For founders and product teams designing an app

Mobile App Design

We design the screens, flows and visuals of your iOS and Android app, following what each platform’s users expect. You get organized Figma files and store visuals, so your developers can build it without guesswork.

Overview

Mobile app design for apps people open every day

A phone screen leaves little room: every button within thumb reach, every label clear, every step quick. We design for iPhone and Android together and hand over files your developers can build from, store visuals included.

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  • Navigation, onboarding and key actions placed where thumbs reach, tried on real phones.

  • Layouts for small and large phones and tablets, with every state designed, not only the happy path.

  • Organized Figma files and specs, plus the icon, screenshots and listing visuals for both stores.

Scope

What’s included in our mobile app design

From the first workshop to the files your developers build from and the visuals for the stores. Scope and price are agreed up front.

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Understand

  • Workshop on your users, goals and competitors
  • User flows and app structure
  • Wireframes of every key screen
  • iOS and Android conventions agreed up front

Design

  • UI design of all screens and states
  • App icon and brand visuals
  • Light and dark mode, if you want both
  • Animations and transitions specified

Hand over

  • Figma files organized for developers
  • Specs, components and exported assets
  • App Store and Google Play screenshots
  • Support while the app is built

Recognition

Recognized by the industry

Independent awards and client reviews, not just our own word.

5.0
Average rating on TechBehemoths & Clutch
30+
clients across the globe
7+
years of building digital products

Some of the companies we work with

Why Softclaire

The best mobile designs feel obvious.

People decide within seconds whether an app deserves a place on their phone. We design the first minutes, the daily actions and the error cases, because that’s where apps are won or lost.

Tell us about your app
  • Built around the thumb

    Main actions sit within easy reach, touch targets are large enough and gestures follow the platform.

  • Respects iOS and Android

    Each platform has its own habits. We follow them and share what makes sense to share, so the design stays consistent and affordable to build.

  • Every state designed

    Empty screens, loading, errors and offline are designed too. They’re where many apps feel unfinished.

  • Files developers like

    Named layers, components and specs, so the finished app matches the design.

What we build

What kinds of mobile app we design

Apps look different from one business to the next. These are the ones we design most often.

  • Consumer apps

    Sign-up, home screen and the daily action, designed to be learned in seconds.

  • Business and field apps

    Task lists, reports and forms for people working on the move, often with one hand.

  • Ordering and booking apps

    Menus, carts, time slots and confirmations with as few taps as possible.

  • Apps with accounts and roles

    Sign-in, profiles and permissions that make sense to customers, staff and managers alike.

  • Education and content apps

    Lessons, documents and media that are comfortable to read and easy to resume.

  • Redesign of an existing app

    We review the screens you have, find the friction and redesign them without losing what users know.

Process

How a mobile app design project runs

Short steps, with you in the Figma files from the first week.

  1. Workshop

    We learn who uses the app, when and where, and agree the main journeys and the platforms.

  2. Flows and wireframes

    We map the navigation and sketch every key screen in black and white before anyone talks about style.

  3. Visual design

    Finished screens, states, icon and animations in Figma, reviewed with you in short rounds and viewed on real phones.

  4. Hand-over and store visuals

    We organize the files for developers and prepare the icon and screenshots for both stores.

Technology

Tools behind our mobile app design

Standard tools and platform guidelines, so developers recognize everything they receive.

  • Design

    • Figma
    • FigJam
  • Platform guidelines

    • Apple Human Interface Guidelines
    • Material Design
  • Motion

    • Figma prototypes
    • Lottie animations
  • Hand-over

    • Figma Dev Mode
    • exported assets
    • design tokens
  • Store visuals

    • App icon
    • screenshots and listing graphics for both stores

Engagement models

Ways to work with us on your mobile app design

Get the app designed at a fixed price, keep designing as it grows and have us at hand while it is built. You always talk to the people who design it.

  • Fixed-price app design

    Most common

    Key screens first to set the direction, then every screen and state, in phases with fixed prices.

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    • Phase one: three to five key screens
    • Light and dark mode and store visuals
    • Developer-ready files you keep

    Best before development starts.

