App development for builders.
Building companies-grade app development, shipped by people who've done it before.
The pattern across most building companies we work with.
Builders run multiple sites at once, and the paperwork behind each one grows faster than anyone has time to manage.
Variations, supplier orders, and client updates are the admin layer that determines whether a build stays on schedule.
Records of Building Work, photos and variations organised as the job runs, ready for the code compliance certificate.
On the tools or running at scale, the admin still eats the week :)
Quotes with GST, consent paperwork, LBP records and health and safety logs: the admin every New Zealand trade business carries.
*Illustrative example based on nine hours a week of admin. Actual results vary by workflow and business.
Made for New Zealand paperwork.
Apps in New Zealand English that keep working on patchy rural coverage, with personal information handled under the Privacy Act 2020.
- Serious breaches get reported
- Personal data sent offshore
- Restricted work needs an LBP
How it works in New Zealand
We find the one workflow costing building companies the most hours, ship a working slice into production in weeks, prove it pays for itself, then harden it and hand it over.
Small team.
Real systems.
Zero fluff.
What app development covers
We'd call the engagement a success when building companies are using the system without thinking about us.
- iOS, Android and web from one team, on one codebase where it fits
- Backend, database and admin screens built alongside the app
- App Store and Google Play releases handled for you
- Screens designed with your staff and customers before code is written
- No AI theatre
- No annual contracts
An AI agency, minus the theatre.
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
Questions building companies ask
What tools do you build app development on?
For app development we usually reach for Expo, React Native, Swift, Kotlin, Next.js, Postgres. We're tool-agnostic at heart - we pick what your building company team can actually run after we hand the build over, not what looks good on a vendor sticker.
What's the smallest engagement you'd take on?
A two-week paid discovery for building companies that aren't sure whether the build is worth doing at all. You get a one-page write-up of what we'd build, what we'd skip, and what it would cost. About 30% of those discoveries end with us recommending you don't proceed.
How quickly can we see something running?
Week three for a clickable internal demo against real data. Week six for a slice your team can actually use. We hold ourselves to those numbers because they're what stops a project drifting into "endless discovery".
Is our data kept in New Zealand?
Kiwi Dynamics hosts its own infrastructure in New Zealand, under New Zealand governance. If personal information ever has to go offshore, privacy principle 12 requires comparable protection.
Will quotes and invoices show GST properly?
Yes. GST is 15 per cent on most goods and services in New Zealand, and anything we build that prices work shows it the way your accounts need.
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