Desert Launch designs and builds the mobile apps, web platforms and internal systems that founders and businesses run on — one fixed quote before you commit, and a year of support after launch.
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Scope summary · fixed quote
Customer booking · 1 audienceStaff dashboard · 4 milestonesPayments · 30% upfront
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Nine products across consumer mobile, AI-assisted and multi-role platforms, and private business systems. Where an app is public, the store link is on the case.
Five further products
Six working demos. Book, order or send an enquiry on the public site, then open the staff dashboard and watch it arrive. Nothing to install, no sign-up.
Every business, name, price and phone number in these demos is invented. What you enter is saved only in your own browser, for the day, so you can find it on the dashboard — nothing is sent anywhere.
Everything about the demosFive steps. Each one ends with something you can open, and nothing is paid before you have seen the step before it.
Nothing is paid before you have seen the step before it.
You share
How the business runs today, who will use the system, and what has to be true on launch day.
We do
Define the users, identify the scope, and remove the complexity that does not earn its place.
You get
A written scope summary and an honest go or no-go.
You share
The budget you have in mind, and any date you are working towards.
We do
Deliverables, a milestone plan, a timeline and one fixed price — nothing starts until you approve it in writing.
You get
A fixed quote and a milestone schedule.
You share
Feedback on each milestone build. Questions answered the same day, on WhatsApp.
We do
Build milestone by milestone, with working software at every one — not screenshots.
You get
A build you can open and use at each milestone.
You share
Your own store, hosting and domain accounts — created in your name from day one.
We do
Store submission, hosting, domains and analytics, plus the back-and-forth with app review until it is live.
You get
A published app or a live platform, in your name.
You share
Anything that breaks, straight to the engineer who built it.
We do
Bug fixes, operating-system and store updates, and keeping it running. Small changes free for the first three months.
You get
A year of fixes and updates at no extra cost.
A published iOS and Android app in your own developer accounts.
One Flutter codebase published to both the App Store and Google Play. Accounts, payments, push notifications and offline behaviour are part of the build, not a phase two.
A live site or platform on your hosting, which you can extend.
Business websites, client portals, admin dashboards and full web platforms — built for speed, search and the one action you need visitors to take.
A working product in front of real users, and what to build next.
The smallest version that proves the idea with real users, on an architecture that survives the next three features instead of being thrown away.
Clickable screens you approve before development starts.
Screens and flows designed and agreed before they are built, so the booking, the order or the sign-up actually gets finished.
A written verdict on the current code, then the work itself.
Take over a slow, broken or abandoned product. We read the existing code first and tell you honestly whether to fix it or rebuild it.
A written recommendation you own, whoever ends up building it.
A second opinion before you hire, an architecture review before you scale, or a delivery plan you can hand to any team.
Four brackets, so you can place yourself before you get in touch. Nothing here is a quote.
Under $3,000
$3,000 – $8,000
$8,000 – $20,000
Over $20,000
A written fixed price in USD after a free scope call. No hourly billing, no change-order surprises, and an honest answer if a smaller build reaches your goal.
One fixed price in USD, agreed before anything starts
Code, intellectual property, hosting and store accounts are in your name from day one. If we stop working together, nothing of yours leaves with us.
Code, IP, hosting and stores in your name from day one
Three or four milestones. You open and use the build before the next payment is due, and a milestone is not accepted until you say it is.
A build you open and accept before it is invoiced
No account managers between you and the person writing the code. Twelve months of bug fixes, OS and store updates — small changes free for the first three.
The engineer who wrote it, still answering a year later
Abdullah demonstrated an impressive aptitude for grasping complex technical concepts swiftly. His analytical skills and thoughtful approach to problem-solving make him a key contributor to our team's success.
Abdullah combines deep technical expertise with a clear, approachable leadership style. He has contributed significantly to our projects with his ability to solve complex problems efficiently and his commitment to quality.
Abdullah is an exceptional Flutter developer whose talent and enthusiasm make him an asset to any team. During our year working together, his problem-solving skills and ability to overcome challenges consistently impressed me.
The questions every first-time software buyer asks. If yours isn't here, ask it on WhatsApp — you'll get a direct answer, not a sales pitch.
Every project gets a fixed quote in USD after a free scope call — no hourly billing and no surprise invoices. The price depends on scope and complexity: a business website is the smallest engagement we take, a full mobile product with payments and accounts the largest. Tell us the budget you have in mind and we will tell you honestly what fits inside it, or whether a smaller build reaches the same goal.
A business website is usually measured in weeks, an MVP in one to two months, and a larger mobile product in two to four months. You get a concrete timeline with milestones before we start, and you see working software at every milestone.
Yes. There are six working demos — a dental clinic, a medical centre, a gym, a café, a restaurant and a real estate brokerage — each a public website with the staff dashboard behind it. Book, order or send an enquiry, then open the dashboard and watch it arrive. They are fictional businesses on sample data, and nothing you enter is kept.
Twelve months of free support and maintenance: bug fixes, operating-system and app-store updates, and keeping the product running. In the first three months, small changes and tweaks are free as well. After that a monthly retainer is optional — nothing stops working if you skip it.
You do. Full ownership of the code, the intellectual property and the infrastructure and store accounts — everything is created in your name from the start, so you are never locked in to us.
Projects are split into three or four milestones. You pay 30% upfront and the rest per delivered milestone. You always see working software before the next payment is due, and a milestone is not accepted until you say it is.
Yes. Send yours before the scope call, or we will provide a simple mutual one. We do not need your data or your accounts to quote — a description of the problem is enough.
Our own senior engineers — the people you message on WhatsApp are the people who write the code. Nothing is handed to a subcontractor you never meet. If a project needs a specialist, you are told who and why before they start.
Not at all — most of our clients aren't. We explain decisions in plain business language, make the technical choices for you, and communicate in English or Arabic on WhatsApp.
Flutter, in almost every case. One codebase ships to both stores, which roughly halves the build and the ongoing maintenance cost, and for the apps most businesses need the result is indistinguishable from native. If your product depends on something Flutter cannot reach well, we will say so and quote native instead.
Yes. We start with a short code review and give you a written verdict: fix it, refactor it, or rebuild it. Sometimes the honest answer is that the code is fine and the problem is elsewhere — you get that answer too.
Hosting and services are billed to you directly in your own accounts, so you always see the real cost: typically a small monthly bill for Firebase or a server, plus the Apple Developer Program at $99 a year and Google Play's one-time $25 registration if you are publishing an app. We estimate the running cost in the quote so there are no surprises.
Yes, and we ship them regularly. Al-Muslim, ICCD Hub and Voicers all run bilingual Arabic and English interfaces with full right-to-left layout, Arabic typography and Hijri dates. This website is another one.
Yes. Desert Launch works with clients across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait, as well as Europe and the US. We work from Cairo (UTC+2 in winter, UTC+3 in summer), which is within an hour of every Gulf capital, communicate in Arabic or English on WhatsApp, and have shipped for Gulf businesses — including a live App Store and Google Play product for a gym in Doha.
You get senior engineering at Egyptian rates — typically well below Western European and US agency prices for the same scope — without the usual offshore downsides: the same or near timezone for the Gulf and Europe, native Arabic plus fluent English, and a direct line to the engineer building your product instead of a layered account team.
Describe the product idea, the current system, or the process that keeps breaking. Nothing commits you to anything.