  • Ongoing app design

    Monthly

    Monthly design time for new features and improvements, based on what users do in the app.

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    • Features designed from a shared backlog
    • Changes based on user feedback and tests
    • Scale up or down with notice

    Best for apps that keep adding features.

  • Design support

    During the build

    We answer developers’ questions, review built screens and fix design issues before and after release.

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    • Quick answers to design questions
    • Built screens checked against the design
    • Design fixes after each release

    Best if your developers are already working.

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Testimonials

What our clients say

Reviews from founders and teams we have built products with, also published on Clutch and TechBehemoths.

  • TechBehemoths

    Softclaire is development company unlike (many) others. Friendly and flexible, good with deadlines and trustworthy. Experts in multiple fields. We are very happy to work with them as development partner. Very much recommended!

    Arno Bakker Co-owner at Mediascape
  • TechBehemoths

    We have been working with Softclaire for almost 2 years now, on our main product - an online gaming website, play-games.com. Being in the web games niche, things change fast so we need to adapt on the go - and we can trust them with this. They are easy to work with, proactive, and manage work flow very well. We value their transparency and their perseverance in every task they undertake.

    Stefan Naghi Co-founder at FIRST PIXEL SRL
  • TechBehemoths

    We approached Softclaire with nothing more than an idea and a few initial mockups for our SaaS product. Their team stepped in guiding us through strategic planning, development and devops. We are still working with them for ongoing maintenance and feature updates. If you're looking for a reliable, long-term technical partner, I highly recommend them.

    Alexandru Mihalache
  • Clutch

    Within 6 months of our app launch we have gained 750 users. We have had a huge boost in traffic on the platform since launch and have multiple 5 star ratings on the App Store. We have also had comments from other software developers commenting on how brilliant the app is structured.

    Nassouh Kabbani CFO at Pocketask Inc.
  • Clutch

    The team delivered everything on time and provided a mind map to showcase the progress. Overall, they were very flexible and committed to meeting expectations.

    Mihai Brebu Director at Puapi
  • TechBehemoths

    We had an idea for a tech startup in the medical niche, but we lacked the expertise to design and develop a product of this scale. Thankfully we found an amazing team that guided us through the process every step of the way.

    Aron Dumitrache Medtech Innovator
  • TechBehemoths

    A few months ago, I contacted them for a custom Perfex CRM module and the e-Invoice module. Their work is of exceptional quality, and I am extremely satisfied with both the quality and the budget. I highly recommend Softclaire to all businesses and investors!

    Mirela Marin
  • TechBehemoths

    Softclaire created a beautiful, functional website for us, exactly as we instructed.

    Paul Radovan CEO at Print Services

Good to know

Frequently asked questions

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How much does mobile app design cost?
It depends on the number of screens and states, whether you need both light and dark mode, and how much research the app needs. A handful of screens is a small job, a full app with an admin side is a bigger one. After a short call we give you a fixed price before work starts.
How long does it take to design a mobile app?
A set of key screens can be ready in a week or two. A full app usually takes a few weeks to two months, depending on size and how fast we get feedback. We agree the timeline with the scope.
Do you design for iOS and Android separately?
We design them together. The two platforms share most of the structure, and we adapt the details that users expect to be different, such as navigation, system dialogs and some controls. It keeps the design consistent and the cost reasonable.
Do I get the app icon and the store screenshots?
Yes. The icon and the screenshots and graphics for the App Store and Google Play are part of the work, so the listing is ready when the app is.
Can you redesign an app that is already live?
Yes. We review the current screens, find where users struggle and redesign them. Where it helps, we keep the patterns people already know, so the update doesn’t confuse them.
Will our developers be able to build exactly from your files?
Yes. The files use named components, consistent spacing and documented states, with specs and exported assets. We stay available to answer questions while the app is built.
Do you also build the app?
Our mobile app design service ends with the design and the store visuals. If you want us to build it too, see our mobile app development service. You can also take the files to any other team.

Let’s talk about your app’s design

Tell us what you want to build. We reply with the next steps.

Or email us at contact [at] softclaire.com