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DEVELOPING APPS SINCE 2014

Consumer Electronics
App Launch Experts

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS APP Design AGENCY & APP DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TRUSTED BY:

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SOLUTIONS

COMPLETE APP

90 DAYS

App Design, Develop + Launch

PROTOTYPE APP

20 DAYS

Functional App Prototype

SPRINT

2 WEEKS

Front-End Design + Dev Sprint

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WE DESIGN AND BUILD

Software Experiences People Love

We've seen consumer electronics companies excel at hardware but struggle to deliver stellar companion apps on time. Roket closes that gap. For 12 years, our founder-led team has designed and built connected apps that integrate seamlessly, launch on schedule, and create a device ecosystems customers love.

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS APP DESIGN AGENCY

Dedicated App Designers

Dedicated to only a handful of projects a year, our software designers and developers are completely focused on solving your product and team challenges—not on juggling clients. This type of attention makes Roket an easy choice as an app development agency.

Hardy Schmidbauer
FMR TABS CEO
their dedication and talent were exceptional.

OUR LONG-TERM APP DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS

9
YEARS
PJ Dick

Roket worked along-side PJ's internal teams to lead software design and development.

6
YEARS
Google

For over 7 years, Roket recruited and managed UX design, UX research, and software development teams for Google.

3
YEARS
Tabs

Designed, developed, and launched the end-to-end IoT and smart home app at CES.

Lovie J. Jackson FosterAskMe.HearMe Founder
...communication was faultless throughout... 

SMART HOME + IOT APP DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

Process-Driven App Developers

Our smart home and IoT app design and development process is client-inclusive and built to help extract meaningful data and  clearly map a path to success. And with our clear communication and supporting tools—you’ll never have to guess what’s next in the design and development process.

OUR APP DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT PROCESS 

01

Mission Plan

Our planning removes assumptions and sets us up for mutual success, working closely with our partners.

02

Mission Design

We untangle complexities that prevent an effortless UX and work to get yours, and your user's, buy-in.

03

Mission Build

Using agile development, we ensure efficient delivery and continuous improvement of code.

04

Mission Launch

Post-launch we can continue delivering value by applying our iterative cycle of “Create, Measure, Learn.”

B2C BRAND DESIGNERS

Product Launch Experts

Our cross-functional team of developers, designers, and go-to-market experts have launched apps and brands for the consumer electronics industry since 2014, starting with 360fly. We confidently shape new product ideas into market-ready consumer experiences by expertly fusing strategy, design, branding, and technology. This confidence and experience means that the promises you've made to your investors and customers are kept.

Craig E. OaksFMR 360fly Dir of SW Dev
Roket attacked our problems with ownership.

ROKET IS A FULL-SERVICE APP DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

Strategy

Align your vision with the market, establishing development goals and clearly map a path to success.

Brand

Develop a unique B2C brand name and wrap it in a custom logo and identity, fit to your objectives.

User Experience

Design a customer-centered experience designed to delight and fully backed by research and insights.

Development

Get the right web and mobile technology to develop a flexible app that scales with your business.

Support

Lean on Roket’s expertise for ensuring uptime, troubleshooting, and app improvements.

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B2C APP DESIGN AGENCY LEADERSHIP

Team Leads

For nearly 12 years, our founders have personally led every consumer electronics app design and development project—ensuring no handoffs, no extra layers of management, and no missed deadlines.

Our team, focused on designing experiences people love,  combine deep expertise in UX design, mobile development, and connected device integration to create apps that enhance the value of the hardware they support.

By working as transparent agency partners, we help consumer electronics brands launch products with the usability, reliability, and quality experience customers expect.

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Alex Hendershott
Co-Founder, Engineering Lead

Balancing product design and full-stack development, Alex's hybrid skillset gives Roket’s work a level of seldom-seen thoughtfulness and efficiency during the app creation process.

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David Crawford
Co-Founder, DESIGN + STAFFING LEAD

With a belief that empathy is drives smart consumer experiences and great teams, David has spent 20 years building products, brands, and high-performing teams.

OUR APP DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT

Results

We help consumer electronics companies launch products faster, create seamless digital experiences, and unlock new opportunities. From concept to market, our team ensures every product delivers the innovation and usability your customers demand.

TERRAWISE

Agriculture IOT APP UX + BRAND

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Roket created a custom brand and intuitive mobile app, integrated with Bluetooth and Wifi devices, to give farm owners real-time insights into irrigation and field health. Our work also included product naming, app branding, and a complete visual identity along with a easy-to-use admin dashboard.

BRAND APP DESIGN SERVICES

Brand/Product Naming
Logo + Brand Identity
UI Design & Delivery
Detailed mobile UI for a agriculture internet of things UX, naming and brand client

TABS

SMART DEVICE APP + BRANDING

02 .

