Service · Web + App Bundle
Web + App Bundle — Custom Website and Mobile App Built as One
A React Native mobile app and custom PHP website designed together, sharing brand, API, and UX patterns from day one. Starting at $8,000 (Tier 3) and $18,000 (Tier 4).
Why building your app and website separately creates problems
- Two separate vendors means two discovery sessions, two data models, two design systems, and an integration project that connects them — that integration work is expensive, slow, and produces a worse result than building together from the start.
- Design inconsistencies compound over time. When the app vendor and the web vendor make different decisions about navigation patterns, color usage, and interaction models, users notice. Re-syncing design after the fact is a full project by itself.
- A shared API designed for one consumer is usually wrong for the other. Building the API with both app and web in mind from day one means the data model is right the first time, not retrofitted.
What the bundle includes
- Tier 3 ($8,000–$15,000): React Native app (iOS + Android) handling customer workflows — booking, loyalty, push notifications, account management. Full multi-page PHP website handling acquisition — SEO, marketing, long-form content. Shared user accounts, shared backend, unified analytics.
- Tier 4 ($18,000–$35,000): Every feature on both app and web. Real-time sync (WebSocket/Pusher). Unified auth (email + social + SSO). Payments on both platforms (Stripe + in-app IAP). Full admin dashboard managing app and web. Headless CMS feeding all three surfaces.
- One design system covering both surfaces — typography, color, component patterns, spacing, and interaction conventions defined once, implemented twice.
- Single API layer designed from day one to serve both the React Native app and the PHP website.
- Domain registration and 12 months of Care hosting (Tier 3) or Priority hosting (Tier 4) included.
- One contract, one point of contact, one project timeline with coordinated launch.
How a bundle project runs differently
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Unified discovery
Single discovery session covers both surfaces — user flows, data model, API contracts, and feature scope for app and web together. One brief, not two.
2
Shared design system
One set of brand tokens, one component library, wireframes for both surfaces in parallel. Design decisions made once and applied consistently.
3
Parallel build
App and website built against the same API. Integration issues surface early because the team is the same team — no handoff, no translation layer.
4
Coordinated launch
App Store submission, Play Store submission, and website deployment timed together. Support window covers both surfaces from the same team.
Frequently asked questions
What's the difference between Tier 3 and Tier 4?
Tier 3 (App + Complementary Website, $8,000–$15,000) means the app and website handle different jobs — the app manages customer workflows like booking, loyalty, and push notifications, while the website handles acquisition via SEO, marketing pages, and long-form content. They share a brand, backend, and user accounts, but the feature sets are intentionally split. Tier 4 (App + Full-Parity Website, $18,000–$35,000) means every feature exists on both surfaces — a user can start something on the app and finish it on the web, or vice versa. Real-time sync via WebSocket, unified auth, payments on both platforms. It's for businesses where mobile and web are genuinely equal channels.
Why is building both together cheaper than two separate vendors?
Because the most expensive parts of any build — discovery, API design, data modeling, auth, and design system creation — only happen once. When two vendors build separately, each one does their own discovery, designs their own data model, and writes their own auth layer. Those layers have to be reconciled later, which adds integration work and often means compromises in one direction. Building both in a single discovery phase means the API is designed once with both consumers in mind, the design system is created once and implemented on both surfaces, and the auth and data model are right the first time.
Which entity invoices for the bundle — ArdinGate LLC or ArdinGate Studios LLC?
ArdinGate Studios LLC invoices for the entire bundle. One contract, one LLC, one payment structure. The website component is built by the ArdinGate team and the app component by the Studios team, but from your perspective it's one project with one point of contact and one invoice. The legal and tax separation between the two entities is handled on our side.
I already have a website — can I add an app to it instead?
Yes — that's the companion app model (Tier 2, starting at $4,500). The bundle tiers are for businesses that are building or rebuilding the website at the same time as the app, so both can be designed as a unified system from the start. If your website already exists and you want to extend it to mobile, the companion app route is more appropriate and more cost-effective.