App developers · Manchester
App developers in Manchester, senior from day one.
Mayker is a small team of senior engineers based in Hale, near Manchester. We build iOS, web and AI apps for startups and established businesses, and we also work alongside founders and teams who want to build it themselves.
Based in Hale, near Manchester. We work remotely across the UK and travel nationwide when it helps.
Ways to work with us
We build it for you, with you, or cover your team.
We build it for you
Idea to launch, a new product or feature, or taking an AI-built prototype to production. Scoped and quoted after a conversation. See projects.
You build it, with a senior engineer alongside
For founders building in Lovable, Cursor or by hand. Two calls a week, reviews as you go, and a launch check before real users arrive. See mentoring.
Your team builds, we cover them
For businesses whose people build their own tools and apps. Office hours, reviews, and a monthly picture of what exists and what is risky. See cover.
Senior hands on a hard problem
Extra help for a deadline, a tricky release, or a decision you need to get right. See consultancy.
What we build
Apps for iPhone, the web, and AI.
iOS and Apple Watch apps
Swift and SwiftUI, building for Apple platforms since the App Store's early days in 2008. Watch apps, Bluetooth and apps that work without an internet connection included.
Web apps and platforms
Svelte, TypeScript and React, hosted on AWS with automated releases, so shipping an update is routine rather than risky.
AI features and assistants
LLM features, agents and assistants that answer from your own data, built in Python and LangGraph with evaluations so you can see how well they work.
Our own products
We ship our own apps too: Vamos Courtside, a padel and tennis scoring app for iPhone and Apple Watch, and Digbi, a conversational AI assistant for property. See our work.
Not sure which route fits?
Tell us what you want to build in a free 30-minute call. We will tell you honestly whether to build it yourself, build it with us alongside, or have us build it for you.
Why a small senior team
You speak to the engineer doing the work.
No account managers and no hand-off to juniors. We use AI tools to move quickly, and senior engineers review what ships so it holds up with real users. Over twenty years we have built software for startups, scale-ups and well-known names including Formula 1 Management, Mastercard and The Telegraph, some as clients and some from inside their teams.
In person when it helps
We are based in Hale, near Manchester, and travel across the UK when it helps. Workshops and kick-offs in person, day-to-day work remotely.
Clear on cost
Subscriptions have published prices and cancel any time. Projects start with a scoped plan and a quote. See pricing.
Questions
How much does it cost to build an app in Manchester?
It depends on what the first version needs to do. Most people start with a free call so we can understand it, and projects are scoped and quoted before any work starts. If budget is tight, building the first version yourself with AI tools and a mentor from £480 a month inc VAT is often the cheapest way to prove the idea.
Do you work with startups or established businesses?
Both. Founders with an idea or an early product, and businesses adding a new product, a major feature, or AI to what they already do.
Can you take over an app someone else built?
Yes, including apps built with AI tools like Lovable, Bolt, v0 or Cursor. We start by reviewing what exists and tell you plainly what to keep, fix or rebuild.
Do you build Android apps?
Our specialisms are iOS and the web. When an app needs Android too, we bring in a specialist from our network and stay accountable for the work, or suggest a web app where that suits the product better.
Do we need to be based in Manchester?
No. We work with clients across the UK remotely, and travel nationwide when meeting in person helps.