We make the call against your feature list and tell you which applies.

How long does it take to build a mobile app?

A focused first version with one strong core loop is typically three to four months including store release. Apps with payments, real-time features or complex offline sync take longer, and we scope those explicitly rather than discovering them mid-build.

Do you handle App Store and Play Store submission?

Yes, including listing assets, privacy declarations, signing and phased rollout. First submissions are frequently rejected on guideline details, so we prepare for review requirements during the build rather than after.

Can the app work offline?

Yes, and for most apps it should. We design a local data layer with sync and conflict handling, so the app stays usable without connectivity and reconciles cleanly when it returns.

Can you reuse our existing backend?

Usually yes. If your web platform already has a solid API we build the app against it, sometimes adding mobile-specific endpoints to reduce round trips and payload size on slow networks.

What happens after launch?

Mobile requires ongoing attention: OS updates, store policy changes and crash fixes. We offer a maintenance arrangement, and we hand over signing credentials and documentation so you are never locked in.

Want to start a project?

Get a free estimate for your mobile app development project in Cambridge.

Tell us what you want to build. A founder will reply with honest advice on scope, timeline and cost — including when a simpler approach would do.