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IN PITTSBURGH SINCE 2014

Concept to Launch
‍Mobile App Developers

PITTSBURGH MOBILE APP DEVELOPERS AND APP DESIGNERS 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 ARE YOUR

Pittsburgh Mobile App Development Company

Business leaders love partnering with our Pittsburgh mobile app development agency. Our team of expert mobile app developers makes the process smooth and enjoyable. Plus, our mobile app design and development services help them create smarter apps, faster.

PITTSBURGH MOBILE APP DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

Cross-Platform App Developers

At Roket, our iOS and Android mobile app developers and design experts take on only a handful of projects each year in Pittsburgh. That way, we stay focused on tackling your product and team challenges—not juggling multiple clients. Giving your project this kind of attention is what makes us a trusted choice for mobile app development.

Hardy Schmidbauer
FMR TABS CEO
“their dedication and talent were exceptional.”
Read the Review on Clutch

OUR LONG-TERM PITTSBURGH APP DEVELOPMENT & STAFFING CLIENTS

9
YEARS
PJ Dick

Roket worked along-side PJ's internal Pittsburgh team to lead mobile app UX design and app dev of mobile enterprise software.

6
YEARS
Google

For over 7 years, Roket built and managed mobile app design and UX teams for Google.

3
YEARS
Tabs

Roket led app design to launch the end-to-end customer mobile app experience at CES.

Lovie J. Jackson FosterAskMe.HearMe Founder
“...communication was faultless throughout...” 
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iOS APP DESIGN AGENCY IN PITTSBURGH

Process-Driven iOS Developers

The better we understand your Pittsburgh business, the more value we bring to your iOS and mobile app development. That’s why our iOS app design, branding, and development process keeps you involved every step of the way—so we can gather insights and map a clear path to success. And with our open communication, you’ll always know what’s coming next.

OUR PITTSBURGH APP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

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Mission Plan

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

02

Mission Design

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

03

Mission Build

Using agile mobile app 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."

MOBILE APP CREATION IN PITTSBURGH

End-to-End Mobile App Launch

Our cross-functional Pittsburgh mobile app development team has designed, built, and launched hundreds of mobile and web apps using React, Flutter, and NativeScript. We turn concepts into market-ready software by combining strategy, visual design, branding, and smart mobile technology. With our experience and hands-on approach, the promises you make to your team are promises you’ll keep.

Craig E. OaksFMR 360fly Dir of SW Dev
“Roket attacked our problems with ownership.”
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FULL SERVICE PITTSBURGH MOBILE APP DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

Strategy

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

Brand

Design a unique mobile brand name and wrap it in a custom logo and visual identity, fit to our goals and target market.

User Experience

Target a user-centered mobile app developed to delight and fully backed by research and insights.

Development

Leverage the right cross platform mobile app development platform for a flexible software that scales.

Support

Lean on Roket’s expertise to ensure uptime, troubleshoot issues, and make app development  improvements.

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Team Leads

For nearly 12 years, our founders have personally led every mobile app design and development project in Pittsburgh—no handoffs, no extra layers of management.

As some of the best mobile app designers in the region, Alex and David bring transparency, honesty, and hands-on expertise to every project. This approach means faster decision-making, smoother collaboration, and apps that truly delight users.

Partnering with Roket ensures your vision is fully realized, your team stays aligned, and your experience exceeds expectations.

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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 user experiences and great teams, David has spent 20 years building mobile apps, brands, and high-performing teams in Pittsburgh.

David on Linkedin

OUR WEB + MOBILE APP

Client Results

Over 12 years, our Pittsburgh app development company has been fortunate to have partnered clients in consumer electronics, construction, agriculture, healthcare, and beyond.

TERRAWISE

MOBILE APP DESIGN + BRAND

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Roket delivered a brand and intuitive, user-centered mobile app that integrates with IoT hardware to provide busy farm owners with critical data and insights about field irrigation and health. The work, by the Pittsburgh app design agency, included brand and product naming for the software along with the brand identity.

BRAND & APP 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

APP DESIGN + MOBILE APP BRAND

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 home and 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.

PITTSBURGH MOBILE APP SERVICES

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

PJ DICK

PITTSBURGH APP DESIGN SYSTEM

03 .

11

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

Pittsburgh Software Design

We identified, design, and develop a custom construction 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.

Pittsburgh 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.

PITTSBURGH APP DEVELOPMENT

Enterprise-wide UX Leadership
Full-Stack Development
Design Systems

PJ DICK

CONSTRUCTION SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

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11

TICKETING
ERP
GIS

As a Pittsburgh app design agency, Roket designed, developed, and maintained this business-critical application with impressive uptime. Using Angular and Node.js on a scalable AWS infrastructure, we delivered a reliable, secure, and high-performance ticketing platform for PJ Dick's Pittsburgh team. We later expanded functionality with graphing, exportable reports, saved searches, and the most significant upgrade—customer-direct e-commerce.