11

Consumer Electronics App UI
IOT App UI
IOT Ecomm UI
IOT App UI
IOT_Marketing
We are extremely happy with Roket's performance and the final product.
Hardy Schmidbauer
Former CEO of Tabs

Roket designed and launched an all-in-one, smart device and LoRaWAN locator solution named Tabs that included iOS and Android mobile apps.

We created a frictionless experience for our customers—from discovery, to purchase, to setup, to everyday use of the IoT products.

The e-commerce store was a custom theme and integrated Shopify’s APIs with modern development practices to create a speedy online store.

DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

Strategic Mission Planning
Brand/Product Naming
Logo + Brand Identity
Go-to-Market Support
E-Commerce Store

PJ DICK

SOFTWARE DESIGN SYSTEM

03 .

11

They are a genuine part of our team.
Dennis DiPalma Former IT Director at PJ Dick

Software Design Leadership

We identified, design, and develop a custom design system for PJ Dick that resolved decades old usability issues and improved app development speed. The unified design systems contained Angular component libraries, and CSS/JS stylesheets for cross-app support.

Full-Stack Software Development

Roket developed a many custom web and mobile applications, all built upon our design system. This work established a cohesive user experience across the enterprise. Apps included a Angular ticketing app, NativeScript iOS and Android field apps, responsive time tracking apps, a help desk, and interactive GIS apps.

UX DESIGN SERVICES

Enterprise-wide UX Leadership
Full-Stack Development
Design Systems

PJ DICK

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

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11

We designed, developed, and maintained this business-critical app with an impressive uptime. Combining Angular and Node.js with a scalable AWS infrastructure resulted in a reliable, secure, and high-performance ticketing platform. We then expanded the functionality of the software to support graphing, exportable reports, saved searches—and the largest addition—the inclusion of customer-direct e-commerce.

CONSTRUCTION APP SERVICES

Full-Stack Development
UX Design
Design Systems

PJ Dick’s ERP software required a ground-up user experience and front-end technology overhaul to resolve decades-old usability and limitations. We led UX app design and front-end software development for this multi-release effort which included product management support, software branding, training videos, IOT integrations, and overall focus on user task simplification.

APP DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

Front-End Development
UX Design
Logo + Brand Identity
Construction ERP Software

Roket re-imagined this mapping software to better meet the needs of its users and integrate our latest UX design system updates. While integrating new interactive features, intuitive navigation, and data views we worked to reduce user experience complexity of its current features.

APP DESIGN SERVICES

User Experience Design
Rapid Prototypes
Construction UI

ASKME.HEARME

WEB App

05 .

11

healthcare app UI
Healthcare UI
Healthcare Education UI
They created an app that truly resonates with its audience.
Lovie J. Jackson Foster
FOUNDER OF ASKME.HEARME

We partnered with the University of Pittsburgh to build AskMe.HearMe, a secure, responsive web app designed to educate, engage, and connect young people to critical resources. Built on Ruby on Rails and hosted on Heroku, the platform emphasizes reliability, accessibility, and data privacy to meet the sensitivity of its mission.

SOFTWARE DESIGN SERVICES

Product Strategy + Definition
Logo + Brand Identity
User Research
Full-Stack Development

Sun Surveyor

MOBILE APP + BRAND

06 .

11

Because of Roket, the quality of our design finally matches the quality of our product and engineering.
ADAM RATANA
Creator of Sun Surveyor

Roket worked side-by-side with Sun Surveyor to redesign, rebrand, and relaunch their iOS and Android mobile applications. We focused on improving the user experience, refining the workflow, and designing a more compelling and competitive brand identity.

UX & BRAND SERVICES

User Experience Design
Logo + Brand Identity
Go-to-Market Support

360FLY

360° video COMPANION APP

07 .

11

360 App UI
Thanks to Roket’s approach, we launched successfully with a holistic look and feel
Craig Oaks
FMR Dir of SW Dev at 360fly

Roket worked closely with 360fly’s marketing, product, engineering, and management teams to architect, design, and develop the companion apps that accompanied the launch a 360-degree camera device.

Built with the modern web stack of the time, our work focused on responsive design, dynamic interfaces, and integration across marketing, product, and e-commerce.

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS APP DESIGN

Design and Dev Team Augmentation
Front-End Development
User Experience Design
Go-to-Market Support
E-Commerce Store

FORBES FUNDS

WEB APP + BRAND

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11

They really listen and their work is exceptional.
Kate Dewey The Forbes Funds FMR PRES
App Design UI

UpPrize is a purpose-driven entrepreneurial competition developed in partnership with BNY Mellon and The Forbes Funds. Roket was responsible for the naming and identity of the competition as well as the development of the open innovation software that managed the competition.

The platform was developed in Ruby on Rails and hosted on Heroku. It was built to scale securely while providing a simple submission and judging experience.

