A client once said of the mobile app development industry: “It’s an industry of cowboys and horse s#!@”. In our 10 years in business we would tend to agree with this admittedly generalised observation.
At just 10 years old, it’s a relatively new industry and one that has seen rapid growth in recent times. The high demand for app development services has attracted many inexperienced opportunists who are more concerned about making a quick buck than they are about developing great products for their clients.
A number of Australian app development companies, even some of the biggest ones, actually do very little app development themselves and instead ship the work offshore to third-parties.
At DreamWalk, we get calls daily from people who have invested thousands of dollars with these companies and have had terrible experiences. Their issues range from not hearing back from the developer after they’ve paid a deposit to receiving poorly written code or apps that simply don’t function at all.
Many experience project delays of months or even years and in many cases pushy sales staff, overly keen to send invoices and less concerned about actually delivering a product.
At DreamWalk we aim to be everything the typical app development company is not. We pride ourselves on our ethical and transparent app development process and operate by our unique Ethical App Development Charter.