APP CREATION SERVICES

Full-Stack Development
UX Design
Design Systems

PJ Dick’s construction ERP software needed a complete user experience and front-end overhaul to overcome decades of usability challenges. Our team led Pittsburgh app design and front-end software development for this multi-phase initiative, delivering product management support, updated branding, training videos, AI integrations, and a streamlined approach to simplifying user tasks.

APP DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

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

As a Pittsburgh UX design agency, Roket re-imagined PJ Dick’s construction mapping software to better serve users and align with our latest UX design system updates. We introduced interactive features, intuitive navigation, and enhanced data views while simplifying the overall user experience.

PITTSBURGH APP DESIGN SERVICES

User Experience Design
Rapid Prototypes
Construction UI

ASKME.HEARME

HEALTHCARE MOBILE App

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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

As a Pittsburgh app development agency, we partnered with the University of Pittsburgh to create AskMe.HearMe, a secure and responsive mental health screening app that educates, engages, and connects young people to critical resources. Built on Ruby on Rails and hosted on Heroku, the platform prioritizes reliability, accessibility, and data privacy to support the sensitivity of its mission.

WEB + MOBILE APP SERVICES

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

Sun Surveyor

MOBILE APP DESIGN + 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’s team of Pittsburgh app developers partnered with Sun Surveyor to redesign, rebrand, and relaunch their iOS and Android mobile applications. We focused on elevating the user experience, refining workflows, and creating a more compelling, competitive brand identity.

APP UX & BRAND SERVICES

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

360FLY

360° video MOBILE 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’s team of Pittsburgh app developers collaborated with 360fly’s marketing, product, engineering, and management teams to architect, design, and develop the apps that launched alongside their 360-degree action camera.

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 development.

APP DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

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

FORBES FUNDS

OPEN INNOVATION APP + BRAND

08 .

11

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

As a Pittsburgh mobile app development agency, Roket partnered with BNY Mellon and The Forbes Funds to launch UpPrize, a purpose-driven entrepreneurial competition. We led the naming and identity design, as well as the development of the open innovation software that powered the competition.

Built on Ruby on Rails and hosted on Heroku, the platform was designed to scale securely while providing a simple, intuitive submission and judging experience.

PITTSBURGH APP DESIGN AGENCY

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

BACK'D

RETAIL MOBILE App DESIGN

09 .

11

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

ID THEFT

Consumer SaaS App DESIGN

10 .

11

A global firm specializing in identity theft protection approached custom Pittsburgh app development agency, Roket, to leverage our user experience expertise and app 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 app design accommodated for white labeling by third parties.

PITTSBURGH APP DESIGN SERVICES

Product Strategy + Definition
UI Design & 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 Pittsburgh web development agency designed a compelling lifestyle brand and web magazine platform to drive the consumption of original content and establish loyal readership for HopCulture's beer-centered website.

We built a developed a custom 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.

PITTSBURGH WEB APP SERVICES

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

Are you a Pittsburgh business in need a quick working app prototype? A fully developed, market-ready mobile app? Or perhaps just a few extra product teammates, we can tackle any challenge. Are you ready to chat? Choose a time here.

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· STARTING AT $25K ·

Market-Ready Mobile App in 90 Days

You’ve got the idea—we’ll get it launched. We take you from app concept to a complete mobile application in just 90 days. It’s perfect for first-time founders, startups, or teams who want expert (and speedy) Pittsburgh mobile 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 ·

Mobile App Prototypes 30 Days

Are you fundraising or kicking the tires on an idea? Our functional mobile app prototypes are a fast, focused 30-day engagement to bring your vision to life as a clickable, testable software 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 mobile application 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 your web app business 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 Pittsburgh mobile and web app 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.

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 app 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
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PITTSBURGH APP 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
Retail App Client Logo
Offshore Team
What can we help build?
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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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  • APP DEVELOPMENT Services
  • Mission Planning
  • Brand + Product Naming
  • Logo + Identity Design
  • UI Design + Delivery
  • Mobile + Web Development
  • Design Systems
  • Rapid MVPs + Prototypes
  • AI Development
  • CMS & Ecommerce
  • Go-to-Market Support
  • Staffing Services
  • Contract to Hire
  • Direct Hire
  • Team Augmentation
  • Offshore Teams
  • Retained Search

Roket is a Pittsburgh mobile app development company and iOS and Android app development agency specializing in Flutter, NativeScript and React mobile app design, tablet app development, and product team staffing. Based in Pittsburgh, our team of expert local app developers delivers end-to-end product strategy, user experience design, and full app creation. We also provide custom staffing services—including contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire—for critical mobile app product team roles such as designers, developers, QAs, and product managers. Our capabilities span brand and communications development, UX and UI design, web and mobile app development, and full-stack mobile software solutions.