APP DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

Product Strategy + Definition
Brand/Product Naming
Logo + Brand Identity
Full-Stack Development
Go-to-Market Support

BACK'D

RETAIL Loyalty Rewards App

09 .

11

They delivered a crisp and clean user experience.
Matthew Williams FOUNDER + CEO OF BACK'D

ID THEFT

Consumer SaaS WEB App

10 .

11

A global firm specializing in identity theft protection approached Roket to leverage our user experience expertise and development know-how to re-envision their flagship consumer SaaS product. We were tasked with combining several existing applications and a new set of features into one product. Our responsive UI design accommodated for white labeling by third parties.

DESIGN + DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

Product Strategy + Definition
UX Design & UI Delivery
Front-end Development
Detailed mobile UI for a agriculture internet of things UX, naming and brand client

HOP CULTURE

Web Magazine + BRAND

11 .

11

Our web design agency developed a compelling lifestyle brand and web magazine platform to drive the consumption of original content and establish loyal readership for HopCulture's beer-centered web magazine.

We built a custom built WordPress template and an easy-to-use administrative interface for article publishing. With repositionable UI content blocks, each post is configurable by the editor, giving an immense amount of control.

WEB DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

Strategy + Definition
Logo + Brand Identity
Wordpress Development
Go-to-Market Support
OUR END-TO-END
App & Team Solutions

Our expert app developers help consumer electronics companies create technology that enhances usability, improves customer engagement, and brings their devices to life. Are you ready to chat? Choose a time here.

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· STARTING AT $25K ·

Market-Ready App in 90 Days

You’ve got the idea—we’ll get it launched. We take you from app concept to a complete software in just 90 days. It’s perfect for first-time founders, startups, or teams who want expert (and speedy) app creation without hiring in-house. Our battle-tested team handles every step: planning, branding, design, development, and launch.

Full Mission Planning
Brand + Product Naming
Logo + Brand Identity
Complete UI Design
Development + Launch
30-Day Support
Schedule a Free App Consultation
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· STARTING AT $8K ·

Functional Prototypes 30 Days

Are you fundraising or kicking the tires on an idea? Our functional prototypes are a fast, focused 30-day engagement to bring your vision to life as a clickable, testable prototype. Whether you already have wireframes or need help starting from scratch, this is how you validate your idea with real users before you commit to full software development.

Focused Mission Planning
Features Scoping + Flow Mapping
UI Templates + Rapid Visual Design
Development + Launch
Schedule a Free Prototype Consultation
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· STARTING AT $15K ·

Purpose-Built Website + Brand 60 Days

This is for founders and teams who need more than a pretty homepage—they need a website and brand designed to do work. Our Purpose-Built websites and brands engagement delivers a high-performing, custom-built website and a thoughtful brand identity—everything you need to launch with clarity, confidence, and conversion in mind.


Full Mission Planning
Project Management
Logo + Brand Identity
End-to-End UI Design
Development + Launch
Schedule a Free Consultation
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· STARTING AT $10K ·

2 Week Urgent UX Design + Dev Sprint

Hit your deadlines. Our rapid-response UI design sprint and front-end delivery service is built for product teams under pressure. We drop in fast to transform your UI and get it implementation-ready with highly-polished and speedy output that makes your app (and your team) feel great.

Focused Mission Planning
Complete UI Design + Figma Components
Front-End Handoff or In-Sprint Delivery
QA Support for Your Dev Team
Schedule a Free Consultation
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Hire Product Team Talent Quickly

Our team has spent decades building products as designers, developers, and innovators. Combining that experience with our leadership roles as business owners and managers, we know the challenges of building and shipping the best product possible—because we've done it. We are product experts—hiring product experts.

Contract-to-Hire
Direct Hire
Team Augmentation
Retained Search
Offshore Team Building

DESIGN & DEV STAFFING TRUSTED BY:

Staffing Agency Client
Team Augmentation
Staffing Agency Client
Contract-to-Hire
Staffing Agency Client
Team Augmentation
Contact-to-Hire
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Recruiting
Staffing Agency Client
Direct Hire
Consumer Electronics App
Team Augmentation
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Offshore Team
What can we help build?
Let's Chat

Tell us about your needs and Alex or David will respond—almost—immediately. Or you can schedule a chat now. Call or text +1.412.444.4616 or email hello@roketco.com.

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Roket is an app design and development company helping consumer electronics brands build better companion software. Our expert team of designers and developers create apps that connect seamlessly with devices, enhance usability, and unlock new value for customers. We deliver end-to-end product strategy, UX design, and full app creation tailored to the needs of consumer electronics companies. Our capabilities include custom mobile apps, connected device software, websites, and digital platforms designed to improve user experience and drive adoption across consumer products.