You have an idea. Maybe you’ve been thinking about it for months. Maybe you’ve already talked to potential customers. Now you need to actually build it without spending a fortune or waiting forever.
At RA Development, we work with founders and business owners who need real solutions at realistic prices. Most of our projects take 1-2 months and cost between €500-€5,000 depending on what you’re building. Here’s how we make that work.
Know What You Want (Or Let Us Help You Figure It Out)
The best projects start with clarity. Take our work with Vhod Expert, a property management startup. They knew exactly what they needed: a mobile app for residents and property managers to handle maintenance requests and communication. They already had a backend system in place, they just needed the mobile interface built.
Result? Two months, under €1,000, exactly what they envisioned.
But what if you don’t have it all figured out? That’s fine. That’s what we’re here for. We’ll help you clarify your vision through conversation and collaboration. The key is being willing to engage in the process with us.
Our Philosophy: Build Together, Not In Isolation
Here’s where we differ from typical development agencies. We don’t disappear for weeks, then unveil a finished product and hope you like it. That approach wastes your money and time.
Instead, we keep you in the design and development process constantly. You see progress in real-time, we adjust as we go, and we nail your vision without expensive “next sprints” where everyone finally gets aligned.
This collaborative approach saves you money because we’re tweaking towards your vision continuously, not rebuilding after getting it wrong.
Real Example: How We Work With Ombre
Our partnership with Ombre (a marketing agency) perfectly illustrates our process.
Ombre frequently brings us business owners who need websites or website revamps. Here’s the workflow:
Step 1: Ombre creates a design tailored to the business’s marketing needs and brand style.
Step 2: We start developing on our development server.
Step 3: The client gets 24/7 access to see progress as we work.
Step 4: We actively encourage clients to visit the site, request tweaks, suggest improvements. Even small things like “I feel like there should be 20px more space between this text and the next section” or “this gradient transition could be just a bit bluer to match our vision.”
Step 5: We make these adjustments immediately, client sees the changes, we keep refining.
Typical cost: Around €500 for a complete business website.
How Can It Be So Affordable?
Because we focus on what you actually need. For most businesses, that’s a professional website built on WordPress or another proven CMS. We’re not trying to oversell you a complicated custom web app with advanced functionalities you don’t need.
We utilize existing tools intelligently. WordPress, established frameworks, proven solutions. Why reinvent the wheel when excellent tools exist?
That said: If you genuinely need custom functionality, we’ll absolutely build it for you. Even then, we look for hybrid approaches, developing custom features as extensions to a CMS foundation to keep costs manageable.
Mobile Apps: The Same Collaborative Approach
When we built the mobile app for Vhod Expert(property management startup), they had clear requirements. But throughout the two-month build, we stayed in constant communication. Questions came up, small adjustments were needed, priorities shifted slightly. Because we were working together throughout, these changes happened smoothly without derailing timeline or budget.
This is how we work on every project, whether it’s a €500 website or a €5,000 Complicated Software system.
For mobile apps, we typically use React Native because it means one codebase for both iOS and Android. Faster development, lower cost, you launch sooner.
Our Vhod Expert project demonstrates this. React Native, clean interface, works perfectly on both platforms. No need to build twice.
What Different Budgets Get You
Let’s be concrete about pricing:
€500: Typical Business Websites
- Professional WordPress site with custom design
- Responsive across all devices
- Contact forms, basic SEO setup
- Content management you can handle yourself
- Deployed and live
Timeline: 2-4 weeks
€1,000-3,000: Websites with Custom Features
- Everything above, plus custom functionality
- Booking systems, calculators, member areas
- Third-party integrations (payment, CRM, etc.)
