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Native mobile apps for the field, the floor, and the truck

Most businesses have a mobile workforce that's still handling forms on paper or thumbing data into ill-fitting tablet apps. We build native iOS and Android apps with voice capture, offline-first behaviour, and embedded AI that turns 22-second voice notes into structured records you can actually use.

The job is making the field experience faster and less tedious than the office one. Voice and AI together get us there.

What it actually does

A field-grade mobile app that runs natively on iOS and Android. Voice is the primary input mode: workers speak their pre-start checks, incident reports, site inspections, and the AI extracts the structured fields (severity, location, asset, action required) automatically. They confirm with one tap and move on.

Offline-first means the app works in a quarry pit, on a farm with no signal, in the back of a warehouse. Captures queue locally and sync as soon as connectivity returns, with no data loss. Photos get auto-tagged and attached to the right record. GPS coordinates land in the audit trail.

Back-office integration is the other half. The structured output flows into your existing systems (asset management, incident reporting, compliance) so the office team sees real-time field data without anyone re-keying anything.

3×

Field workers capture data three times faster speaking than thumbing a touchscreen

Stanford HCI · Ruan et al., dictation throughput studies

How it works

The shape of a typical build. Yours will vary on the specifics, but the pattern is consistent.

Step 1

Field workflow shadowing

We spend a day or two with the actual field crew. Watch what they capture, what they skip, what they swear at. The friction we find on day one is what the app needs to remove.

Step 2

Voice-first form design

Each form is designed to be spoken in 20-30 seconds, not tapped through 12 fields. The AI handles the structure extraction. Confirmation is a single screen, not a 12-step wizard.

Step 3

Native build with offline core

Native iOS and Android (we use React Native for code-share where it makes sense, fully native modules where it doesn't). Offline-first storage so the app works anywhere. Photo capture, GPS, voice all wired in.

Step 4

Back-office integration

Real-time sync to your systems of record (your asset register, ticketing system, compliance dashboard, or whatever). The office sees field activity as it happens.

Step 5

Pilot with one site or crew

First 2-3 weeks live with one crew or site so we can tune voice models for accents, fix the workflows that didn't survive contact with reality, then roll out wider.

This fits if you...

Have a mobile workforce (field service, construction, mining, logistics, agriculture, infrastructure) that currently handles paperwork on paper or ill-fitting tablet apps.
Need offline functionality because connectivity at the work site is unreliable.
Have a back-office system (compliance, asset management, ERP) that's starved for real-time field data because manual entry takes too long.
Have crews who would happily speak to a phone but hate typing on touchscreens with gloves on.

This isn't a fit if...

Your team is desk-bound. Mobile is for the field; for office workers, web apps are usually a better fit.
You only need a simple data-capture form a handful of times a week. The build cost won't pay back; a Microsoft Forms or Typeform might.
Your existing mobile app, however imperfect, is fully working and adopted. Replacing it is a high bar.

Typical build shape

Scope

Native iOS + Android app with several voice-driven capture workflows, offline storage, photo + GPS integration, and one back-office integration.

Timeline

Roughly 3 months for the first version. Additional capture workflows added in shorter increments thereafter.

Indicative price

Fixed-price build, scoped to workflow count and integration depth. App-store deployment and ongoing maintenance run on monthly retainer once live.

All ranges in NZD ex-GST. Precise numbers come out of the operations audit. See our engagement model for the full pricing approach.

Often paired with

Related capabilities

Voice Agents AI-First Web Apps Intelligent CRMs

See if it fits your operation

30-minute discovery call, no pitch. We tell you whether this capability solves your actual bottleneck or whether something else (or nothing) would work better.