- Hybrid approach: CMS foundation with custom extensions
Timeline: 4-8 weeks
€1,000-2,000: Mobile Apps
- React Native app for iOS and Android
- Standard features (login, forms, notifications)
- API integration with your backend
- Professional UI/UX
- App store deployment
Timeline: 6-10 weeks
€1000-5,000+: Complex Applications
- Advanced mobile apps with specialized features
- Custom web applications from scratch
- Real-time functionality
- Complex data processing
- Extensive integrations
Timeline:6-12 weeks typically
Our Communication-First Process
Here’s what working with us actually looks like:
Week 1: Alignment
We discuss your vision, sketch out features, agree on scope and price. If you know exactly what you want, this takes one meeting. If you need help refining your idea, we’ll spend more time here making sure we’re building the right thing.
Throughout Development: Constant Visibility
- Your project lives on our development servers
- You have access 24/7 to see current progress
- We actively want you checking in regularly
- Spotted something that needs adjustment? Tell us immediately
- Small tweaks happen same-day or next-day
Communication Style
We’re not big on formal weekly status meetings unless you want them. We prefer:
- Quick messages when you have feedback
- Immediate responses to questions
- “Hey, can you make this section wider?” → Done within hours
- Active collaboration, not formal gates
What We Need From You
Engagement: Check the progress, give feedback, make decisions when we ask questions.
Quick responses: When we need input, a day or two is fine. A week stalls everything.
Trust in our expertise: We’ll guide you on technical decisions. You know your business, we know development.
Realistic expectations about scope: More features = more time and cost. We’ll be honest about what fits your budget.
Why This Approach Works
Traditional agencies buffer everything. They assume clients will change their minds, so they quote high and pad timelines. They minimize client contact because meetings are expensive overhead.
We flip this model: We assume you’re engaged and communicative. We assume small adjustments will happen (they always do). We build that into our process rather than treating it as scope creep.
The result? Lower costs, faster delivery, better final products because you’re actually getting what you envisioned.
Technical Decisions Made Simple
Website: WordPress or Custom?
For 90% of businesses, WordPress with good plugins and custom touches is perfect. Fast, affordable, maintainable.
We go fully custom only when you have genuinely unique requirements that WordPress can’t handle. And even then, we look for hybrid solutions first.
Mobile: Native, React Native, or PWA?
React Native for most cases. One build, both platforms, native performance, reasonable cost.
Fully native only if you need intensive 3D (like our BlitzWay Navigation project) or highly specialized device features.
PWA if you already have a great website and want mobile presence quickly and cheaply.
Do you need a backend?
Maybe you already have one (like that property management startup). Then we just build your frontend/mobile interface.
If you need one, we’ll build it. Simple API backends are part of most projects, not a separate huge cost.
After Launch: Ongoing Evolution
Your site or app is live. Now what?
We don’t vanish. Need updates? Hosting issues? Want to add a feature? We’re here.
Most clients stay with us because modifications are straightforward. You know how to reach us, we know your codebase, changes happen quickly.
Who We Work Best With
Great fit:
- Business owners who need practical solutions
- Founders with ideas and limited budgets
- Agencies like Ombre who need reliable development partners
- Anyone who values communication and collaboration
- People who want to be involved in the process
Working With Development Partners
Maybe you already have a backend system. Maybe you’re working with a marketing agency like Ombre. Maybe you have an in-house designer.
We integrate smoothly. We’ve done contractor work dozens of times. Give us designs, we’ll build them. Have a backend API? We’ll connect to it. Need us to coordinate with your other partners? We do that regularly.
Vhod Expert is a perfect example: they had backend developers, we built the mobile frontend. Seamless collaboration, project done in two months.
Let’s Talk About Your Project
We don’t do long sales processes. Here’s how this works:
Contact us through our website. Tell us what you need.
We’ll schedule a call to understand your vision.
We’ll give you a straight answer: Can we build this? How long will it take? What will it cost?
If it makes sense for both of us, we start within days.
Our promise: You’ll see progress constantly, you’ll be involved throughout, and you’ll get exactly what you envisioned because we’re building it together.